Bill Kelly Show

GUEST: Shaun Narine, Professor of International Relations and Political Science with St. Thomas University

GUEST: Rick Zamperin, Host of Good Morning Hamilton and CHML Sports Director 

GUEST: Lou Molinaro, Instructor at Durham College and the Harris Institute for Music

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: ·       Trudeau under fire for housing crisis response ·       Poilievre aims to rebuild a ‘broken' Canada ·       Poilievre's party embracing language of mainstream conspiracy theories ·       And more GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Professor at the Faculty of Management with Dalhousie University - Topics Include: ·        What's behind calls for a Biden impeachment inquiry? ·        Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump's team is behind voting breach ·        And more… GUEST: Reggire Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News - BILL's FINAL COMMENTARY

GUEST: Sabrina Nanji, Publisher of the Queen's Park Observer

GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Ahead of the auditor general's report on the greenbelt today – what are some of the implications of her announcement? GUEST: Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager with Environmental Defense - The Competition Bureau is already looking into Meta's removal of Canadian news from Facebook and Instagram, a spokesperson said the same day a group of news publishers and broadcasters asked for an investigation into the company's news blocking. GUEST: Kevin Desjardins, President of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters - Canada has little to show for its promises to combat forced labour in China, critics say. In 2021, members of Parliament were among the first in the West to officially condemn Beijing's repression of Uyghur and other Muslim minorities from China's Xinjiang province – abuses that include forced labour. GUEST: Dr. Robert Huish, Associate Professor with the Department of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University

The Bill Kelly Podcast: Topics Include: ·        Poilievre's foreign policy ·        Some are livid with Trudeau's cabinet shuffle ·        PM Trudeau's new role as a single dad ·        And more… GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Professor at the Faculty of Management with Dalhousie University - More than half of Canadians (56 per cent) see the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) as “old and antiquated,” according to a recent Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News. GUEST: Darrell Bricker, CEO of IPSOS Polling - Topics Include: The decision regarding trump & the protective order the special counsel is seeking Trumps challengers are now stepping up and talking out against him (including DeSantis admitting Biden won) Polling shows trump is still on top And more… GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News 

TECH WITH ADAM OLDFIELD

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast with guest host Shiona Thompson: Doug Ford may not be too happy about a report that's about to be released publicly; the auditor general's report. It's said to be a close look at the Greenbelt development plan. GUEST: Richard Brennan, Former Journalist with The Toronto Star covering both Queen's Park and Parliament Hill. - The unemployment rate ticked up for a third month in a row. What's that going to mean as far as the soft landing is concerned? How will it impact the coming Bank of Canada rate announcement? GUEST: Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. - The CAA has a report saying about half of us think speeding is a big problem on our roads. Only half? GUEST: Michael Stewart, community relations consultant, Government and Community Relations for CAA SCO.

The Bill Kelly Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: Walmart confirmed in an email to the Star that it has included security tags on items like fresh beef since 2019 to discourage theft. Could more metal security tags soon be hiding in our food? From self-checkout cameras to receipt-checking and off-duty police, increased theft prevention practices can be upsetting for customers, experts say. . Before 2020, rates of shoplifting had been increasing for six years, with larger increases in 2018 and 2019. From 2010 to 2019, the rate of shoplifting incidents jumped 39 per cent. GUEST: Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst & Author - United States President Joe Biden has cast the conflict between the western world and its competitors as a clash between “democracies and autocracies”. This masks the American desire for power and the complex realities of creating democracy. Democracy is supposed to base a state's legitimacy in its accountability to its people. It supports people's freedoms and human rights. What these ideals mean in practice and how to achieve them are difficult questions. But it's clear the U.S. is no longer a credible champion for, or exemplar of, democracy. In fact, it has a long history of overthrowing and undermining democracies abroad.   GUEST: Shaun Narine, Professor of International Relations and Political Science with St. Thomas University - There's a theory backed by research that says our Western musical scale is tuned incorrectly. Middle A on a piano keyboard–and thus ever other standard middle A on every instrument–is standardized at 440 Hz. That's wrong. Mathematical ratios related to tuning, something first discovered by Pythagoras, say that the “natural” frequency of middle A should be 432 Hz. That seems like a tiny difference–it's almost an A-flat versus a contemporary natural A–but the effect on the human brain is apparently huge. GUEST: Alan Cross, Host, The Ongoing History of New Music, Canada's longest running radio documentary

