Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

We spoke with Ward 3 city councillor Jyoti Gondek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bacchus Barua of the Fraser Institute joins Rob to discuss the state of wait times in the health care system in Alberta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with Jesse Brown, host & publisher at Canadalandshow.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spoke with Armin Navabi, ex-Muslim, secular activist, author, and founder of Atheist Republic. Also joining us was Lois Edwards, board member with the Atheist Society of Calgary and a secular representative with the Interfaith chaplaincy at MRU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Leach, energy and environmental economics professor at the University of Alberta, joins Rob to discuss the challenges in diversifying Alberta's economy, a point of contention in this spring election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We'll talk about the new Liberal mortgage plan with Thomas DavidoffAssociate Professor (Stanley Hamilton Professorship in Real Estate Finance) andDirector of the UBC Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate at theSauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an announcement made last night, two associations were dissolved and major changes implemented. Kevin Kobelka, Executive Director of Hockey Calgary joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why is it important we come to balanced books before the scheduled 2040? Mathieu Bédard, economist at the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A former white supremacist & neo-nazi,Brad Galloway, now a fourth year criminology student shares his story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Irshad Manji discusses this theory in her new book, “Don’t Label Me.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How big of a deal is the Callaway situation? Does this really matter to the Kenney campaign? Duane Bratt, PhD, political scientist and  professor at Mt. Royal University joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Angela Kokott, Alberta Party Candidate for Calgary-Mountain View joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two federal ministries are investigating potential violations of privacy laws after government officials shared details about a Postmedia news story and the journalist pursuing it, with representatives of Irving Shipbuilding. David Pugliese of Postmedia joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sites like Google, Facebook etc. are being encouraged to stop the anti-vaxxers for spreading their views. Also, several of the world’s leading CRISPR scientists and bioethicists are calling for a global moratorium on editing human genes that can be passed on from parents to children. Dr. Arthur Caplan, Medical Ethicist, Drs. William F. and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor of Bioethics of the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ali Rizvi, author of "The Atheist Muslim: A Journey from Religion to Reason" joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephanie Carvin, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, National Security Issues, Terrorism, Critical Infrastructure Protection, International Law, Humanitarianism, and Foreign Policy joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hockey Calgary is expected to announce the changes to the association boundaries March 18. One ass. The Saints in the NE has put together a counter-proposal asking Hockey Calgary to leave their association alone – pointing out significant changes would go against the founding principles set out by Hockey Calgary. Bob Betteridge, President of Calgary Saints Hockey Association joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is the new Canada Food Guide too expensive for the average Canadian? A new report from Dalhousie University suggests it is. Simon Somagyi, PhD, Arrell Chair in the Business of Food, School of Hospitality, Food & Tourism Management, College of Business & Economics at the University of Guelph joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Estimates suggest a global hit of $17m/day that Boeing planes are grounded. Eventually that money has to come from somewhere. We'll take a look at potential long-term effects with Marvin Ryder, Assistant Professor of Marketing at DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More on the proposed ban of cell phones in public schools in Ontario from Dr. Jacob Barkley, Professor of Exercise Science at Kent State University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices