The Roy Green Show

The governments of North Korea and South Korea are on the verge of signing a historic peace treaty that will ideally lead to a denuclearized Korean peninsula. Guest: Colonel Peter Mansoor, U.S. Army, retired, the Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair of Military History at Ohio State University, author of ‘Surge: My Journey with General David Petraeus and the Remaking of the Iraq War’ Learn more about your a...

Migrants are crossing into Canada over the border on a daily basis. Quebec has had to deal with a particularly large number of migrants due to a well-travelled road between New York state and the provincial border. What has the Trudeau government decided to do to solve this problem? They’re asking illegal border crossers if they’d prefer to go to Ontario instead. Guest: Richard Kurland, immigratio...

U.S. President Donald Trump will decide by May 12th whether the United States will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal.  Guest: Behnam Ben Taleblu, Iran deal specialist with the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, D.C.​(Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill Cosby has been found guilty on three charges of sexual assault. Gloria Allred, who represented 33 women who have accused Cosby of sexual misconduct, has said she was surprised by the verdict and believes that Cosby should go to prison, despite his age. Guest: Gloria Allred, women’s rights attorney and civil rights advocate(Photo: Matt Rourke/AP Photo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

In the ongoing dispute over the Trans Mountain pipeline, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says British Columbia’s legal question into potentially permitting oil coming into the province is a stalling tactic. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the move would put Canada in “economic gridlock” if it succeeds. Meanwhile in 2015, Eastern Canadian refineries were importing 650 barrels of oil per day from...

The Roy Green Show With the provincial election only six weeks away, Ontario’s auditor general declared that the deficit is $11.7 billion, rather than the $6.7 billion that Kathleen Wynne’s government claims. How does Ontario compare to other provinces and territories? Is Canada's spending under control or is it completely out of control? Guest: Dan Kelly, President & CEO of the Canadian Federatio...

From Bill Cosby to NAFTA, nothing is off limits for the Beauties and the Beast. It's time for Michelle Simson, Linda Leatherdale and Catherine Swfit to join Roy on air and deconstruct the news of the week.  Guests: Catherine SwiftLinda LeatherdaleMichelle Simson (Photo: Global News File) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave is from Saskatchewan. In January of this past year, his 59-year-old wife was denied a medically-assisted death because she only met three out of four necessary requirements. For the past two decades, she had been suffering from massive pain and nothing had been able to help. Dave shares the story on air of what his wife decided to do and how she spent her final moments in his arms. Guest: Dav...

What drove the suspect in the Toronto van attack to commit that act of violence? Was he possibly influenced by the “incel” ideology and Elliot Rodger, who committed mass murder in California in 2014?Guest: Dr. Frank Farley, former president of the American Psychological Association(Photo: Global News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadians continue to pay absurdly high prices at the gas pumps. On Sunday, Vancouverites can expect to pay $1.62 per litre – the highest gas price ever seen in Canada. Guest: Dan McTeague, GasBuddy.com(Photo: Patrick Dell/The Canadian Press, File) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the fatal attack involving a van in Toronto, should Canadians be prepared for more mass murder attempts in public places, whether from social misfits or organized terror groups? How much is the Canadian government concerned with protecting the security of its citizens? Guest: Lt. Col. Steve Day, former commanding officer of Canada's elite counter terrorism Special Forces unit JTF2(Photo: Col...

Bill Cosby has been found guilty on three counts of sexual assault and could be sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. Guest: Bobby Allyn, journalist for Philadelphia NPR station WHYYNews, covered the Cosby trial(Photo: Matt Slocum/AP Photo, File) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the provincial election only six weeks away, Ontario’s auditor general declared that the deficit is $11.7 billion, rather than the $6.7 billion that Kathleen Wynne’s government claims. How does Ontario compare to other provinces and territories? Is Canada's spending under control or is it completely out of control? Guest: Dan Kelly, President & CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Bu...

The Roy Green Show Veterans Affairs Canada is boasting about the great support the Trudeau government is providing Canada's military veterans, particularly those who are wounded and injured.   However, the veterans involved with the Equitas lawsuit - which sought to restore and protect disability pensions and benefits for veterans but was struck down late last year – would likely disagree with thi...

​According to a new report from the Fraser Institute, Canada is a world leader in environmental performance. Guest:  Ken Green, Environmental Scientist and Senior Director of National Resource Studies (Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

British Columbia and Alberta are exchanging threats over completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, and Kinder Morgan appears set to pull out of the project. These actions have consequences for all of Canada but small towns are feeling them first. And while worldwide prices of oil are rising, and Canadians bicker over the economic boon of Canadian oil, there is still the issue of U.S. groups fundi...

Increasing numbers of migrants are making their way into Quebec from New York State along the same road. Quebec has asked for help in dealing with the influx of migrants and starting next week, the federal government will set up a triage system to send migrants where they're hoping to go. If they'd prefer to be sent to Ontario instead of Quebec, they'll be sent there. Is this really the solution?...

Justin Trudeau‘s government is being pushed by backbenchers and grassroots Liberals to decriminalize all illicit drugs, adopting a model similar to that used in Portugal where the emphasis is on getting drug users into treatment. However, Trudeau is reportedly against the idea and Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says it would not work for a country like Canada. Guest: Bill Bogart. internat...

Veterans Affairs Canada is boasting about the great support the Trudeau government is providing Canada's military veterans, particularly those who are wounded and injured. However, the veterans involved with the Equitas lawsuit - which sought to restore and protect disability pensions and benefits for veterans but was struck down late last year – would likely disagree with this assessment. After a...

The other day, Roy tweeted "Where have you gone, Andrew Scheer?" and the response on social media showed that he’s definitely not the only Canadian asking that question. According to a poll conducted for CTV News, 18% of voters said they don't know enough about federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and 25.9% said the same about Andrew Scheer. Why isn’t the federal conservative party leader using the pr...

The Roy Green Show As we draw nearer to the June 7th election in Ontario, the jabs are firing furiously from all corners of the political battlefield. PC leader Doug Ford insinuated there should be jail time for some Ontario Liberal leaders. Elsewhere, David Herle, co-chair of the Liberal election campaign, called Doug Ford "a bit of a dick" on live television.   Is this sort of behavior a precurs...

This week the Beauties and the Beast work overtime to bring you a no-nonsense breakdown of tough topics from this week. Guests: Catherine Swift Linda Leatherdale Michelle Simson (Photo: Global News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An ipolitics.ca story revealed that Liberal MP Iqra Khalid, author of the controversial M-103, attended a recent community event where she introduced a religious leader who reportedly supports Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. MP Khalid took to Twitter to respond to criticism of the move, reaffirming that she is proud that the Canadian government has “forcefully condemned the Assad regime”.However...

ISIS members who return to Canada from Syria and Iraq could have knowledge of chemical weapons and put it to use in a terrorist attack, according to internal government documents obtained by Global News. Guest:  Tom Quiggin, court certified Canadian expert on terrorism, Intelligence work for RCMP, CAF, UN, and War Crimes Tribunals, author of ‘SUBMISSION: The Danger of Political Islam to Canada’(Ph...

The incident at a Starbucks in Philadelphia during which a manager called the police on two African American men has earned attention across the United States and Canada. But was the incident an example of racism or was it simply an overzealous application of that coffee shop's policy? Ron Miller joins Roy to talk about the events and the conversation that he - as an African American father - must...