The Bill Kelly Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: While a new tentative deal many have been reached between the two sides involved in a labour dispute impacting thousands of B.C. port workers, experts say Canada may not have seen the last of strikes this year. From the B.C. port strike to the recent Greater Toronto Area Metro workers' strike to the writers' strike in the U.S., rising costs of living, high corporate profits and dissatisfaction among workers may all be contributing to collective action across sectors. GUEST: Dr. Simon Black, Associate Professor of Labour Studies with Brock University - The National Institutes of Health is beginning a handful of studies to test possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts against the mysterious condition that afflicts millions. Monday's announcement from the NIH's US$1.15 billion RECOVER project comes amid frustration from patients who've struggled for months or even years with sometimes-disabling health problems — with no proven treatments and only a smattering of rigorous studies to test potential ones. GUEST: Dr. Dawn Bowdish, Professor in the Department of Medicine with McMaster University and the Executive Director of the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health - Will there be an influx of reality TV because of the writers/actors strike? GUEST: Bill Brioux, television critic and author

GUEST: James Harrison, Broker with Mortgages.ca

GUEST: Alex Piccini Manager of Government Relations for the Ontario Home Builders Association

GUEST: Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and a Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto

The Bill Kelly Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: A fresh set of Health Canada regulations that require warning labels on individual cigarettes is set to come into effect Tuesday. The move, announced earlier this year, makes Canada the first country in the world to take that step in the ongoing effort to help smokers kick the habit and deter potential puffers from picking it up. GUEST: Dr. Robert Schwartz, Executive Director of the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit and Professor with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto - School boards will soon be expected to do a lot more sharing — from exactly what teachers are learning on professional development days, to the number of students attending classes at least 90 per cent of the time. As part of Bill 98, the Better Schools and Students Outcomes Act, which passed before the summer break — and amid tense negotiations that continue with all of the province's teacher unions — the government is mandating that boards post details of educators' PD activities to the ministry as well as parents, starting this fall. GUEST: Karen Littlewood, President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation - Canada leaves the FIFA Women's World Cup early and shell-shocked. And, in some cases, in tears. The Olympic champion Canadians were put to the sword Monday in a shocking, lopsided 4-0 loss to Australia. GUEST: Dr. Ann Pegoraro, Co-Director of The National Research Network for Gender Equity in Sport

GUEST: Michael Kempa, Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: The next election, whenever it occurs, is shaping up to be a change moment. The incumbent government is almost eight years old, Justin Trudeau has been the Leader of the Liberals for more than a decade, and the sense of voter fatigue is palpable. People across income brackets are worried about their financial futures. Many feel that the country is not moving in the right direction – or, in other words, they are not convinced that the Liberals have the right economic plan, nor are they sure that the government cares enough about the affordability crisis. And while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre remains a polarizing figure, his party is still polling well ahead of the other parties. GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Professor at the Faculty of Management with Dalhousie University - Insiders say Doug Ford threw himself into two losing byelection campaigns. Are those losses a sign of things to come? GUEST: Sabrina Nanji, Publisher of the Queen's Park Observer - Topics Include: ·        Judge orders hearing on Trump's motion ·        Trump calling Biden names ·        No silver lining in slavery ·        And more…. GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global 

