The Jim Richards Show

Ontario’s teachers unions react to today’s announcement. What are the things you got instead of a raise? GUESTS: Martha Hradowy - OSSTF President Heather Exner-Pirot - director of energy, natural resources and environment with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

How will this impact your wallet? Two Wrights Can’t Be Wrong! GUESTS: Mark Norman - Former Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy Heather Wright - Senior Correspondent for CTV National News John Wright - Veteran Pollster, CEO of Canada Pulse insights

  Jim takes your calls. The latest on the Artemis landing.   GUESTS: Tim Powers - Chairman of Summa Strategies  Scott Reid - CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister Moshe Lander -  economics professor at Concordia University Rachel Ward-Maxwell - Researcher-Programmer with the Ontario Science Centre  

  Jim gets answers. Are you okay with doctors refusing MAID for religious reasons?   GUEST: Mark Mendelson – Newstalk 1010 Crime Expert

What does John Tory think about Bradford’s plan? Short people at concerts - is there any hope?   GUESTS: John Tory – former Mayor of Toronto Eric Alper - Canadian music journalist and publicist Kumi Jinadasa - Senior Engineer, Program Management with the Canadian Space Agency

What does the Mayor of Sarnia think? Do you vote for the party or the candidate?   GUESTS: Mike Bradley - Mayor of Sarnia Amanda Galbraith  -  co-founder and partner at reputation management company Oyster Group and host of Free For All Fridays

What happens next? Jim takes your calls about the floor crossing.   GUESTS: Peter MacKay - Former Foreign Affairs Minister Scott Reid - CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister Marvin Ryder - associate professor of marketing at McMaster University

  Jim talks with an investigative reporter from W5 about this wild story. This floor crossing story is having ripple effects across Canadian politics.   GUESTS: Jon Woodward - Investigative  Reporter with W5

Jim gets answers. We hear from Toronto’s Iranian community.   GUESTS: Heather Exner-Pirot - director of energy, natural resources and environment with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Shahram Golestaneh - director of the Iran Democratic Association in Canad

Jim takes your calls. What will Trump do in Iran tonight?   GUESTS: Mike Greenley - CEO of MDA Space Sean Foley - professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University and specializes in the history of the Middle East

The latest on his deadline for the Strait of Hormuz. It’s time for Mark Madness!   GUESTS: Mark Norman - Former Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy Drew Spolestra - a farmer near Hamilton and the president of the Ontario federation of agriculture Mark Mendelson - Newstalk 1010 crime expert and former homicide detective

What should be done? Are the Jays ready to take on the Dodgers again tonight?   GUESTS: Dr. Clifford Redford - Owner and operator of Wellington Veterinary Hospital Hendrik Brakel - Senior Director of Policy and Government Affairs - Canadian Association for Business Economics Mike Wilner - Toronto Star columnist and host of the podcast Deep Left Field

  Jim is wondering after a new profile. What are you eating this weekend?   GUEST: Jil McIntosh – writer at driving.ca  

  What’s the right question for each party? What is the thing that only YOUR family had a name for?   GUESTS: Scott Reid - CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister Neil Heatherington - CEO of Daily Bread food bank

How this trip to the moon marks a major milestone. Part two of Jim’s interview with Kevin Pillar.   GUESTS: Monte McGregor - criminal defence lawyer Kevin Pillar – former MLB outfielder Dr. Jonathan Kelly - aerospace professor at the University of Toronto  

  He shares his emotional story with Jim. The latest on Trump and the war in Iran   GUESTS: Dr. Dov Gebien - ER physician, addiction recovery advocate, and keynote speaker Sean Foley - professor of history at Middle Tennessee State University and specializes in the history of the Middle East  

  Jim takes your calls. The Toronto Maple Leafs fire their general manager.   GUESTS: Christian Leuprecht - Professor in Leadership, Royal Military College and Queen’s University Jeff Marek - host of The Sheet podcast Rachel Ward-Maxwell - Researcher-Programmer with the Ontario Science Centre

  Kevin Pillar shares some stories from inside the clubhouse. How rewards programs can help you ease the pain at the gas pumps.   GUEST: Kevin Pillar – former MLB outfielder Patrick Sojka - founder of Rewards Canada

  Jim takes your calls. What does the future of the NDP look like under Avi Lewis? GUESTS: Matti Siemiatycki - Director of the Infrastructure Institute at the University of Toronto Tim Powers – Chair of Summa Strategies Mike Wilner – Toronto Star baseball columnist  

  How does a crisis comms person navigate this? Is it the job of an artist to deal with blowback?   GUEST: Amanda Galbraith  -co-founder and partner at Oyster Group, and host of Free For All Fridays

  We hear from someone who has first-hand experience. Can you afford to support your team anymore?   GUESTS: Akosua – has first hand experience with supervised consumption sites Rob Butler - part of the 1993 Jays Atiqa Mohammad - Movember’s Implementation Director, Cancer Programs

As the Blue Jays kick off their season, one player talks about what his mom told him. Is the war in Iran impacting mortgages?   GUESTS: Dave Trafford - Chief Executive Producer at Story Studio Network and the Host of the On the Ledge podcast Moshe Lander - economics professor at Concordia University Comedians Darren Frost and Kenny Robinson  

  How will it impact your wallet? The Toronto Blue Jays kick off their season.   GUESTS: Marit Stiles – Ontario NDP leader Elizabeth Benn – former director of major league operations for the Mets and TSN MLB analyst

  Deb joins Jim to analyze today’s budget unveiling. What’s a job where you get yelled at regularly?   GUEST: Ksenia Tchern McCallum - Managing Partner, Tchern McCallum Immigration Law

  Jim Dunn, professor at McMaster University and director of the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative, weighs in on Ontario’s plan to temporarily boost HST rebates on new homes and whether it will actually help affordability. Jonathan English, infrastructure and transportation policy writer, joins the show to ask if TTC platform doors could save lives and money. The hour also opens t...