Roy Green Show

Today's podcast: We asked Israel's Ambassador to Canada if he may wish to address the apparent diminution of the decades-long allyship and friendship between Canada and Israel. From statements made by prime minister Trudeau and foreign affairs minister Melanie Jolie, to Canada abstaining from voting on full UN membership for a State of Palestine, to Toronto mayor Olivia Chow refusing to be present for the raising of the Israeli flag on Israel's Independence Day earlier in the week. Chow's office suggested the Mayor believed the raising of the Israeli flag at this time would be too divisive.   Israel's Ambassador has agreed to speak to the current relationship between his country and Canada. Guest: Iddo Moed. Israel Ambassador to Canada. 10 year old Sammy Teusch of Indiana committed suicide May 5 following relentless bullying at school. His parents had pleaded for help from the school administration but remain dissatisfied with the school leaders response/actions. Is the suicide of a 10 year old boy not suff

We asked Israel's Ambassador to Canada if he may wish to address the apparent diminution of the decades-long allyship and friendship between Canada and Israel. From statements made by prime minister Trudeau and foreign affairs minister Melanie Jolie, to Canada abstaining from voting on full UN membership for a State of Palestine, to Toronto mayor Olivia Chow refusing to be present for the raising of the Israeli flag on Israel's Independence Day earlier in the week. Chow's office suggested the Mayor believed the raising of the Israeli flag at this time would be too divisive.   Israel's Ambassador has agreed to speak to the current relationship between his country and Canada. Guest: Iddo Moed. Israel Ambassador to Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 year old Sammy Teusch of Indiana committed suicide May 5 following relentless bullying at school. His parents had pleaded for help from the school administration but remain dissatisfied with the school leaders response/actions. Is the suicide of a 10 year old boy not sufficient for the issue of bullying to spur real and meaningful action on this scourge which takes place at schools (and online)? Then, Memories and impact through life of being bullied as a child. - Are you an adult experiencing bullying now? - Are you the parent of a child being bullied and is it sufficiently worrying you have concerns about how your child may react? We hear stories from our listeners. Guest: Mark Henick. Mental health strategist. Attempted suicide at 15 and his Ted Talk description of that event during which Mark's life was saved by a complete stranger has been viewed millions of times online. CEO Strategic Mental Health Consulting (Toronto). Author: So-Called Normal: A memoir of family depression and resilience. Also podc

Sweden's defence minister and military commander-in-chief have warned of possible war involving Sweden (and Russia). Sweden's prime minister has publicly mused about nuclear weapons being placed on Swedish soil during any war. - Norway's military chief has warned of war with Russia within two years. And where does Canada fit into this possible scenario? Both Russia and China have designs on Canada's mineral and resource-rich Arctic. How long could Canada's military defend this nation were we to confront military ambitions by either Russia and/or China?   Guest: Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Former Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy and Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday I posted to X that Justin Trudeau's standard complaints about Pierre Poilievre are treated as news stories by media when in my view they aren't. The response has been and continues to be extremely strong and with differing perspectives. We are now well over 900 likes, 235 retweets and 176 comments. Guest: Roy, solo. Then, callers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Statue dedicated to Private Alexander Watson removed from St. Catharines city hall after 138 years and moved to a local cemetery. Reason, Watson, from St. Catharines, fought with the 90th Winnipeg Battalion Rifles in the Northwest Resistance, or Rebellion. He died in 1885 from wounds suffered in battle and the people of St. Catharines erected the statue of him in 1886. - Canadian history being cleansed?  As well, our guest Joe Warmington of the SUN papers wrote about this story and yesterday with his young son visited the home of Canada's first prime minister Sir John A MacDonald in Kingston, Ontario. Joe is troubled by how MacDonald is portrayed there. Does Canada's history deserve to be treated this way, or can we learn from the past and forge a better path forward?  Guest: Joe Warmington. SUN papers columnist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday we spoke with Alberta cabinet minister and life-long resident of Fort McMurray Brian Jean who became very emotional recalling the 2016 wildfire known as The Beast and the carnage the fire caused in Fort Mac and spoke about the evacuations ordered from the city earlier this week following the encroachment of a massive wildfire. Evacuations have ended following significant rainfall.  How vulnerable does Alberta remain to devastating wildfires?  Guest: Todd Loewen, Alberta Minister of Forestry and Parks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Grocery Code of Conduct is a go. But what is it, really and how will it impact the price of lettuce? Guest: Professor Sylvain Charlebois. Director: Agri-foods laboratory, Dalhousie University.    Federal mental health and 'addictions' minister Ya'ra Saks supports Ontario government of Doug Ford and Ottawa will not move to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs like fentanyl, meth, etc. Guest: With a reflective view, Dr. Shawn Whatley. Past president of the Ontario Medical Association and author of: When Politics Comes Before Patients.   Early in the week a wildfire approaching Fort McMurray, AB, with evacuations beginning raised the spectre of 2016 and The Beast. Then came the rains and cooler temps. The wildfire is not out, but no longer the threat of Monday/Tuesday. Guests: Brian Jean. Fort Mac resident and Alberta Minister of Energy and Minerals. Lost his home to The Beast in '16. And: Patty Rustige. Fort Mac resident. She and her Fort Mac firefighter husband also lost

