The Jim Richards Show

We take your calls as an American trans woman files asylum claim here in Canada

Plus – Why meteorologists in the States say it’s getting harder to do their jobs because of Trump cuts

GUESTS: Mark Robinson - storm chaser

Robert Benzie - Toronto Star Queen’s Park Bureau Chief

Dave Mitchell - Senior Director of Operations - of YAAACE - Youth Association for Academics, Athletics, and Character Education

Jim takes your calls about what the right approach is.

Plus – Making sense of the Liberals new border security bill

GUESTS: Max Chaudhry - Immigration Lawyer at Chaudry Law

Jessie Rodger - Executive Director - Anova: A Future Without Violence

What does our marketing expert think about this shift?

Plus – What gives you ‘grammar rage’?

GUEST: Tony Chapman - Marketing expert, host of the podcast Chatter That Matters

Jim weighs in on a judge’s response to policing in Peel

Plus – Does Bono have a point when it comes to who is giving foreign aid?

GUESTS: Christian Leuprecht - national security expert and professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario

Carmi Levy - tech expert

Jim weighs in on something going on near him.

Plus – the latest on Canada Post negotiations

GUESTS: Siobhan Morris - CTV Toronto Queen’s Park Bureau Reporter

Ryan Manucha - Research Fellow at the CD Howe Institute and Author of Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada’s Quest for Interprovincial Trade

Jim Gallant - one of the negotiators with CUPW

Jim wonders if we shouldn’t be afraid to confront strangers’ children in public

Plus – what is the weirdest job you ever had?

GUEST: Gary Sands - senior vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers

Russell Rowland - Started out as a fortune cookie writer before going on to become a successful novelist and radio host

Jim can’t believe some of these new social media trends

Plus – Has Mark Carney lived up to expectations?  

GUESTS: Moshe Lander - Economics professor at Concordia University

Justin Ling - independent investigative journalist based in Montreal and a contributing columnist for the Star

Jim talks with a former School Resource Officer about the changes

Plus – Should Ontario MPPs be getting a raise?

GUEST: Mark Baxter - President of the Police Association of Ontario

Jim can’t stop thinking about what he saw this morning

Plus – A former Ontario premier has some thoughts about today’s education announcement

GUESTS: Kathleen Wynne - former Ontario premier

Avery Haines - Host and Managing Editor at W5

Why you definitely fell for this rage-bait video

Plus – Will Canada join the ‘Golden Dome’?

GUESTS:

Richard Shimooka - , Military Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Foundation 

Carmi Levy - tech expert