The Roy Green Show

A recent email from Afghanistan communicated that a former Afghan interpreter for Canada's military has been executed by the Taliban. This highlights the increasing urgency to permit the former interpreters to come to Canada and build a life here. The current federal government is showing zero interest in doing so and the Harper government opened only a very brief window for interpreters to apply...

The case of Canadian Admiral Mark Norman criminally charged with 'breach of trust' for allegedly leaking federal government secrets in order to assist a shipyard in Quebec with a $700 million contract to build a Canadian Navy supply ship. Admiral Norman's lead lawyer Marie Henein is threatening to call both Gerald Butts and Michael Wernick to the stand if records from the PMO and Privy Council Off...

Megz Reynolds is known for challenging politicians like Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Federal Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna on Twitter. Now she has decided to officially enter the political arena and speak for the agriculture and resource sector, and how rural farmers impact the Canadian economy. Guest: Megz Reynolds, a.k.a. @FarmerMegzz on Twitter Learn more...

The Roy Green Show Podcast - Conservative Party of Canada MP/Deputy leader Lisa Raitt subjected Gerald Butts and Michael Wernick to what could be described as withering questioning at the parliamentary Justice Committee hearing this week. Meanwhile Liberals with the majority on the committee voted down a motion to have Jody Wilson-Raybould return to testify at the committee next week. As well, the...

Former Donald Trump 2016 Presidential election campaign Chairman sentenced to 47 months in prison for cheating on his taxes and bank fraud. Guest: Devlin Barrett, National Security reporter with the Washington Post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Federal Court rejects SNC-Lavalin's bid to avoid criminal prosecution.  So, now what?  New federal Attorney General can overrule the court. Guest:  Ari Goldkind, Toronto criminal lawyer, media commentator - Roy talks calls to find out how people across Canada are reacting to the unfolding drama surrounding Trudeau’s Liberals and SNC-Lavalin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

The Roy Green Show Podcast - Conservative MP Michael Cooper of Edmonton sits on the parliamentary justice committee and participated in the 3-hour testimony/Q&A session with Jody Wilson-Raybould last Wednesday. He speaks with Roy about what comes next and shares his thoughts on attending that explosive committee meeting Toronto criminal lawyer David Butt joins the show to discuss his Op Ed in the...

Linda Leatherdale is the mother of Skye, her daughter who was near death before a bone marrow match was discovered in the U.S. Skye who was 21 at the time has not only survived beyond five years, she is married and looking forward to a full life. For more, including Roy's conversation with Toby Boulet, listen to the Roy Green Show Podcast. And subscribe to the show wherever you find the podcasts t...

Bill C-69 has been described as the pipeline-killing legislation. It is currently being debated in the Canadian Senate before the Environment and Energy Committee. Senators had agreed to a cross-Canada tour in order to allow Canadians to raise any issues they may have with C-69. Now Senator Yuen Pao Woo (leader of the Independent Senators Group (Liberals) is trying to change the itinerary so the t...

An Angus Reid poll suggests 50% of Albertans would support secession from Canada.  Albertans also said they would prefer a regional political party in previous Angus Reid poll. And what about Saskatchewan? Guest: Shachi Kurl, Executive Director of Angus Reid polling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Friday, the Canadian Department of Justice gave the go-ahead for an extradition case against Meng Wanzhou, marking the formal start of the high-profile process that has put Canada in an uncomfortable position between the United States and China. Now we have learned that the defence team for the Huawei executive has filed a notice of civil claim against members of the Canadian Border Services Ag...

The Roy Green Show Podcast - Jody Wilson-Raybould's testimony before the parliamentary justice committee on Wednesday rocked the Trudeau government. The Prime Minister said he "completely disagrees with the former Attorney General's characterizations of events." The attacks on Wilson-Raybould and her credibility have since begun while Canadians have largely expressed strong support for the former...

