The Roy Green Show

Today's podcast:

Excuses (explanations) continue concerning Bernardo transfer to medium security prison in Quebec. CSC argues transfer was "sound" and followed all applicable laws and policies. Meanwhile internal emails obtained by Global News quote CSC employees predicting a "circus" surrounding any Bernardo transfer.

Guest: Tim Danson. Lawyer for French/Mahaffy families. Challenging CSC position including argument Bernardo had 'integrated' into prison population. 

Russia's quits grain export deal and engages in missile attacks on Ukraine's export facilities. Also engaging in missile attacks on the city of Odesa, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Now what? And was Ukraine behind the attack on the bridge linking Russia with the Crimean peninsula. How is the war going for Ukraine? 

Guest: Olexander Scherba, former Ukraine Ambassador to Austria and member of the Ukraine diplomatic mission to the U.S. Book, Ukraine vs Darkness: Undiplomatic Thoughts.  

From the convicted child sex trafficker living in a centre for autistic youth to another chapter in the ugly scenario surrounding Paul Bernardo's transfer to a Quebec medium security prison, to privacy rights for convicted criminals what must and can be done (again) to make Canada's justice system responsive to the needs and expectations of Canadians/?

Guests: Mike Lake CPC MP from Edmonton and father of 27 year old autistic son.

Scott Newark. Former AB Crown Attorney, policy advisor to a federal and Ontario Minister for Public Safety and former vice chair for the Ontario Office for Victims of Crime.  

In 2022, 18.4% of people in the ten provinces lived in a food-insecure household. that amounts to 6.9 million people, including almost 1.8 million children living in households that struggled to afford the food they need. This is a considerable increase from 2021. 1 in 4 children lived in food insecure homes in Canada in 2022. 

Guest is co-author of a comment titled: Food Charity will not fix Food Insecurity.  

Guest: Professor Valerie Tarasuk. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto. Founding investigator at PROOF, a research program studying food insecurity and how to reduce it.   

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Host/Content Producer – Roy Green  

Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig  

Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor  

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More on food insecurity and what awaits now Russia has walked away from the grain export agreement with Ukraine. 

Guest: Professor Sylvain Charlebois. Scientific director of the Agri-foods Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. Author of four books, including: Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking.

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Former U of Saskatchewan professor, now Yukon University professor Ken Coates is quoted in Global News story: 'Former USask professor predicts new oil and gas policy will divide Canada.' Issue we discussed with Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe yesterday.

Guest: Ken Coates. Yukon University.  

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This week in Ottawa with the executive editor of Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa).

Guest: Tom Korski. Exec editor, Blacklock's Reporter     

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Excuses (explanations) continue concerning Bernardo transfer to medium security prison in Quebec. CSC argues transfer was "sound" and followed all applicable laws and policies. Meanwhile internal emails obtained by Global News quote CSC employees predicting a "circus" surrounding any Bernardo transfer.

Guest: Tim Danson. Lawyer for French/Mahaffy families. Challenging CSC position including argument Bernardo had 'integrated' into prison population. 

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Russia's quits grain export deal and engages in missile attacks on Ukraine's export facilities. Also engaging in missile attacks on the city of Odesa, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Now what? And was Ukraine behind the attack on the bridge linking Russia with the Crimean peninsula. How is the war going for Ukraine? 

Guest: Olexander Scherba, fmr Ukraine Ambassador to Austria and member of the Ukraine diplomatic mission to the U.S. Book, Ukraine vs Darkness: Undiplomatic Thoughts.  

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From the convicted child sex trafficker living in a centre for autistic youth to another chapter in the ugly scenario surrounding Paul Bernardo's transfer to a Quebec medium security prison, to privacy rights for convicted criminals what must and can be done (again) to make Canada's justice system responsive to the needs and expectations of Canadians?

Guests: Mike Lake CPC MP from Edmonton and father of 27 year old autistic son.

Scott Newark. Former AB Crown Attorney, policy advisor to a federal and Ontario Minister for Public Safety and former vice chair for the Ontario Office for Victims of Crime.  

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In 2022, 18.4% of people in the ten provinces lived in a food-insecure household. that amounts to 6.9 million people, including almost 1.8 million children living in households that struggled to afford the food they need. This is a considerable increase from 2021. 1 in 4 children lived in food insecure homes in Canada in 2022. 

Guest is co-author of a comment titled: Food Charity will not fix Food Insecurity.  

Guest: Professor Valerie Tarasuk. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto. Founding investigator at PROOF, a research program studying food insecurity and how to reduce it.   

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Global News story: Former USask professor predicts new oil and gas policy will divide Canada. Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe agrees and posted the GN story to his Twitter account. 

Also: Are Canada's premiers collectively and/or for their own reasons turning against Justin Trudeau and his government's policies?  Recently all four Atlantic Canada premiers sent a letter of concern/protest to the prime minister about the carbon tax imposition.   

Guest: Scott Moe. Premier. Saskatchewan 

Eight former residents and activists in Hong Kong have had bounties of $1 million (HK) placed on them by Hong Kong police. We speak with one of the activists with a price on their heads.   

Benedict Rogers is the author of: The China Nexus: 30 Years in and around the Communist Party's Tyranny. Rogers was denied entry to Hong Kong in 2017 on the orders of Beijing. This was 20 years after he had moved to the city as a journalist and activist. 

Guests: Anna Kwak is one of the eight former residents of Hong Kong and human rights activist with a $1 million (Hong Kong) bounty on her for her opposition to the manner of Beijing's of Hong Kong. Seeking asylum in the U.S.

Benedict Rogers. Human rights activist specializing in Asian policy and geopolitics. Co-founder and CEO of Hong Kong Watch. Deputy Chair of th UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission. Regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal. Has testified in the UK parliament, the European parliament and the U.S. Congress. 

Shane Wenzel is a Calgary homebuilder who posted to Twitter a few days ago that 10 confirmed homebuyers walked away from their home purchases when the BOC interest rate hit 5%. The homebuyers had secured financing when the BOC rate was 2-2.5% in early 2022. 

Guest: Shane Wenzel. Calgary homebuilder. Places the blame squarely on the Trudeau government; "You can thank Trudeau and his government. Their out-of-control spending, policies and a tenth consecutive interest rate hike for adding to the housing crisis." 

All Canadian provinces now permit pharmacists to prescribe medication for relatively minor health issues. Is this a positive step? What are the possible pitfalls? What is the response of Canada's family physicians?

Guest: Dr. Chris Milburn. Family doctor, Sydney, Nova Scotia. 

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Host/Content Producer – Roy Green 

Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig 

Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor 

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The wildfire threat in British Columbia increasing and so is the wildfire smoke threat.

Guest: Professor Michael Brauer. Faculty of Medicine, School of Population and Public Health University of British Columbia. 

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