The Roy Green Show

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Food inflation and food costs. Even when food inflation slows it doesn't mean food prices will begin to lower, only that they'll slow down as far as increasing costs are concerned. And while inflation slowed to 6.9% in September, food inflation rose to 11.4%, a 41-year high.

Guest: Sylvain Charlebois. Professor, Dalhousie University. Director Agri-Foods Analytics Laboratory

Much being said about major grocery chains profits and Loblaws freezing no name foods costs for a few months. But what about the independent grocers across Canada? How do they establish pricing? What are their challenges?

Guest: Giancarlo Trimarchi. Independent grocery stores owner in GTA (Vince's Markets). Also Chair of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers.

Jagmeet Singh challenging major grocers chains nationally on too much profit at this time.

Guest: Jagmeet Singh. Federal NDP leader

Invoking of the Emergencies Act. Public Order Emergencies Commission hearings to date. Canadian Civil Liberties Association has not heard anything to justify invoking of the E.A.

Guest: Cara Zwibel. Director: Fundamental Freedoms Program, Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

David Eby now leader of the British Columbia NDP and promises within first 100 days as premier to take action on oil and gas infrastructure developments in the province.

Guest: Rob Shaw, political correspondent CHEK News, Victoria B.C. Co-author A Matter of Confidence.

There are health developments for Jess Larochelle, the heroic Canadian soldier who single-handedly fought off the Taliban and protected his platoon while very severely wounded in 2006. Canada's government/military aparatus refuses to award Jess Larochelle the Canadian Victoria Cross, even though Generals Rick Hillier and Omer Lavoie (on the battlefield that day in 2006 and saw Jess Larochelle's actions) were on RGS arguing for the Victoria Cross. - Jess Larochelle last month had another serious surgery relating to the wounds he suffered in that '06 battle. He is out of hospital and slowly improving, but 16 years later still in great difficulty.

Guest: Bruce Moncur. Jess Larochelle's former platoon mate who himself had part of his brain blown away by a U.S. jet fighter who mistook the Canadian soldiers for Taliban. Speaks for Jess Larochelle.

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Podcast Producer – Tom McKay

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Food inflation and food costs. Even when food inflation slows it doesn't mean food prices will begin to lower, only that they'll slow down as far as increasing costs are concerned.

And while inflation slowed to 6.9% in September, food inflation rose to 11.4%, a 41-year high.

Guest: Sylvain Charlebois. Professor, Dalhousie University. Director Agri-Foods Analytics Laboratory.

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Much being said about major grocery chains profits and Loblaws freezing no name foods costs for a few months. But what about the independent grocers across Canada? How do they establish pricing? What are their challenges?

Guest: Giancarlo Trimarchi. Independent grocery stores owner in GTA (Vince's Markets). Also Chair of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers.

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Jagmeet Singh challenging major grocers chains nationally on too much profit at this time.

Guest: Jagmeet Singh. Federal NDP leader.

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Invoking of the Emergencies Act. Public Order Emergencies Commission hearings to date. Canadian Civil Liberties Association has not heard anything to justify invoking of the E.A.

Guest: Cara Zwibel. Director: Fundamental Freedoms Program, Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

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Speaking of military. There are health developments for Jess Larochelle, the heroic Canadian soldier who single-handedly fought off the Taliban and protected his platoon while very severely wounded in 2006. Canada's government/military aparatus refuses to award Jess Larochelle the Canadian Victoria Cross, even though Generals Rick Hillier and Omer Lavoie (on the battlefield that day in 2006 and saw Jess Larochelle's actions) were on RGS arguing for the Victoria Cross. - Jess Larochelle last month had another serious surgery relating to the wounds he suffered in that '06 battle. He is out of hospital and slowly improving, but 16 years later still in great difficulty.

Guest: Bruce Moncur. Jess Larochelle's former platoon mate who himself had part of his brain blown away by a U.S. jet fighter who mistook the Canadian soldiers for Taliban. Speaks for Jess Larochelle.

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How is Europe faring heading into fall and winter and the developing energy crisis, as Germany resorts to burning coal.

Guest: Professor Thierry Bros. Professor at Science Po, Paris. Leading expert on geopolitics of oil and gas and energy security. Oil and gas expert at the French Energy Ministry.

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David Eby now leader of the British Columbia NDP and promises within first 100 days as premier to take action on oil and gas infrastructure developments in the province.

Guest: Rob Shaw, political correspondent CHEK News, Victoria B.C. Co-author A Matter of Confidence.

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Recession expectations are growing, with the Bank of Canada outlook for continued inflation remaining high.

Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Macroeconomics. Toronto Metropolitan University. (RGS has become part of professor Kam's course curriculum)

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Montreal Economic Institute survey by Ipsos: With inflation at numbers not seen for 30 years, 72% of Canadians say our individual tax burdens are too high. Only 21% feel it's appropriate. 42% believe taxes on companies in Canada are too low, but 71% realize raising taxes for companies will end up penalizing consumers. - There's much more interesting information in this poll.

Guest: Olivier Rancourt. Economist at MEI.

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