Afternoons With Rob Breakenridge

Today's guests Daniel Bernhard - CEO of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship Bill Fitzsimmons - Alberta Executive Director at The Canadian Centre for Men and Families Eric Miller - President of Rideau Potomac Strategy Group Kevin Birn - Vice President, leader of the Center of Emissions Excellence, and serves as the Chief Analyst for Canadian Oil Markets at S&P Global Commodity Insights Stewart Bell - Global News Investigative Journalist Bill Black - President and CEO of Calgary Construction Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Lenore Skenazy – Founder of Free Range Kids Gary Mar – President & CEO of the Canada West Foundation Jock Finlayson – Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Brian Kingston – President & CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association Dr. Angela Rasmussen – Virologist at the Vaccine & Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan Jenny Carchman – Director of the documentary “Whatever It Takes” (Alberta debut next week at the Calgary Underground Film Festival) Frederic Dimanche – Professor and Director of the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Toronto Metropolitan University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Blake Shaffer, Professor of Economics - University of Calgary David Clement, North American Affairs Manager - Consumer Choice Center Jasmin Guenette, VP of National Affairs - CFIB Alex Dalziel, Senior Fellow - Macdonald Laurier Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Naheed Nenshi - Alberta NDP Leader Peter Harder - Ontario Senator, Progressive Senate Group Richard Lachman - Associate Professor, Media Production & Director at RTA School of Media at Toronto Metropolitan University Dr. Noah Schwartz - Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Fraser Valley / Author - “On Target: Gun Culture, Storytelling, and the NRA” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Noah Rothman, senior writer - National Review / author - "The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back against Progressives’ War on Fun" and "Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America" Brian Lee Crowley, managing director - Macdonald-Laurier Institute GUEST: Goldy Hyder, President & CEO - Business Council of Canada Adam Zivo, National Post columnist / Executive Director of the Centre for Responsible Drug Policy Gurpreet Lail, CEO - Enserva Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Andrew Leach - energy and environmental economist who holds a joint appointment with the University of Alberta’s Faculties of Arts and Law. Also a co-director of the Institute for Public Economics at the U of A. Kenneth Green - Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute Rory Johnston - Toronto-based oil market researcher, the founder of Commodity Context, Fellow - Canadian Global Affairs Institute Theo Argitis - Managing Director at Compass Rose Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Peter Copeland - Public policy professional, and Deputy Director of Domestic Policy at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Christopher Worswick - Professor and Chair at the Department of Economics at Carleton University Robert Tanguay - addiction psychiatrist and clinical assistant professor at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Aurel Braun - Professor of Political Science, and International Relations, University of Toronto; Associate, Davis Center, Harvard University Michele Rempel-Garner - Member of Parliament. Calgary - Nose Hill / Committee Member -Standing Committee on Industry and Technology Shawn Whatley – Physician / Munk Senior Fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute / author - “When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why and How Canadian Medicare is Failing.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest: Marc Garneau, former Canadian astronaut and the first Canadian in space / former federal MP and cabinet minister / author - "A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Sam Tam - President of Canada Vaping Association Andrew Spence - Author of "Fleeced: Canadians Versus Their Banks" David Clinton - Publisher of The Audit (www.theaudit.ca) and a contributing writer to the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Dr. Adrian Owen - Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Western University Keldon Bester – Executive Director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Nazem Kadri - NHL player for the Calgary Flames / first Muslim hockey player to win the Stanley Cup/ Author - "Dreamer: My Life on the Edge” Denise Hearn - Co-author of The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians" Keith Baldrey - Global BC’s Legislature Bureau Chief Jake Fuss - Director of Fiscal Studies for the Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Maureen Palmer - Critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker / Author - "You Don't Have To Quit: 20 Science-Back­ed Strategies to Help Your Loved One Drink Less" Dr. Shelley Duggan - President of the Alberta Medical Association William Robson - President and CEO of C.D. Howe Institute Jack Mintz - President’s Fellow of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest: Jonathan Conricus - Senior Fellow - Foundation for the Defense of Democracies / Lt. Col (Ret.) - IDF Philippe Lagassé - Associate professor and the Barton Chair at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Jack Jedwab - President and CEO of the Association for Canadian Studies and the Metropolis Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Vincent Rigby - The Slater Family Professor of Practice at McGill University / former National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister (2020 - 2021) Deborah Yedlin - President & CEO at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce Mike Moffatt - Senior director of the Smart Prosperity Institute and co-host of the podcast The Missing Middle Mark Mancini - Senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and an assistant professor at Thompson Rivers University, Faculty of Law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Stewart Bell - National Online and Investigative Journalist for Global News Stephanie Carvin - Associate Professor of International Relations at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Andrew Leach - Energy and environmental economist with the University of Alberta’s Faculties of Arts and Law Dr. John Moores - Associate Professor at York University, Director of the Graduate Program in Earth and Space Science / A Science Advisor to the President of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) / Author - "Daydreaming in the Solar System" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Lauren Rakowski - Partner - Gardiner Roberts LLP Maria Papaioannoy-Duic - Spokesperson for Rights4Vapers Sam Cooper - Investigative Journalist and founder of the Bureau publication Renze Nauta - Program Director for Work and Economics at Cardus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Ezra Shanken - CEO of the Jewish Federation of Vancouver Mark Parsons - Vice-president and chief economist at ATB Mark Zelmer - C.D. Howe Institute Senior Fellow Alkarim Devani - Co-Founder of Mddl Housing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Mohammad Rizwan – Member of the Council of Muslims Against Antisemitism Duane Bratt - MRU Political Science Professor Trevor Trombe - Professor of Economics and the Director of Fiscal and Economic Policy at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy Peter Cowley – Senior Fellow with the Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Iris Weinstein Haggai - Daughter of Judi Weinstein Haggai (Israeli-Canadian) and Gadi Haggai, two of the victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack Michael Geist - Law Professor at the University of Ottawa JR Cox – Owner - The Shooting Edge Alasdair Roberts - Author of “The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century”/ Professor of public policy at University of Massachusetts, Amherst Gabor Lukacs – President and founder of Air Passenger Rights Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices