Toronto Today with Greg Brady

Greg Brady focuses in on a Toronto city council by-election that got a lot more interesting…and inflammatory when former Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne, called one of the leading candidates to win the seat in Don Valley West…a bigot. That candidate is 640 contributor Anthony Furey and his political opponent, Rachel Chernos Lin, joined us to respond to their back and forth comments. Next, NDP MP...

Greg Brady and the panel of: Ana Bailao, former Toronto city councillor, deputy mayor, housing expert, Anthony Furey, columnist, 640 Toronto Contributor, city council candidate for Don Valley West Discuss: 1- The bill that some say forced loved ones into long-term care homes far from where they originally lived - gets its day in court today…Bill 7 - The “More Beds/Better Care Act” will be in the O...

Greg Brady focuses in on a Toronto city council by-election that got a lot more interesting…and inflammatory when former Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne, called one of the leading candidates to win the seat in Don Valley West…a bigot. That candidate is 640 contributor Anthony Furey and he joins us to react to these accusations. Next, former Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne called in to clarify...

Greg Brady and the panel of: Harrison Lowman, Managing Editor, The Hub Ben Mulroney, 640 Toronto Contributor Eric Lombardi, Founder of More Neighbours Toronto Discuss: 1 -Bike Lanes/Province stepping in? 2 - TDSB fallout and "apology"   3 - Ontario Liberal Party Annual Meeting this weekend Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady focuses in on the fallout from our story yesterday about a TDSB “field trip” to a Grassy Norrows Indigenous event and were seen participating in a Pro-Palestine rally. Parents feel misled and demand answers and we talked to Bryan Passifiume, Ottawa-based columnist/Toronto Sun who was also looking for some kind of explanation from the TDSB Next, Neil Lumsden, Ontario Minister of Tourism,...

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 - Almost a certainty there won’t be an early federal election…..the Bloc Quebecois party confirmed it won’t vote with the Poilievre Conservatives in a non-confidence vote 2 - Bay of Quinte provincial by-electio...

Greg Brady focuses in on a new documentary by friend of the show, Adam Zivo - Director of the Centre for Responsible Drug Policy & columnist for National Post. He spoke to us from Ukraine about his documentary. Next, is Melissa - a Parent at TDSB school where the kids were taken on a “field trip” to the Grassy Narrows protest. That’s against protocol and rules. We get her reaction and what action...

Greg Brady and the panel of: Kim Wright, Founder and Principal of Wright Strategies , Brad Bradford, Toronto city councillor for Beaches - East York Mark Saunders, former Toronto police chief, mayoral candidate Discuss: 1-Who won the debate tonight? Harris beats Trump 2 -Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris after presidential debate 3 - City of Toronto rethinking plans for DVP construction one day...

Greg Brady focuses in on Jagmeet Singh’s confrontation with a heckler on Parliament Hill. A lot of people were taking side if Mr. Singh was in the right or in the wrong for his decision to confront the heckler. You can see the video on our Tik Tok account but right now we heard from you what you had to say. Next, is Kate Harrison, Vice-Chair Summa Strategies…as we continue our coverage on the Sing...

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 - Steeper fines for Toronto drivers caught blocking the box: 'You're going to pay', 2 - First girl sentenced in swarming death avoids more jail time, 3 - Trudeau returns to Parliament after loss of second Liberal stronghold. Learn...

Greg Brady focuses in on blocking the box.. and the city’s move to up the fines for those drivers who block intersections.. What will enforcement look like? We ask Jennifer McKelvie, Deputy Mayor, City Councillor and chair of the city’s infrastructure and environment committee. Next, is lawyer and former council candidate April Engelberg – we get April’s reaction to ‘blocking the box’ fines and wh...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Jason Tomlinson, Director at the Toronto Police Association (TPA). Jason's running to be the next President of the TPA.. What are his key priorities for officers - and for Torontonians? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Jennifer McKelvie, Deputy Mayor, City Councillor for Scarborough - Rouge Park and chair of the city’s infrastructure and environment committee, about the city upping the fines for drivers who block intersections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association (TPA) and Hank Idsinga, 640 Toronto's crime specialist and former police inspector, about officer retention and transfer issues.. as well, the latest on labour negotiations between the TPA and Toronto Police Services Board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Ana Bailao, former Toronto city councillor, deputy mayor, housing expert, Anthony Furey, columnist, 640 Toronto Contributor, city council candidate for Don Valley West, Ryan Painter, freelance columnist, consultant, public speaker, and the author of the political newsletter Painter's Political Pulse on SubStack. Discuss: 1-Gardiner Expressway to be closed for most of n...

Greg Brady focuses in on the second assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump.. we run through the timeline and who the alleged suspect is..  Next, CBS News Crime and Public Safety Beat leader Anna Schecter, brings us the latest on the investigation into the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. What can we expect from Washington today – and what will we learn as this investigation...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Duncan Dee, Former Air Canada Chief Operating Officer, about Air Canada said that a new tentative, four-year agreement reached with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) will be put to a ratification vote, which is expected to be completed over the next month. News of the preliminary deal came shortly after midnight on Sunday when Air Canada or the ALPA were due to...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Dr. Eric Kam, Economics Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, about Air Canada and the union representing more than 5,200 pilots reaching a last-minute tentative deal in their labour dispute, averting a strike that could have disrupted travel plans for thousands of passengers. How much of a pay increase did the pilots get? Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Greg Brady and the panel of: Taylor Deasley, strategic communications expert with Enterprise Canada Ben Mulroney, 640 Toronto Contributor Eric Lombardi, Founder of More Neighbours Toronto Discuss: 1 -A Toronto ferry hit the area of Billy Bishop airport's runway. The city didn't tell the airport authority   2 - Rogers, TTC pull the plug on free Wi-Fi in subway stations  3 - Chow says Toronto's traf...

Greg Brady focuses in on the TTC and Rogers pulling the plug on free WIFI on subway platforms.. anyone who tried to access the free WIFI knows the service stunk.. but did it have to? We speak with city councillor Josh Matlow about this – AND – get his thoughts on the Mayor touting the city’s congestion plan – Mayor Chow says it’s working.. but do Torontonians feel the same way? Next, Nolan Quinn,...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Rachel Chernos Lin, Council Candidate for Don Valley West and TDSB Trustee, ahead of the November 4th byelection. What's Rachel hearing from constituents and who has she locked in to help her win the council seat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Laryssa Waler, Founder of Henley Strategies and member of the Ukrainian community, about The Toronto International Film Festival pausing screenings of a controversial documentary depicting Russian soldiers in Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Wardah Shaikh, Programs Manager for The Canadian-Muslim Vote, about the upcoming byelection in LaSalle-Émard-Verdun in Quebec, and what party the Muslim community is rallying behind at the polls - and why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Shelagh Pizey-Allen, executive director of TTC Riders, a public transit advocacy group, about the TTC ending free public Wi-Fi at its subway stations at the end of the year, citing a steep drop in rider usage along with reliability, security and cost concerns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Marianne Meed Ward, Mayor of Burlington Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton  Discuss: 1 - Ontario wanted ‘massive density’ around its transit projects. Then the plan vanished 2 - Brampton gets $29.7M in provincial funding for Riverwalk project  3 - Councillor says Young girls being prostituted for rent in Brampton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...