The Roy Green Show

Hurricane Lee, downgraded to a tropical storm is expected to make landfall this weekend in the Atlantic provinces as a weakened, yet still immensely powerful tropical storm. What might Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI and Newfoundland and Labrador expect? Guest: Jim Prime. Warning preparedness meteorologist, Environment Canada. In New Brunswick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

The largest convening of 2SLGBTQI+ leaders in Canada is taking place in Ottawa today through Monday through the Enchante Network supporting over 200 2LSGBTQI+ community organizations across Canada, as a call to action to combat 2SLGBTI+ hate in Canada. National polling by IPSOS shows 48% of Canadians say they would be likely to speak up against homophobic or transphobic comments on social media. G...

Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe critical of Justin Trudeau India G20 messaging. Argues damages trade relationship with one of the SK's and Canada's most significant trading partners. Plus: the premier muses about engaging the Charter notwithstanding clause to defend his government's pronoun/sex education for students under 16 and their parents policy. Guest: Scott Moe. Premier. Saskatchewan. Learn...

Rents across Canada have achieved unaffordable status for many. Perhaps none more so than Toronto sisters Yumna and Khadeja Farooq. Their 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment where they have lived for 3 years and for which they most recently have been paying $2,500 monthly rent was suddenly raised by $7,000 to $9,500 per month, to begin November 1, 2023. The sisters sought legal advice and will join us...

The federal government has summoned the CEO's of Canada's largest grocery chains to parliament next week. Ottawa is making sweeping changes to the Competition Act that target the largest grocery chains and the government is threatening the chains with increased taxes if food prices don't stabilize by Thanksgiving. Our guest has been invited to participate in the meeting between the grocery chain C...

The United Auto Workers union in the U.S. has begun simultaneous but limited strikes against Detroit's three automakers, Ford, GM and Stellara at plants in Michigan, Missouri and Ohio,with 13,000 autoworkers walking off the job. The union is demanding a roughly 40% pay increase and additional concessions. The automakers have countered with an approximately 20% increase offer. When might this morph...

Today's Podcast: Canada is a country at the crossroads? Emotional and powerful listener calls (including Stefano from British Columbia) yesterday. We continue today. Guest: Celina Caesar Chavannes. Former MP for Whitby, Ontario and parliamentary secretary to PM Trudeau in 2015 prior to leaving the Liberal Party caucus and sitting as an independent. Author: Can You Hear Me Now?   Data on Household...

Yellowknife, NWT, residents permitted a return to their endangered city and homes. What have they encountered on the road from Alberta and what did one resident discover on her return home? Guest: Donna-Lynn Baskin. Resident: Yellowknife, NWT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Lilley of the Toronto Sun discusses his latest Column: Trudeau Takes Fringe Position on Gender, Schools and Parents. Guest: Brian Lilley. Sun Columnist.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We had a very engaging listener-initiated and driven segment last Sunday on which family dynamic is better for children, the one income or the two income reality? Listener Cody of Alberta sent email detailing how he and his wife established and maintain a one parent at home reality. Guest: Cody. Explains his family's decision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada is a country at the crossroads? Emotional and powerful listener calls (including Stefano from British Columbia) yesterday. We continue today. Guest: Celina Caesar Chavannes. Former MP for Whitby, Ontario and parliamentary secretary to PM Trudeau in 2015 prior to leaving the Liberal Party caucus and sitting as an independent. Author: Can You Hear Me Now? Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Data on Household Food Insecurity 2022, from PROOF. Utoronto.ca reveals 1.8 million Canadian children are living in a food-insecure household struggling to afford the food they need. This is an increase from the 1.4 million children living under such circumstance in 2021. Guest: Professor Valerie Tarasuk. Professor Emerita in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto. PROOF sho...

This is the first full weekend of the 2023 NFL season. What do our guests predict the season's outcome will look like? Which team likely to win the Super Bowl? Which team may make a surprise appearance in the Super Bowl? Which team likely to be the surprising disappointment for the '23 season? We'll also fit in the CFL and it's 2023 Season. Guests: Greg Mackling, breakfast show host, CJOB radio, W...

Now a Quebec judge has been named to head the public inquiry into foreign (China) interference in Canadian federal elections (and more) - and the CPC Convention in Quebec City ended, we speak with former CPC B.C. MP Kenny Chiu about both issues. Guest: Kenny Chiu. Former B.C. CPC MP who was targeted for federal election interference by Beijing in 2021 and lost his seat to the Liberal candidate. Al...

During a call segment on the September 9th Show, a listener Stefano from the West Coast opened up and shared his concerns about the future of the country. Guest: Stefano. A concerned citizen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Peter MacKay talks about the Conservative Party of Canada’s convention in Quebec City. He gave an endorsement speech for Pierre Poilievre. Will MacKay run in the next federal election? Guest: Peter MacKay. Former Attorney General/Minister of Justice - Foreign Affairs Minister - Minister of National Defence.   Global News: Ottawa taps Quebec judge to lead foreign (China) interferen...

Tasha Kheiriddin discusses her op. ed. from the National Post: Freedom Convoy Trial Won't Help Trudeau's Tanking Poll Numbers. Guest: Tasha Kheiriddin. Author and political columnist.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journalist Alex Boutilier brings us additional reporting on the CPC Convention in Quebec City. Guest: Alex Boutilier, senior national journalist online, politics. Focus includes the Conservative Party of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter MacKay talks about the Conservative Party of Canada’s convention in Quebec City. He gave an endorsement speech for Pierre Poilievre. Will MacKay run in the next federal election? Guest: Peter MacKay. Former Attorney General/Minister of Justice - Foreign Affairs Minister - Minister of National Defence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News: Ottawa taps Quebec judge to lead foreign (China) interference inquiry. China's Embassy in Ottawa warns of "consequences" for "the Canadian side."  AND The Tamara Lich and Chris Barber criminal trial with Justice Heather Perkins-McKey calling a recess and scolding the prosecution over the timing of the Crown's release of text messages to the defense attorneys. Expressed concern the tri...

According to hurricane specialist Michael Lowry, fewer than 1% of all tropical cyclone fixes ever attain Category 5 strength. Hurricane Lee is the farthest southeast ever observed for a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since records began 172 years ago. Another report has Lee intensifying by 75 knots in one 24hr period placing it in the top .04% of all 24hr intensity changes in the Atlantic. W...

BOC holds the line on the interest rate at 5% and news reports suggest there will be no more interest rate hikes as the national economy is slowing and the unemployment rate held at 5.5%.- A listener sent email asking "what exactly does it mean that 'Canada's economy is slowing'? We'll deal with it. Health of Canada's economy and national prosperity is what? - Successive governments have taken Can...

Today’s podcast: The Bank of Canada makes its next interest rate announcement September 6. The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) released its National Debt Dilemma Study on Canadians debt, savings, emergency funds and financial literacy. 24% of Canadians would not be able to come up with $500 in cash tomorrow without borrowing or selling anything. Guest: Garth Sheriff. CPA,...

Sixth annual Raising Canada report released by Children First Canada covers Top 10 threats to Kids in Canada. Research conducted by the University of Calgary, University of Toronto and McGill University in Montreal. Guest: Sara Austin, founder and CEO, Children First Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new strain of Covid has arrived, Piroloa. The most highly mutated strain since Omicron. What is the level of concern among healthcare professionals? In some organizations in both Canada and the U.S. mask mandates have been strengthened or reintroduced. - Booster vaccination is being increasingly recommended. Guest: Dr. Joseph Blondeau. Clinical microbiologist and Head of Clinical Microbiology at...