The Roy Green Show Podcast

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Next Tuesday new federal legislation will allow police to demand a breath sample from a motorist even if there is no suspicion of drinking and driving. Is this a violation of constitutional rights? The Canadian Civil Liberties Association worries the legislation will be discriminatory toward minorities.

Our guest Richard Lawhern, Ph.D. Director of Research with the Alliance for the Treatment of Intractable Pain, says “There are several provable falsehoods in” in a new article from U of T magazine, ‘How The Medical System is Trying to Wean Patients Off Opioids.’ Most blatantly false is the stated position that physicians over-prescribing to their patients is in any way even related to significant elevation risk for opioid addiction or mortality.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Energy East will never proceed because “there is no support for a pipeline through Quebec.” Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe joins the show, to remind Trudeau that he is Prime Minister all Canada’s Provinces and Territories, not just Quebec.

Omar Khadr is seeking changes in his bail conditions. Why didn't Khadr's lawyers appeal for full parole in 2015? Scott Newark says that Khadr was eligible for it at the time. Then, Scott Newark takes on Michael Rafferty’s transference to a medium security prison.

Guests:

Ari Goldkind, Toronto Criminal Lawyer

Michael Bryant, Executive Director and general counsel with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Former Ontario Attorney General

Richard Lawhern, Ph.D. Director of Research with the Alliance for the Treatment of Intractable Pain

Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan

Scott Newark, Professor with Simon Fraser University, national security expert (post 9/11 advisor to federal and Ontario governments), and former senior policy advisor to a federal Minister for Public Safety

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In a ceremony at the Canadian Warplane Heritage in Hamilton, held in front of one of the last Lancaster bombers, the RCAF NORAD Trophy was awarded to Canadian military author Ted Barris. He earned the trophy for his work on researching and writing ‘Dam Busters.’ The book details the story of the 30 forgotten Canadians who flew an incredible, nearly impossible mission 75 years ago, in WWII.

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Guest: Ted Barris, Canadian author of ‘Dam Busters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid against Nazi Germany’

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Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna tweeted that Canadian Chamber of Commerce membership agreed that ac carbon price is the most efficient way to battle climate change. But Dan Kelly, President and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, says “we are hearing quite a different message from small business.”

Guest: Dan Kelly, President/CEO Canadian Federation of Independent Business

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