The John Oakley Show

The panel gets together today and provide perspective on the stories you care about. They cover everything from marijuana, free speech, hydro and more. Joining us today: Geoff Owen is a Principal at Foresight Strategic Advisors, a new Canadian public affairs firm focused on policy substance over access.   Karlene Nation - Media Strategist at OneNation Media Group in Toronto. Former reporter and pr...

"Canada's angriest pothead", Russell Barth joins the John Oakley Show and says that the dispensary waste of money and resources considering the fentanyl crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics worthy of discussion! In studio today: Elissa Freeman - is a Public Relations strategist and PR and Pop Culture Media Expert. Peter Shurman - Social Commentator; Government Relations Specialist; Author. Expert - Canadian, Ontario politics, business, generational change. Pro speaker,media commentator.   Rocco Rossi — CEO of Prostate Cancer Canada and formal mayoral candidate   Learn more abo...

Patrick Brown says that too many schools have been closed in rural areas and the trend is moving towards urban centres. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That's one of the questions Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch wants to ask immigrants to Canada.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Ann Cavoukian is the Executive Director of the Privacy &Big Data Institute and former Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. She joins the Oakley Show and talks about how these government organizations collect and share information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AM640 Legal analyst joins the John Oakley show and explains why Abdullahi Mohamoud was only sentenced to 30 months for the deadly crime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Olunike Adeliyi joins the John Oakley show to describe her experience at the Kingsway Theatre after she was denied a ticket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics worthy of discussion with our panelists Mike Van Soelen – Managing Principal at Navigator – expert in communications and marketing, both in the private sector and political realm Councillor Gord Perks - was elected to represent Parkdale-High Park in 2006. Gord’s emphasis has been on waste reduction and public transit, and he is the principal author of the Canadian Green Consumer Guide, one...

Rui Pereira  joins the Oakley Show and says that Olunike Adeliyi was abusive towards his staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics worthy of discussion opined by great minds on a great day for talk radio. Joining the show in studio today: Nathaniel Erskine-Smith - is the MP for Beaches-East York in Toronto. He’s a member of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party,  Crystal Goomansingh - an award winning journalist with two decades of experience.   Mike Van Soelen – Managing Principal at Navigator – expert in communications and...

CEO of Ontario Real Estate Association join the show to discuss how GO Transit expansion will boost some property values outside Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norm Beal joins the show to explain how food and beverage manufacturing sector is no longer sustainable with soaring electricity rates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ontario Minister of Energy joins the John Oakley Show to talk about the Fair Hydro Plan introduced by the provice yesterday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick Brown, joins the show and says that the plan is borrowing from the future generations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spider Jones inviting you to the Bay Street boxing fundraiser for his foundation Believe to Achieve - on Thursday March 09 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining us in the AM640 studio for stories worthy of discussion: Kevin Gaudet - Principal with Brightpoint Strategy and Former head of external relations for Cdn Taxpayers Federation. Geoff Owen is a Principal at Foresight Strategic Advisors, a new Canadian public affairs firm focused on policy substance over access. He’s a conservative, a policy wonk and a sports fan. Karlene Nation - Media Strat...

Judge Gregory Lenehan ruled in provincial court Wednesday that the Crown failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a woman did not consent to sexual activity with the driver, Bassam Al-Rawi. Farrah Khan, MSW is a Coordinator, Sexual Violence Education and Support at Ryerson University and she joins the John Oakley Show and says we have been disillusioned with the criminal justice system espec...

Today's Contributors: Jay Pitter - is an author, placemaker, and senior stakeholder engagement professional. Her work focuses on creating more inclusive cities --- a topic explored in Subdivided, an anthology she recently co-edited.  Nathaniel Erskine-Smith - is the MP for Beaches-East York in Toronto. He’s a member of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party, but you may know him as the most independent MP...

Toronto’s public transit provider says it has dismissed 73 people in connection with what it describes as a multimillion-dollar benefits fraud scheme. Chief spokesperson for the TTC, Brad Ross joins the Oakley Show to talk about the ongoing investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OPSEU President Smokey Thomas joins the Oakley to explain how Ontario’s Liberal government paid up to $435,000 to an expert panel. The Pension Asset Expert Advisory Panel was appointed to resolve a dispute with Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk over whether surpluses on billions in public pension funds should be counted as government “assets.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...

Robert De Niro and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. were in Washington, D.C. to hold a controversial press conference pushing an anti-vaccine agenda, announcing that they will be rewarding $100,000 to anyone who can prove that vaccines are safe. Oakley Show is joined by Toronto Emergency Room Physician and Health Policy Expert - Dr. Brett Belchetz, to talk about the  fears surrounding vaccines. Learn more a...

Joining us today on the panel: Vince Gasparro - former Managing Director of The Green Tomorrow Fund which was a Toronto based Private Equity firm and is a former advisor to Prime Minister Paul Martin Peter Tabuns - MPP for Toronto-Danforth and the NDP’s Energy; Environment and Climate Change Critic. Liz West is a television personality and former candidate for city councillor. You can hear her dis...

Warren Buffett has sold off $900 million of Walmart stock, choosing instead to invest billions in airlines. Customer experience expert Marc Gordon joins the Oakley show and discusses why traditional retail is losing customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday issued a sharp ultimatum to NATO Wednesday, telling allies they must start increasing defence spending by year’s end or the Trump administration will “moderate its commitment” to them. Conservative MP James Bezan the National Defence Critic joins the John Oakley Show who says that he agrees we need to up defence spending to 2% GDP to fight increasing...