The Deb Hutton Show

A panel discussion on why Gen Z workers are ghosting jobs, ditching bosses, and chasing side hustles. Bonnie Crombie steps down as the Ontario Liberal leader. The Buffalo Bills win over the weekend and what's to come! Plus - Ontario will build and expand teaching clinics to connect more people to primary care physicians.  GUESTS : Jessica McDougall - Senior consultant at Counsel Public A...

Doug Ford says new revenue tools, like a Toronto sales tax, are not on the table. A deer has been found dead with an arrow in its body at Park Lawn Cemetery. Prime Minister Carney’s visit to China, and the impact it’s having on CUSMA. Almost one in three Canadians say the US might try to invade Canada, according to a Leger poll.  GUEST: Steve Ryan - CP24 Crime Reporter David...

Corporate events at Sankofa square plummeted by nearly 70% last year due to tariffs and protests. Deb shares a feel-good story that shows there is value in helping others.

Franco Terrazzano weighs in on the increase in the number of federal bureaucrats and on the memorial plaque for Conrad the raccoon.   Plus - Deb shares a story from her experience at Costco and gets your thoughts on the incident. GUEST: Franco Terrazzano - Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Is there value in going to the theatre to watch movies? Plus - a ground crew member was inadvertently trapped in the cargo hold of an Air Canada plane. GUESTS : John Tory Jr. - aviation expert

Plus - Judicial Activism in Canadian criminal law with Dylan R. Clarke.  GUEST : Dylan R Clarke - a social policy fellow at West Neighbourhood House with law and economics publications in housing and constitutional law

IGUESTS: Shelley Carroll - Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board Stephen Conforti - Chief Financial Officer

Deb talks to an immigration lawyer about why people with French language skills could be fast-tracked. Plus – What’s the thing from your childhood that isn’t around anymore? GUESTS: Guidy Mamann - Managing Partner and Immigration Lawyer at Mamann Sandaluk LLP Richard Crouse - host of the podcast Maple Syrup For Your Eyes

Can he fix congestion? Plus – Is having tall grass on your lawn really freedom of expression? GUEST: Andrew Posluns - Toronto's first chief congestion officer

And where can you get more in Toronto these days?   Plus – Do you feel more unsafe these days?   GUESTS: Joe Salemi - Executive Director at Landscape Ontario Allen Langdon - CEO at Circular Materials

How will it impact your wallet in 2026? Plus – What a former cop thinks about the ICE Minnesota shooting   GUESTS: Mark Mendelson - Newstalk 1010 Crime analyst and former homicide detective Brad Bradford - City Councillor for Ward 19, Beaches–East York, mayoral hopeful  

Inside the debate about vehicle-pedestrian collisions Plus – Making the decision about who will raise your kids if anything happens.   GUESTS: Jason Mercer - Toronto Regional Real Estate Board’s chief information officer Stephen Lecce - Ontario Energy and Mines minister  

Police make an arrest after an alarming incident. Plus - Does the ‘time away tax’ impact your decision to take time off?   GUESTS: Natalie Johnson - CTV Toronto City Hall Reporter Mark Mendelson - Newstalk 1010 Crime analyst and former homicide detective

Why a Kingston woman had her distracted driving charge dropped. Plus - Are strip clubs dying?   GUESTS: Sgt. Kerry Schmidt - OPP - Highway Safety Division Lorraine Sommerfeld - columnist at  driving.ca

Are demonstrations getting more intense? Plus – Why car prices have gone up so much   GUESTS: Caryma S’ad - lawyer, journalist, satirist, and protest watcher Greg Carrasco - host of The Greg Carrasco Show on Newstalk 1010  

Do you find it hard to do ‘Dry January’?   Why Gen Z might have a different definition of alcoholism. Plus – What a former Foreign Affairs Minister thinks about Trump going in to Venezuela.   GUESTS: John Baird - Former conservative federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and provincial minister of several portfolios Steve Ryan - CP24 Crime reporter and former homicide dete...

What one vet thinks about ending cat declawing and cropping dog ears. Plus – A US constitution expert weighs in on Trump’s military operation in Venezuela   GUESTS: David Schultz - professor of Political Science at Hamline University Dr. Cliff Redford - Owner and operator of Wellington Veterinary Hospital  

Should we buy them? Plus - ‘Staged’ collision leads to carjacking in Vaughan   GUEST: Richard Crouse – host of the podcast Maple Syrup For Your Eyes

A look at what motivates voters. Plus – Was Rob Ford right about subways? GUESTS: Darrell Bricker - CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs and author of  Breaking Point: The New Big Shifts Putting Canada at Risk Reece Martin - Toronto-based transit blogger and advocate

And will there be an election next year? Plus - Do you remember where you were during the last Quebec referendum? GUESTS: David Coletto - CEO of Abacus Data David Clinton - data analyst and policy analyst

Tariffs? The Blue Jays? Mark remembers them all. Plus – Ontario’s solicitor general wants Toronto police to increase their monitoring of hate-related offenses.   GUEST: Bryan Passifiume - Toronto Sun's Ottawa bureau chief

How one father rescued his daughter thanks to some quick thinking. Plus – Mark Towhey has a plan to end ticket scalping   GUESTS: Dr. Mitch Shulman – Newstalk 1010 Chief Medical Analyst

A look ahead to 2026 in politics. Plus – Is China going to invade Taiwan? GUESTS: John Wright - CEO Canada Pulse Insights Christian Leuprecht - Professor in Leadership, Royal Military College and Queen’s University

Mark Towhey unpacked big tech stories with Carmi Levy — from Instagram’s attempt to win back teens to the rise of AI‑generated “slop,” foreign drone bans, and extremists using voice‑cloning to spread propaganda. Scott Taylor then broke down Canada’s plan for a massive 300–400k Supplementary Ready Reserve, leading to listener calls on whether they’d join su...