The Jim Richards Show

CALLS POLITICAL CASH. One big factor helping the Conservatives is their ability to raise – and spend – more money than both the Liberals and NDP combined. That’s both cause and effect. 

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THREE - US Supreme Court to consider TikTok bid to halt ban 

US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from app stores

CALLS: AUTOMATIC TAX FILING. This is a fantastic idea that should have been implemented decades ago. I don’t understand why some people are afraid of it.

GUEST: David Booth - the Motormouth at Driving.ca

Honda and Nissan announce plans to merge, creating world's third-largest automaker | CBC News 

GUEST: Sgt. Kerry Schmidt - Highway Safety Division - OPP 

StormWatch on the roads/highways !

Mark Towhey in for Jim RIchards while he is on vacation ! 

GUEST: VP of national affairs, Jasmin Guenette, CFIB

LEGAL TAX. Is Canada’s new capital gains tax legal?

https://x.com/CFIB/status/1870193409685586110

GUEST: Rich Robertson - Director Research and Advocacy B'nai Brith Canada 

NAZI NAMES.

HOUSING COST. DCs and other municipal fees add $200K per unit to the cost of a new low-rise housing in Toronto. This is unaffordable.

Vaughan is cutting its DCs significantly. How can they afford this? How can the rest of Ontario afford not to?

GUEST: John Ibbitson - Writer at Large with the Globe and Mail 

Poilievre to submit letter to Governor General asking to recall House for confidence vote 

CALLS: Revisiting Singh’s decision today 

The Newstalk 1010 Christmas Cookie Challenge! 

Deb in for Jim while he is on vacation 

GUESTS: John Tory - former mayor of Toronto 

Karen Stintz - Former city Councillor and TTC chair currently president & CEO of Variety Village and a Federal conservative candidate

Joe Mihevc - adjunct professor at York University, served Toronto as a city councillor for 28 years 

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

The U.K., Belgium and Germany have done it. Should Canada also privatize its postal service? 

 CALLS: Privatize Canada Post? 

GUEST: Caroline Tolton -  red mailbox she set up in her west end neighbourhood

GUESTS: Scott Reid - CTV Political Commentator and advisor to a number of Prime Ministers, premiers and political leaders 

Tim Powers - Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data

PM Justin Trudeau planning to oversee long-awaited cabinet shuffle on Friday: sources 

 BREAKING: ‘I am sounding the alarm right now’: Council pulls back on rule change allowing neighbourhood corner stores

Deb Hutton in for Jim Richards who is on Christmas vacation 

GUESTS: Kathleen Wynne - former Liberal premier of Ontario 

Tim Hudak - former leader of the Ontario Conservatives - founder of Tim Hudak political consulting

Frances Lankin - former Canadian senator, former president and CEO of United Way Toronto, and a former Ontario MPP and cabinet minister in the NDP government of Bob Rae 

GUEST: Boris Bytensky - Newstalk 1010 Legal Analyst, Criminal lawyer with crimlawcanada.com

'Immigration consequences' unlikely for man linked to deadly 401 crash 

CALLS: Should there have been harsher consequences for this guy? 

Who do you give to at this time of year that is a bit of a stretch? Jim tips his mailman

CALLS: Thorben Wieditz - co-founder of MetStrat and spokesperson for RideFair and FairBnB

Ad campaign pushing better pay for Uber drivers passed by Toronto council after failed attempts at a cap 

GUEST: Scott Reid - CTV Political Commentator and advisor to a number of Prime Ministers, premiers and political leaders 

What can be done to replace Trudeau, if anything? 

CALLS: Should we be taking this as a wakeup call? 

Every Canadian, regardless of their opinion of the Prime Minister or political affiliation, should feel deeply offended by President Trump's remarks. We might one day be grateful for this WAKE-UP CALL. For too long, we have been complacent in our relationships with the United States and the rest of the world. We need to unite and rise to this historic occasion to shape the future of Canada

CALLS: Ohio funeral home to be first in state to serve alcohol during services: ‘Party planner for the dead’ 

GUEST:       Tim Powers - Chairman of Summa Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data

Canada's prime minister faces calls to resign. Here's what could happen next 

CALLS : Where is the best place to hide Christmas presents? 

GUEST:   Mark Lubinski     -    President    of    the    Toronto       CUPW    local 

Postal workers 'very confused, very angry' about imposed end to strike