The Roy Green Show

Blacklock's Reporter's top stories from Ottawa this past week.

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

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Today’s podcast:

Thursday was Pierre Poilievre's first day to stand in parliament during Question Period as leader of the official opposition challenging prime minister Justin Trudeau. We speak to the leader of the opposition. Abacus national polling shows Poilievre and the Conservative Party holding a 5 point lead over the Liberals.

Guest: Pierre Poilievre. Leader, Conservative Party of Canada

Putin threatens nuclear war, mobilizes up to 300K reservists to fight Ukraine and holds fake referenda to annex areas of Ukraine Russia is not in complete control of. What will change? Nothing, according to my guest. "We have nowhere to go. We will fight to the end for our homes, our families and our country".

Guest: Oleksandr Scherba. Former Ukraine Ambassador to Austria, Ukraine Ambassador at large following the 2014 conflict between Russia and Ukraine and author of Undiplomatic Thoughts.

Mahsi Amini was an Iranian woman who challenged the Tehran regime's hijab laws. After being arrested by Iran's morality police Mahsi Amini died in hospital last Friday after spending three days in a coma. Demonstrations have continued across Iran as women set their hijabs on fire in protest and demand accountability for the death of Ms. Amini. Guest: Masih Alinejad. Iranian journalist, author and women's rights campaigner. Hosts "Tablet" a talk show on Voice of America's Persian service. She has been repeatedly attacked by the Tehran regime. Last year police uncovered a kidnapping plot to force Alinejad back to Iran and in August police arrested a man who was repeatedly seen outside her home in her Brooklyn neighbourhood. The FBI arrested the man, finding a loaded AK47 with filed off serial numbers. On CNN Masih Alinejad told the Tehran regime "Go to hell. I'm not scared of you. I have only one life. You care about power. I care about dignity and my freedom like millions of other people in Iran. You can kill me, but you cannot kill the idea. The idea is just fighting for freedom, dignity."

Guest: Masih Alinejad. Iranian journalist and activist. Author: The Wind in My Hair: My Fight For Freedom in Modern Iran. Founder: White Wednesdays.

The UCP in Alberta will announce its new leader and premier on October 12. 

Guest: Travis Toews. Candidate for UCP leader and former Alberta Minister of Finance.

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Thursday was Pierre Poilievre's first day to stand in parliament during Question Period as leader of the official opposition challenging prime minister Justin Trudeau. We speak to the leader of the opposition. Abacus national polling shows Poilievre and the Conservative Party holding a 5 point lead over the Liberals. 

Guest: Pierre Poilievre. Leader, Conservative Party of Canada

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Putin threatens nuclear war, mobilizes up to 300K reservists to fight Ukraine and holds fake referenda to annex areas of Ukraine Russia is not in complete control of. What will change? Nothing, according to my guest. "We have nowhere to go. We will fight to the end for our homes, our families and our country".

Guest: Oleksandr Scherba. Former Ukraine Ambassador to Austria, Ukraine Ambassador at large following the 2014 conflict between Russia and Ukraine and author of Undiplomatic Thoughts.

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Now post-tropical storm Fiona has brought severe wind, heavy rain and left hundreds of thousands without power in Atlantic Canada.  

Guest: David Neil. Environment Canada / Canadian Hurricane Centre meteorologist.

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Winter is coming and Europe facing energy crisis continues with Putin maintaining closure of Nord Stream 1 pipeline and urging Europe to open Nord Stream 2 to receive all the natural gas it needs from Russia. Energy manipulation from the Kremlin. - Meanwhile Belgium closed down 1 nuclear reactor providing 10% of its energy needs. France delays reopening of a energy producing nuclear plant by a month. French police patrolling Paris streets making sure businesses have their doors closed to conserve energy and how helpful in the long run is a massive amount of subsidy money from Euro governments being directed to heavily financially stressed consumers and businesses as energy costs skyrocket. Will things get worse? Our guest says "yes they will."

Guest: Professor Thierry Bros. Sciences Po university, Paris. Oil and gas expert at the French energy ministry in charge of security and supply for France. Leading expert on markets and geopolitics of energy and energy supply.

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Mahsi Amini was an Iranian woman who challenged the Tehran regime's hijab laws. After being arrested by Iran's morality police Mahsi Amini died in hospital last Friday after spending three days in a coma. Demonstrations have continued across Iran as women set their hijabs on fire in protest and demand accountability for the death of Ms. Amini. Masih Alinejad is an Iranian journalist, author and women's rights campaigner. Hosts "Tablet" a talk show on Voice of America's Persian service. She has been repeatedly attacked by the Tehran regime. Last year police uncovered a kidnapping plot to force Alinejad back to Iran and in August police arrested a man who was repeatedly seen outside her home in her Brooklyn neighbourhood. The FBI arrested the man, finding a loaded AK47 with filed off serial numbers. On CNN Masih Alinejad told the Tehran regime "Go to hell. I'm not scared of you. I have only one life. You care about power. I care about dignity and my freedom like millions of other people in Iran. You can kill me, but you cannot kill the idea. The idea is just fighting for freedom, dignity." 

Guest: Masih Alinejad. Iranian journalist and activist. Author: The Wind in My Hair: My Fight For Freedom in Modern Iran. Founder: White Wednesdays.

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The UCP in Alberta will announce its new leader and premier on October 12.  

Guest: Travis Toews. Candidate for UCP leader and former Alberta Minister of Finance.

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The UCP leadership. Who is likely to emerge as winner? What do Alberta's voters want from their premier? Does the NDP have a realistic chance of former government in Alberta in next year's provincial election?

Guest: Duane Bratt. Professor of political science. Mount Royal University, Calgary. Author, Blue Storm: The Rise and Fall of Jason Kenney.

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Democracy in Danger - Does Either Party Care? As the Republicans prepare to dispute mid-term voting and Democrats (Biden) say "our democracy is under mortal threat." How does a former NYC federal prosecutor, Ph.D. Columbia Law School, former history professor and author of How Could This Happen: Explaining the Holocaust deduce the Western world's most powerful democracy is facing possible collapse"?

Guest: Dr. Dan McMillan: Former NYC prosecutor. Ph.D. Columbia University. Author How Could This Happen: Explaining the Holocaust.

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