Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

As the Tories call for an emergency session of Parliament to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership, we talk with Brian Kingston - Vice-President of Policy, International and Fiscal Issues at the Business Council of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global's Ross Lord joins Rob to get us up to date on how the meetings are going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Film and TV critic Charles Bramesco joins Rob to look back on how influential Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" was  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do Canadians feel about the Trans Mountain project?  We talk with Jamie Duncan, Vice President for Canada Public Affairs with IPSOS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

National Post columnist Tristin Hopper says today's IPAs and craft beers need to tone it down on the hops.  He joins Rob to explain why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ontario Civil Liberties Association says Canada should be helping a Holocaust denier from our country who is on trial in Germany. Rob talks with the OCLA's executive director to find out why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Calgary Police Service will be on the hunt for a new police chief after current chief Roger Chaffin announced this morning he is leaving the force after three years as the top cop.  Calgary Police Commission chair Brian Thiessen joins Rob to talk about today's news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The House of Commons immigration committee will meet at least two more times over the next couple of weeks to study the issue of asylum seekers crossing the Canada-U.S. border, it was decided on Monday, and three federal ministers will be invited to testify.  Michelle Rempel joins Rob to share her thoughts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the American president does a victory lap feeling he convinced NATO nations to up their defence spending, what is the reality of the situation and Canada's participation in NATO?  Rob chats with Jeffery Rathke, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Europe Program at the Centre for Strategic + International Studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One ridesharing company is floating the idea that maybe their service could be a way to serve smaller centres which will be impacted by Greyhound Canada's exit from the marketplace in the west.  Pascale Ryffel with Tappcar  joins Rob to share what that company is thinking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ontario's education minister says the province is going to revert to an old sex ed curriculum which won't include things like equal marriage and cyberbullying.  Commentator Michael Coren is concerned about what the implications are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with film and comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short - their special "An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life" is currently streaming on Netflix and they will be in Calgary to perform August 4th at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retired diplomat and Canadian Global Affairs Institute vice president Colin Robertson joins Rob to discuss NATO, its origins, its importance to all of the member countries, and the threat posed to an American withdrawal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the Thai boys soccer team was successfully rescued after exploring a flooded cave, we ask what it is like to get stuck in a cave with Kathleen Graham, president of the Alberta Speleological Society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erick Laming, a University of Toronto doctoral student in criminology, joins Rob Breakenridge to explore how effective body cameras are when used by police forces like the Calgary Police Service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A campaign is underway to highlight those who have burned by the Phoenix pay system problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk with Thomas Colbert who might be as close as anyone to cracking the mystery behind the DB Cooper cold-case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Ribeiro of grassroots group "Yes Calgary 2026" joins Rob Breakenridge to explore why Calgary should host the 2026 Olympic Games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Vancouver man who sold bottles of "Hot Dog Water" for nearly $40 a piece says he was trying to see how the marketing of health claims backed by supposed science amounts to quick sales.  How gullible are we when it comes to product marketing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following the Nick Boynton article in The Player’s Tribune on head injuries and the impact of hockey on mental health, another prominent, former NHLer has penned a piece for the Washington Post, asking questions about how the NHL is responding to head injuries.  Ken Dryden joins Rob to talk about his piece. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A vodka is getting pulled from Alberta’s AGLC listings after the Ukrainian Canadian Congress called the imagery of the brand offensive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While church-run summer camps didn’t get summer jobs cash, one organization did - and it's raising the eyebrows of organizations like B'nai Brith Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alberta UCP leader Jason Kenney joins Rob to discuss why the unannounced renewal of the equalization payment system is a "slap in the face to Alberta". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Notley government will have to revamp its beer markup regime after it was declared unconstitutional on Tuesday.  The Court of Queen’s Bench sided with two breweries — Steamwhistle in Toronto and Great Western in Saskatoon — that argued that Alberta’s policy discriminated against out-of-province beer, violating the Constitution.  We talk with Steamwhistle's Tim McLaughlin about the ruling. Lear...

Does alcohol pose a risk for cancer?  Is moderate drinking safe or beneficial?  Timothy Caufield is the research director with the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta, and joins Rob to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices