Toronto Today with Greg Brady

Greg Brady focused in on policing and the battle between the city and the Toronto Police Association for fair remuneration. Jason Tomlinson is President of the Ontario Police Memorial Foundation and he is seeking the presidency of the Toronto Police Association. Next, Mandy Maggen, a concerned parent from Thornhill. She's here to talk about her disappointment and disgust with the YRDSB's decision...

Greg Brady and the panel of: Caryma Sa’d, Lawyer, protest watcher Kevin Vuong, Independent M-P for Spadina - Fort York Nokha Dakroub, Former Peel District School Board Trustee Discuss: 1 - Extremist attack on Jewish community, is that a ‘realistic possibility’? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady focused in on real dangers Toronto police face every time they report for duty , he is joined by Jon Reid, the President of the Toronto Police Association to discuss of how can disturbing this is and what can be done to put an end to this. Next, Shelley Carroll, City Councilor for Ward 17—Don Valley North. She's here to talk Billy Bishop Island Airport, and also an interesting story abo...

Greg Brady and the panel of: Brad Bradford, Toronto city councillor for Beaches - East York Mark Saunders, former Toronto police chief, mayoral candidate Discuss: 1 - Vance and Walz stick to policy in polite VP debate - but who won? 2 - Billy Bishop airport runway one step closer to extension 3 - Toronto police officer sentenced to 7 years in prison for theft, falsifying reports Learn more about y...

Greg Brady focuses in on the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Pierre Poilievre and how long he can push non-confidence votes, drug injection sites in Toronto and his stance on the recent missile attack on Israel. Next, Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, Host of "Israel Explained" on YouTube. He's here after a major escalation in the middle east, with the Israeli military saying about 180 missiles had...

Greg Brady spoke with Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the leader of the Official Opposition about how many "non-confidence" motions he can put forth and his stance on the missile attack on Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin, Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO’s ‘The Agenda’ Anne Marie Aikins, Crisis communications expert Discuss: 1 - TDSB cancels Truth and Reconciliation Day field trips to Nathan Phillips Square citing ‘abundance of caution’   2 - Billy Bishop airport ‘disappointed’ with city staff recommendations to not extend lease 3 - Canada’s fertility rate has hit a rec...

Greg Brady focuses in on the future of Billy Bishop airport. Ports Toronto is hoping to extend its current lease by 40 years and to build a needed runway. Neil Pakey is President & Chief Executive Officer of Nieuport Aviation joined us to discuss its future. Next, TTC Chair and City Councillor Jamaal Myers. He's here to unpack a story about the TTC taking a closer look at the kind of ads it allows...

Greg Brady spoke with: Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association, Hank Idsinga, 640 Toronto’s Crime Specialist, former police inspector about the strained relationship between the police association members and the Mayor and City Council. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Stephanie Smyth, broadcaster, Smyth Media Group , Anthony Furey, columnist, 640 Toronto Contributor, city council candidate for Don Valley West Discuss: 1- Abacus poll...This isn't looking good for the Liberals  2. Should Truth & Reconciliation Day a provincial holiday? What about schools?  3. TTC ads...can we afford to be picky?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Greg Brady focuses in on The National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. The day honours survivors of residential schools, and those who didn’t make it home to their birth parents from those schools….it’s also colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day - the orange shirt is a simple of the stripping away of cultures and freedoms stripped away from young Indigenous people over our country’s history…NDP MP...

Greg Brady and the panel of: Ben Mulroney, 640 Toronto Contributor Dani Stover, Host of ‘Let’s Talk with Dani Stover’ on the Corus Radio Network Discuss: 1 -CTV fires 2 staffers involved with editing Poilievre clip 2 - Ontario standardized literacy test scores down, math results steady or improving  3 - Live Nation announces new Rogers Stadium with capacity of 50K in Toronto  4 - More people in To...

Greg Brady focuses in on what constitutes reasonable force… this in relation to an ongoing court case involving an off-duty Toronto police officer – who’s accused of assault causing bodily harm – after a confrontation with 19-year-old Brampton man who died hours later.. 640 Toronto Crime specialist and former police inspector Hank Idsinga joins us to discuss. Next, Joey Scoleri, Senior Vice Presid...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Charlie Pinkerton, Journalist with The Trillium, about Premier Doug Ford's government trying to change a deal that dictates how casinos in Niagara are run. Charlie has the scoop and fills you in on the details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with 640 Toronto's Crime Specialist and former police inspector Hank Idsinga, about an off-duty Toronto police officer accused of assaulting a 19-year-old Brampton man hours before his sudden death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Gord Perks, Gord Perks, Toronto City Councillor Parkdale - High Park and Chair of the Planning and Housing Committee, about the impact red tape and zoning rules has on getting housing built in Toronto. Is there a way to speed up timelines? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Nokha Dakroub, former peel district school board trustee, Caryma Sa’d, lawyer, protest watcher, Kevin Vuong, Independent M-P for Spadina - Fort York, Discuss: 1 - No more school trips to protests as province probes Toronto board's actions  2 - Ford announces plan to explore building tunnel under Highway 401  3 - Trudeau calls Tories ‘bullies,’ withdraws question period...

Greg Brady focuses in on Premier Doug Ford’s plans to build a traffic tunnel underneath the 401 across the GTA… Is it feasible? Doable? Will you and I ever see this project come to fruition? We speak with Eric Lombardi, Founder of More Neighbours Toronto, who has some pretty strong opinions about the Premier’s undertaking  Next, David Wilkes, President and CEO of Building Industry and Land Develop...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Eric Lombardi (@EricDLombardi), Founder of More Neighbours Toronto, about the Ontario government announcing plans to explore whether tunnelling under a major highway, an idea Premier Doug Ford first mused about when he was a Toronto city councillor, is possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady spoke with: Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association Hank Idsinga, 640 Toronto’s Crime Specialist, former police inspector About: 1 - Time on hold for 911 in Toronto dropped this year, after average of nearly 1 minute wait in 2023 2 - Toronto police to be stationed in 3 ERs for mental health cases Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Taylor Deasley, strategic communications expert with Enterprise Canada , Brad Bradford, Toronto city councillor for Beaches - East York Mark Saunders, former Toronto police chief, mayoral candidate Discuss: 1-Just weeks after teasing “game-changing” ideas to manage traffic congestion on GTA highways, Premier Doug Ford is set to hold a news conference at 8:30am along th...

Greg Brady focuses in on a student who attended the TDSB anti-Israel rally.. We speak with Warren Kinsella of Daisy Group consulting firm about this – he spoke with the student in question. Lastly, Graham McGregor, Conservative MPP for Brampton North and Associate Minister of Auto Theft and Bail Reform, about Canada’s criminal code – the need for bail reform – and we get his thoughts on what we ne...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Ron Butler, Mortgage Broker with Butler Mortgage, about new mortgage rules - and what they mean for first-time home buyers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady spoke with Angela Bonfanti, CEO of CNIB & Jennifer Bromley, a parent of a child with low vision to talk about how to recognize that children need eye exams earlier in a child's development to find and correct any issues that your child may have that will impact their learning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin, Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO’s ‘The Agenda’ Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate Discuss: 1 - On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Trudeau says he understands Canadian 'frustration' 2 - Is there a battle ahead to keep Toronto’s Island Airport - it’s quite possible - and a meeting happens today  3 - A lot of fallout fro...