Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

The Canadian TV icon joins Rob to talk in advance of his show next week in Calgary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re learning the cost of irregular immigration into Canada after a new parliamentary budget report came out today. Calgary-Nose Hill MP Michelle Rempel weighs in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the same day the Premier announces Alberta is buying rail cars on its own to ship oil, the UCP is having its own conversation on the price differential. Official opposition leader Jason Kenney joins Rob to talk more about what he's proposing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A tweet from the National Post's Tristin Hopper about discarded needles in his neighbourhood has set off a firestorm on Twitter about safe consumption sites and living alongside those with addictions. He joins Rob to share his story and we hear from listeners about their experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As one restaurant is on the market for a steal of a deal, two others are trying hard to find new and innovative ways to be in business.  Global business reporter Tomasia DaSilva joins Rob to talk about some of the stories she's uncovered in the restaurant industry in Calgary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are concerns about juror privacy after two high-profile court cases in Atlantic Canada took a strange turn last week.  Juror advocate Mark Farrant joins Rob to talk about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chinese telecom manufacturer Huawei is well-poised to help much of the world transition to 5G data networks. But should there be caution in pressing forward? Rob speaks with Michael Shoebridge, Director of the Defence and Strategy program at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Chinese scientist is said to have created the world’s first gene-edited baby. Dr. Arthur L. Caplan from NYU Langone joins Rob to share his perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The body of a dead missionary shouldn’t be recovered from a remote village – that according to a group which deals with rights for tribal people around the world. Sophie Grig is a senior researcher with Survival International, and joins Rob to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Members of the public are making presentations to city council to provide commentary on the city budget. The CTF is also showing up to tell council how it thinks the books can be trimmed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The provincial government is launching a trade challenge against Ontario over unfair liquor policies that prevent Alberta manufacturers from accessing the Ontario market – and changing some of its own practices in the process. Minister of Economic Development and Trade Deron Bilous joins Rob to explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

General Motors is closing its plant in Oshawa, Ontario, among others in North America.  We get perspective on the announcement from Joseph McCabe, president and CEO of Auto Forecast Solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the CFL gathers in Edmonton this week for Grey Cup 2018, Postmedia's Scott Stinson joins Rob to talk a little about the state of the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack Mintz from the UCalgary School of Public Policy joins Rob for some reflection on this week's fall economic update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Griffith is a fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and the Environics Institute and joins Rob to discuss birth tourism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not even seven years ago, the kind of job action Canada Post employees have undertaken would have brought this country to its knees.  Not so today.  Ian Lee, an associate professor at Carleton University's Sprott School of Business, joins Rob to share his perspective on why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global's Richard Zussman gets us up-to-date on the latest developments in a story involving the Sergeant-at-Arms and the legislature clerk in BC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We take a deeper dive into why there are so many problems with the leafy green with Jason Tetro, aka "The Germ Guy." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Prime Ministerial visit to Calgary was greeted by protesters on Thursday.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob gets reaction from Bev Dahlby, Economist / Research Director & Program Director, Tax and Economic Growth at the School of Public Policy - University of Calgary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices