Do multi-generational Canadians support immigration numbers at 300,000 annually and are newcomers making a real effort to assimilate into Canada?

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Immigration is a constant issue in Canadian debate. What makes Canada appealing to newcomers? What countries were you considering applying to as an immigrant and what made you decide to choose Canada? Also; do multi-generational Canadians support immigration numbers at 300,000 annually and are newcomers making a real effort to assimilate into Canada?

Guest:  Mario Canseco.  Immigrant from Mexico and vice president of Insights West polling firm.

Photo: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

Roy addresses the controversy surrounding the poster at Billy Bishop Airport.

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A year ago the massive wildfire which caused an evacuation and destruction of much of Fort McMurray resulted in Canadians donating $50 million through the Red Cross to their fellow Canadians from the Alberta community.

Guests:  Stacy and Kevin.  Fort Mac residents and evacuees.

Photo: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)

The Roy Green Show Podcast

This is Roy Green's story about arriving in Canada as a 'reluctant' 13-year-old to becoming a 100% very proudly self-identified Canadian. 

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Following Iranian revolution in 1979, Marina was arrested at 16 years of age and spent two years in the notorious Evin political prison in Tehran where she was tortured and came very close to being executed.

Eventually released, Marina came to Canada in 1991 and wrote her memoir, Prisoner of Tehran.  In 2007 Marina received the inaugural Human Dignity Award from the European Parliament. In '09 she wrote her second book, After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed. What is it like to be a Canadian by choice? 

Guest:  Marina Nemat, Born in Tehran, Iran

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Immigration is a constant issue in Canadian debate. What makes Canada appealing to newcomers? What countries were you considering applying to as an immigrant and what made you decide to choose Canada? Also; do multi-generational Canadians support immigration numbers at 300,000 annually and are newcomers making a real effort to assimilate into Canada?

Guest: Mario Canseco, Immigrant from Mexico and vice president of Insights West polling firm.

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A year ago the massive wildfire which caused an evacuation and destruction of much of Fort McMurray resulted in Canadians donating $50 million through the Red Cross to their fellow Canadians from the Alberta community. 

Guests:  Stacy and Kevin, Fort Mac residents and evacuees.

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Reflections of Canada:  Illuminating our Opportunities and Challenges at 150 years.  A book published by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Thinking at the University of British Columbia. It contains 41 essays by some of Canada's most critical thinkers of the nation in which we live.  The positive and the not so positive.

Guests:  
Margot Young, Professor of law at UBC and co-editor of Reflections of Canada.  

Maxwell Cameron, Political science professor UBC.

Talking Canada for Canada 150.

Guests: Catherine Swift. WorkingCanadians.ca 

Guest: Linda Leatherdale. Former 'Money' editor Toronto Sun. 

Guest: Michelle Simson. Former Liberal MP and Justin Trudeau seatmate during Question Period.

Photo: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sue Bailey)

Reflections of Canada:  Illuminating our Opportunities and Challenges at 150 years.  A book published by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Thinking at the University of British Columbia. It contains 41 essays by some of Canada's most critical thinkers of the nation in which we live.  The positive and the not so positive.

Guest:  Margot Young.  Professor of law at UBC and co-editor of Reflections of Canada. 

 Guest: Maxwell Cameron.  Political science professor UBC. 

The Roy Green Show Podcast

Roy is going to traffic court, fighting a ticket alleging he failed to stop at a stop sign.

Also, a Regina man was charged with speeding through construction zone at 183 kilometres per hour. What would be the penalty for that?

Guest: Doug Morton, retired police officer from London, Ontario and paralegal

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This week, the Canadian Cancer Society reported that nearly one in two Canadians is expected to be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.

Guest: Dr. David Palma, oncologist, cancer researcher at the Ontario Institute of Cancer Research, and author of "Taking Charge of Cancer: What You Need to Know to Get the Best Treatment"

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A sniper from Canada's elite Joint Taskforce Two counter-terrorism unit shot dead an ISIS terrorist from a distance of 3540 meters (or 2.1 miles). It was a world record shot, beating the previous world record by more than 1000 meters.

How does someone become accepted for Joint Taskforce 2 and what are the special operators trained for?

Guest: Lt. Colonel Steve Day, former Commanding Officer of Joint Taskforce 2

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Dawn Rae Downton has revealed on the show that she has a suicide plan in place if the fentanyl she uses to deal with her chronic pain is significantly reduced or withheld. Her husband is aware of her plan.

Guests: Dawn Rae Downton, journalist and chronic pain patient
Bob Haagenson, Dawn’s husband and pain researcher

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Dawn Rae Downton has revealed on the show that she has a suicide plan in place if the fentanyl she uses to deal with her chronic pain is significantly reduced or withheld. Her husband is aware of her plan.

Guests: Dawn Rae Downton, journalist and chronic pain patient
Bob Haagenson, Dawn’s husband and pain researcher

(Photo: Tom Gannam/The Canadian Press)

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