The Roy Green Show

The mayors of Brampton, Ontario and Surrey, British Columbia have written to Public Safety minister Romeo LeBlanc warning the federal government about extortion toward South Asian businesses in their communities.

Guest: Patrick Brown. Mayor, Brampton, Ontario.

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Food pricing issues persist. Public backlash over Loblaws and Zehrs removing their 50% discount on food near expiry causes the retailers to reinstate the discount.

Guest: Prof Sylvain Charlebois

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The CEBA loan repayment deadline was this past Thursday. For many already deeply stressed Canadian businesses that was too much of a challenge and alternatives were questionable.

Guest: Dan Kelly. President: Canadian Federation of Independent Business

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Today's podcast:

Today marks 100 days since the Hamas assault on Israeli civilians, committing murder, rape, kidnapping. South Africa this past week made its case before the U.N. International Court of Justice that Israel is guilty of genocide against Palestinians. - Israel denounced the S.A. case, as did the U.S. - Canada's position stated by Justin Trudeau: Canada supports the ICJ, "but that does not mean we support the case brought forward by South Africa." 

Guest: Iddo Moed. Israel's Ambassador to Canada

On January 4, Robert Mailman (76) and Walter Gillespie (80), were acquitted by the Chief Justice of King's Bench Court in St. John, New Brunswick of murder convictions dating back 40 years. Both Mailman and Gillespie had strong alibis with witnesses placing them kilometers from the murder scene on the day of the crime. Both men were nevertheless convicted with no chance of parole for 18 years. On the first day of their second trial January 4, the Crown declared they had no evidence to present and invited the Court to acquit them both.

Mailman and Gillespie were represented by lawyers for Innocence Canada which had taken on their cause.

Guest: Ron Dalton. President: Innocence Canada. Mr. Dalton himself was convicted of murder in the death of his wife and served years in prison before forensic evidence proved him innocent and that there indeed had been no crime, as Mr. Dalton's wife had died of asphyxiation of a piece of breakfast cereal

Yumna and Khadeja Farooq of Toronto and the rent hike of $7000 per month for their 2-bedroom apartment in Toronto made national and international headlines last September. We check in with the Farooq sisters to find out how their situation evolved at this time of economic stress for so many Canadians.

Guests: Yumna and Khadeja Farooq

German farmers this past week-plus, in protest against their federal government's decision to slash a farmers diesel subsidy, amid other complaints against the national Berlin government, shut down many parts of Germany, including Berlin with a massive protest using farm tractors to block roads and highways. The farmers also intimidated German vice chancellor Robert Habeck as he returned from vacation and refused to allow his ferry to dock on the mainland. 

Guest: Katja Hoyer, Visiting Research Fellow at Kings College, London. Op ed journalist for leading international journals. German/Anglo historian and author of Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany 1949-1990.

Wrote op ed for The SPECTATOR January 7, 'Why German farmers are rebelling.'  

And what about the mood of Canada's farmers?

In Canada, agricultural groups such as the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association and their farmer members have strongly denounced the Trudeau government's introduction and increases of the federal carbon tax on their agricultural initiatives. Also, extremely critical of Trudeau fertilizer initiatives. How deep is Canadian farmers frustration and might Canada's farmers take public action, perhaps similar to their German counterparts?

Guest: Gunter Jochum. President, Western Canadian Wheat Growers.

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Today marks 100 days since the Hamas assault on Israeli civilians, committing murder, rape, kidnapping. South Africa this past week made its case before the U.N. International Court of Justice that Israel is guilty of genocide against Palestinians. - Israel denounced the S.A. case, as did the U.S. - Canada's position stated by Justin Trudeau: Canada supports the ICJ, "but that does not mean we support the case brought forward by South Africa." 

Guest: Iddo Moed. Israel's Ambassador to Canada

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On January 4, Robert Mailman (76) and Walter Gillespie (80), were acquitted by the Chief Justice of King's Bench Court in St. John, New Brunswick of murder convictions dating back 40 years. Both Mailman and Gillespie had strong alibis with witnesses placing them kilometers from the murder scene on the day of the crime. Both men were nevertheless convicted with no chance of parole for 18 years. On the first day of their second trial January 4, the Crown declared they had no evidence to present and invited the Court to acquit them both.

Mailman and Gillespie were represented by lawyers for Innocence Canada which had taken on their cause.

Guest: Ron Dalton. President: Innocence Canada. Mr. Dalton himself was convicted of murder in the death of his wife and served years in prison before forensic evidence proved him innocent and that there indeed had been no crime, as Mr. Dalton's wife had died of asphyxiation of a piece of breakfast cereal

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Yumna and Khadeja Farooq of Toronto and the rent hike of $7000 per month for their 2-bedroom apartment in Toronto made national and international headlines last September. We check in with the Farooq sisters to find out how their situation evolved at this time of economic stress for so many Canadians.

Guests: Yumna and Khadeja Farooq

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German farmers this past week-plus, in protest against their federal government's decision to slash a farmers diesel subsidy, amid other complaints against the national Berlin government, shut down many parts of Germany, including Berlin with a massive protest using farm tractors to block roads and highways. The farmers also intimidated German vice chancellor Robert Habeck as he returned from vacation and refused to allow his ferry to dock on the mainland. 

Guest: Katja Hoyer, Visiting Research Fellow at Kings College, London. Op ed journalist for leading international journals. German/Anglo historian and author of Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany 1949-1990.

Wrote op ed for The SPECTATOR January 7, 'Why German farmers are rebelling.'  

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What is the mood of Canada's farmers?

In Canada, agricultural groups such as the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association and their farmer members have strongly denounced the Trudeau government's introduction and increases of the federal carbon tax on their agricultural initiatives. Also, extremely critical of Trudeau fertilizer initiatives. How deep is Canadian farmers frustration and might Canada's farmers take public action, perhaps similar to their German counterparts?

Guest: Gunter Jochum. President, Western Canadian Wheat Growers

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The Alberta electrical grid experienced an overload last evening. We talk with Minister Nathan Neudorf about how close the grid came to collapsing, and how the response of Albertans prevented that.

Guest: Nathan Neudorf. Alberta Minister of Affordability and Utilities.

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