The Roy Green Show

New research shows Canadians have reached a tipping point when it comes to gratuities, and most would scrap tipping for higher service wages. GUEST: Dave Korzinski, Research Director, Angus Reid Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More on the secret CSIS documents that show how China planned to influence Canada’s federal election in 2021. And a day after Justice Paul Rouleau ruled the federal government was justified in invoking the Emergencies Act to clear out ‘Freedom Convoy’ protestors from Ottawa last year, a group of supporters returned to Parliament Hill Saturday to voice their displeasure. GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, D...

It has been an interesting week in Ontario politics. The premier received a lot of push back over his daughter’s stag and doe, which was attended by developers. And the fallout in Toronto continues after that city’s mayor resigned after admitting to having an inappropriate relationship with a former staffer. GUEST: Colin D’Mello, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News. Learn more about your ad cho...

The City of Edmonton has amended a policy and will allow anyone to swim and lounge around its nearly two dozen city-run pools without a shirt on, regardless of their gender identity. GUEST: Erin Rutherford, Councillor, City of Edmonton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to data from Statistics Canada, the percentage of permanent residents who become Canadians has plummeted by 40% since 2001. The Institute for Canadian Citizenship calls it ‘a wake up call’. GUEST: Daniel Bernhard, CEO, Institute for Canadian Citizenship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Justice Paul Rouleau ruled the Trudeau government met the “very high threshold” for invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history during the so-called Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa last year. GUEST: David Tarrant, Vice President, National Strategic Communications, Enterprise Canada, former communications strategist in the Office of Prime Minister Stephen...

Justice Paul Rouleau ruled the Trudeau government met the “very high threshold” for invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history during the so-called Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa last year. GUEST: David Tarrant, Vice President, National Strategic Communications, Enterprise Canada, former communications strategist in the Office of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Learn mor...

The International Olympic Committee is reportedly thinking about creating a rotating list of permanent host cities for the Winter Games. One of the cities the IOC is apparently eyeballing is Vancouver. GUEST: Robert Livingstone, Senior producer & award-winning journalist, GamesBids.com. Member of the Olympic Journalists Association and the International Society of Olympic Historians. Learn more ab...

It appears that after agreeing to a new health care funding formula with the provinces, the Trudeau Liberals have enjoyed a surge in public opinion polls. A new Nanos Research poll shows the Liberals and federal Conservatives are now in a dead heat. GUEST: Nik Nanos, Founder and Chief Data Scientist, Nanos Research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The federal government has announced plans to develop Canada’s long-awaited Black justice strategy. But the question is, will it weed out systemic racism in our criminal justice system. GUEST: Zilla Jones, Criminal defence and human rights lawyer, Jones Law Office in Winnipeg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it disagrees with the Rouleau Commission’s ruling and will pursue a judicial review of the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act. GUEST: Cara Zwibel, Director of Fundamental Freedoms, Canadian Civil Liberties Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Relations between the United States and China continue to deteriorate, made worse after America downed a Chinese surveillance balloon off the east coast on Feb. 4. Are we nearing a point of no return? GUEST: John Gruetzner, Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute with an expertise on China and the Asian Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fighter jets from Canada and the U.S. were scrambled to intercept Russian bombers after they buzzed North American airspace on Monday. Is Russia becoming more daring, or careless, in the Arctic? GUEST: Dr. Jack Cunningham, Program Coordinator at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki announced Wednesday that she will be stepping down as the head of Canada’s national police force. What now for Canada’s national police force? GUEST: Brian Suave, President, National Police Federation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Canadian Football League’s free agency period kicked off with a bang on Tuesday. Which team improved the most/least? GUEST: Derek Taylor, Winnipeg Blue Bombers play-by-play announcer, CJOB Winnipeg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Toronto Maple Leafs have pulled off a blockbuster trade, acquiring Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari from St. Louis in a deal that involves draft picks, prospects… and the Minnesota Wild. Are the Leafs all in? And what are the plans for Canada’s other NHL teams prior to the March 3 trade deadline? GUEST: Ryan Kennedy, Senior Writer, The Hockey News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Today’s podcast: Half of Canadians say they are concerned they might not have enough money to feed their family. We follow up as committed to last Sunday on the extended segment we aired on a Global News IPSOS poll which shows 22% of Canadians are "completely out of money." Up 3% since last October. Breaking it down, 28% of women say they are "completely out of money" while 15% of men say the same...

Half of Canadians say they are concerned they might not have enough money to feed their family. We follow up as committed to last Sunday on the extended segment we aired on a Global News IPSOS poll which shows 22% of Canadians are "completely out of money." Up 3% since last October. Breaking it down, 28% of women say they are "completely out of money" while 15% of men say the same. Another 32% say...

What is going to happen to the price of food? Food prices will continue to rise and Dalhousie University releases a study titled "Cashed Out. How a Cashless Economy Impacts Your Grocery Experience, a Canadian Perspective." Guest: Professor Sylvain Charlebois. Director Agri-Foods Analytics Laboratory and professor at Dalhousie University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

Listener email: Natural gas bill for his home in January of 2021 was $110.23. In January of 2022 the bill was $122.84. January 2023 his gas bill jumped to $210.14, with a carbon tax component of $29.08. Listener adds "what are we going to do when the carbon tax triples?"   Guest says energy prices will continue to rise. From gasoline and diesel to electricity and natural gas the cost spiral is upw...

LAST WORD to Callers: Are you 'out of money', 'short of money' and what does that mean to you and your family in real terms right now and what might it mean by the end of this year? Have you had to cut food purchases, cut the number of meals at your home, cut the amount of food you eat? - If inflation continues and prices continue to increase are you among the half of Canadians worried they won't...

Op ed in the Hamilton Spectator: Medical Assistance in Dying Needs Some Serious Fixing. We speak with the Hamilton businessman who with his wife, dying of a terminal brain cancer, followed protocols demanded to meet MAID requirements but still heard their doctor refuse to proceed. Guest: Jeff Paikin. Hamilton businessman who with his wife Andrea, dying of terminal brain cancer, made a decision and...

The United States shoots down China's weather, no, make that surveillance balloon and China expresses its displeasure. United States Air Force General Mike Minihan in an internal communication warned last week the U.S. and China "will fight in 2025." What to make now of the 'balloon incident'? As well: Our guest Dr. Christian Leuprecht wrote a 2018 op ed titled "China's silent invasion of Western...

Research Co polling. Headline: Criticism of Trudeau increases in Western Canada. Abacus polling. Headline: Conservatives open up an 8-point lead over the Liberals as 70%+ Canadians don't think the Liberal government is focused enough on the cost of living, healthcare or housing. Guest: Mario Canseco. President. Research Co. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Federal Liberals backed into a corner by opposition parties and without the votes to pass Bill C-21 remove amendments banning assault-style rifles, hunting rifles and shotguns. Guest: Tony Bernardo. Executive Director: Canadian Shooting Sports Association. We track the history of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada as the federal Liberals add legislation delaying mental health a...