The Roy Green Show

Gazelle Sharmahd. Her father, a German-American national of Iranian descent was kidnapped from the UAE in 2020 by Iranian agents and has been held as a prisoner in Iran since. He was targeted for his journalism and criticism of the Iranian regime. He was tried in an Iranian court and convicted and sentenced to death for the crime of "corruption on earth."

Guest: Gazelle Sharmahd. Fighting to save her father's life. She will be a speaker at the 2024 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, beginning May 15.

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Israel's Independence Day celebrations begin tomorrow evening and end Tuesday evening. - Mood in Israel now and view of Netanyahu government? - U.S. suspending arms shipments to Israel - Canada abstaining from UN vote to grant Palestine status at the UN - antisemitic activity at Canadian universities - are Jewish Canadians moving to Israel over fear of Jew-hatred growing in Canada?

Guest: Vivian Bercovici. Former Canadian Ambassador to Israel. 

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What's happening in the nation's capital, and why does it involve Housing Minister Sean Fraser wearing a hard hat? The week's stories from Blacklock's Reporter.

Guest: Tom Korski. Editor. Blacklock's Reporter.

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Today’s podcast:

The passing of Rex Murphy.

Guest: Catherine Swift. Multi-decade friend and president of Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada. Also member of our Beauties and the Beast panel.

And: Callers, reflecting on what made Rex special.

Selina Robinson was until recently a senior cabinet minister in the British Columbia provincial NDP government of David Eby. Then her comment on a B'nai Brith organized panel show that before Israel became a state its territory was just "a crappy piece of land with nothing on it," where several hundred thousand people lived, but it didn't produce anything and didn't have an economy. The backlash to MLA Robinson's statement caused her eventual and bitter resignation from cabinet and the NDP party as she claimed antisemitism exists among NDP caucus members.

Now MLA Robinson accuses premier Eby of "gaslighting" the Jewish community with empty promises to do something about antisemitism (per Vaughn Palmer in Vancouver Sun).

Guest: Selena Robinson. Independent MLA, British Columbia.

Canada's system of MAID (Medical assistance in dying) is under increased international and national scrutiny and criticism. In 2021, more than 10,000 people chose to die with physician administered drugs. The question of whether mental illness is a sole qualifier for MAID was addressed in parliament, reminding that in 2015 the Supreme Court ruled adults with "a grievous and irremedial medical condition" were eligible for assisted death. Now there is growing fear people under economic strain are accessing MAID. 

In 2021, more than 10,000 people accessed MAID in Canada, while at the same time the numbers of doctors engaging in providing medical assistance in dying is dropping.

Meanwhile a leading United States medical ethicist is calling for MAID to immediately be adopted in the State of New York. 

Guest: Dr. Arthur Caplan. Mitty Professor of Bioethics. NYU Grossman School of Medicine.  Author: Smart Mice, Not so smart People.

Split headline: Canada's divorce rate is at its lowest in 50 years. However, Fewer people are entering marriage. This according to a report from the Vanier Institute of the Family. What gives? Hold on though! There's another consideration. What is happening to couples who live together in common-law relationships, but choose not to marry? In 2021, according to the Vanier report, 22.7% of couples were living common-law and when they split up the numbers are shifted to the divorced column.

In our efforts to explore these stories, we uncover some truly shocking information about the nitty-gritty of common-law relationships.

Guest: Scott Taylor, Taylor Law Group, Langley, British Columbia. 

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The passing of Rex Murphy.

Guest: Catherine Swift. Multi-decade friend and president of Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada. Also member of our Beauties and the Beast panel.

And: Callers, reflecting on what made Rex special.

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Selina Robinson was until recently a senior cabinet minister in the British Columbia provincial NDP government of David Eby. Then her comment on a B'nai Brith organized panel show that before Israel became a state its territory was just "a crappy piece of land with nothing on it," where several hundred thousand people lived, but it didn't produce anything and didn't have an economy. The backlash to MLA Robinson's statement caused her eventual and bitter resignation from cabinet and the NDP party as she claimed antisemitism exists among NDP caucus members.

Now MLA Robinson accuses premier Eby of "gaslighting" the Jewish community with empty promises to do something about antisemitism (per Vaughn Palmer in Vancouver Sun).

Guest: Selena Robinson. Independent MLA, British Columbia.

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Canada's system of MAID (Medical assistance in dying) is under increased international and national scrutiny and criticism. In 2021, more than 10,000 people chose to die with physician administered drugs. The question of whether mental illness is a sole qualifier for MAID was addressed in parliament, reminding that in 2015 the Supreme Court ruled adults with "a grievous and irremedial medical condition" were eligible for assisted death. Now there is growing fear people under economic strain are accessing MAID. 

In 2021, more than 10,000 people accessed MAID in Canada, while at the same time the numbers of doctors engaging in providing medical assistance in dying is dropping.

Meanwhile a leading United States medical ethicist is calling for MAID to immediately be adopted in the State of New York. 

Guest: Dr. Arthur Caplan. Mitty Professor of Bioethics. NYU Grossman School of Medicine.  Author: Smart Mice, Not so smart People.

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Split headline: Canada's divorce rate is at its lowest in 50 years. However, Fewer people are entering marriage. This according to a report from the Vanier Institute of the Family. What gives? Hold on though! There's another consideration. What is happening to couples who live together in common-law relationships, but choose not to marry? In 2021, according to the Vanier report, 22.7% of couples were living common-law and when they split up the numbers are shifted to the divorced column.

In our efforts to explore these stories, we uncover some truly shocking information about the nitty-gritty of common-law relationships.

Guest: Scott Taylor, Taylor Law Group, Langley, British Columbia. 

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NHL playoffs. Great games and uncertain outcomes. - Plus Toronto Maple Leafs really going to change after snr MLSE and team management committed earlier this week following firing of Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe.

Guests: Greg Brady. Host of Toronto Today breakfast show on AM 640. Multi-decade sports radio anchor.

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Universities occupations continue. In Canada, McGill, U of Ottawa, U of T, UBC with new one scheduled for UMB this week. How does one of Canada's most prominent academics interpret? Who is behind these protests and how to view rising antisemitism.

Guest: Professor Ken Coates. Professor emeritus University of Saskatchewan. Now at Yukon University, chair of Indigenous governance program. Consultant to Indigenous groups and governments in Canada, New Zealand and Australia, as well as the United Nations. Books include: From Treaty Peoples, to Treaty Nation.

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