The Roy Green Show

Conservative Party of Canada leader Andrew Scheer joins us. Issues:   G20.  Canada/China relations. Is the Ministry of Defence agreement with departing vice-Admiral Mark Norman an non-disclosure agreement, or is it not?  DND will not confirm an NDA exists, but declares the agreement to be confidential.  Huh?  Western Premiers meeting. CPC climate change plan. Ontario court split-decision support t...

The statement from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe regarding the passage of Bills C-48 and C-69 begins: "The passage of Bills C-69 and C-48 marks a dark chapter for our energy and industrial sectors, and is deeply concerning for our government and all those that value the economic prosperity of our nation........."      Guest:  Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan. Toronto Mayor John Tory and Raptors...

Chronic pain patients number in the many millions in the United States. In the U.S. the CDC recently issued a clarification about the opioids guidelines it released in 2016, reminding they were never intended as a mandated approach to denying pain patients their prescription medication. The U.S. Surgeon General has as well warned against pain patients being arbitrarily tapered and/or denied their...

63-year-old British Columbian, Jimmy Forster, was stopped twice in the same day and required to take a breathalyzer test even without any suspicion of drunk driving. He’s asthmatic and was unable to blow sufficiently hard which resulted in his car being impounded and driver's license suspended for 90 days. One officer wrote in his notes that this was a good opportunity to use the new screening dem...

The statement from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe regarding the passage of Bills C-48 and C-69 begins: "The passage of Bills C-69 and C-48 marks a dark chapter for our energy and industrial sectors, and is deeply concerning for our government and all those that value the economic prosperity of our nation........."      Guest:  Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan. Learn more about your ad choices. V...

A class-action lawsuit has been launched against Boeing by more than 400 pilots who argue the company is guilty of an "unprecedented cover-up" of known design flaws in its 737 MAX planes which predictably resulted in the crashes of two MAX aircraft with more than 300 people killed. Guest:  Raymond Hall. Former Air Canada Captain and lawyer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

The Roy Green Show Podcast - Bob Mitchell is an Albertan and a 45-year veteran of the Alberta oil fields. Mr. Mitchell has traveled the world's oil producing regions. After several conversations with him about the challenges of being in the oil sands business, Roy invited him on the show, to share a message for his fellow Canadians. Last weekend, Premiers Jason Kenney of Alberta and Blaine Higgs o...

As tensions rise between the U.S. and Iran, could we see them reach the point where a shooting war breaks out? Are we on verge of one at all? Guest: Daniel Pipes, Iran expert from the Wilson Center in D.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Salim Mansur is Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Western Ontario. Professor Mansur is also a longtime member of the Conservative Party of Canada. 10 months ago, he registered his intent to seek the CPC nomination for the riding of London North in Ontario for the October 21 general election. The Professor received notification from the party that he is barred from seekin...

An Angus Reid Institute national poll shows that the majority of Canadians polled say the Liberals made the right decision in approving the Trans-Mountain Expansion. But is it actually going to be built? Six-in-ten say yes, while four-in-ten say they're not convinced. Who is right? Guest: Dave Korzinski, Research Associate with ARI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two parents from Ottawa have launched a human rights complaint against their school board after their six-year-old daughter was upset by gender theory in the classroom. The class was reportedly told that girls and boys are not real. Guest: Barbara Kay, who covered this story for The Post Millennial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Mitchell is an Albertan and a 45 year Alberta oil fields veteran. He has traveled the world's oil producing regions. After several conversations with Bob Mitchell about the challenges of being in business in the oil sands Roy asked him on the show to share his message with his fellow Canadians. Guest: Bob Mitchell, owner of Unityrig Equipment Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

Wait, There’s More is a daily Global News podcast released every afternoon just in time for your commute home. On this episode, protests have erupted in Hong Kong as tens of thousands of people speak out against legislation that would allow the territory’s citizens to be extradited to Mainland China. Demonstrators tried to storm government buildings and police responded with tear gas and rubber bu...

Alberta Premier spoke with me Friday about the letter sent to Trudeau, about the contentious Bills C-69 and C-48, about Quebec and Kenney's meeting with QC Premier Francois Legault earlier in the week at which Quebec's resistance to additional pipelines carrying Alberta oil/bitumen, equalization payments.   Quebec Premier Francois Legault is driving two controversial pieces of legislation through...

The majority of Canada's Premiers warn Justin Trudeau by letter he is steering the nation toward a national unity crisis.  IPSOS polling for Global News shows CPC leading in the race to forming the next national government. Guest:  Professor Duane Bratt. Political science. Chair in the Department of Economics, Justice and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary.  Editor: Orange Chinook...

Time to change the Indigenous names of sports teams like the Edmonton Eskimos?  Angus Reid Institute polled Canadians and found divided thinking.  One example, 30% of Canadians object to Edmonton "Eskimos." Guest: Dave Korzinski. Research associate. Angus Reid  Institute.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Court rules too much force used in self defence against a home invader. Guest:  Ari Goldkind.  Criminal lawyer, media analyst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A group of chronic pain patients is calling on the Alberta Minister of Health to investigate the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta to investigate the College for its "unwarranted and secretive cautioning and sanctioning of doctors " who prescribe or continue long in-place prescribing of opioids to provide pain (agony) patients with some degree of quality of life. Guest: Tracy Fossum. F...

Six Canadian Premiers sent a letter to Justin Trudeau warning the PM that the C-69 and C-48 legislation are threats to Canada's economic health, as well as national unity. Trudeau scoffs. As summer pre-campaign looms, Liberals continue to trail the Conservatives everywhere in Canada except Quebec. This is according to an IPSOS poll for Global News. The RCMP was created to control Indigenous people...

The Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources just joined her counterparts from Ontario and Alberta to challenge Bill C-69.  Guest: Bronwyn Eyre. Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All good in Canada with a big parade for the Raptors in Toronto. In the U.S., sports talk radio stations are complaining that the Raptors got lucky while the Warriors had injuries, even arguing that the Raptors didn’t deserve the Championship. Also; Raptors president Masai Ujiri is facing charges after allegedly engaging in a shoving incident with a deputy sheriff as Ujiri was trying to get on the...

Toronto Raptors on the cusp of winning NBA Championship. Examining the latest false alarm on climate. (Wall Street Journal). Column by Dr. Bjorn Lomborg, head of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre think tank. Named by TIME to World's 100 Most Influential list. Completing interview with CFIB President/CEO Dan Kelly from yesterday.  Unemployment numbers.  Small business platform released, liquor deregu...

Centre To End Human Trafficking is national charitable organization dedicated to ending human trafficking.  First of its kind hotline to respond to all forms of human an sex trafficking. Guest:  Barb Gosse.  CEO Centre to End Human Trafficking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill Gairdner. Doctorate in Literature and Philosophy from Stanford U. Conservative author "The Trouble With Canada" "The Trouble With Democracy" "The Great Divide: Why Liberals and Conservatives Will Never, Ever Agree."  Former Canadian Olympic decathlete.  On the dysfunction in Canada. Guest: Bill Gairdner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Book - Inside an Honour Killing: A Daughter and Father Tell Their Story. More than 5,000 women worldwide are "killed in the name of honour" each year. Our guest followe and spoke with a survivor of an honour killing attempt and her father who killed another daughter and his own mother in so-called honour killings. Guest: Lene Wold. Author Inside An Honour Killing: A Daughter and Father Tell Their...