The Jim Richards Show

- Do these recent ads from the Government of Ontario feel like we’re spending all this money to tell us the government is great
- Jeff Gray - Queen’s Park Reporter at the Globe and Mail, joins Jim to break down the Ontario place renovation story highlighted in the Auditor-General's report
- Are we already acting like the “51st State”?

- How does Bonnie Crombie expect to win? 
- Canada Post presents union with 'framework' to reach deal as strike continues. Jim speaks with Mark Lubinski - President of the Toronto CUPW local

- Toronto Public Library apologizes after lost child denied help, Jim speaks with Megan Kinch - mom involved in the story
- At what point can you put country over party? 'Thanks for dinner':  Trudeau meets with Trump, cabinet nominees at Mar-a-Lago after tariffs threat
- American Warships Neutralize Houthi Missile Attack in Vital Shipping Lane. Jim speaks with Phil Gurski - President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting for his analysis

- Is it fair to reduce sentences because of jail conditions? 
- As a parent, can you blame Biden for pardoning Hunter Biden? 
- Zelensky says that peace might mean conceding land to Russia. Jim speaks with Julia Tymoshenko, a Ukrainian resident for their perspective
- Robert Benzie - Toronto Star Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, on Phil Verster's resignation from Metrolinx

GUEST: Robert Benzie - Toronto Star Queen’s Park Bureau Chief

Trudeau government’s ‘Team Canada’ approach to Donald Trump is already on shaky ground. 

GUEST: Bruce Arthur - columnist at the Toronto Star 

John Herdman resigns as head coach of Toronto FC 

GUEST: Bob Richardson - Public Affairs Consultant and NEWSTALK 1010 contributor

Trudeau on flight path to Florida in wake of Donald Trump's tariff threat 

What kind of compensation do you want as a retailer? 

Here are the top concerns, which explain why small businesses are so concerned:

- 77% say it is too complicated and costly (average of $1000 to reprogram POS machines)

- 74% say it will simply push sales into the holiday period

- 71% say big businesses/online giants will have the upper hand to benefit

• 66% say there isn't enough time to implement the change

GUEST: Barry Choi - personal finance expert 

Should You Really Stop Giving Your Kid Cash for Their Allowance . . . And Give Them a Debit Card Instead?

 GUEST: Sylvain Charlebois - Senior Director - AGRI-FOOD ANALYTICS LAB at Dalhousie

A major lawsuit has been filed against Maple Leaf Foods Inc. over the sale of Canada Bread Company.

- Do you feel safer here or in an American city? 
- Dr. Adam King - Assistant Professor - Labour Studies Program - University of Manitoba, on the ongoing Canada Post Strike
- Are you okay with the $250 cheque being put on the backburner?

- Avery Haines - host and managing editor of W5, explains to Jim why she is joining John’s show instead of Jim’s on Friday 
- What is your automatic “we’re leaving” reason at a restaurant?
- Buy now, pay later schemes are popping up everywhere 

- Jim ponders the question: Should it be the goal of a public service to make money? 
- White House pressing Ukraine to draft 18-year-olds so they have enough troops to battle Russia. Jim speaks to Richard Shimooka - Military Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute
- Jim goes off on counting cyclists

- What is a creepy way to meet someone? 
- Ontario’s 10-year e-scooter pilot a ‘slap in the face,’ disability advocacy group says. Jim speaks with David Lepofsky - Disability rights advocate
- Trump's tariffs would crush Canada's economy. Why some industry leaders are calling his bluff with Charles St-Arnaud - chief economist at Alberta Central, a trade association for the province's credit unions
- Gabriel Miller - President and CEO of Universities Canada, on Sheridan College announces major program cuts and layoffs amid international student cap