Grocery Code of Conduct is a go. But what is it, really and how will it impact the price of lettuce? Guest: Professor Sylvain Charlebois. Director: Agri-foods laboratory, Dalhousie University.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal mental health and 'addictions' minister Ya'ra Saks supports Ontario government of Doug Ford and Ottawa will not move to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs like fentanyl, meth, etc. Guest: With a reflective view, Dr. Shawn Whatley. Past president of the Ontario Medical Association and author of: When Politics Comes Before Patients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Early in the week a wildfire approaching Fort McMurray, AB, with evacuations beginning raised the spectre of 2016 and The Beast. Then came the rains and cooler temps. The wildfire is not out, but no longer the threat of Monday/Tuesday. Guests: Patty Rustige. Fort Mac resident. She and her Fort Mac firefighter husband also lost their home in the 2016 fire. Husband tasked with trying to save home in a different Fort McMurray neighbourhood to where he and Patty lived. Still rebuilding their home. Son also lost his home.   And: Brian Jean. Fort Mac resident and Alberta Minister of Energy and Minerals. Lost his home to The Beast in '16. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. Court turns unfaithful U.K. Man's "mistake" into a 'nightmare.' The story of E.S. and G.W. G.W. Is an unfaithful husband from the U.K. who engaged in a relationshp with E.S. whose court claim is G.W. is the father of her child and she has the right to pursue retroactive child support, something G.W. has refused to accept and doesn't want his marriage to be negatively affected by his behaviour. A B.C. Judge has granted E.S. a document which will allow her to pursue $100,000 in retroactive child support in a British court. Our guest says this is also a message for women who have not pursued child support and perhaps because the father has been threatening. We will also return to a term our guest introduced two week ago on the program and which most listeners had never heard before:  "Marriage-like." This is how an unofficial relationship which goes on for some time, even with both parties living in separate homes can be deemed by a court to be "marriage-like" and requiring settlement of assets on breakup

Harrison Butker's speech at Benedictine College in Atcheson, Kansas continues to cause both rage, as well as support as an example of 'freedom of expression/speech.'  Guest: Ben Mulroney. Morning show host, weekends, on AM 640, Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Quebec Superior Court judge has rejected a provisional injunction request by McGill University to remove a pro-Palestinian encampment, where many, if not most participants, are not students or members of any McGill-associated organizations from its front lawn in downtown Montreal. Court rules there have been no provocative incidents and McGill has moved its convocation ceremonies. - Reaction to the situation in Montreal and how this court ruling may impact other demonstrators taking over parts of Canadian university campuses. Guest: Julius Grey. Prominent Quebec constitutional and human rights lawyer. Law professor at McGill for 25 years (defended the case involving a Sikh student wearing a kirpan to class).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s podcast: Toronto Metropolitan University students sends email to the university administration complaining about our frequent economics issues guest Professor Eric Kam. This time though it's about professor Kam being Jewish and what happened in his class which according to the complaining student "has left many students, including myself, deeply troubled. I hope and trust that you read this email thoroughly and would like this email forwarded to the board of governor at TMU."  The complaint suggests professor Kam displayed the Israeli flag as his background in class Holocaust Remembrance Day.  Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Macroeconomics. Toronto Metropolitan University. Tells me the story is entirely different to the student's description.   A different Mother's Day story from a mother who desperately loves her heavily addicted to alcohol and drugs adult son in Vancouver and how his life is spiraling downward. The son loves his mother and they communicate, but helping him is extremely difficult and whe

Toronto Metropolitan University students sends email to the university administration complaining about our frequent economics issues guest Professor Eric Kam. This time though it's about professor Kam being Jewish and what happened in his class which according to the complaining student "has left many students, including myself, deeply troubled. I hope and trust that you read this email thoroughly and would like this email forwarded to the board of governor at TMU."  The complaint suggests professor Kam displayed the Israeli flag as his background in class Holocaust Remembrance Day.  Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Macroeconomics. Toronto Metropolitan University. Tells me the story is entirely different to the student's description. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A different Mother's Day story from a mother who desperately loves her heavily addicted to alcohol and drugs adult son in Vancouver and how his life is spiraling downward. The son loves his mother and they communicate, but helping him is extremely difficult and when the mother convinced her son to go to a hospital ER his treatment there may be a shock. Guest: Sam (mother) about her son Alan and how his addictions are destroying her son's life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mother's Day and a single mother from Toronto sends an email despairing how her children's school and school board are engaged in "cutting" her children from her life and parenting. (declines to go on air because she's afraid her voice will be recognized. Has complained at children's school and at the board) Guest: Michael Zwaagstra. Manitoba teacher/author/op ed writer. Books include: What's Wrong With Our Schools and How We Can Fix Them. And: Scott Taylor: Family lawyer. Taylor Law Group. Langley, B.C.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gazelle Sharmahd. Her father, a German-American national of Iranian descent was kidnapped from the UAE in 2020 by Iranian agents and has been held as a prisoner in Iran since. He was targeted for his journalism and criticism of the Iranian regime. He was tried in an Iranian court and convicted and sentenced to death for the crime of "corruption on earth." Guest: Gazelle Sharmahd. Fighting to save her father's life. She will be a speaker at the 2024 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, beginning May 15. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Israel's Independence Day celebrations begin tomorrow evening and end Tuesday evening. - Mood in Israel now and view of Netanyahu government? - U.S. suspending arms shipments to Israel - Canada abstaining from UN vote to grant Palestine status at the UN - antisemitic activity at Canadian universities - are Jewish Canadians moving to Israel over fear of Jew-hatred growing in Canada? Guest: Vivian Bercovici. Former Canadian Ambassador to Israel.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices