The Roy Green Show

Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada joins us for a question and answer segment on the economy, bail reform and justice, carbon taxes, Poilievre's public challenges of the use of McKinsey as a consultant firm by the Liberals and paying the firm $66 million Poilievre being challenged and criticized for speaking to the Winnipeg-based Frontier Centre for Public Policy think tank which has openly questioned the negative impact of residential schools on Indigenous children and communities.

Guest: Pierre Poilievre. CPC leader.

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Former federal Minister of Finance Bill Morneau in his Where to From Here book is highly critical of Justin Trudeau as prime minister and joins the expanding ranks of previously high ranking Liberal MPs/cabinet ministers disillusioned with Trudeau. Morneau writes "Soon after the election (2015) I came to realize that while his performance skills were superb, his management and interpersonal communication abilities were sorely lacking," adding that advice from his department on directing spending related to COVID-19 was "basically disregarded in favour of winning a popularity contest."  We speak with two former Liberal MPs with direct knowledge of Justin Trudeau.

Guests: Celina Caesar-Chavannes, former Liberal MP for Whitby, Ontario and parliamentary secretary to the prime minister. Book: Can You Hear Me Now?

& Michelle Simson. Former Liberal MP, Scarborough Southwest, Ontario and parliamentary seatmate to Justin Trudeau

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NBC News is reporting a key advisor to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's vaccine panel is questioning whether more Covid booster shots are necessary for healthy, younger people. Dr. Paul Offit is a pediatrician and director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia who wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine that evidence supporting new versions of the booster shots for the Omicron variant which were authorized by the FDA in August is "underwhelming."

Guest: Dr. Neil Rau. Infectious diseases specialist, Halton Region, Ontario. Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Medical School.

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Canadians are Pessimistic as we being 2023 with 83% believing Canada is in recession. Pollara Strategic Insights annual economic outlook.

Guest: Dan Arnold. Chief Strategy Officer at Pollara (and formerly very active in the Justin Trudeau election/re-election campaigns at the PMO).

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Premiers urge Ottawa to reform bail system after killing of OPP officer. Fourth police officer killed in the line of duty in a matter of months.

Guest: Scott Newark. Former Alberta crown attorney, senior policy advisor to a federal public safety minister, fmr executive director of the Canadian Police Association, Vice Chair and Special Counsel for the Ontario Office of Victims of Crime.

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Do Canadians have reason to feel so pessimistic with 83% believing we are in recession already?

Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Professor of Macroeconomics at Toronto Metropolitan University

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As Canada is embroiled over federal firearms legislation, Bill C-21, a Texas jury is to decide the fate of 'vigilante' who killed a robber in a diner: Associated Press.

An individual with a violent criminal past including armed robbery in which a man was killed, and for which the individual in question received a 15 year prison sentence had been in the process of holding up the diner in Houston while pointing a gun at patrons. The criminal was then shot by another diner and died shortly after. - Texas law permits anyone 21 and over to carry a handgun in public without a licence, background check or training.

A former Houston prosecutor insists the diner who shot the robber did so in self-defence. The current District Attorney's office will turn the case over to a grand jury to decide if a criminal case is warranted. - An attorney and former police officer calls the actions of the diner "justified in Texas." The robber it has been discovered was wielding a very real-looking plastic gun.

Guest: Andy Kahan. Director: Victims Services. Crime Stoppers of Houston. - Appointed to the Texas Crime Victims Institute Advisory Council by Governor Greg Abbott. - Has attended executions of convicted killers with members of their victims families.

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Blacklock's Reporter and their Ottawa/federal government/agencies stories to begin the new year.

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

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Today’s podcast:

Last Saturday we began a conversation with the current and immediate past presidents of the Canadian Medical Association about the crisis enveloping Canadian health care. Today Dr's Alika Lafontaine and Katharine Smart continue on our program with their assessment of what Canada's healthcare system is most in need of. Dr. Smart has repeatedly stated "money should follow the patient." This as a new funding model between Ottawa and the provinces is taking shape and as increased presence of private health care in Canada appears likely. Meanwhile reports two Nova Scotia women died while waiting for care at hospital E.R's.

Guests: Dr. Alika Lafontaine. President: CMA.

& Dr. Katharine Smart: Immediate past-president CMA

Ontario government looking to increase role of private health care. As Canada's 13 different health care systems face crisis is it time for private healthcare options to increase? Or at least private healthcare insurance? We speak with one of Canada's leading private health insurance proponents whose case is destined for the Supreme Court of Canada.

Guest: Dr. Brian Day. Founder of Cambie Surgery Centre, Vancouver. Former president of the Canadian Medical Association.

Trudeau government announces the purchase of the F35 fighter plane years after declaring they never would. - this follows the announcement of surface ships for the RCN and the spending $400 million to purchase missile defence systems from the U.S. for Ukraine. Canada's military has had no such missile system for many years.

The announced purchase of F35 fighter planes to replace Canada's half-century old CF18's and 15 warships {frigates} for the Royal Canadian Navy is running into complaints of too much spending. This while our NATO allies are making it clear to the federal government they expect Canada to increase its military defence spending substantially.

What do we gain with the announced purchases and what does the CAF still require?

Guest: Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Former Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy. former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and Samuel Associates Senior Defence Analyst

Damar Hamlin's health is improving by the day. Out of hospital, many wondering if the Buffalo Bills defensive back may make an appearance at tomorrow's Bills vs Dolphins playoff game.

Guest: Tim O'Shei. Has for years covered the Bills for the Buffalo News.

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Last Saturday we began a conversation with the current and immediate past presidents of the Canadian Medical Association about the crisis enveloping Canadian health care. Today Dr's Alika Lafontaine and Katharine Smart continue on our program with their assessment of what Canada's healthcare system is most in need of. Dr. Smart has repeatedly stated "money should follow the patient." This as a new funding model between Ottawa and the provinces is taking shape and as increased presence of private health care in Canada appears likely. Meanwhile reports two Nova Scotia women died while waiting for care at hospital E.R's.

Guests: Dr. Alika Lafontaine. President: CMA.

& Dr. Katharine Smart: Immediate past-president CMA

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