Brian Crombie Radio Hour

Brian interviews Holly Carroll. Holly is a former international model, Miss Canada Tourism and now an International Luxury Realtor who specializes in waterfront properties primarily in Muskoka. She talks about her life’s transformation, being an intentional conscious realtor and still being kind. Holly also talks about the real estate market both in Muskoka and Toronto as well as her compelling pe...

Brian interviews Tania Semper. Tania is Regional Vice President of the Fashion Group International, FGI, a non-profit that is an organization bringing all people involved in fashion together here in Toronto and globally. We talk about fashion, trends for next year FGI, and ageism in fashion. They have an event Nov. 29 to present fashion trends for 2023, but this year they say it’s social influence...

Brian interviews Mark Borkowski. Mark is President of Mercantile Mergers & Acquisitions Corp. Mark says that for the first time in his career there are more sellers than buyers and there is a great opportunity for anyone that was ever interested in buying a small or medium size business. Higher interest rates, debt increases caused by pandemic close downs and fear of a coming recession are some of...

Brian speaks to Jenny Alfandary. Jenny is a recipient of Outstanding Contribution Leader Award and finalist Woman of the Year Award. Jenny is President and CEO, Board Director and Professor. She serves on a number of Board of Directors, including the Energy Sector. The judges said “her amazing achievements in the past decade have contributed to her illustrious career as an executive with a signifi...

Brian interviews Jay Rosenzweig. Jay is an internationally renowned social impact entrepreneur, humanitarian, trained lawyer, and leadership strategist. The founder of Rosenzweig & Company, Rosenzweig is an expert in designing, building and attracting world class teams. We talked about his trip to Kiev, Ukraine to present findings on Genocide and Authoritarianism Regimes as Chair of the Board of C...

Brian interviews Shannon Tebb. Shannon is a Toronto matchmaker and dating expert who provides creative dating strategies for singles who might be feeling jaded, frustrated or looking to break old dating habits. We talk about dating, life skills such as Active Listening, Effective Communication, Connecting Authentically and Wingwoman advice that can help ”break the ice”, increase social value, impr...

Brian speaks with Dr. Jack Mintz. Dr. Mintz is a world-renowned economist, academic & public policy analyst widely sought after by governments, businesses and non-profit organizations. As the President’s Fellow of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary he researches, builds capacity, and provides leadership specific to tax, financial regulatory and urban policy programs. He had p...

Brian interviews Martin Pelletier. Martin is the co-founder of TriVest Wealth, part of Wellington-Altus Private Counsel, an investment firm that works primarily with high net worth families providing risk-managed investment oversight, review and asset allocation. Martin is also a weekly columnist for the Financial Post, and is regularly featured in the media and on social networks for his views on...

Brian interviews Eric Protzer. Eric is a Canadian working in Boston as Senior Research Fellow at Harvard University's Growth Lab and co-author of the new book "Reclaiming Populism: How Economic Fairness Can Win Back Disenchanted Voters” in the US midterms. We discuss different competitive senate and house races, the impact of Trump and the potential impact on Canada.

Brian interviews Dan Donovan. Dan is the Publisher and Editor of Ottawa Life Magazine, a former political staffer, stand up comedian and an excellent writer. Tonight we talk about the Emergency Act inquiry going on in Ottawa right now. Don Donovan has some definitive views on incompetence in the police force, process issues in government and the fragmented leadership of the convoy.

Brian interviews Dr. Ashok Bhattacharya. Dr. Bhattacharya, MD, FRCP (Psychiatry) is the founder of The Empathy Clinic. He trained as a psychiatrist and specializes in psychotherapy for people with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In addition he has a strong interest in couples and marriage and has developed a technique, Colourpathy, to assist marriages that are struggling, and improve ones that are...

Brian speaks to Simeon Papailias. Simeon is a 15-year commercial and investment broker, with a strong and established presence in the GTA. He is the co-founder of REC Canada, an award-winning Real Estate firm whose fabric is made of over 45 multi-disciplined brokers, and covers residential, commercial, and investment asset classes. He leads his team with education, world-class training, and is a m...

Brian focuses on affordable housing and new legislation proposed by the Ontario government: The More Homes Built Faster Act. Ontario is expected to grow by more than two million people over the next 10 years, with approximately 70 percent of this growth taking place in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Region. With The More Homes Built Faster Act the Province’s is introducing changes to the Planning Ac...