GUEST: Adam Oldfield

GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: The number of Ontarians concerned about auto theft has increased, according to CAA Insurance. The survey found 47 per cent of respondents are concerned about auto theft. Of that number, 57 per cent of individuals in the Toronto and Greater Toronto Area are concerned. ALSO: Police Investigate after 3 luxury vehicles stolen from dealership GUEST: Sgt. Kerry Schmidt, Manager of Media Relations with Ontario Provincial Police - Premier Doug Ford may be sailing along this summer, but storm clouds are forming for his Progressive Conservatives, a new Abacus Data poll suggests. GUEST: David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data - Topics Include: ·        Randy Meisner passes ·        Bill Wyman confirmed on Rolling Stones' next album ·        Mick Jaggers 80th ·        And more… GUEST: Lou Molinaro, Instructor at Durham College and the Harris Institute for Music

The Bill Kelly Podcast: how much is AI's performance and learning influenced by its core developer? GUEST: Carmi Levy, Technology analyst & journalist - With the rampant spread of fake news and conspiracy theories, Canadian students would benefit from extra lessons in BS detection.   GUEST: Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law & Policy Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Public Health. Research Director, Health Law Institute, University of Alberta - Large global suppliers are driving costs higher for Loblaw Companies Ltd., the firm said as it released earnings for the second quarter that showed profits up despite lower gross margins. One of the company's largest vendors submitted price increases totalling 50 per cent, or a quarter-billion dollars, said Dufresne. He added that prices for meat, fruit and vegetables rose in the mid-single-digits while centre-of-store prices were up in the double-digits. GUEST: Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University

GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University

The Bill Kelly Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: Over the past weekend alone, eight emergency rooms in Ontario were forced to temporarily close or reduce services because they don't have the staff to run them. The closures have become so commonplace that this government had to issue a protocol for hospitals to follow when they are forced to close. It's shameful and it's inexcusable. The government shouldn't need a protocol to patch the holes in a crumbling healthcare system. What our hospitals – and our healthcare workers – need is a government that sees the value in public healthcare. GUEST: Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Ontario Green Party and MPP for Guelph - NDP MPP Monique Taylor (Hamilton Mountain) met with parents to talk solutions that could help children who are aging (or have already aged) out of the pediatric care system. GUEST: Steffanie Bjorgan is Executive Director and Founder of Red Roof Retreat - In the coming weeks and months, the phrase “Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon”—the rebranding of the old, loaded term “UFO”—is going to enter the popular lexicon as Congress begins a series of unprecedented public hearings on the topic. GUEST: Chris Rutkowski, Ufologist and Science Writer

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: “This is no way to live,” said Andrew Robbins, a Hamilton man who cannot make ends meet on disability payments, and would rather die. Hamilton Centre MPP Sarah Jama says she is getting more and more calls from people with disabilities living in poverty who are asking for medical assistance in dying. GUEST: Peter Graefe, Professor of Political Science with McMaster University - Regardless of where the dust settles on Canada's tumultuous battle with Big Tech, the nation's news industry won't find stability until its playing field is levelled. That means ending the CBC's ability to sell advertising in all of its forms and turning it into a pure play public broadcaster and online news organization. GUEST: Peter Menzies is a National Newspaper Award-winning journalist, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, past editor-in-chief of the Calgary Herald and former vice-chair of the CRTC - Twitter has officially rebranded to "X" after owner Elon Musk changed its iconic bird logo Monday, marking the latest major shift since his takeover of the social media platform. The website Twitter.com remained live and branding on the app version of the platform did not appear to change as of early Monday. Twitter's world-renowned bird logo was transformed into an X, however. GUEST: Joanne McNeish, Associate Professor of Marketing with Toronto Metropolitan University 

