Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

Today's guests Carrie Silverberg, CUPE member from Vaughan, Ont., one of the complainants in human rights case against the union Dr. Tom Noseworthy - Professor emeritus - Dept. of Medicine, University of Calgary. Blake Shaffer - Assistant professor of economics at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: RH Thomson, veteran Canadian actor / author "By the Ghost Light: Wars, Memory, and Families”  Michael Hood, retired Lieutenant-General and the former Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force / Co-author - “Pathway to the Stars: 100 Years of the Royal Canadian Air Force”  Richard Marceau, vice-president and general counsel of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) Tyler Gandam, president, /Alberta Municipalities / Mayor of Wetaskiwin   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Marceau, vice-president and general counsel of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), a former member of Parliament and a member of the Quebec and Ontario bars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Aharon Brodutch, Canadian-Israeli living in Toronto - his sister-in-law, Hagit, 40, and her children, Ofri, 10, Yuval, 8, and Uriah, 4, were kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 Raheel Raza, President; Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow / Board member of The Council of Muslims Against Antisemitism Paul Wells, author / political journalist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Colonel Richard Kemp, retired British Army officer who served from 1977 to 2006, and formerly commanded British forces in Afghanistan Dr. Christopher Labos, Author - “Does Coffee Cause Cancer?: And 8 More Myths about the Food We Eat” Sharon Polsky, President - Privacy and Access Council of Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Trevor Tombe, Professor of Economics - University of Calgary / Research Fellow - School of Public Policy Dave Cournoyer, Alberta political writer and podcaster - daveberta.ca Timothy Danson, Lawyer for families of Paul Bernardo’s victims Matthew Lau, Senior Fellow - Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy Rod Giltaca, CEO and Executive Director - Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob chats with Aristotle Foundation senior fellow Matthew Lau about his new study on whether Canada is systemically racist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Pszczolkowski, tire program manager at Consumer Reports chats with Rob Breakenridge on "Afternoons" about the pros and cons of winter tires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trudo Lemmens -Professor and Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy Faculty of Law, University of Toronto speaks with Rob Breakenridge on "Afternoons" about the latest numbers in terms of medically assistant dying in Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Trudo Lemmens, Professor and Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy - Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Neil Longley, Director of Business at Nevada State University / Author - A Whole New Game: Economics, Politics, and the Transformation of the Business of Hockey in Canada Waubgeshig Rice, Best-selling author / his latest novel is "Moon of the Turning Leaves" Ryan Pszczolkowski, tire program manager at Consumer Reports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Stewart Bell, National Online Journalist & Investigative Reporter with Global News Andrew Leach, Energy & environmental economist - University of Alberta / Author- Between Doom and Denial Tony Bonen, director of economic research at the Conference Board of Canada Marc Johnson, Biology professor, University of Toronto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Joe Roberts, JSpaceCanada- Canada’s pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy movement. He is also chair of Meretz Canada Stu Cowan, Sports columnist - Postmedia / Dr. Walter DeKeseredy, Director of the Research Center on Violence and Professor of Sociology - West Virginia University / Co-authors- “Skating on Thin Ice: Professional Hockey, Rape Culture, & Violence Against Women” Ken McGoogan, Arctic historian / Author - "Searching For Franklin: New Answers to the Great Arctic Mystery" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Ken Dryden, Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, Former federal member of parliament and cabinet minister, Author - "The Class: A Memoir of a Place, a Time, and Us" Dr. W. Brent Seales, Alumni Professor of Computer Science / Director of the Digital Restoration Initiative - University of Kentucky. Principle Investigator - Vesuvius Challenge Laura Gee, an associate professor of economics at Tufts University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Dave Snow, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Guelph Josef Filipowicz, senior fellow- Fraser Institute Adam Sweet, Clean Prosperity’s Western Canada Director Emma Donoghue, Best-selling author of numerous books, including “Room” and most recently “Learned by Heart” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Aurel Braun - Professor of Political Science and international relations at the University of Toronto and an associate at the Davis Center, Harvard University Susan Casey -Author - “The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean” Shaun Fluker - Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, School of Public Policy at University of Calgary Kim Moody – is the founder of Moodys Tax/ Moodys Private Client, a former chair of the Canadian Tax Foundation, former chair of the Society of Estate Practitioners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Clifford D. May, Founder & President - Foundation for Defense of Democracies John Ibbitson, Globe & Mail Writer-at-large / Author - "The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson and the Making of Modern Canada. Michael Von Massow, associate professor of food economics- University of Guelph Andrew Botterill, National leader of Oil and Gas for Deloitte Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Benjamin Perrin, Professor - Peter A. Allard School of Law (UBC) / Author - "Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial" Brady Leavold, founder of Puck Support Kathleen Springer and Jeffrey Pigati, research geologists at the US Geological Survey and co-authors of the a Science paper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Timothy Denton, Former National Commissioner of the CRTC (2009-2013) / current Chairman of the Internet Society, Canada Chapter. Peter Cowley, Senior Fellow - Fraser Institute Cathy Scott, Crime writer and investigative journalist / Columnist - Psychology Today / Author: “The Killing of Tupac Shakur” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob chats with beloved Canadian comedian, actor, and now author Brent Butt about his new novel "Huge" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Peter Menzies, Former vice-chair of the CRTC / National Newspaper Award-winning journalist / Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Christopher Moody, Journalist / Lecturer in Journalism & Electronic Media/Broadcasting - Appalachian State University Dr. Avi Loeb, Author - "Interstellar: Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars" / Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science / Director, Institute for Theory & Computation - Harvard University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices