The Roy Green Show

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.

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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.

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Two weeks ago the Federal Court determined the Trudeau government's invoking of the Emergencies Act violated Canadians' protections under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. - Then questions were asked about the so-called COUTTS 4 who have remained held in pre-trial custody and without bail since February 13/14, 2022, after being arrested and charged at the Coutts, Alberta - U.S. border crossing, as truckers and farmers blocked the border while protesting federal Covid-19 mandates. 

The four men face charges of conspiracy to commit murder (police officers), possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose and mischief over $5,000. 

Lawyers have questioned whether the men's constitutional rights to engage in a fulsome defence of the charges against them have been violated. They had been scheduled to stand trial last June. 

This week, an Ontario Superior Court overturned and earlier court acquittal on a mischief charge against Allen Remley, a Freedom Convoy protester in Ottawa. Mr. Remley had been accused by police of operating a "mobile gas station," a children's wagon filled with jerry cans. He had also parked his truck illegally.

There is a publication ban in place on goings-on in court concerning the Coutts 4. Second guest this half hour will address this issue.

First guest: Betty Carbert, mother of one of the Coutts 4, Chris Carbert. A mother's experience as her son remains imprisoned for almost 2 years without bail. 

Second Guest: Doug King, criminal law professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary. We talk about being just days away from two years of pre-trial custody without bail for the Coutts 4, the constitutional right to a timely trial, absence of bail and what may lie ahead for these four men.

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Global News poll: Affordability is the top concern for Canadians as parliament resumes this week. Ipsos Public Affairs poll.

Guest: Darrell Bricker, CEO, IPSOS Public Affairs.

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Today’s podcast:

Parliamentary Ethics committee meets on Tuesday as the new parl sessions begin this week. Justin Trudeau's $9,300 per night vacation lodgings donated by a 'friend' on the agenda - and interim Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finkenstein to testify. Democracy Watch writes von Finkenstein has one of the worst enforcement records, adding "he has buried 8 ethics complaints, including about PM Trudeau, and gutted 3 key rules - Is he the lapdog Trudeau has been trying to get as Ethics Commissioner?"

Guest: Duff Conacher, co-founder Democracy Watch(.ca), lawyer and author.

Two issues with our guest: 

Globe and Mail reports: TD Bank facess stiff penalty from FinTrac for faulty controls to prevent money laundering (in Canada)

Book: Dirty Money: Financial Crime in Canada. Published by McGill-Queen's University Press. 

Co-editors: Christian Leuprecht and Jamie Ferrill.

and:

Top NATO military leaders in Europe are warning publicly that NATO nations must prepare for war with Russia. Norway's defence chief saying Europe has three years to prepare for war with Putin's Russia. Norway shares a border with Russia.

The head of the British Army, Sir Patrick Saunders, this week said Britain should train a "citizen army" of 120,000 soldiers well prepared and equipped to fight the Russians. Hee called as well for modernization and better equipping the British armed forces.

Sweden's Chief of Defence has also warned of war with Russia and Christian Moller, a leading voice at the German council for Foreign Affairs has given a maximum timeline of 6 years before a war with Russia, once war in Ukraine comes to an end.

Norway's Chief of Defence statement has implications for Canada.

Guest: Dr. Christian Leuprecht: Queen's University and Royal Military College. Fellow at the NATO College in Rome. National/international security expert who warned on air with us just weeks ago that this is the most dangerous time the world has experienced in decades.

Co-author with Dr. Jamie Ferrill, of Dirty Money which explores how the illicit international political economy affects Canada.

New developments in the story of five members of Team Canada's 2018 junior team facing allegations of sexual assault: Alex Formenton has surrendered to London Ont. police.

Criminal defense lawyer Ari Goldkind offers his thoughts on the situation.

Guest: Ari Goldkind, Toronto criminal lawyer and media commentator.

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. 

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Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig

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Parliamentary Ethics committee meets on Tuesday as the new parl sessions begin this week. Justin Trudeau's $9,300 per night vacation lodgings donated by a 'friend' on the agenda - and interim Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finkenstein to testify. Democracy Watch writes von Finkenstein has one of the worst enforcement records, adding "he has buried 8 ethics complaints, including about PM Trudeau, and gutted 3 key rules - Is he the lapdog Trudeau has been trying to get as Ethics Commissioner?"

Guest: Duff Conacher, co-founder Democracy Watch(.ca), lawyer and author.

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Two issues with our guest: 

Globe and Mail reports: TD Bank facess stiff penalty from FinTrac for faulty controls to prevent money laundering (in Canada)

Book: Dirty Money: Financial Crime in Canada. Published by McGill-Queen's University Press. 

Co-editors: Christian Leuprecht and Jamie Ferrill.

and:

Top NATO military leaders in Europe are warning publicly that NATO nations must prepare for war with Russia. Norway's defence chief saying Europe has three years to prepare for war with Putin's Russia. Norway shares a border with Russia.

The head of the British Army, Sir Patrick Saunders, this week said Britain should train a "citizen army" of 120,000 soldiers well prepared and equipped to fight the Russians. Hee called as well for modernization and better equipping the British armed forces.

Sweden's Chief of Defence has also warned of war with Russia and Christian Moller, a leading voice at the German council for Foreign Affairs has given a maximum timeline of 6 years before a war with Russia, once war in Ukraine comes to an end.

Norway's Chief of Defence statement has implications for Canada.

Guest: Dr. Christian Leuprecht: Queen's University and Royal Military College. Fellow at the NATO College in Rome. National/international security expert who warned on air with us just weeks ago that this is the most dangerous time the world has experienced in decades.

Co-author with Dr. Jamie Ferrill, of Dirty Money which explores how the illicit international political economy affects Canada.

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New developments in the story of five members of Team Canada's 2018 junior team facing allegations of sexual assault: Alex Formenton has surrendered to London Ont. police.

Criminal defense lawyer Ari Goldkind offers his thoughts on the situation.

Guest: Ari Goldkind, Toronto criminal lawyer and media commentator.

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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. 

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We spoke two weeks ago 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. Two weeks ago 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 two weeks ago 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

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