The Roy Green Show

Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party will vote to select its new leader in March. As the leadership race heats up, it was announced that the party will hold two new riding nomination votes because of alleged voting irregularities. There's also controversy over how many members the party really has. What would Doug Ford do if he wins the leadership? How would he bring change to the political la...

Roy was contacted by an Alberta mother of two, who says a genetic disorder is causing her intense chronic pain.  She writes that the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons is trying to force her to stop taking the opioid medication that makes life bearable. Guest: Rachel(Photo: Rich Pedroncelli/The Canadian Press/AP) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 6th was the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. Calgary CPC MP Michelle Rempel issued a statement in which she called on the federal government to ensure that the final draft of the new Canadian Citizenship Guide includes a condemnation of female genital mutilation. Guest: Michelle Rempel, Calgary CPC MP and Shadow Minister for Immigration, Refugees and Citi...

On Friday, a jury in Battleford, Saskatchewan found Gerald Stanley not guilty of the death of Colten Boushie, who was shot and killed on a farm in 2016.Continuing with the case of the federal justice minister publicly commenting on the outcome of the Boushie trial, could there potentially be ramifications of politicians making public statements about verdicts in jury trials? Guest: Scott Newark, f...

After a reportedly all-white jury found Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley not guilty of the 2016 shooting death of Colten Boushie from the Red Pheasant First Nation, there was outrage from members of First Nations communities across Canada. Federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould responded to the verdict on Twitter, saying the country “can and must do better'” to ensure justice for all Cana...

Roy asks callers - is there a case for bringing Jack Letts into Canada as a Canadian citizen? Do you believe he was an ISIS member? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy replays his interview with John Letts. Jack Letts, dubbed 'Jihadi Jack' by U.K. media, is a British-Canadian Muslim convert who found himself in the ISIS capital of Raqqa in Syria. His parents claim their son denounced the terror group and was locked up in nine successive ISIS jails after being put on trial by ISIS for denouncing them as un-Islamic. Letts says that he escaped and managed to ma...

Roy replays his interview with John Letts. Jack Letts, dubbed 'Jihadi Jack' by U.K. media, is a British-Canadian Muslim convert who found himself in the ISIS capital of Raqqa in Syria. His parents claim their son denounced the terror group and was locked up in nine successive ISIS jails after being put on trial by ISIS for denouncing them as un-Islamic. Letts says that he escaped and managed to ma...

Roy replays his interview with John Letts. Jack Letts, dubbed 'Jihadi Jack' by U.K. media, is a British-Canadian Muslim convert who found himself in the ISIS capital of Raqqa in Syria. His parents claim their son denounced the terror group and was locked up in nine successive ISIS jails after being put on trial by ISIS for denouncing them as un-Islamic. Letts says that he escaped and managed to ma...

The Roy Green Show Jack Letts, dubbed 'Jihadi Jack' by U.K. media, is a British-Canadian Muslim convert who found himself in the ISIS capital of Raqqa in Syria. His parents claim their son denounced the terror group and was locked up in nine successive ISIS jails after being put on trial by ISIS for denouncing them as un-Islamic. Letts says that he escaped and managed to make his way to Kurdish te...

Roy and the Beauties tackle the tensions between B.C. and Alberta, the turmoil in the stock market, Justin Trudeau’s “peoplekind” comments and more.   Guests: Catherine Swift Linda Leatherdale Michelle Simson​(Photo: Tim Fraser/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There were stock market convulsions like never before during the past week. What's the reason for this? Employment figures in the U.S. are strong and the economy is steadily growing. Is it all about rising interest rates? Guest: Tom Caldwell, Chairman of Caldwell Securities, with seats on both the New York and Toronto stock exchanges(Photo: Mark Blinch/Reuters) Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Ontario’s provincial election is drawing ever closer and the Progressive Conservative Party remains without a leader. The party leader will likely emerge from these three candidates: Doug Ford, Christine Elliott and Caroline Mulroney. All three have pledged they will not support a provincial carbon tax. So what separates Christine Elliott from her opponents? Guest: Christine Elliott, candidate for...

Roy asks callers - is the B.C. position harming all of Canada and the economic prosperity of the country? What ought to be done? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tensions are rising between Alberta and British Columbia. Both provinces have shut down the importing of crucial resources between each other, and neither B.C. Premier John Horgan nor Alberta Premier Rachel Notley seems interested in soothing the situation. Does Ottawa have any plans to ease or end the tensions between the two provinces? Guests: Jon McComb, host of The Jon McComb Show, 980 CKNW, V...

Jack Letts, dubbed 'Jihadi Jack' by U.K. media, is a British-Canadian Muslim convert who found himself in the ISIS capital of Raqqa in Syria. His parents claim their son denounced the terror group and was locked up in nine successive ISIS jails after being put on trial by ISIS for denouncing them as un-Islamic. Letts says that he escaped and managed to make his way to Kurdish territory, where he w...

The Roy Green Show Doug Ford has officially launched his campaign for leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservative party. What will his candidacy bring to Canadian politics?   Guest: Doug Ford - It’s been one month since Ontario’s minimum wage was raised to $14. In a matter of months, the minimum wage in Alberta will become $15.   With minimum wage set to climb in other provinces, how have Canadia...

Yesterday in the weekly Beauties and the Beast segment, Linda Leatherdale said "income tax should be affordable”. Roy and Linda expand upon that idea. Guest: Linda Leatherdale, vice president of Cambria Canada & former money editor of the Toronto Sun(Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Larry Nassar has been sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for the sexual abuse of hundreds of girls. On Thursday, a father of three of the girls charged at Nassar in the courtroom. What happens to child sexual predators when they go to prison and inmates become aware of their crimes? Guest: Lee Chapelle, founder of CanadianPrisonConsulting.com, spent more than 20 years behind bars, including th...

Kerry Winter is the cousin of pharmaceutical billionaire Barry Sherman, who was found dead along with his wife in their Toronto home in December. Police say they’re investigating their deaths as a double-homicide but Winter has told police that it was a murder/suicide. The CBC's "Fifth Estate" reports that Winter failed a lie detector test after saying Barry Sherman had asked him to kill his wife...

More than 30 First Nations leaders in Alberta and British Columbia are backing the $16 billion proposed Eagle Spirit pipeline project that would run from Alberta to northern British Columbia. The coalition has started a GoFundMe appeal for $1 million to fight the federal government in their attempt to overturn the proposed oil-tanker ban on British Columbia’s north coast. Guest: Calvin Helin, Eagl...

It’s been one month since Ontario’s minimum wage was raised to $14. In a matter of months, the minimum wage in Alberta will become $15. With minimum wage set to climb in other provinces, how have Canadian businesses reacted? Are we on the road to losing tens of thousands of jobs as predicted? Guest: Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business(Photo: Reuters/Mark...

Roy asks callers - are you interested in voting for populist leadership candidates in Canada or do you feel more comfortable with mainstream candidates?(Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - are you interested in voting for populist leadership candidates in Canada or do you feel more comfortable with mainstream candidates?(Photo: Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug Ford has officially launched his campaign for leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservative party. What will his candidacy bring to Canadian politics? Guest: Doug Ford(Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices