The Roy Green Show

Death of former prime minister Brian Mulroney. Guest: Sheila Copps. Former Liberal MP and Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Jean Chretien. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Death of former prime minister Brian Mulroney. Guest: Stephen Ledrew. Former president of the Liberal Party of Canada and friend of PM Mulroney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Death of former prime minister Brian Mulroney. Guest: Preston Manning. Former leader of the Reform Party. Wrote tribute op ed to Brian Mulroney.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux released his Supplemtary Estimates for 2023-24 and has said federal employees salaries and benefits topping $67-Billion is "worrisome." Also: the PBO stated and as Global News reported "the federal government's carbon price could generate more than $5 billion from the federal sales tax over the next seven years, but none of that is directly...

It is expected the federal government's long promised Online Harm Bill may be introduced as early as this coming week.- As well, the Senate bill requiring age verification before explicit online material can be accessed is expected. Many experts and privacy advocates have deep concern. David Fraser. One of Canada's leading privacy lawyers, international internet law expert and partner at McInnes C...

Professor Eric Kaufman of Buckingham University in the U.K. is Canadian and commissioned a Maru poll of Canadians view of woke policies, finding the views of Canadians largely mirror those represented in Britain and the U.K. In a National Post op ed professor Kaufman writes "the structure of Canadian public opinion indicates that there is considerable potential for right-of-centre parties to incre...

Parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux released his Supplemtary Estimates for 2023-24 and has said federal employees salaries and benefits topping $67-Billion is "worrisome." Also: the PBO stated and as Global News reported "the federal government's carbon price could generate more than $5 billion from the federal sales tax over the next seven years, but none of that is directly earmarked for cl...

News Israel's war cabinet was briefed on Paris talks with mediators from Egypt, Qatar and the U.S. over a ceasefire deal in Gaza which would see the return of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, as well as the release of Palestinian prisoners being held in Israel. - Meanwhile in Tel Aviv police broke up a protest calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Netanyahu. Guest: Vivian Bercovici. Former...

Two years ago today the Russian military was 24 hours into its invasion of Ukraine and experts were predicting a quick end and the fall of the Ukraine military and government. Today, the war continues increasingly difficult for Ukraine, but with Russia having suffered massive losses of soldiers killed or wounded, as well as huge losses in military equipment. Yesterday Prime Minister Trudeau in Kyi...

Quite the week in Ottawa and we review with the editor of Blacklock's Reporter. Guest: Tom Korski. Editor: Blacklock's Reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Freedom Convoy organizer Chris Barber is suing the federal government and has entered a statement of claims for Ottawa using the Emergencies Act to freeze his bank accounts and credit and debit cards and making the lives of the Barber family, as well as operating their Saskatchewan trucking business exceedingly difficult. The lawsuit follows the Federal Court ruling the Trudeau go...

A class-action lawsuit has been launched in Quebec over issues with the Arrivecan app that resulted in thousands of Canadians being instructed to quarantine when they should have been exempt. The class action is open to anyone who travelled to Canada while the app was mandatory for entry (November 21, 2020 to October 1, 2022). Guest: Jeff Orenstein, lawyer at Consumer Law Group in Montreal where t...

The federal NDP and Liberal Party agreed to forming/funding of a national pharmacare program. For millions of Canadians the issue is far more basic. These Canadians often cannot obtain a prescription (or diagnosis) of their serious, even life-threatening illness.   At present more than 6 million people in Canada are without a family (primary care) doctor. Some patients are dying. That number will...

Is this the time to increase private healthcare delivery options in Canada? How does anyone answer "no" with more than 6 million Canadians having no primary care physician? If the answer is "no" is it so truly to protect Canada's public healthcare system, or to protect political capital? Our guest argues Canada's public health care was once the envy of the world, but no longer. He has for decades...

Freedom Convoy organizer Chris Barber is suing the federal government and has entered a statement of claims for Ottawa using the Emergencies Act to freeze his bank accounts and credit and debit cards and making the lives of the Barber family, as well as operating their Saskatchewan trucking business exceedingly difficult. The lawsuit follows the Federal Court ruling the Trudeau government violated...

Further significant developments during the parliamentary committee hearings concerning the ArriveCan app. Also Information Commissioner investigating allegations of destroyed ArriveCan related documents.  Guest: Michael Barrett, CPC shadow minister for Ethics and Accountable Government Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former NHL (Buffalo Sabres) and Team Canada goaltender Don Edwards parents were murdered by George Lovie in 1991 near Hamilton, Ontario. Lovie had been dating Don's sister Michelle and when she stopped seeing him Lovie sexually assaulted Michelle. Then, armed with a rifle, he waited for Michelle under the porch one morning. When he emerged Michelle ran to her parents home with Lovie chasing her. L...

Today’s podcast: Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault is attempting to walk back his statement "there will be no more envelopes from the federal government to enlarge thed road network" to a Montreal conference earlier in the week. Also stated the federal government wants to get Canadians out of our cars and trucks and living in high density urban areas. Premiers Ford...

The federal Liberals and NDP are attempting to negotiate a national pharmacare program in order to keep their political alliance alive and prevent a snap election. Is that a sound basis for a program securing pharmaceuticals for Canadians dealing with a need for medications including significant, even life-threatening illness? Would a national pharmacare program be funded sufficiently that the new...

What is the mood of Canadians today, toward the state of the country and the political parties vying to form the national government? An election could be called at any time this year and must be called by the fall of next year. Abacus polling shows if a federal election were held today Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives would secure a significant majority government, while the Liberals and ND...

Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault is attempting to walk back his statement "there will be no more envelopes from the federal government to enlarge thed road network" to a Montreal conference earlier in the week. Also stated the federal government wants to get Canadians out of our cars and trucks and living in high density urban areas. Premiers Ford and Smith immedia...

The aforementioned Stephen Guilbeault stated in Canada's parliament that Dalhousie University professor Sylvain Charlebois had stated there is no evidence the carbon tax is negatively affecting food pricing in Canada. Professor Charlebois immediatley pushed back declaring he had never such a thing. Guest: Professor Sylvain Charlebois, Director Agri Foods Lab at Dalhousie University   Learn more ab...

This was a heaveily debated issue 30+ years ago and it's back. NDP sponsored children's rights legislation, Bill 273, would ban spanking of children at home or using force on children at school by supervisory adults (teachers) received support for a second reading in parliament by a 208-115 vote. Section 43 of the Criminal Code (introduced in 1892) and most recently amended by the Supreme Court of...

The federal Liberals and NDP are attempting to negotiate a national pharmacare program in order to keep their political alliance alive and prevent a snap election. Is that a sound basis for a program securing pharmaceuticals for Canadians dealing with a need for medications including significant, even life-threatening illness? Would a national pharmacare program be funded sufficiently that the new...

Today’s podcast: Significant questions continue to be raised, in the wake of the auditor general's investigation into the ArriveCan app. Conservative MP Larry Brock, former prosecutor, posted to 'X' yesterday (Friday) "GC Strategies – ArriveScam middlemen who received $20M for doing NO work – still receiving taxpayer funds from active contracts with the Trudeau government. Unbelievable!" Public Sa...