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Is Canada veering (stumbling) toward a late 2024 federal election of our own? Are federal political parties fairly focusing on the issues driving Canadian views and concerns, or are the parties in it for their own success? We ask a former premier and federal minister for his thoughts. As well, why are more younger Canadians than younger Ameicans and younger Canadian women supporting Donald Trump?

Guest: Ujjal Dosanjh. Fmr British Columbia premier and former Liberal federal Minister of Health. 

Originally Aired Jan 28, 2024.

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This was a heaveily debated issue 30+ years ago and it's back. NDP sponsored children's rights legislation, Bill 273, would ban spanking of children at home or using force on children at school by supervisory adults (teachers) received support for a second reading in parliament by a 208-115 vote. Section 43 of the Criminal Code (introduced in 1892) and most recently amended by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2004, permits parents to spank judiciously, not in anger and with age consideration of children. The Canadian Teachers Federation opposes the NDP bill/ What about parents? And how does a prominent criminal lawyer view the proposed legislation? (It has been argued parents forcing a child into a children's car seat might run afoul of no corporal punishment legislation.)

Guest: Ari Goldkind. Criminal lawyer and media commentator.

Originally Aired Feb 18, 2024.

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The February 2024 Canadian Maru Household Index about the economy and personal finances finds Canadians at our most negative/pessimistic since tracking began in 2020. "This month's index is like an elevator stalled and hanging by a thread over a deep, dark shaft."

Guest: John Wright. Distinguished Fellow, Queen's University and executive vp at Maru Public Opinion.

Originally Aired Feb 10, 2024.

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Vehicle theft in Canada a national crisis?

Guest: Amanda Dean. Vice president, Insurance Bureau of Canada, Ontario and Atlantic Canada regions.

And: Bryan Gast. VP Investigative Services, Equite Association.

Originally Aired Feb 10, 2024

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On the issue energy generation, nuclear power is increasingly(?) on the table in Canada. Premier Moe has discussed with us concerning Saskatchewan and in Ontario the Pickering nuclear power plant will undergo a massive multi-billion-dollar refurbishment of its four aging nuclear reactors. Meanwhile the Trudeau government's new clean electricity regs will require future power plants to produce net-zero carbon emissions.

Guest: Dr. Chris Keefer, president, Canadians for Nuclear Energy, host of the Decouple Podcast, director of Doctors for Nuclear Energy and staff emergency physician at st. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto.

Originally Aired Feb 3, 2024.

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Today's best of the best:

We spoke in January about New Brunswick convicted murderers Bobby Mailman and Wally Gillespie. Each was convicted in the 1980's for the same murder. Bobby Mailman spent 18 years in prison and Wally Gillespie spent 21 years imprisoned and yet the were both innocent of the crime. On January 14th, the Chief Justice of New Brunswick on the first day of a retrial acquitted the two men when the Crown said it had no evidence against them. Mailman though is now 76 and dying of cancer, while Gillespie is 80 and living in poverty.

Meanwhile the the Justice Minister of New Brunswick has said nothing, even this week, of the wrongful conviction of both men, or about any compensation for the many years they were imprisoned while innocent.  

We spoke on January 14th with Ron Dalton, president of Innocence Canada, which through its efforts was able to convince the federal justice minister to hold a second trial for Mailman and Gillespie (Ron Dalton himself was innocent of the murder of his wife, although he was convicted in her death). So now what for two men who spent a combined more than 40 years in prison innocent of the crime for which they'd been convicted? What responsibility does Canada have to compensate these two older men for the theft of many years of their lives?

Guests: Ron Dalton. President Innocence Canada

Win Wahrer. Director of client services for Innocence Canada. Has been at the forefront of fighting for the incarcerated innocent for many

Originally Aired Jan 28, 2024

Blacklock's Reporter: From the week of January 22-28 in Ottawa, with as a listener described, "the what the h-ll is going on" stories often resulting in massive spending of taxpayer dollars. An early look at what eventually became the ArriveCan scandal.

Guest: Tom Korski. Executive editor. Blacklock's Reporter.

Originally Aired Jan 28, 2024

Safer supply of drugs program. How effective? Perspectives on open availability of drugs like heroin and opioids to those addicted. A success? A dangerous failure?

Guest: Dr. Brian Conway, Medical Director and infectious diseases specialist at the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre.

Then:

There are chronic pain patients (more than a million Canadians) often suffering debilitating pain and sometimes driven to suicide because continuing successful opioid pain medication regimens through a physician increasingly difficult.

Guest: Barry Ulmer. Executive director: Chronic Pain Association of Canada.

Originally Aired Feb 11, 2024

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We spoke in January about New Brunswick convicted murderers Bobby Mailman and Wally Gillespie. Each was convicted in the 1980's for the same murder. Bobby Mailman spent 18 years in prison and Wally Gillespie spent 21 years imprisoned and yet the were both innocent of the crime. On January 14th, the Chief Justice of New Brunswick on the first day of a retrial acquitted the two men when the Crown said it had no evidence against them. Mailman though is now 76 and dying of cancer, while Gillespie is 80 and living in poverty.

Meanwhile the the Justice Minister of New Brunswick has said nothing, even this week, of the wrongful conviction of both men, or about any compensation for the many years they were imprisoned while innocent.  

We spoke on January 14th with Ron Dalton, president of Innocence Canada, which through its efforts was able to convince the federal justice minister to hold a second trial for Mailman and Gillespie (Ron Dalton himself was innocent of the murder of his wife, although he was convicted in her death). So now what for two men who spent a combined more than 40 years in prison innocent of the crime for which they'd been convicted? What responsibility does Canada have to compensate these two older men for the theft of many years of their lives?

Guests: Ron Dalton. President Innocence Canada

Win Wahrer. Director of client services for Innocence Canada. Has been at the forefront of fighting for the incarcerated innocent for many

Originally Aired Jan 28, 2024

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Blacklock's Reporter: From the week of January 22-28 in Ottawa, with as a listener described, "the what the h-ll is going on" stories often resulting in massive spending of taxpayer dollars. An early look at what eventually became the ArriveCan scandal.

Guest: Tom Korski. Executive editor. Blacklock's Reporter.

Originally Aired Jan 28, 2024

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Safer supply of drugs program. How effective? Perspectives on open availability of drugs like heroin and opioids to those addicted. A success? A dangerous failure?

Guest: Dr. Brian Conway, Medical Director and infectious diseases specialist at the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre.

Then:

There are chronic pain patients (more than a million Canadians) often suffering debilitating pain and sometimes driven to suicide because continuing successful opioid pain medication regimens through a physician increasingly difficult.

Guest: Barry Ulmer. Executive director: Chronic Pain Association of Canada.

Originally Aired Feb 11, 2024

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National and sometimes violent farmer protests have erupted across Europe, as farmer with their tractors and other gear, as well as hay bales and more, challenging their governments and EU policies and taxes have and are blocking roads and highways in EU nations. Belgian farmers engaged in throwing debris at the EU parliament in Brussels and bottles as Belgian police. Nations involved include: Belgium, Netherlands, France, Poland, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Romania, Bulgaria. How are Canada's farmers viewing what their counterparts are doing and might we see something similar in Canada, as the European protests grow in number? Canada's farmers have expressed their anger and frustration at the federal government's carbon tax and fertilizer policies. and the WCWGA website warns: "Ottawa to blame for impending food shortage storm."

Guest: Carl Stewart. Director of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association. Joins us from Manitoba.

Originally Aired Feb 4, 2024.

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