The Roy Green Show

London Police Service will engage in a news conference tomorrow concerning sexual assault charges against 5 members of the 2018 Team Canada juniors. How is this case likely to move forward from now through the court phase? Does 5 defendants make the cases more difficult? Will the extended time between the alleged assaults and the actions of Hockey Canada and the LPS complicate things for either the prosecution or defence, or both?

Guest: Jacob "Jake" Jesin. Law firm of Rotenberg, Shidlowski and Jesin (Toronto). Much experience in sexual assault cases.

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Alberta premier Danielle Smith's transgender youth policies for the province will engage parents in the decision-making of their children under the age of 18 and roll back medical treatments including surgeries for transgender youth. The policy has met both strong opposition, as well as support.

Guest: Tiffany Gillis, trans woman and parent of two school-age children. As well, vice president of a junior oil and gas company based in Calgary. Premier Smith consulted with Tiffany Gillis on the policies for transgender youth.

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Parliament's ethics committee met this past week to address questions surrounding PM Trudeau's $9300 per night freebie from a "friend" Jamaica vacation over Christmas and New year.  Interim ethics commissioner Konrad von Finkenstein refuses to investigate the PM, arguing it was indeed a gift from a friend, albeit a rich one.

We speak with two former Liberal MPs who were punished by their party for standing firm with their ethics and while in office, as well as hear their views on Trudeau's Jamaican vacation. It certainly wasn't free for Canadian taxpayers.

Guests: Michelle Simson, fmr LPC MP

        Dan McTeague, fmr LPC MP

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Duff Conacher, co-founder of Democracy Watch is very critical of the appointment of von Finkenstein and of his performance as Conflict of Interest (ethics) Commissioner by Trudeau and has much to say about this issue. As well, DM has gone to Federal Court over ethics commissioner rulings or non-rulings.

Guest: Duff Conacher, co-founder Democracy Watch.

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The NHL has already engaged the services of a crisis management expert or public affairs consultant, will Hockey Canada and the NHLPA follow suit, or have they already taken this step?

Also:

Tasha discusses her op ed: Poilievre is leaving Trudeau in the Dust - Here's how to keep it that way.  

Guest: Tasha Khereiddin, national political affairs columnist for the National Post and public affairs consultant. Author - The Right Path: How Conservatives can Unite, Inspire and take Canada Forward

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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.

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NHL all star game anthem singer Kiana Lede wore a black-and-white keffiyeh colours cardigan while singing the U.S. national anthem in Toronto yesterday. B'nai Brith, as well as the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs have expressed their anger at the singer's behaviour. Lede has a history of pro-Palestinian and anti-Jewish/Israel statements. 

Guest: Joe Warmington. Columnist, Toronto Sun

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Today’s podcast:

The public inquiry into 'foreign interference' into Canadian elections, headed by Commissioner Marie Josee Hogue, wrapped up a week of hearings yesterday, while federal Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc insisted the government will keep a tight lid on what documentation and information will be publicly released. Groups and individuals affected are calling on the government for significant public disclosure. China primarily and India have been identified as being active in interference in Canada's 2019 and 2021 federal elections. 

CPC MPs Michael Chong (Ontario) and Kenny Chiu (B.C.) were targeted by China in 2021, as were former MP and CPC leader Erin O'Toole and NDP: MP Jenny Kwan.

Guest: Kenny Chiu. Former CPC MP targeted by Beijing in the 2021 federal election.

MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) making news this week, particularly the issue of mental illness qualifying for MAID. (Guest is a MAID provider)

Guest: Dr. Stefanie Green. Co-founder/president, Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers. Medical advisor to the B.C. Ministry of Health MAID oversight committee. Clinical faculty UBC and University of Victoria. 

Book - This Is Assisted Dying: A Doctor's Story of Empowering Patients at the End of Life.

Julia Mallot took her 19 year old daughter to St. Mary's General Hospital E.R. in Kitchener, Ontario where her daughter was diagnosed with acute appendicitis while experiencing terrible pain. It took 19 hours, which included the assigning of an E.R. bed, only to have the bed then required for another patient, before Julia Mallot's daughter received very necessary surgery. 

(2 weeks ago CMA president Dr. Kathleen Ross joined us to specifically speak about the critical concerns about the condition of Canada's E.R's  

Guest: Julia Mallot, mother of 19 year old, op ed writer,

Julia Mallot is also a trans person and host of alottamalotta.com where gender identity and ideology are discussed. She agrees with some of Alberta premier Danielle Smith's planned gender identity policy changes but believes additional nuance is required on issues such as hormone therapies.

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.

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Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig

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The public inquiry into 'foreign interference' into Canadian elections, headed by Commissioner Marie Josee Hogue, wrapped up a week of hearings yesterday, while federal Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc insisted the government will keep a tight lid on what documentation and information will be publicly released. Groups and individuals affected are calling on the government for significant public disclosure. China primarily and India have been identified as being active in interference in Canada's 2019 and 2021 federal elections. 

CPC MPs Michael Chong (Ontario) and Kenny Chiu (B.C.) were targeted by China in 2021, as were former MP and CPC leader Erin O'Toole and NDP: MP Jenny Kwan.

Guest: Kenny Chiu. Former CPC MP targeted by Beijing in the 2021 federal election.

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MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) making news this week, particularly the issue of mental illness qualifying for MAID. (Guest is a MAID provider)

Guest: Dr. Stefanie Green. Co-founder/president, Canadian Association of MAID Assessors and Providers. Medical advisor to the B.C. Ministry of Health MAID oversight committee. Clinical faculty UBC and University of Victoria. 

Book - This Is Assisted Dying: A Doctor's Story of Empowering Patients at the End of Life.

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