Toronto Today with Greg Brady

Greg Brady (@GregBradyTO) speaks with David Legg Knight (@KnightLegg), Strategic Advisor and former principal advisor to the premier of Alberta, Jason Kenney, about the Jasper wildfires and the costs of bureaucracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) spoke with Tony Farebrother, Chair of The Toronto Island Community Association, for an islander's perspective on a potential pedestrian bridge connecting the island to the city's mainland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady (@gregbradyTO) & the panel of Davelle Morrison, Broker with Bosley Real Estate, 640 Toronto contributor (@DavelleMorrison) & Kim Wright, Founder and Principal of Wright Strategies (@Lobbygrl) discuss... 1 - Province pushing for above ground garage at Ontario Place due to cost 2 - City of Toronto reminding residents to NOT cut their grass after 7pm because of noise concerns. 3 - Canadian...

Greg Brady (@GregBradyTO) speaks with our colleague Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet), host on our sister station 630 CHED in Edmonton, about the Jasper wildfire, how locals are feeling, the response from the rest of the country and the government’s handling of the devastating fire. Also, Kelly Harris (@KellyPMHarris), Principal of Toronto and Calgary based Kensington Strategies.. Kelly worked as a...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) spoke with David Shellnutt (@TheBikingLawyer), personal injury lawyer known as 'The Biking Lawyer', about the cyclist that died after she was hit by a dump truck in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood Thursday morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady (@gregbradyTO) & the panel of Caryma Sa’d (@CarymaRules), Markus De Domenico, Trustee for Ward 2 TCDSB. (@Markus4Ward2) & Eric Lombardi, Founder of More Neighbours Toronto (@EricDLombardi) discuss... 1 - City staff want to turn Billy Bishop Airport into park | Toronto Sun  2 - TTC services disrupted, some road closures after heavy rain again hits Toronto  3 - The Ontario Science Centre...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) focused in on city hall staff considering turning Billy Bishop Airport into parkland.. We speak with Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley about this scoop. Also, Giles Gherson, President and CEO of the Toronto Region Board of Trade, to talk about his concerns with the city considering turning the island airport into parkland.. We can all agree that Toronto NEEDS more greenspace,...

Greg (@gregbradyTO) spoke with Jodie Atkins, Director, Design and Construction for Engineering & Construction for the City of Toronto, about construction on the Gardiner Expressway could be finished a year early after the Ontario government announced it would chip in more funds to help Toronto speed up the repairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) spoke with Giles Gherson, President & CEO of the Toronto Region Board of Trade, about his letter to City Council about concerns with the delays in renegotiating the Tripartite Agreement in governing Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) spoke with Brian Lilley (@BrianLilley), Toronto Sun columnist, about city of Toronto staff wanting to turn Billy Bishop Airport into a park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) and the panel of: Stephanie Smyth (@stephaniesmyth), broadcaster, Smyth Media Group, Brad Bradford, Toronto city councillor for Beaches - East York (@BradMBradford) & Mark Saunders, former Toronto police chief, mayoral candidate discussed: 1- Will we FINALLY see 24/7 construction along the Gardiner? 2 - Two city councillors used constituent emails for campaigns, 3 - Trudeau vac...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Jon Burnside (@JonBurnside_DVE), City councillor for Don Valley East.. He brought forward a motion in May, asking for 24/7 construction on the Gardiner. We get his reaction to this morning’s bail out from the province. Also, Chiara Padovani (@chipadovani), former city council candidate for York South – Weston, spoke about how a longtime councillor Frances Nunziata’s...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) spoke with Chiara Padovani, former city council candidate for York South - Weston, about how her opponent, and longtime councillor Frances Nunziata's campaign team, lied and cheated in the 2022 election to win her council seat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) spoke with Dr. Sohail Gandhi, family physician, Former President of the Ontario Medical Association, about Canada's waiting room crisis - and how it's killing between 8 to 15 thousand due to overcrowding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) joined panelists: Steve Paikin (@spaikin), author, broadcaster, host of TVO’s The Agenda & Chloe Brown (@chloebrown4TO), policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate to discuss... 1 - Recap of last 3 days in US election. 2 - Foreign student permits are already outpacing 2023's record numbers 3 - Do you always back into parking spots?   Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Bryan Passifiume (@BryanPassifiume), Parliament bureau reporter, National Post about his article : Foreign student permits are already outpacing 2023's record numbers Also, April Engelberg, Toronto lawyer, former city council candidate (@AprilEngelberg) about her op-ed in the Star: Liberty Village is one of Toronto’s most congested places (thestar.com) Lastly, the s...

Greg (@gregbradyTO) and the panel of: Ana Bailao, former Toronto city councillor, deputy mayor, housing expert (@anabailaoTO), Norm Di Pasquale, NDP Candidate for Spadina Fort-York (@normsworld), & Ryan Painter, host of the Ryan Painter Podcast, consultant and public speaker (@ryanlpainter) discuss: 1 - President Joe Biden not seeking re-election, 2 - Mayor Olivia Chow announces funding for strugg...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with David Weigel (@daveweigel) - Covering politics for @semafor. About the big, but not surprising decision for President Joe Biden to officially not seek re-election. Also, David Clement (@ClementLiberty) NA Affairs Manager Consumer Choice Center (@consumerchoicec) joined us to talk about the LCBO strike coming to an end. The workers won a wage hike but lost in the end...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with former congressman Joe Walsh about former President Donald Trump's record breaking acceptance speech at the final night of the Republican National Convention. 93 minutes! And, will President Biden be out of the race by weekend's end? Next, Don Boyle, CEO of Exhibition Place, about Honda Indy weekend in the city.. what’s the best way to get you to the race, why is it...

Greg Brady and the panel of: Harrison Lowman, Managing Editor of The Hub & Ben Mulroney, 640 Toronto Contributor discussed: Trump recounts assassination attempt during RNC speech Once defiant, Biden is now 'soul searching' about dropping out of race Trump/Israel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Mike Van Soelen (@mvansoelen), Crisis communications expert with Oyster Group, about former President Donald Trump's performance at the final night of the Republican National Convention... and a global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air on Friday in a massive disruption that affected companies and...

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer and Academic Programs Coordinator of Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations and Integrated Aviation Management at McGill University, about a widespread IT outage that grounded flights around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with Jennifer McKelvie (@McKelvieTO), Deputy Mayor and Toronto Councillor for Scarborough-Rouge Park, about renaming a stretch of downtown to 'Taylor Swift Way' when the pop superstar visits Toronto in November as part of her Eras Tour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@GregBradyTO) speaks with criminal Joseph Neuberger about two sexual assault cases heading back for new trials after Ontario's Court of Appeal found the judges were wrong to rely on stereotypes to doubt the alleged victims' accounts of what happened. Then, Jim Ginn, Mayor of Central Huron, to talk about why his community will continue to honour author Alice Munro, despite a dark Munro secret...

Greg Brady and the panel of:  Caryma Sa’d, lawyer, protest watcher,  Kate Harrison, Vice Chair of Summa Strategies & Kevin Vuong, Independent M-P for Spadina - Fort York discussed: Ready-to-drink beverages can be sold in grocery stores Trudeau cabinet to meet Friday as speculation around a shuffle swirls  Trudeau holds meeting with Mark Carney to join government, sources say  What to expect on Day...