The Roy Green Show

As the war between Ukraine and Russia begins its second calendar year Putin announced and violated a 36 hour ceasefire January 6 and 7 over Orthodox Christmas which Ukraine president Zelenskyy argued was just a Putin ruse to resupply Russian troops and stop the advances of Ukraine's military. Meanwhile the U.S., France and Germany announce more battlefield armoured vehicles for Ukraine but stop short of the heavy battle tanks Ukraine is asking for. Canada has delivered four M777 Howitzers to Ukraine meanwhile. We feature a year-starting interview with Ukraine's Ambassador to Canada.

We will also ask the Ambassador to comment on the fact this is the 3rd anniversary of the shooting down by Iran of Ukraine Airlines Flight PS 752 with dozens of Canadian citizens and permanent residents onboard.

Guest: Ambassador Yulia Kovaliv. Ukraine Ambassador to Canada.

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Today marks the 3rd anniversary of Iran shooting down Ukraine Airlines Flight 752 over Tehran claiming more than 170 lives, including 138 who had ties to Canada. 55 were Canadian citizens, 30 were permanent residents of Canada.

Guest: Amir Arsalani. Member of the Association of Families of Flight PS 752 victims.

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3rd anniversary of Iran shooting down of PS 752

Guest: Michael Chong. CPC MP and Foreign Affairs shadow minister

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Bryan Kohberger, criminology Ph'D candidate at the Washington State University arrested and charged in the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students. Developments leading to the arrest and charges are many and we're beginning to learn more about the police and scientific investigation which led to Kohberger being arrested by an FBI SWAT team in the early morning hours of December 29. We cover what has been learned, what lies ahead and consider how early the FBI and state and local police may have been investigating Kohberger. Perhaps while Kohberger and his father were driving from Washington State to the parental home in Pennsylvania.

Guest: Scott Duffey. Retired Supervisory FBI Special Agent. Co-director of the Criminal Justice Institute at Wilmington University.

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2023 and the price of oil and how that may/will be reflected at the pump for Canadians as far as gasoline and diesel price is concerned.

Guest: Dan McTeague. President. Canadians for Affordable Energy

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Today’s podcast:

Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills improving health. 

Guest: Terry Totton. Head football coach at Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh and Damar Hamlin's high school coach.

Criminal drug cartels at war with the Mexican national government. This week virtual open warfare broke out as Ovidio Guzman, son of cartel kingpin El Chapo Guzman was captured by Mexican forces after the president of Mexico had ordered the release of Ovidio in order to avoid continuing assaults by cartel gunmen. Canadian travelers were urged by the federal government to shelter in place in Mexico.

Drug cartel members in armoured vehicles on New Year's Day attacked a Mexican state prison and the municipal police HQ in Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas. 19 people are killed. 24, including a cartel boss were freed by the heavily armed attackers or escaped. Just days from now President Biden, Prime Minister Trudeau will meet with Mexico's president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in a major North American summit. What is going on in our USMCA partner country when drug cartel killers attack government installatioins?

Guest: Ioan Grillo. Journalist/author living and reporting in Mexico. In his book Blood Gun Money: Firearms Trafficking Along America's Iron River, Grillo chases down how America arms gangs and cartels. He talks to arms makers, street corner thugs, hit men, gun buyers and seller and victims, as well as perpetrators of gun violence.

Healthcare. Canadians #1 issue at the outset of 2023. How do the two doctors most recently presidents of the Canadian Medical Association identify the most significant healthcare needs of Canadians and what do these doctors declare is critical to repairing our broken national healthcare system?

Guests: Dr. Katherine Smart. Immediate past-president, CMA and Yukon pediatrician. Has worked in major urban and rural hospitals. & Dr. Alika Lafontaine. Current president CMA and the Association's first Indigenous president. Listed in the Medical Post's '50 Most Powerful Doctors.'

According to the WHO and national public health in Canada the Covid variant XBB.1.5 is the new threat to health globally and here in Canada. (Tomorrow we'll get deeper into this XBB variant threat)

How do pharmaceutical companies create new vaccines, boosters and other anti-viral treatments for Covid variants for a complete age range of Canadians when we don't know until the variant is established that it's present in the population? Are governments and particularly the current federal government a help or hindrance?

Guest: Paul Lucas. Former president/CEO of Glaxo Smith Kline, Canada.

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Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor

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Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills improving health. 

Guest: Terry Totton. Head football coach at Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh and Damar Hamlin's high school coach.

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Criminal drug cartels at war with the Mexican national government. This week virtual open warfare broke out as Ovidio Guzman, son of cartel kingpin El Chapo Guzman was captured by Mexican forces after the president of Mexico had ordered the release of Ovidio in order to avoid continuing assaults by cartel gunmen. Canadian travelers were urged by the federal government to shelter in place in Mexico.

Drug cartel members in armoured vehicles on New Year's Day attacked a Mexican state prison and the municipal police HQ in Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas. 19 people are killed. 24, including a cartel boss were freed by the heavily armed attackers or escaped. Just days from now President Biden, Prime Minister Trudeau will meet with Mexico's president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in a major North American summit. What is going on in our USMCA partner country when drug cartel killers attack government installatioins?

Guest: Ioan Grillo. Journalist/author living and reporting in Mexico. In his book Blood Gun Money: Firearms Trafficking Along America's Iron River, Grillo chases down how America arms gangs and cartels. He talks to arms makers, street corner thugs, hit men, gun buyers and seller and victims, as well as perpetrators of gun violence.

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Healthcare. Canadians #1 issue at the outset of 2023. How do the two doctors most recently presidents of the Canadian Medical Association identify the most significant healthcare needs of Canadians and what do these doctors declare is critical to repairing our broken national healthcare system?

Guests: Dr. Katherine Smart. Immediate past-president, CMA and Yukon pediatrician. Has worked in major urban and rural hospitals. & Dr. Alika Lafontaine. Current president CMA and the Association's first Indigenous president. Listed in the Medical Post's '50 Most Powerful Doctors.'

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According to the WHO and national public health in Canada the Covid variant XBB.1.5 is the new threat to health globally and here in Canada. (Tomorrow we'll get deeper into this XBB variant threat)

How do pharmaceutical companies create new vaccines, boosters and other anti-viral treatments for Covid variants for a complete age range of Canadians when we don't know until the variant is established that it's present in the population? Are governments and particularly the current federal government a help or hindrance?

Guest: Paul Lucas. Former president/CEO of Glaxo Smith Kline, Canada.

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