"We need to get ready in case they come back sooner [to Canada] than what we had expected," said RCMP Deputy Commissioner Gilles Michaud to Global News' Stewart Bell on Wednesday. The Deputy Commissioner was referencing "at least a dozen Canadians detained in Syria amidst the collapse of the so-called Islamic State." First, Roy talks with Abigail R. Esman about this and her column for the Investig...

How will the powerful testimony of former federal Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould affect Canadians just months out of a federal election? Particularly when it is combined with the weak rebuttal of by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau? Guest: Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos polling and author, along with John Ibbitson, of ‘Empty Planet’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China 'firmly opposes' Canada's decision to allow extradition case against Huawei CFO.  The Canadian government yesterday cleared the way for extradition proceedings against the CFO of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.  Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver and faces charges in the United States.  China has voiced strong objections. Guest: Ari Goldkind, Criminal lawyer and media commentator Learn more...

Andrew Scheer declared he was "sickened and appalled" in the wake of the parliamentary justice committee testimony by former federal Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould then immediately called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign. Guest:  Andrew Scheer, Leader of the Conservative Party Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jody Wilson-Raybould's testimony before the parliamentary justice committee on Wednesday rocked the Trudeau government. The Prime Minister said he "completely disagrees with the former Attorney General's characterizations of events."  The attacks on Wilson-Raybould and her credibility have since begun while Canadians have largely expressed strong support for the former Attorney General. Guest: Chi...

The Roy Green Show Podcast - Conservative Party of Canada Deputy Leader and Milton, Ontario MP Lisa Raitt is a member of the parliamentary Justice Committee pursuing the Trudeau/Wilson-Raybould/SNC-Lavalin case. Roy and MP Raitt discuss the case, and MP Raitt’s tweet in which she wrote “It's not solely @puglaas who need complain about attempted political interference,” referring to Jody Wilson-Ray...

The Trudeau government is leaking national support in the wake of the SNC-Lavalin/Wison-Raybould matter, and Andrew Scheer is leading the Prime Minister, according to a new Ipsos poll. The same thing happened one year ago, almost to the day, following the disastrous India trip.  So what is the mood of voters today and are they likely to remain engaged with this story possibly for months? Will this...

The Trudeau Liberals are committing money to improve housing and living conditions for Northern Indigenous communities with abject housing, undrinkable water and child suicides. Roy speaks with Adrian Sutherland, lifelong resident of Attawapiskat and leader of the First Nations band Midnight Shine. Adrian was born, raised and still lives in Attawapiskat. He brings his first-hand perspective to the...

A Canadian who traveled to Syria to join ISIS has been released from prison even though the Parole Board of Canada assesses Kevin Omar Mohamed as a "high risk to public safety."Allan Schoenborn who killed his three children but was declared NCR (Not Criminally Responsible) must remain in s B.C. psychiatric institution. And a B.C. court sets free a Calgary man, Sandor Rigo, who gladly admits to bei...

A massive windstorm with wind gusts exceeding 100kmh hits southern Ontario today, along with blizzard conditions and whiteouts. What is happening exactly, and what can we expect from it? Roy talks with Global News reporter Kamil Karamali to find out more. Guest:  Global News reporter Kamil Karamali  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show - Maxime Bernier and his People's Party of Canada will face the electorate in Monday's federal byelections in Burnaby South, B.C. - as well as in byelections in Outremont, Quebec and York Simcoe, Ontario. This is the first A first real test for the People’s Party of Canada, in its quest to form the national government in the October 21, federal election. PPC founder and leader M...

Victims of the Danforth shooting have called for a ban on handguns and military assault weapons. Scott Newark joins Roy to discuss if this is the most effective course of action to try to make sure something like the shooting on the Danforth does not happen again. Subscribe to the Roy Green Show Podcast on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts, or find it wherever you get your favourite podcasts from,...

The Beauties & the Beast panel reassembles to take on the issues Canadians are talking about, particularly the Trudeau/Wilson-Raybould/PMO/SNC-Lavalin conundrum, and now Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick's "assassination" worries. Subscribe to the Roy Green Show podcast wherever you find your favourite shows, like Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Guests:  Catherine Swift, WorkingCanadi...