The Roy Green Show

Four Americans kidnapped in Mexico, with two murdered. The drug cartel tied up and turned over to police the members of their cartel responsible for the murders. - Meanwhile three women from Texas who traveled to Mexico to sell clothes at a flea market have gone missing. And ex-FBI boss's chilling warning: "Nowhere in Mexico is safe from cartels." "While you're on the highway you're vulnerable." 

This as Canadians continue to flock to Mexico for inexpensive vacations in the sunshine

Guest: Ioan Grillo. Journalist who lives in Mexico and reports on the cartels. Argues America arms the cartels with its massive supply of firearms. Book: Blood Gun Money.

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Today’s podcast:

Pointed exchanges concerning China's interference in Canadian general elections 2019 & 2021 were delivered at Question Period in parliament between Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over what the Liberals and Trudeau knew and/or didn't know. The issue continues at the Procedure and House Public Affairs (PROC) and Ethics parliamentary committees. Opposition parties voted for a public inquiry into the matter. PM Justin Trudeau instead announced a special 'rapporteur' into election interference will be named. 

Meanwhile, China Friday insisted Canada is smearing China's reputation over the presence of Chinese police stations within Canada. And almost four years after two scientists with ties to China were fired and walked out of Canada's most secure bio-lab in Winnipeg the RCMP investigation into their activities has still not been concluded

Guest: Pierre Poilievre. Leader: Conservative Party of Canada

CEO's of Canada's 'Big Three' grocery chain CEO's testify before the Commons Agriculture Committee and what they said in defence of "reasonable profitability" over soaring food costs. Were/are they believable? Not to federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Laboratory discovered all three of Canada's major grocers beat their five-year averages for profit in the first half of 2022

Guest: Prof. Sylvain Charlebois. Head of Dalhousie University Agri Foods Analytics Lab

Vicious Russian violence against Ukraine and its civilian population increases with massive missiles attack, including hypersonic missiles and this in the past few days. - Ukraine wants Western battle tanks it has been promised and immediately to change the dynamic on the ground. But will it?

Some military experts argue the time of the tank is gone. Not our guest. How will the heavy armour from the West change the dynamic of the war in Ukraine? How much will it cost? Is it sustainable? And will the Russians resort to using doomsday weapons? 

Guest: Colonel Peter Mansoor. Professor of military history at The Ohio State University. Commanded 1st Brigade of the 1st Armored Division of the U.S. Army, including 13 months of combat in Iraq. Was Executive officer to General David Petraeus in Iraq during the Surge. Heavy armour has a major role to play in wars now and the future.

Australia faced China's inteference and has been far more direct in its response to Beijing. The head of Australia's intelligence service talked of having expelled "a hive of spies" from the country. Meanwhile Australia's former trade minister immediately after leaving government service accepted an $880k job working for a Chinese billionaire with ties to the Beijing government. 

Our guest is quoted as saying "I don't have confidence that when it comes to sensitive investigations involving China that could possibly drag in the political elite in this country, the government really has an interest in getting these types of investigations over the line."

Guest: Christian Leuprecht. Professor at Queen's University and Royal Military College. Eisenhower Fellow at the NATO Defence College in Rome. Munk Snr. Fellow in Security and Defence at the MacDonald Laurier Institute. Regularly called on as expert witness by parliamentary committees. Author: Intelligence as Democratic Statecraft.  

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Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay

Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor

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And how might secret and top secret reports about China's interference in Canada's 2019 and 2021 election interference make their way out of the ultra secure environment of CSIS? And now what? What is the role of CSIS and Canadian intelligence organizations at this juncture of the investigation? - As well, how do foreign intgelligence operations engage in Canada How difficult is it, or perhaps not so difficult might it be for a determined state actor to preceed with its own agenda inside Canada?

Guest: Phil Gurski. President and CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting in Ottawa. For 14 years a senior strategic analyst at CSIS, as well as years as a senior analyst at other national intelligence and security organizations. Author, Western Foreign Fighters: The Threat to Homeland and International Security.  {BorealisThreatAndRisk.com}

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Most Canadians believe violence increased during Covid. IPSOS poll for Global News. Fifty-eight per cent of Canadians beleive there has been more violence in their community since the pandemic began in three years ago. 65% of those belive it's because the pandemic has negatively impacted mental health.

AND, A serious challenge faces the world says Darrell Bricker. A world with a declining population and the related issues this world will soon be facing. In his book Empty Planet {co-written with John Ibbitson} Bricker points to massive disruptions to be faced by businesses, the international economy and society. More than 3O countries are expected to lose half their populations by the end of the century. What will this mean to the newborn of today who by then will be the world's senior citizens?

