The Shift with Shane Hewitt

The PM's BFF Gerald Butts & Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick fronted the justice committee to talk SNC Lavalin...but Wernick wanted to make it about him, and his hate for social media commentary...in fact he sounded a little off the planet!  We have the audio!

ARE YOU OK WITH...people throwing cheese at kids?  No...no one is...stop pretending we are!

Plus, for dessert...Bob's Bits!

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Kylie Jenner, 21, has uprooted Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to become the youngest self-made billionaire ever, according to Forbes magazine.  But it's that description "self-made" that has some scratching their heads...as why...didn't she come from money?

Ryan Wrecker from KMOX in St. Louis joins the show...he has questions about SNC...doesn't everyone?

Plus, for dessert...Bob's Bits!

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One of Trudeau's senior ministers has resigned in the wake of the ongoing SNC-Lavalin scandal...but the PM continues to act like nothing happened.

Plus, where has Bob been?  He returned to the show tonight...revealing he has testicular cancer.

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Last week, the federal government introduced legislation to provide pardons to people convicted of simple cannabis possession with no application fee and no wait time.  Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the legislation will allow people to shed the stigma of a record, eliminating barriers to job opportunities, education, housing, and even the ability to volunteer for a charity in their community. 

We chat to criminal lawyer Kyla Lee...who says the legislation isn't as good as it sounds...

ARE YOU OK WITH...A grocery store leaving their doors unlocked?  It happened in Kingston a couple of weeks back, we chat to Ange from the Big FM Morning Show about the cities' reaction to the most Canadian story ever.

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A Houston man's Facebook post has gone viral after saying he plans to live in a Holiday Inn instead of a nursing home cause it's a better deal.  He points out that breakfast is included, as well as a spa, swimming pool, workout room and washer-dryer, saving him 128.77 a day for lunch and dinner.

The Imbecile Index returns with entries for Privy Council's Michael Wernick & BC Opposition leader Andrew Wilkinson.  If you say it near a microphone...and it's stupid...you'll make the index.

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Jody Wilson-Raybould says she came under inappropriate pressure, including veiled threats, from the Prime Minister's Office, the Privy Council Office and the finance minister's office to halt a criminal prosecution of Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavalin.  Wilson-Raybould told the Commons justice committee the pressure and threats came from nearly a dozen people at the highest rank of government.

Trump & Kim broke news overnight and called off their second summit after not coming to an agreement.  We chat to Ryan Wrecker from KMOX about what it means for the U.S.

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Actress Selma Blair is using the spotlight to bring attention to life with multiple sclerosis.  On an interview with Good Morning America's Robin Roberts, she said she believed it was important to speak out when she was in the middle of a flare-up. Plus, we talk about care for young people with debilitating diseases...some have nowhere to go...

Plus, we simulcasted our show to America on KMOX in St. Louis.  We chat to Ryan Wrecker, host of Overnight America, about Trump's trip to Hanoi.

Canadian comedians are feeling let down after it was leaked that a major source of income to them might be coming to an end.  While there has been no formal announcement, it appears the Canada Laughs channel on Sirius XM Canada will now be curated by Montreal's Just For Laughs.  While that might sound great on the surface, for Canadian comics, it could be devastating.  We chat to Montreal comic Derek Seguin (CBC's The Debaters).

Last night on the show, we spoke with lawyer Kyla Lee who wrote a scathing op-ed on Jody Wilson-Raybould's record as justice minister.  During that conversation, Kyla told us that her colleague Paul Doroshenko, also a criminal lawyer, seems to think that Wilson-Raybould may cross the floor and join the Conservatives.  We wanted to know why...

Plus, Greg Fish from World of Weird Things tells us about new technology that could do away with annoying social media influencers...and use avatars...

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Since Jody Wilson-Raybould quit cabinet a couple weeks ago, everyone from NDP members to Conservatives have been supporting her, saying she needs to speak about what did and didn't happen.  But what can we make of her record as Justice Minister?  Kyla Lee, a defence lawyer on the West Coast wrote an op-ed for The Huffington Post that questions her record...she says Raybould did a poor job.

Plus, the Oscars ran over again this year with no host.  Steve Stebbing (@TheStevilDead) joins us to talk winners & losers.

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The Canadian Press published a story that we are seeing more and more often...people wasting resources and time tying up 911 with stupid calls.  When an Amber Alert went off last Thursday woke people up, people phoned 911 to complain and even tweet about it.  The alert was to bring attention to the disappearance of 11-year old Riya Rajkumar, who was later found dead.  How do we punish people who phone 911 for non-emergencies?

Plus, The Imbecile Index is back!  Nine imbeciles, including the Conservative Prairie senator that suggested truck drivers roll over Liberals... 

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