Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

The Calgary Chamber says it supports the Olympic bid going forward under the funding agreement deal reached, but is urging the BidCo to get the business community more involved.  We speak with Sandip Lalli, the president and CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global News chief political correspondent David Akin joins Rob Breakenridge to discuss the investigation surrounding Statistics Canada gathering credit and transaction information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Freelance journalist Jon Milton joins Rob Breakenridge to discuss the story he did for Ricochet.Media on a Calgary man who let Jason Kenney's call centre and has had connections to white nationalists and a company that sells racist memorabilia. Kenney reacted by removing the man's membership to the United Conservative Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

University of Calgary economics associate professor Trevor Tombe joins Rob Breakenridge to discuss the latest Calgary 2026 funding proposal that was released late Tuesday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It may have been chosen as America’s “Best Loved Novel”, but there are questions as to whether To Kill a Mockingbird should continue to be taught in Canadian schools.  Rob speaks with George Elliott Clarke, Canadian poet and playwright who has served as Parliamentary Poet Laureate.  He is a professor of English at the University of Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How will the federal plan to put a price on carbon effect large emitters?  Joining Rob is Jennifer Winter, Assistant Professor of Economics and Scientific Director of the Energy and Environmental Policy research division at The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new report says commercial property taxpayers are carrying more than their fair share of the tax burden. Rob talks with Zoe Addington, Director of Policy, Research and Government Relations at the Calgary Chamber. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alberta's health minister says it's unacceptable that a terminally ill patient at a Catholic care centre was wheeled off the property near a busy street to have an assessment for a doctor-assisted death. Rob talks about the matter with Ubaka Ogbogu, Assistant Professor - Law, Assistant Professor - Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, and Member - Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a day where suspicious packages have shown up addressed to a wide range of addresses -- from the Clintons to the Obamas to George Soros and even CNN.  James Flippin with NBC News Radio joins Rob to talk about what we know so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are food bans legally required to accommodate those with food allergies at schools?  A new report out says that might not be the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The political debate over what to do with Canadians who were part of the so-called Islamic State returned to Parliament on this week, with the Conservatives demanding a federal strategy on the matter. Michelle Rempel speaks with Rob to share her perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Much is being made about a new political action committee, its advertising and its donors.  Keith Gerein from the Edmonton Journal joins Rob to talk about the story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are crunching the numbers on the federal carbon tax with economist Trevor Tombe, Associate Professor at the University of Calgary and research fellow at the school of public policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Kay from Quillette Magazine joins Rob to talk about the Steven Galloway matter at UBC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dashcams. They catch weird happenings on the road (and in Calgary there are many) and they could serve as easy-to-upload-evidence to Calgary police. But what are the privacy concerns surrounding the electronic eyes on the road? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What kind of damage could a Canada Post strike inflict on small business in Canada – especially as we head into the Christmas season? Monique Moreau, Vice President of National Affairs at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business joins Rob to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of his two-night engagement this Friday and Saturday in Calgary, SNL alum Kevin Nealon joins Rob for a conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

40% of the CBE’s ninth-graders failed the math portion of the Provincial Achievement Test.  We get perspective from two angles - education minister David Eggen, and Sarah Bieber with the group Kids Come First. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fixing up Canada’s six official residences will come at a price tag of $83M over 10 years, plus nearly $25M a year in maintenance costs.  What does that money buy – especially in the case of 24 Sussex which is in a bad state of disrepair?  Rob speaks with Dr. Nigel Shrive from the University of Calgary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the turning points of the Second World War was the dams raid of 1943, involving Commonwealth aircrews who flew a daring, nighttime, treetop-level raid all the way from Britain to Germany to bomb the Ruhr River dams with a never-before-tried bounding bomb. In the U.K. the air raid is celebrated as if it were a national holiday. Most don't realize, however, a quarter of the 130 men who flew the "Dam Buster" raid were Canadians - 20 from Western Canada, several from Calgary!  We talk with author Ted Barris about his latest book, "Dam Busters." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices