The Roy Green Show

Today’s podcast: 

Part 2 of our weekend review of healthcare in Canada and possible increase of private healthcare options. Yesterday Dr. Alika Lafontaine, new president of the Canadian Medical Association. Today the founder of Canada's likely most famous private surgical clinic. 

Guest: Dr. Brian Day. Founder of the Cambie Surgery Centre, Vancouver. 

A customer dissatisfaction story of a car rental gone wrong very badly wrong. Vancouver woman rents a Yukon Denali in Toronto from Avis and developments following the return of the vehicle are off the scale. Instead of perhaps 200 km of driving in 68 hours guest was billed $8,079.76 for a claimed 36,482km driven. To accomplish this the Yukon Denali would have had to keep a speed of 536.5 kilometers per hour. Top speed for the Denali? 176kmh. When our guest complained the situation deteriorated further. VISA was no real help either. 

Guest: Giovanna Boniface. Vancouver woman who rented the Denali. 

General Lavoie witnessed what Private Larochelle accomplished. General Lavoie called in artillery support and alerted the gunners that mere meters separated his Canadian soldiers from the insurgents he wanted hit. No CAF soldier has received a Victoria Cross since WWII. We're told Australians and Americans awarded their highest military honours to soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and these soldiers have personally reached out to Private Jess Larochelle, who has still not entirely recovered from the wounds he received in that battle.

Guest: Lt. General Omer Lavoie, CAF Command Officer in the battle on October 14, 2006.

Nationally prominent Canadians sign a two page letter carried in the Globe and Mail challenging Bell for the removal of Lisa Laflamme as CTV national news anchor, charging sexism and ageism. What is an employment lawyer's advice to Bell Media today?  - And the issue of 'quiet quitting.' Employment lawyer warns of the dangers and possible pitfalls. 

Guest: Howard Levitt. Employment lawyer. Author: The Law of Dismissal in Canada. 

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Part 2 of our weekend review of healthcare in Canada and possible increase of private healthcare options. Yesterday Dr. Alika Lafontaine, new president of the Canadian Medical Association. Today the founder of Canada's likely most famous private surgical clinic.

            Guest: Dr. Brian Day. Founder of the Cambie Surgery Centre, Vancouver.  (B.C. Court of Appeals just weeks ago ruled against Dr. Day's private healthcare surgery centre. Next stop the Supreme Court of Canada?) 

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A customer dissatisfaction story of a car rental gone wrong very badly wrong. Vancouver woman rents a Yukon Denali in Toronto from Avis and developments following the return of the vehicle are off the scale. Instead of perhaps 200 km of driving in 68 hours guest was billed $8,079.76 for a claimed 36,482km driven. To accomplish this the Yukon Denali would have had to keep a speed of 536.5 kilometers per hour. Top speed for the Denali? 176kmh. When our guest complained the situation deteriorated further. VISA was no real help either.

Guest: Giovanna Boniface. Vancouver woman who rented the Denali.

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Nationally prominent Canadians sign a two page letter carried in the Globe and Mail challenging Bell for the removal of Lisa Laflamme as CTV national news anchor, charging sexism and ageism. What is an employment lawyer's advice to Bell Media today?  - And the issue of 'quiet quitting.' Employment lawyer warns of the dangers and possible pitfalls.

Guest: Howard Levitt. Employment lawyer. Author: The Law of Dismissal in Canada.

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A developing story we have been sharing with listeners.

The Canadian Victoria Cross for a Canadian Armed Forces member? Canadian Army Private Jess Larochelle accomplished in Afghanistan on October 14, 2006, what we usually only see in Hollywood movies with the likes of Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Seriously wounded, with two of his fellow troopers dead, he battled insurgents solo protecting the rest of his squad. When Private Larochelle's name for the Canadian Victoria Cross was raised in a parliamentary motion Liberal MPs voted the nomination down. The DND as well decided "no.". Meanwhile Canada's former Chief of Defence Staff, General Rick Hillier appeared on our program supporting the CVC for Private Larochelle. Our guest as well believes Private Larochelle has earned the CVC.

Guest: Lt. General Omer Lavoie, CAF Command Officer in the battle on October 14, 2006. General Lavoie witnessed what Private Larochelle accomplished. General Lavoie called in artillery support and alerted the gunners that mere meters separated his Canadian soldiers from the insurgents he wanted hit.   

No CAF soldier has received a Victoria Cross since WWII. We're told Australians and Americans awarded their highest military honours to soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and these soldiers have personally reached out to Private Jess Larochelle, who has still not entirely recovered from the wounds he received in that battle.