Brian speaks with Heather-Exner Pirot. Heather is a Senior Fellow at the MacDonald-Laurier Institute and currently a Visiting Scholar at the Wilson Centre in Washington DC. She has recently written articles on each of these three issues: huge natural gas fields in Canada that go unexploited in a global energy emergency, blockbuster nuclear deals and partnerships with indigenous people that could u...

Brian interviews John Delacourt. John is a former Director of Research for the Liberal Party of Canada, and is Senior Vice President of Counsel Public Affairs, based in Ottawa. He is also the author of several novels. It may say as much about how the world has evolved since 2015 as about where Justin Trudeau is in the life of his prime minister ship that our Liberal scribe, John Delacourt, can fil...

Brian interviews Vanessa Petronelli. Vanessa is a popular media personality and life and business coach and we talked about her coaching for people who are going through a “dark night of the Soul” in their life and business. Her clients go from anxiety, burnout, & stress to a renewed sense of purpose, peace, and connection. Through her high level 1:1 programs, group immersions and retreats, she co...

Brian interviews Scott Beyer. Scott is taking a 1.5 year trip through the Global South - spending a 1/2 year each in Latin America, Africa & Asia. The Global South is the fastest-growing area of the world, and its planning decisions will impact how billions of people experience cities. Scott will see how these areas can inform Market Urbanism while seeking investment opportunities in the private c...

Brian interviews Gavin Clark. Gavin is a cannabis industry executive and consultant and we talk about the legalization of cannabis, the current state of the industry, medicinal uses and lots more about cannabis. He has a deep understanding of cannabis and the developing industry in Canada as well as internationally. Currently, Gavin is serving as the Chief Operating Officer for Echo Oils Inc., a H...

Brian interviews Dominic Cardy. Dominic is the MLA for Fredericton West-Hanwell in New Brunswick and until two weeks ago was the Minister for Education and Early Childhood Development, but he resigned over what he saw as authoritarian decisions by the NB Premier who first invited in far right politicians to his caucus, then fired democratically elected health personnel and then kicked Dominic out...

Brian speaks to Lisa Baiton. Lisa is an experienced global investment executive, most recently a member of the Global Leadership Team at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, one of the ten largest retirement funds in the world. An expert in geopolitical, political and regulatory risks and market access, Baiton led public affairs and government relations activities in previous positions and wa...

Brian speaks to Anita Nowak. Anita, PhD, is an empathy expert, two-time TEDx speaker, podcaster, award-winning educator and Fellow with the International Women’s Forum. She is passionate about leveraging empathy for personal, organizational and social transformation. For the past fifteen years, Anita has held various leadership roles in higher education at McGill University dedicated to social inn...

Brian focuses on Centre Ice Canadians and their upcoming conference next week. His guests are: 📌 Rick Peterson, the founder of CIC, is the Chair of Peterson Capital in Edmonton and has been active in The Conservative Party and several leadership campaigns for several years if not decades 📌 Dr Bryan Brulotte, a Director of CIC, a Chairman MaxSys Staffing & Consulting, an Ottawa based recruiting c...

Brian interviews Sara MacIntyre. Sara is a corporate strategy and communications consultant And CEO at VUCA-SERA. She was a press secretary for former prime minister Stephen Harper and a director of communications for B.C. Premier Christy Clark. She lives in Vancouver B.C. We talk about the municipal elections in BC where numerous Mayors and Councils were voted out of office, even incumbents, over...

Brian has a wide array of guests to discuss the Ultimate Team Summit, a big real estate summit Nov 2. Speakers at the summit that we interview about their topics include: 📌 Kate Broddick, Kate Broddick Team, Brantford about leadership and teams 📌 Mike Heddle Royal LePage Hamilton about Goal setting and knowing facts 📌 Virginia Munden BUZZ Conference about personal relationships and connections...

Brian interviews Laryssa Waler. Laryssa is a strategist from Toronto who is very active in the Ukrainian community. We focus on Ukraine and how it impacts Ukrainian-Canadians and what they have been doing to help. We discuss: why is Putin invading, what's the Ukrainian community in Canada/GTA doing, what's been the international response so far, what's been the Canadian response like so far, where...