Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

Trevor Tombe, assistant prof of Economics at the U of C and Research Fellow at the School of Public policy has penned a piece outlining what defines the rebound of Alberta's industry.  His piece here http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/its-the-oil-price-stupid/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Kruse from Bad Science Watch is going to be in town this weekend giving a talk at the Centre for Inquiry Calgary. What does he think of the current policies and government's relationship to sound science? More about the event here http://www.cficanada.ca/author/cfi-calgary/     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if Trump's policies inadvertently cause more illegal immigration? Israel Ortega is a senior writer at Opportunity Lives, you can read his piece on the subject here: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/how-trumps-protectionism-will-cause-more-illegal-immigration/article/2613522     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In their annual report on health the Heart and Stroke Foundation has cautioned against food and drink ads aimed at kids and called for restrictions. Kate Chidester, VP of Health and Research for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How does radicalization happen? And what is the true state of the extreme right in Quebec and Canada? Rob is joined by former neo-nazi skinhead Maxime Fiset. Fiset now studies radicalization and political science at the Universite Laval and consults with the Centre for the Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence in Montreal.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Derek Fildebrandt, Wildrose MLA for Brooks-Strathmore, is hosting a town hall in Strathmore Wednesday evening to discuss uniting the right.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lorraine Somerfeld from Driving.ca joins Rob to chat about how the horn may have become a bully tool on the road. Read her piece here: http://driving.ca/auto-news/news/a-car-horn-should-be-used-sparingly-not-as-a-bullys-bullhorn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the mountains patrons in barbershops and other businesses can now sip booze while they wait provided the business has a liquor license. What about in Alberta? Michelle Hynes-Dawson AGLC Director, Marketing and Communications joins Rob.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David French, writer and fellow for the National Review Institute takes us through the facts around the immigration and travel orders issued by President Donal Trump this week. You can read his piece here: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444370/donald-trump-refugee-executive-order-no-muslim-ban-separating-fact-hysteria Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob and Rachel Browne from Vice News look back at how the Quebec shooting was reported yesterday, how information and misinformation spread in the wake of the tragedy.  Her piece here: https://news.vice.com/story/anatomy-of-a-terror-story Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Balay was given a $465 ticket for having a crack in his driver's license. He joins Rob to tell the tale.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does this ban mean, what does it really accomplish and how will this pan out? With Reason.com editor Matt Welch.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC may be moving towards raising their legal smoking age to 21. What difference will that make? With Canadian Cancer Society Advocacy Lead  Jenny Byford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Kenney joins Rob to share his thoughts on Jean's move to unite the right and Stephen Khan dropping out of the race.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With one of the minds behind the machine, Tuomas Sandholm, Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is being billed as a "tour de force" for science, human stem cells have been implanted in a chimera embryo. The idea is to eventually help grow human organs for transplantation. But it is raising some ethical eyebrows.  Bioethicist Dr. Arthur Caplan joins Rob from New York University.  More here http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/scientists+create+human+chimera+embryos+grow+human+cells+98this/12788210/story.html?__lsa=1d2f-b151 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hassan Yussuff, President of the Canadian Labour Congress joins Rob Breakenridge to chat about why renegotiating NAFTA could be an 'opportunity' for Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob is joined by former PC leadership candidate and MLA Thoma Lukaszuk to discuss uniting the right.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A study has found that job applicants with foreign sounding names are less likely to get job interviews despite having the same qualifications as those with western sounding names. Study author Jeffrey Reitz from the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Renter's Action Movement is pushing for controls on rent increases in Calgary. Member and organizer Peter Driftmaer joins Rob on air to chat about the group.  You can find more about the group here https://www.facebook.com/Renters-Action-Movement-Calgary-1746596302247213/?fref=ts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices