Toronto Today with Greg Brady

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 - Alcohol potentially a ‘saving grace’ for Ontario convenience stores as sales begin 2 - Singh breaks up with Trudeau, ends coalition deal 3 - Georgia high school shooting: 4 killed at Apalachee, Colt Gray iden...

Greg Brady focuses in on a historic day in Ontario – the day that alcohol – beer, wine, cider, ready-to-drink cocktails can be sold in convenience stores – finally! We kicked off the conversation with an independent retailer – Terry Yaldo, owner of Midway Convenience and Chair of the Ontario Convenience Store Association, about what this means for his business – and what it was like to make his fi...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Nate Erskine-Smith (@beynate), MP for Beaches-East York, about NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pulling support from the supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberal government. What does this mean for the NDP moving forward? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Kim Wright (@Lobbygrl), Strategist, Principal and Founder of Wright Strategies, about the NDP pulling their support from the supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberal government. The move puts Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s minority at risk of falling at any time in the coming weeks or months if it loses any confidence votes, which could trigger a snap elect...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Jeff Brownlee, VP of stakeholder relations and communications for the Convenience Industry Council of Canada, about Ontario convenience stores finally being allowed to sell beer, wine and ready-to-drink products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady and the panel of: Stephanie Smyth, broadcaster, Smyth Media Group, Brad Bradford, Toronto city councillor for Beaches - East York & Mark Saunders, former Toronto police chief, mayoral candidate discuss: 1-City Hall wants $450 fines for blocking the box — but Toronto drivers rarely get ticketed for causing gridlock  2-Ford says convenience stores located near schools will be 'very respon...

Greg Brady focuses in on Brampton receiving a huge cash injection – 30 million dollars – to improve the flow from runoff and floods in the city’s downtown, which will then unlock parts of their downtown for the construction of 12,900 new homes! Mayor Patrick Brown joined us on that – and we also got his reaction ahead of alcohol sales in convenience stores tomorrow. Also, Michael Hurley, president...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton, about the infrastructure announcement that will see $30 million in funding to help allow for several projects, including nearly 13,000 new homes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Dr. Markus Klein, an expert in school attendance and education policy at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, about a new report out of the UK that suggests any type of absence from school can be damaging to exam results and career prospects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) and the panel of: Steve Paikin, Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO’s ‘The Agenda’ (@spaikin) & Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate (@chloebrown4TO) discuss: 1 - Memories of school....when were you happiest in school - when was it hardest?  2 - Kamala Harris unveils a new urban accent in Detroit 3 - Cellphone ban - there is a real disconnect w/ info...

Greg Brady (@GregBradyTO) focuses in on back to school for many and the confusion over the cell phone ban in schools. Next, your calls and how you're feeling about education in general and we got some interesting responses. Also, Justin Trudeau had a back and forth with a steel worker in Algoma and it wasn't the PR dream his team hoped for. Lastly, Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Associa...

Greg focused on the Public Safety Ministry Dominic LeBlanc appear before a committee to explain how a father and son came "Very close" to a ISIS terror attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest Host, Ben Mulroney (@BenMulroney) and the panel of: Anne Marie Aikins, Crisis communications expert, Jon Burnside, Toronto City Councillor for Don Valley East & Celina Caesar-Chavannes, former MP, author of ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’ Discuss: 1 - Almost 100 busted with gun charges across GTA 2 - Police in Toronto, Peel Region and Durham Region all announced sweeps to get guns and drugs off the s...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with outgoing TTC boss, Rick Leary about the state of the TTC during his time and for the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) and the panel of: Nokha Dakroub, former peel district school board trustee (@NokhaDakroub), Caryma Sa’d, lawyer, protest watcher (@CarymaRules) & Kevin Vuong, Independent M-P for Spadina - Fort York (@KevinVuongMP) discuss: 1 - TTC ridership shows small ridership increase & safety concerns 2 - High-ranking Toronto cop demoted at disciplinary hearing 3 - Expectations for Harris/...

Greg (@gregbradyTO) and the panel of: Stephanie Smyth, broadcaster, Smyth Media Group (@stephaniesmyth), Brad Bradford (@BradMBradford), Toronto city councillor for Beaches - East York & Mark Saunders, former Toronto police chief, mayoral candidate discuss: 1- TTC to boost bus, streetcar, subway service in September  2 - Supt. Stacy Clarke sentencing expected today in Toronto police exam-cheating...

Greg Brady (@GregBradyTO) focuses in on service improvements coming to the TTC starting in September… The TTC will be increasing the frequency and total hours of service on its buses, streetcars and subways… returning service to 97 per cent of pre-pandemic levels. But Mayor Chow touted some numbers yesterday morning regarding ridership.. were they numbers worth bragging about? Next, we followed up...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Jamaal Myers (@Cllrjamaalmyers), City Councillor for Scarborough North and Chair of the TTC, about the TTC increasing and revising its service schedule next month as ridership nears levels not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Jessica Webster of Burlington, Ontario. Jessica's car was stolen from her driveway in the middle of the night - but it's the lack of concern from police that's left her feeling uneasy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Karen Littlewood, President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, ahead of the new school year and a new cell phone ban. How are teachers feeling enforcing the new rules? What other concerns do they have for the 2024-2025 school year? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) and the panel of: Steve Paikin, Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO’s ‘The Agenda’ (@spaikin) & Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate (@chloebrown4TO) discuss: 1 - Toronto cop awaiting sentencing arrested at Montreal airport trying to leave the country  2 - Opinion: Ottawa needs to abolish the temporary foreign worker program Learn more about your ad...

Greg Brady (@GregBradyTO) focuses in on the reunion of the Gallagher brothers from the 1990s band Oasis… no better person to talk about this reunion than Alan Cross (@alancross), the host of the Ongoing History of New Music. Next, Dr. Christopher Worswick, Chair of the Department of Economics at Carleton University, and we were talking about Canada’s temporary foreign worker program – and why it n...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Dr. Christopher Worswick, Chair of the Department of Economics at Carleton University, about the negative impact of Canada's temporary foreign worker program and why we need to rethink our international migration policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Richard Gosling, President of The Children's Breakfast Clubs, about getting children ready for back to school with their annual backpack giveaway event. 1505 backpacks, filled with essential school supplies and hygiene products, will be handed out to those in need this Tuesday, August 27th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Jon Reid, President of the Toronto Police Association and Hank Idsinga, 640 Toronto's Crime Specialist and former police inspector, about viral video out of Barrie, Ontario - where a dad confronts a group of men he accuses of filming young girls (including his daughters) while at a beach. What's the best way to handle a situation like this? Learn more about your ad...