Synopsis
Join Rob Breakenridge weekday afternoons from 12:30pm - 3:00pm.
Episodes
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Michael Geist on C-18 & S-210; Senate passes gun control bill; Toronto votes to remove Dundas name
15/12/2023 Duration: 41minToday's guests: Michael Geist – Law Professor at the University of Ottawa, and Canada Research Chair in Internet & E-Commerce Law Rod Giltaca – CEO & Executive Director of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights Lynn McDonald – Former MP, Professor Emerita from the University of Guelph, and member of the Royal Historical Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Israel is winning; Birth tourism on the rise; State of the Oil & Gas Industry; Future of airline industry
14/12/2023 Duration: 45minToday's guests: Colonel Richard Kemp, retired British Army officer Andrew Griffith, fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and Environics Institute Gurpreet Lail, CEO of Enserva John Gradek, Former Air Canada executive and currently a Faculty Lecturer and Academic Programs Coordinator, Supply Networks - McGill University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Canada's shifting position on Israel, Alberta's electricity market, Inflation Is Easing, Mortgage rates hitting economy, Myths on privacy in the age of AI
13/12/2023 Duration: 58minShimon Fogel, President and CEO - Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs Blake Shaffer, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary Jeremy M. Kronick, Associate Vice President and Director of the Centre on Financial and Monetary Policy at the C.D. Howe Institute James Orlando – Director & senior economist at TD Economics Ignacio Cofone, Canada Research Chair in AI Law and Data Governance at McGill University / Author - "The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Powerin the Information Economy" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Emissions cap a slap in the face to First Nations; Supporting Oct. 7 victims; Long ER Waits in Alberta; Charter confusion
11/12/2023 Duration: 43minToday's guests: Stephen Buffalo, President & CEO of the Indian Resource Council of Canada and Senior Fellow at the MacDonald-Laurier Institute Lisa Raitt, Former MP, Cabinet Minister and Deputy Leader of Conservative Party of Canada Dr. Paul Parks, president- Alberta Medical Association Jack Jedwab, president of the Association for Canadian Studies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Grain Growers of Canada Kyle Larkin on Senate's rejection of Bill C-234
08/12/2023 Duration: 16minBill sought to exempt propane and natural gas from carbon pricing for on-farm activities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Calgary mayor pulls out of menorah lighting ceremony
08/12/2023 Duration: 12minAriella Kimmel, VP, Strategic Communications and Development for Winston Wilmont. Former senior staffer in Alberta government and a volunteer within the Jewish community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Canada’s emissions reduction goal
08/12/2023 Duration: 08minJonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oil and gas emissions cap
08/12/2023 Duration: 09minTheo Argitis, managing director at Compass Rose Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Eroding housing affordability in Alberta; Declining Canadian math scores, Re-thinking the CBC's mandate
05/12/2023 Duration: 38minToday's guests: Mike Martens, president, Independent Contractors and Businesses Association, Alberta Anna Stokke, Professor - Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Winnipeg Christopher Waddell, professor emeritus at Carleton University's school of journalism and coauthor of the 2020 book, "The End of the CBC?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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"Without Leaving Anyone Behind"; Remembering Myles Goodwyn, Primary care: lessons for Canada; Buying a "winter beater"
04/12/2023 Duration: 50minToday's guests Harrie Vredenburg, Writer of documentary ("Without Leaving Anyone Behind") / Faculty Professor of Strategy & Sustainability, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary. Eric Alper, publicist (was Myles Goodwyn’s publicist), music journalist, and author Dr. Tara Kiran, report author. Fidani Chair in Improvement and Innovation at the University of Toronto and Vice-Chair of Quality and Innovation at the Department of Family and Community Medicine. Practices family medicine at the St. Michael's Hospital Academic Family Health Team. Brian Turner, a veteran of the automotive repair world / Motoring Monday expert on QR Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Canada's got a great story to share at COP 28:; Feds reach a deal with Google; Addressing crime concerns in Calgary; The State of Canada's Cities Report
30/11/2023 Duration: 44minToday's guests: Cody Battershill, founder and CEO of Canada Action Dr. Michael Geist. Law professor at the University of Ottawa where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law and is a member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society Raj Dhaliwal, Ward 5 Calgary city councillor Mary Rowe, Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) president Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dr. Paul Parks, president Alberta Medical Association, on nurse practitioner announcement
30/11/2023 Duration: 14minDr. Paul Parks, president Alberta Medical Association, addresses nurse practitioner announcement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Unpacking the Real Sources of Rising Food Prices; Sagging Sales of Electric Vehicles; Three in four want Trudeau to go; Media & AI
29/11/2023 Duration: 48minToday's guests: Werner Antweiller, Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia where he holds the Chair in International Trade Policy Karl Brauer, iSeeCars executive analyst Sean Simpson, Senior V.P. with Ipsos John Affleck, Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society at the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Alberta invokes the Sovereignty Act: What it means and why now
28/11/2023 Duration: 33minToday's guests: Andrew Leach, professor of economics and law, University of Alberta / Author - "Between Doom & Denial" Rick Bell, Calgary Sun columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First Israeli hostages released; Canada's enormous housing challenge
24/11/2023 Duration: 34minToday's guests: Dr. Dotan Rousso, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) course leader in Philosophy. Former Legal Advisor at the Israeli Parliament and Criminal Prosecutor in Israel. Craig Alexander, former chief economist at Deloitte Canada, the Conference Board of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank. Now, the president of Alexander Economic Views. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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"The Mosaic Effect" - Ina Mitchell & Scott McGregor
23/11/2023 Duration: 16minToda's guests: Scott McGregor, former military and RCMP intelligence official Ina Mitchell, B.C.-based journalist and filmmaker The pair are co-authors of the new book “The Mosaic Effect: How the Chinese Communist Party started a Hybrid War in America's Backyard” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Preventing a Criminal Record from Becoming Automatic Ticket to Unemployment After Prison
23/11/2023 Duration: 10minAuthor Renze Nauta who leads Cardus research on work and economic issues Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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JFK & conspiracy theories; Israel-Hamas hostage deal; Rethinking Canada's role in the world; "The Ballad of Caveman Bill"
22/11/2023 Duration: 53minToday's guests: Michel Jacques Gagné -Author of the Aristotle Foundation’s new fact sheet, “Conspiracies: When are they likely true—or false?”, author of a book debunking JFK assassination conspiracy theories, and a lecturer in the Humanities department of Champlain College Saint-Lambert in Montreal, Quebec. Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, Senior Vice President of Research at the non-partisan Foundation for Defense of Democracy Jonathan Berkshire Miller - Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign Affairs, National Defence and National Security, Macdonald Laurier David Curtis -Director - “The Ballad of Caveman Bill” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Netanyahu rebukes Trudeau; "Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada"; The upside of the 4-day work week
15/11/2023 Duration: 43minToday's guests: Richard Marceau, Vice President, External Affairs and General Counsel- Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs Stephen Bown, Author - "Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada" Carlo Fanelli, Associate Professor, Work & Labour Studies – York University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Garry Clement, "Under Cover"; Canada's refining landscape; Health groups want action on nicotine pouches
14/11/2023 Duration: 38minToday's guests: Garry Clement, Author - “Under Cover: Inside the Shady World of Organized Crime and the RCMP” Rory Johnston, Commodity Analyst – Commodity Context Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst - Canadian Cancer Society Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices