The Deb Hutton Show

Jim is in for Deb all this week.  How are you celebrating? Plus – A major breakthrough in a horrific mass shooting case from the winter   GUESTS: Hendrik Brakel - Senior Director of Policy and Government Affairs - Canadian Association for Business Economics Mark Mendelson - Newstalk1010 Crime Expert and former homicide detective

Jim is in for Deb all this week.  Jim sets the table for an epic day in Ontario politics. Plus – How will Mark Carney respond to Trump’s steel tariffs?   GUESTS: Francois Desmarais - VP of Trade and Industry Affairs - Canadian Steel Producers Association Gord Stellick - Canadian Sports Broadcaster

Jim needs to get answers on this. Plus – Why Ontario’s Liberals are trying a Hail Mary   GUESTS: Charlie Pinkerton - Journalist with the Trillium Boris Bytensky - Newstalk 1010 Legal Analyst, Criminal lawyer with crimlawcanada.com  and President of the Criminal Lawyers Association  

Jim talks to a crime expert about the city’s plan to curb gun violence Plus – Do you still stay up when your adult kids are out?   GUESTS: Mark Mendelson - Newstalk 1010 Crime Analyst and former homicide detective Theresa Donkor - Director of Advocacy at the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers

Jim is in for Deb all this week.  Jim Richards chats with a personal finance expert with a dose of reality Plus – Why you should stop texting on your iPhone   GUESTS: Julian Karaguesian - Department of Economics at McGill Jessica Moorhouse - money expert, financial counsellor and author of  Everything but Money: The Hidden Barriers Between You and Financial Freedom Terence Yu...

Jim is in for Deb Hutton all this week.  Jim Richards crunches some very important data. Plus – What limited edition product are Sydney Sweeney fans trying to get?   GUESTS: Jeff Hershberg - Criminal Defence Lawyer Nick Paparella - CTV London Reporter Richard Crouse - host of the podcast Maple Syrup For Your Eyes

What one public safety expert thinks about how the alert was handled Plus – Breaking down the new education legislation in Ontario   GUEST: Patrick Daly - past president of the Ontario Catholic School Trustee’s Association Richard Crouse - host of the podcast Maple Syrup For Your Eyes

Deb weighs in and takes your calls Plus – How are small businesses dealing with Canada Post chaos?   GUEST: Julie Brown - Co-founder of Province of Canada

What does he have to say about that Brant trustee? Plus – A 16 year freeze comes to an end   GUESTS: Paul Calandra - Ontario Education Minister Guidy Mamann - Managing Partner and Immigration Lawyer at Mamann Sandaluk LLP Robert Benzie - Toronto Star Queen’s Park Bureau Chief

Who is stealing all of these units in the GTA? Plus – Why Toronto homes sales are worse than the 90’s housing crash GUESTS: Justin Sherwood - BILD’s SVP of Research, Stakeholder Relations & Communications Cst. Sugi Krishnamoorthy - Durham Police Christian Leuprecht - national security expert and professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen’s University in...

Deb weighs in on a recent controversy out of Alberta Plus – Are you still Buying Canadian?

Does it have to do with location or cost? Plus – How often are you getting interrupted at work? GUEST: Bonnie Brownlee - Royal Commentator  

A statue was boxed up in 2020 amid protests. After five years, it’s being released. Plus -  How did the King do during his Throne Speech today?   GUEST: Scott Reid - CTV Political Commentator

Deb weighs in on this weekend’s event Plus – Getting ready for the King’s visit to Canada   GUESTS: Rachel Aiello - CTV National News Correspondent Rachel Aiello - CTV National News Correspondent

Deb talks with a city councillor about the decision and takes your calls. Plus – Is saying ‘good job’ a bad thing?

Guests: Scott Reid - CTV Political Commentator  Jamie Ellerton - Founding Partner at Conaptus Melanie Richer - Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies   

Plus – How early is too early to talk about the Toronto mayor election?   Guests:   Nolan Quinn - Ontario Minister of Colleges and Universities Karen Littlewood - president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation

We kick things off with your calls on the Canada Post strike. Plus – Why was one Ontario developer charged the illegal sale of pre-construction homes? GUESTS: Sheila Wang - Toronto Star Investigative Reporter Sara Lefton - Chief Development Officer with UJA   Could we see a Canadian alternative to Chevy and Ford? Why the dream of a Canadian carmaker could become a reality Plus – I...

Where can they have the best career? Plus – Will the city have a FIFA setback? GUEST: John Tory - former Mayor of Toronto

Drinking coffee? Putting on makeup at a red light? We take your calls. Plus – Do you still use the Yellow Pages?   GUEST: Brian Lilley - Toronto Sun columnist

Does he deserve a meal voucher? Plus – Are you okay with what these protesters did?   GUESTS: Doug Downey - Ontario Attorney General Caryma S’ad  - lawyer and political satirist  

Deb weighs in on the crash over the weekend. Plus – how much will the Canada Post strike impact you? GUEST: John Hamilton - Vice-President, Strategic Communications and Stakeholder Engagement at Canada Post

GUESTS: Gary Sands - Canadian Federation of Independent GrocersScott Reid - CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister Tim Kocur - Executive Director of the Waterfront BIARichard Crouse - host of the podcast Maple Syrup For Your Eyes

GUESTS: Nick Paparella - CTV London Victoria Matiash - from the NHL radio network and the cohost of the Pucks in 7 podcast.

Jim dives deep in to a viral video Plus – Are we okay with what Bruce Springsteen said? GUEST: Jimmy Zoubris - special advisor to the Mayor of Montreal