Trudeau committing to "phasing out the oil sands" has Alberta's Wildrose opposition party leader saying Trudeau would have to go through him and four million Albertans first.

Guest: Brian Jean, leader of Alberta’s Wildrose Party

How will the relationship between Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau turn out and what will it mean to Canada?

Guests: Toby Condliffe, Democrats Abroad
Mark Feigenbaum, Republicans Abroad

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Justin Trudeau's "meet the average Canadian" tour wobbled a few times yesterday, including an Ontario woman (who is "proud to be Canadian") distressed over her electricity bill.

(Photo courtesy of Global News, crtedit to Sean Kilpatrick of the Canadian Press)

It’s a week before the inauguration of Donald Trump. How are mainstream media dealing with Trump's ascension to the Oval Office?


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Roy asks callers to weigh in on Justin Trudeau’s climate change initiatives.

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It's the weekly Beauties and the Beast segment with Roy and the Beauties.

Guests: Catherine Swift, Linda Leatherdale, Michelle Simson

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Roy speaks about carbon taxation and how different provinces (including Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta) have different approaches to electricity pricing.

He also relays the experience of an Ontario friend about how she was threatened with an electricity cut off on Christmas Eve.

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Roy asks callers to weigh in on whether or not they support carbon taxation.

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In 2016, 4378 people were shot in Chicago and 3665 were wounded. 713 were shot and killed on the spot. There were 795 homicides in total.

In the first four days of this month, 53 people have been shot - 46 of those were wounded and 7 of those were killed.

Is it just Chicago, or is Chicago just running ahead of an alarming curve?

Guest: Dr. Gary Slutkin, epidemiologist and infectious disease control specialist, and founder/executive director of Cure Violence, which addresses gun violence as a public health issue

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Megyn Kelly is jumping from Fox News to NBC, refusing a $20 million yearly contract offer with Fox. Why? Does the money that media superstars earn make sense?  

Guest: Paul Levinson, Professor of Communications and Media Studies at Fordham University in NYC, pop culture specialist and international best-selling author