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The John Oakley Show

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Toronto’s most respected and experienced broadcaster, Oakley’s articulate and thought-provoking ideas will ensure listeners are never at a loss for information or dinnertime conversation.

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AM640 / Curiouscast

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www.640toronto.com

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Nov 28, 2025

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Episodes

Topics Worthy of Discussion - Wednesday November 15, 2017 16.11.2017

Chris Stockwell, Principal of First Horizon Consulting, former MPP for Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke West, PC cabinet minister, speaker of the Legislature, and Toronto City Councillor Peter Tabuns, MPP for Toronto-Danforth and the NDP’s Energy; Environment and Climate Change Critic. Daniel Moulton - ‎Consultant at Crestview Strategy, a public affairs agency, Former  Liberal staffer in the Ontario...

Topics Worthy of Discussion - Tuesday November 14, 2017 16.11.2017

Elissa Freeman, Public Relations strategist and PR and Pop Culture Media Expert. Rocco Rossi, CEO of Prostate Cancer Canada, formal mayoral candidate Chris Stockwell, Principal of First Horizon Consulting, former MPP for Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke West, PC cabinet minister, speaker of the Legislature, and Toronto City Councillor   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics worthy of discussion - Monday November 13, 2017 16.11.2017

Councillor Gord Perks was elected to represent Parkdale-High Park in 2006. Mike Van Soelen, Principal at Navigator Anthony Furey, National columnist for Sun papers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conrad Black - Friday November 10, 2017 16.11.2017

Conrad Black joins the John Oakley Show every Friday at 4:30PM   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics worthy of discussion - Wednesday Nov 8, 2017 16.11.2017

Chris Stockwell, Principal of First Horizon Consulting, former MPP for Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke West, PC cabinet minister, speaker of the Legislature, and Toronto City Councillor /REPEAT Peter Tabuns, MPP for Toronto-Danforth and the NDP’s Energy; Environment and Climate Change Critic. Lisa Kinsella, Managing Partner of the Daisy Consulting Group, formerly a long-time Parliament Hill staffer...

Privacy concerns over highway patrol drones 13.11.2017

Ann Cavoukian, Distinguished Expert-in-Residence, Privacy and Data Analytics, Privacy by Design Centre of Excellence, Ryerson University talks about concerns raised over privacy if drones start patrolling Ontario highways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

King Street pilot project leaves some confused 13.11.2017

Clinte Stibbe, Traffic Services of Toronto Police joins the John Oakley Show to talk about the first day of the King Street Pilot Project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Warren "smokey" Thomas talks about college teacher strike 08.11.2017

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Sportscaster Barry Davis talks about the legacy of Roy Halladay 07.11.2017

Former Blue Jays sportscaster Barry Davis joins the John Oakley show to discuss the legacy of legendary MLB pitcher Roy Halladay. The Cy Young Award winner pitched for the Blue Jays in 2003 and 2010, and was recently inducted into Canada's baseball Hall of Fame was killed in small plane crash earlier today.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Council set to debate Bloor bike lanes 07.11.2017

Jared Kolb, Executive Director, Cycle Toronto joins the Oakley Show discusses the pilot project that lead to the council debate and eventual vote on whether to make the Bloor street bike lanes permanent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liberal fundraiser and Trudeau ally named in paradise papers 07.11.2017

Pierre Poilievre, MP for Carleton, Conservative Shadow Minister of Finance joins AM640 John Oakley Show to talk about revelation that Canadian billionaire Stephen Bronfman was linked to an offshore trust in the tax havens of Cayman Islands. Bronfman is a chief fundraiser for the Liberal Party Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Province revamps police oversight system in Ontario 02.11.2017

Activist and journalist Desmond Cole joins the John Oakley Show to discuss new changes to Ontario’s policing laws, introduced Thursday, which include strengthening oversight, making it possible to suspend officers without pay and redefining police duties. Cole says there is more that can be done. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Toronto Police Association reacts to Police Services Act reforms 02.11.2017

President of the Toronto Police Association, Mike McCormack joins the John Oakley Show and discusses changes announced by the province to the Police Services Act Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sue-Ann Levy - Thursday 02.11.2017

Sue-Ann Levy is an investigative columnist for the Toronto Sun, joining the Oakley Show every Tuesday and Thursday. Today, she discusses new affordable housing in Etobicoke; and infighting at Pride Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prayers not allowed in municipal halls but still happening in Parliament 02.11.2017

Two and a half years ago the Supreme Court of Canada band City councils in Canada from praying. Despite this decision, provincial and federal legislators, including the House of Commons, continue to pray each day. In Ottawa, the prayer is held behind closed doors, before the public galleries are opened and the tv cameras are turned on. Some local politicians, like John Henry the Mayor of Oshawa, s...

At least 3 dead after fiery crash on Highway 400 - Transport Trucks Involved 01.11.2017

Stephen Laskowski, President, Ontario Trucking Association joins the Oakley Show to discuss the bad press the trucking industry has received after several recent accidents on Ontario highways involving transport trucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Great Canadian Gaming hired high-powered Liberal insiders to lobby Wynne 01.11.2017

Vic Fedeli- PC Finance Critic, MPP for Nipissing joins the Oakley Show and says Ontario PCs want casino deal with gaming company cancelled amid money laundering claims in B.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Liberal Party remains united 01.11.2017

Vince Gasparro, former advisor to Prime Minister Paul Martin, talks about the rift among liberals during the Chretien/Martin years, and tells the John Oakley Show what it was like to be in Ottawa during the time but inists the current party is united. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imams condemn terror attack in Manhattan 01.11.2017

Imam Imtiaz Ahmed from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, joins the Oakley Show to condemn Manhattan terror attack, and says people have hijacked the religion of Islam for their own evil purposes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Century of NHL Memories 01.11.2017

Phil Pritchard, the vice-president and curator of the Hall of Fame’s resource centre, and co-author of a book which features never-before-seen material from the Hockey Hall of Fame. He joins the John Oakley Show to talk about how he, with Jim Hynes put together this extraordinary collection. Find out how to get a copy for yourself. A Century of NHL Memories: Rare Photos from the Hockey Hall of Fam...

Canada’s aging population could push government deficits to $143 billion by 2045 31.10.2017

Jason Clemens, Executive Vice-President of the Fraser Institute, joins the Oakley Show and says very little has been done by governments across the country to prepare for the marked aging that has already begun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People using accessible permits issued to relatives who've died 31.10.2017

Ward 27 Councillor Kristyn Wong Tam - is also the chair of the Disability, Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee in Toronto and she says the province must do more to prevent people from illegaly using accessibility permits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ontario PCs call for immediate halt to casino deal amid money laundering investigation 30.10.2017

PC Finance Critic Vic Fedeli joins the Oakley Show and talks about the opposition party's push to halt a deal with a gaming company that is facing money laundering allegations in British Columbia. The B.C. government has launched an independent expert’s review of the province’s policies in the gambling industry after concerns were raised about the possibility of money laundering at the River Rock...

OPP Commissioner says driver inattention at its worst 26.10.2017

Kerry Schmidt, highway safety division of OPP joins the Oakley Show to discuss new measures being introduced a Collision Mitigation Strategy which aims to reduce the number of CMV-involved collisions, deaths and injuries on OPP-patrolled roads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

University students at Guelph/Humber locked out due to College teacher strike 26.10.2017

A frustrated parent reaches out to AM640 and explains that even though the Guelph University classes are in a different building, and the instructors are in a different union, students of the university still can't go to class because instructors are supporting their college counterparts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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