Guest: Darrell Bricker. CEO. IPSOS Public Affairs. Author: Empty Planet.

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Friday at the annual Conference of Defence Associations Institute in Ottawa, Canada's former Vice Chief of the Defence Staff and Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman warned "we are not taking defence and security seriously in this country and our way of life is in jeopardy as a result." We speak with Admiral Norman about his pointed warnings to governments and alert to Canadians from coast to coast.

Guest: Vice-Admiral Mark Norman.

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Pointed exchanges concerning China's interference in Canadian general elections 2019 & 2021 were delivered at Question Period in parliament between Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over what the Liberals and Trudeau knew and/or didn't know. The issue continues at the Procedure and House Public Affairs (PROC) and Ethics parliamentary committees. Opposition parties voted for a public inquiry into the matter. PM Justin Trudeau instead announced a special 'rapporteur' into election interference will be named. 

Meanwhile, China Friday insisted Canada is smearing China's reputation over the presence of Chinese police stations within Canada. And almost four years after two scientists with ties to China were fired and walked out of Canada's most secure bio-lab in Winnipeg the RCMP investigation into their activities has still not been concluded

Guest: Pierre Poilievre. Leader: Conservative Party of Canada

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CEO's of Canada's 'Big Three' grocery chain CEO's testify before the Commons Agriculture Committee and what they said in defence of "reasonable profitability" over soaring food costs. Were/are they believable? Not to federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Laboratory discovered all three of Canada's major grocers beat their five-year averages for profit in the first half of 2022

Guest: Prof. Sylvain Charlebois. Head of Dalhousie University Agri Foods Analytics Lab

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Vicious Russian violence against Ukraine and its civilian population increases with massive missiles attack, including hypersonic missiles and this in the past few days. - Ukraine wants Western battle tanks it has been promised and immediately to change the dynamic on the ground. But will it?

Some military experts argue the time of the tank is gone. Not our guest. How will the heavy armour from the West change the dynamic of the war in Ukraine? How much will it cost? Is it sustainable? And will the Russians resort to using doomsday weapons? 

Guest: Colonel Peter Mansoor. Professor of military history at The Ohio State University. Commanded 1st Brigade of the 1st Armored Division of the U.S. Army, including 13 months of combat in Iraq. Was Executive officer to General David Petraeus in Iraq during the Surge. Heavy armour has a major role to play in wars now and the future. 

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Australia faced China's inteference and has been far more direct in its response to Beijing. The head of Australia's intelligence service talked of having expelled "a hive of spies" from the country. Meanwhile Australia's former trade minister immediately after leaving government service accepted an $880k job working for a Chinese billionaire with ties to the Beijing government. 

Our guest is quoted as saying "I don't have confidence that when it comes to sensitive investigations involving China that could possibly drag in the political elite in this country, the government really has an interest in getting these types of investigations over the line."

Guest: Christian Leuprecht. Professor at Queen's University and Royal Military College. Eisenhower Fellow at the NATO Defence College in Rome. Munk Snr. Fellow in Security and Defence at the MacDonald Laurier Institute. Regularly called on as expert witness by parliamentary committees. Author: Intelligence as Democratic Statecraft.

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Today’s podcast:

This week opposition party members of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) voted to support a non-binding motion calling for a public inquiry into China's interference in Canadian federal elections of 2019 and 2021. Liberal MPs on the committee voted against and the PM continues to refuse to engage a public inquiry.

Guest: Michael Cooper, CPC MP for St. Albert-Edmonton and member of PROC.

Kenny Chiu was a CPC MP for the B.C. riding of Steveston - Richmond East when he was, he insists, targeted for election defeat by Beijing on Chinese language social media in Canada and eventually defeated in 2021.

Guest: Kenny Chiu. Will detail how and why Beijing he believes he was targeted by Beijing for loss in Canada's 2021 federal election.

Fierce fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops in a virtually destroyed city named Bakhmut. - Also, stories of competing interests at the top of the Ukrainian military - And the need for the delivery of Western heavy weapons and armaments for Ukraine is increasing.

Guest: Oleksander Scherba. Former Ukraine Ambassador to Austria. - Author, Ukraine vs Darkness: Undiplomatic Thoughts.

Global News: Milton, Ont. man accused of murdering armed intruder released on bail. 22-year-old Ali Mian allegedly shot and killed an armed intruder during a home invasion two weeks ago. What are the limits to actions permissible as self-defence under Canadian criminal law? Self defence laws are very different in Canada to those which exist in the United States.

Guest: Ed Burlew, criminal lawyer, Toronto. Specializes in firearms-related cases. Has defended more than 700 cases involving licenced firearms owners since beginning this work in 1999.

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Host/Content Producer – Roy Green

Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay

Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor

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