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Trudeau and Scholz. They weren't going to talk Canadian LNG for Germany and appeared to talk about little else except signing non-binding agreement to export hydrogen power from Newfoundland beginning in 2025 (no infrastructure has even begun to be built. Scholz though finally said Germany wants Canadian LNG. --  Meanwhile in Europe the situation continues to deteriorate and the fear of a winter minus Russian LNG rises. The Hague has requested relief from sanctions against Russia. The city needs Russian natural gas. Others will follow says my guest. -- Experts in the area of energy security are bluntly saying the Germans and their over-enthusiasm for renewables are the architects of their own disaster. - A French member of parliament this week tweeted almost the identical accusation and told the Germans to fire up their nuclear plants and take care of their people.

And there's a ship from Argentina on the way to Germany filled with LNG.  

Guest: Professor Thierry Bros. Professor at Sciences Po, Paris. Leading expert on markets, geopolitics of oil and gas and energy security. In charge of security of supply at the French Energy Ministry Regular contributor to Natural Gas World website.

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Ontario will require seniors currently in hospitals but deemed well enough to live in LTC facilities to accept an offered space in such a facility even if it is a long distance from the senior's home and family. More details to come. Senior who refuse will be charged significant daily fee for hospital stay, as though they were uninsured patients.

Guest: Marc (has been updating us on the situation facing his 97 year old father in ON). Marc's father was recently set to move from a private LTC facility to a hospice. His father though died the next day. Marc then received an invoice from the private LTC facility demanding payment for time his father never spent at the facility (he's dead, remember). The facility's policy is they must receive 30 days notice of moving out and that clients must pay a month in advance. Marc wanted a refund for 17 days of the month his dad didn't spend in the facility and the private facility's response was you didn't provide us the 30 days notice of moving out, so you owe us that extra money. So how did this situation eventually play out?  

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Today’s podcast:

According to a survey of Canada's doctors released Thursday by CMA: Canadian physician workforce in despair. And second issue: Introducing more private health care into Canada. Provinces moving in that direction. Does CMA president agree? Plus your experience with healthcare. Have you encountered delays in health testing and diagnosing of your health condition? Had a surgery postponed? Waited many hours at an E.R.?

Guest: Dr. Alika Lafontaine. New president Canadian Medical Association.

Mass Casualty Commission hearing in Nova Scotia with RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki testifying concerning the April 18, 2020 mass shooting and 22 murders in Nova Scotia. Guest has much to say on Lucki's testimony and the Commission's hearing to date.

Guest: Scott McLeod. His brother Sean and Sean's partner Alanna were murdered by Gabriel Wortman. Scott McLeod is a corrections officer as was his brother and his brother's partner.

September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. Extremely concerning information. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) survey of April of this year shows 18% of Ontario students have seriously contemplated suicide in the past 12 months, 59% report being depressed and 39% say their mental health is worse. As the new school year is about to begin, we address these findings which although based on Ontario teens views may well reflect a similar national perspective. 

Guest: Mark Henick. Attempted suicide at 15. TED Talk video of his accounting of the suicide attempt and being saved by a complete stranger has been viewed millions of times online. National spokesperson for the Canada-wide Faces of Mental Illness campaign for the Canadian Mental Health Association. Book/podcast: So-called Normal. CEO of Strategic Mental health Consulting.

Affidavit which formed the basis for search of former U.S. president Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago home released yesterday but heavily redacted. DOJ indicates materials marked "Top Secret" included in what was found at Trump's residence. Materials contained information could threaten national security if exposed. How to interpret the current situation and what to expect as Donald Trump argues his home was invaded by "thugs?"

Guest: Professor Terry Madonna. Franklin and Marshall College in PA. Academic specialties, the American Presidency, American Political Parties and Political behaviour.

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Host/Content Producer – Roy Green

Technical Producer – David Hunter

Podcast Producer – Tom McKay

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According to a survey of Canada's doctors released Thursday by CMA: Canadian physician workforce in despair. And second issue: Introducing more private health care into Canada. Provinces moving in that direction. Does CMA president agree? Plus your experience with healthcare. Have you encountered delays in health testing and diagnosing of your health condition? Had a surgery postponed? Waited many hours at an E.R.?

Guest: Dr. Alika Lafontaine. New president Canadian Medical Association.

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Mass Casualty Commission hearing in Nova Scotia with RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki testifying concerning the April 18, 2020 mass shooting and 22 murders in Nova Scotia. Guest has much to say on Lucki's testimony and the Commission's hearing to date.

Guest: Scott McLeod. His brother Sean and Sean's partner Alanna were murdered by Gabriel Wortman. Scott McLeod is a corrections officer as was his brother and his brother's partner.

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