The Jim Richards Show

What does a former Public Safety minister think about this move? Plus – The latest in the Canada Post battle GUESTS: Stockwell Day - former Public Safety Minister Jim Gallant - one of the negotiators with CUPW

Deb Hutton is in for Jim all this week.  Deb talks with the beloved author about the scam Plus – Ontario unveils its new energy plan GUESTS: Anwar Knight - award winning broadcaster Greta Podleski - Canadian cookbook author Stephen Lecce - Ontario Energy Minister

Deb talks data and public debate with an analyst Plus – Is there something you have to do every day or your whole day is ruined?   GUESTS: Karen Littlewood - President of OSSTF David Coletto - founder, Chair, and CEO of Abacus Data

Deb talks with the head of the organization about the announcement Plus – Why are women being told to drink no more than 6 glasses of wine a year?   GUESTS: Kojo Modeste - executive director of Pride Toronto Rebecca Madrid - a CUPE local president (CUPE 1813) Brandon Purcell - Advocacy Manager of Prevention at the Canadian Cancer Society

How often are you making orders on UberEats? Plus - Are jobs better when you can just be done with them at the end of the day?   GUEST: Monte McGregor - Barrister & Solicitor - Rusonik, O’Connor, Robbins, Ross & Angelini LLP

Deb Hutton is in for Jim all week.  What do we need to do to stop this? Plus – Have you been on the other end of a long 9-1-1 delay?   GUESTS: Dr. Daniel Rosenfield - ER doctor at SickKids David McGuinty - Defence Minister

Deb looks back on the 1995 victory of Mike Harris and chats with the former premier Plus – Do you really need a wedding ‘content creator’?   GUEST: Mike Harris – former premier of Ontario

Deb chats with Toronto’s former mayor about his thoughts on where things are going. Plus – How often do you wash your car?   GUESTS: John Tory - former Toronto mayor Martha Hall Findlay -  director of the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy

Also, What coffee brand is vanishing from Canadian grocery shelves? Where are the biggest price hikes happening? GUEST: Mike Von Massow - OAC Chair in Food System Leadership and Professor in Food Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph. Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles

Jim talks with a doctor about what he’s seeing in the ER Plus – Are you afraid of driving with your partner?   GUEST: Dr. Mitch Shulman – Newstalk 1010 Chief Medical Analyst

What does a cybersecurity expert think of this? Plus – The Ontario Legislature wraps for the next 137 days   GUESTS: Ritesh Kotak - cybersecurity expert Siobhan Morris - CTV Toronto Queen’s Park Bureau Reporter

Jim wonders if this might be a turning point. Plus – Marit Stiles asks the Premier to “grow a pair”. But what about growing pears?   GUESTS: Dr. Isaac Bogoch - infectious disease expert Amanda Galbraith - co-founder and partner at reputation management company Oyster Group and host of Free For All Fridays

Jim talks to political leaders from the province as a landmark bill is voted through   GUESTS: Marit Stiles – leader of the Ontario NDP Mike Schreiner – leader of the Ontario Green Party

We take your calls as an American trans woman files asylum claim here in Canada Plus – Why meteorologists in the States say it’s getting harder to do their jobs because of Trump cuts   GUESTS: Mark Robinson - storm chaser Robert Benzie - Toronto Star Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Dave Mitchell - Senior Director of Operations - of YAAACE - Youth Association for Academics, Athleti...

Jim takes your calls about what the right approach is. Plus – Making sense of the Liberals new border security bill   GUESTS: Max Chaudhry - Immigration Lawyer at Chaudry Law Jessie Rodger - Executive Director - Anova: A Future Without Violence

What does our marketing expert think about this shift? Plus – What gives you ‘grammar rage’?   GUEST: Tony Chapman - Marketing expert, host of the podcast Chatter That Matters

Jim weighs in on a judge’s response to policing in Peel Plus – Does Bono have a point when it comes to who is giving foreign aid?   GUESTS: Christian Leuprecht - national security expert and professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario Carmi Levy - tech expert  

Jim weighs in on something going on near him. Plus – the latest on Canada Post negotiations   GUESTS: Siobhan Morris - CTV Toronto Queen’s Park Bureau Reporter Ryan Manucha - Research Fellow at the CD Howe Institute and Author of  Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada’s Quest for Interprovincial Trade Jim Gallant - one of the negotiators with CUPW

Jim wonders if we shouldn’t be afraid to confront strangers’ children in public Plus – what is the weirdest job you ever had?   GUEST: Gary Sands - senior vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers Russell Rowland - Started out as a fortune cookie writer before going on to become a successful novelist and radio host

Jim can’t believe some of these new social media trends Plus – Has Mark Carney lived up to expectations?     GUESTS: Moshe Lander - Economics professor at Concordia University Justin Ling - independent investigative journalist based in Montreal and a contributing columnist for the Star  

Jim talks with a former School Resource Officer about the changes Plus – Should Ontario MPPs be getting a raise?   GUEST: Mark Baxter - President of the Police Association of Ontario

Jim can’t stop thinking about what he saw this morning Plus – A former Ontario premier has some thoughts about today’s education announcement   GUESTS: Kathleen Wynne - former Ontario premier Avery Haines - Host and Managing Editor at W5

Why you definitely fell for this rage-bait video Plus – Will Canada join the ‘Golden Dome’? GUESTS: Richard Shimooka - , Military Expert and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Foundation  Carmi Levy - tech expert

Is this new viral image of standing seats a lot of hot air? Plus – Why there might finally be crying in baseball GUEST: John Gradek - Faculty Lecturer of Operations and Integrated Aviation Management at McGill

Our callers let Jim know what they think Plus – Did you move back in with your parents? GUEST: Christina Blizzard - Queen's Park Columnist at the Toronto Sun and covered the royals for Britain's The Guardian