The Jim Richards Show

We follow the breaking news with analysis as details come in. Plus - Carney to meet Trump next week as new tariffs hit Canada’s economy   GUESTS: Christian Leuprecht - professor at Queen's University and Royal Military College Moshe Lander - economics professor at Concordia University Graham Lloyd - College Employer Council CEO Jon Hamilton - Canada Post Spokesperson

Brad Bradford announces he’s running. Plus – Is Mississauga going to ban fireworks?   GUESTS: Carolyn Parrish - Mississauga Mayor Ravi Baichwal - anchor at ABC Chicago

Should they be doing this? Plus – Why some Canadians with U.S. permanent residency are worried about losing status   GUESTS: Joel Sandaluk - Partner and Immigration Lawyer at Mamann Sandaluk LLP

Are they really going to make any waves in the province? Plus – Why do you need Canada Post? GUEST: Camille Labchuk - animal rights lawyer and the executive director of Animal Justice

What does he think about the skills training funding? Plus – Is anyone going to second hand stores these days? GUEST:    David Piccini - Ontario Labour Minister

Or is this your right as a passenger? Plus – More ‘51st State’ rhetoric from Donald Trump   GUEST: Dr. Mitch Shulman - Newstalk 1010 Chief Medical Analyst  

Jim’s got a few. Plus – Does ‘selling out’ exist any more?   GUESTS: Veldon Coburn - Associate Professor and Faculty Chair with the Indigenous Relations Initiative at McGill Marvin Ryder - associate professor of marketing at McMaster University

Are these guys setting themselves up to fail? Plus – Should you tell your kid to beat up their bully?   GUEST: Hendrik Brakel - Senior Director of Policy and Government Affairs - Canadian Association for Business Economics

But can Jim identify a Bad Bunny song? Plus – Will speed cameras become surveillance cameras? GUEST: Sonya Shikhman - Partner at Bytensky Shikhman Criminal Law Firm

The latest on the Canada Post strike Plus – The Blue Jays enter the final series of the regular season   GUEST: Mike Wilner - baseball columnist for the Star and host of the podcast “Deep Left Field”

Jim needs to know Plus - Do we need to bring back the ‘House Hippo’ ad because boomers keep falling for AI?   GUEST: Moshe Lander- economics professor at Concordia University  

Jim gets reaction live as the story breaks Plus – “Enough is enough.” Doug Ford bans speed cameras in Ontario   GUEST: Jeff Casello - professor of planning and engineering at the University of Waterloo

Jim talks with an infectious disease expert. Plus - What is the car add-on you have to have?   GUESTS: Dr. Angela Rasmussen - Principal Research Scientist, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases at the University of Saskatchewan  

How dangerous are they? Plus – The current state of the CFL   GUESTS: John Taylor - Mayor of Newmarket Jim Jessop - Toronto Fire Chief Mike Hogan - play by play voice for the Argos on TSN 1050 and communications manager for the team

What is it? Plus – The Toronto Blue Jays try to firm up a division lead   GUESTS: Matt Sookram - writer at Jays Journal and award winning play by play man Francis Syms - Associate Dean of Information and Communications Technology at Humber Polytechnic

Inside the wild story involving a crowbar Plus - Donald Trump says countries in Europe are ‘going to hell’ over mass migration   GUESTS: Michael De Forge - has been supporting encampment residents Steve Ryan - CP24 Crime Reporter

Is this the right move? Plus - Is Kneecap actually banned from Canada?   GUESTS: Joel Sandaluk - Partner and Immigration Lawyer at Mamann Sandaluk LLP

Is this a passing trend or a major shift? Plus – The CFL announces a major set of changes to how the game is played   GUESTS: Monte MacGregor - Criminal Defense Lawyer Reverend Michael Coren Dave Naylor – TSN Football Insider

Jim reacts as the news breaks on air Plus – Could you do what Charlie Kirk’s wife did?   GUESTS: Sara Hamdy - research analyst at Restaurants Canada Dr. Jonathan Lai - Executive Director of the Autism Alliance of Canada

Is he right about speed cameras? Plus – The ultimate dishwasher argument….Jim solves it!   GUESTS: Moshe Lander - economics professor at Concordia University Dr. Mitch Shulman - Newstalk 1010 Chief Medical Analyst  

Is this the right move? Plus – What is the Blue Jays’ ‘Magic Number’?   GUEST: Mike Wilner - Baseball columnist at the Toronto Star, host of the Deep Left Field podcast

Should he have been taken off the year? Plus – Is ‘senior’ an offensive word now?

Is this government overreach from the FCC? Plus – Do you need to speak English to give good customer service? GUESTS: Joe Walsh - Host of "Social Contract with Joe Walsh." Former Republican Candidate for President. Former Congressman Boris Bytensky - Newstalk 1010 Legal Analyst, Criminal lawyer with crimlawcanada.com  and President of the Criminal Lawyers Association

Jim talks to one academic who thinks this is a mistake Plus – Inside the latest shakeup in Canadian politics   GUESTS: Linda Rothman - Professor at TMU Bob Richardson - NEWSTALK 1010 contributor and public affairs consultant

Why they cause 2.5 million injuries a year. Plus – Inside today’s interest rate cut   GUESTS: Mark Mendelson - Newstalk 1010 Crime analyst and former homicide detective Moshe Lander - economics professor at Concordia University