Brad Bradford - Dad. Optimist. Urban Planner. Community Builder. Toronto City Councillor for Beaches-East York.

Another day, another lesson in how the TTC needs to improve its communication. 

 GUEST: Marvin Ryder - professor of marketing and entrepreneurship at McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business 

KING DROPS BEN & JERRY! Do royal warrants affect sales and brand prestige? Will losing it make a difference to the company?

CALLS: Should we just hire doctors as employees in publicly owned clinics?

CALLS: Are you afraid of electronic price tags on grocery shelves?

 

 

Mark Towhey hosting for Deb Hutton 

 INTRO & SET UP

CALLS: Donald Trump has infuriated Canadians, a new ‘rage index’ poll shows. Here’s what else made everyone angry

GUEST: Darrell Bricker, CEO IPSOS 

Your book Empty Planet shocked a lot of people when you revealed that Earth’s population is not going to increase forever – but will level off and begin to decline in the near future. 

GUEST:  Craig Baird - Canadian History EHX!

SUPERMAN. The Man of Steel grew up in Toronto. Do you know the story?

 

BORDER WOES. Is Canada’s new Border Plan good enough for Donald Trump?

GUEST: Gabor Lukacs - Air Passenger Rights .ca

NEW AIRLINE $ RULES. Are you satisfied? Meals for delays >2hrs. Overnight accommodation if necessary. Who decides what’s necessary? Who writes these rules? 15-day deadline for reimbursements. From claim? From incident?

 STORMWATCH GUEST: Vince Sferrazza, Director, Operations & Maintenance, Transportation Services, City of Toronto

What are you doing before the storm?

• How much equipment?

• When do you start sanding/plowing?

• Advice to drivers?

• Expecting lots of snow this winter?

 

 

Mark Towhey hosting 

• Have you got mail? Are you sending anything? Are you stupid?

• Emojis are legally binding

• Liberal Attack Ad 

• Have you seen an Ozempic tree in the wild? 7-1010

• Are you spending money this Xmas?

• Bike lane video

GUEST:  Warren Kinsella, is a Canadian lawyer, author, musician, political consultant, and commentator

KINSELLA: Justin Trudeau finally sees the jig is up | Toronto Sun 

 

 

 

Rant on shooting at Jewish girls school overnight 

GUEST: Daniel Held - United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto 

GUEST: Natalie Johnson - CTV Toronto reporter 

The City of Toronto's "outdoor" workers -- represented by CUPE Local 416 -- have won wage hikes of 3-3.95% year over year for the next four years, in a deal just ratified by council 

 

OPEN: Recapping a WILD week 

GUEST: Carmi Levy - tech expert 

Canada border agency has launched facial recognition app to track migrants 

GUEST: Ravi Ramkissoonsingh- Chair of the Bargaining Team

Ontario college faculty in legal strike position as of Jan. 4, union says

 

CALLS: Is this ridiculous to you as well? 

 

Toronto unanimously approves down payment help for higher-income earners