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: How can workers protect themselves from losing their jobs to AI (Artificial Intelligence)? GUEST: Dr. Nita Chhinzer, Associate Professor of Leadership & Organizational Management with the University of Guelph - Magic Mushrooms have been touted as a benefit for those with mood disorders and some want them sold in shops like Cannabis. However, those with mood disorders are often already on Rx medications for things like anxiety, depression or sleep problems. Where are we on studies about the efficacy of Psilocybin? Are there any studies about interactions with Rx? GUEST: Mitchell Osak, CEO of Quanta Consulting Inc - Health Canada is recommending a 7th booster for Covid this fall. Where are we on the spread of the latest variant? What is the latest variant? Related topic: Australia is in its flu season now and it seems to be hitting children particularly hard..What about our flu season to come. GUEST: Dr. Dawn Bowdish, Tenured Professor of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at McMaster University and Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity with the DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research

GUEST: Adam Oldfield

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: ·        Paul Bernardo transfer was ‘sound' ·        Trudeau's imminent cabinet shuffle ·        And more… GUEST: Richard Brennan, Former Journalist with The Toronto Star covering both Queen's Park and Parliament Hill - Russia pounded Ukraine's southern cities with drones and missiles for a third consecutive night Thursday, keeping Odesa in the Kremlin's crosshairs after a bitter dispute over the end of a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to send grain through the key Black Sea port. The strikes killed at least two people in Odesa. In Mykolaiv, a city close to the Black Sea, at least 19 people were injured, including a child, Ukrainian officials said. GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University - The sports-betting industry continues to thrive in Ontario but not nearly as well as online casinos in the province. On Wednesday, iGaming Ontario (iGO) released its report for the first full quarter of the 2023-24 fiscal year (April 1-June 30). It revealed a record total gaming revenue of $545 million, compared to $162 million over the same period last year. GUEST: Steve McAllister, Editor-in-Chief of Gaming News Canada

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Justin Trudeau's newly shuffled front bench is expected to hold its summer retreat on Aug. 21-23 in Charlottetown, P.E.I., according to several Liberal sources. GUEST: Muhammad Ali, Vice President with Crestview Strategies - Now that pharmacists can prescribe, what are some of the pros and cons? And can we tell if it's helping with backlogs? GUEST: Matt Gurney, Columnist for TVO - Canada looked relaxed at training Wednesday ahead of its FIFA Women's World Cup opener against Nigeria, although several players appeared to be working at their own pace. Midfielder Jessie Fleming was mostly a spectator in the portion of the morning practice open to the media at a local soccer club. And forwards Deanne Rose and Nichelle Prince, who are both returning from Achilles injuries, worked out on their own under the direction of a trainer. GUEST: Joe Callaghan, Journalist for The Toronto Star, The Guardian, and The Irish Examiner

GUEST: Mitchell Osak, CEO Quanta Consulting Inc

GUEST: Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and a Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: At a time when skeptics are questioning Canada's plan to ramp up immigration, a new report argues the country needs to welcome a lot more newcomers to counter-balance its aging demographic. A Desjardins report released Monday analyzes how much population growth among working-age Canadians is necessary to maintain the old-age dependency ratio, which refers to the ratio between 15 to 64-year-olds and those aged 65 and older. GUEST: Randall Bartlett Senior Director of Canadian Economics for Desjardins - The Canadian government says a ban on arms sales to Turkey was imposed “for important reasons” – and remains intact today – but refuses to divulge whether it's in talks with Ankara about lifting it. GUEST: Steven Chase, Senior Parliamentary Reporter for the Globe and Mail - Discussions on healthcare in Canada typically revolve around spending and who pays. The people's actual needs for healthcare and support get less attention and even less action. Yet far too many Canadians lack access to timely primary care and experience long wait times for services; planning is inadequate for the surging needs of the population of older seniors and, among other issues, the fundamental one of optimizing population health, or addressing mental health and addiction, have never received adequate attention. So what is the roadmap to reform in Canada's healthcare system? GUEST: Don Drummond is a Stauffer-Dunning Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: We get into copyright law and why some much needed copyright reform is long overdue. GUEST: Hugh Stephens is the author of the forthcoming book entitled ‘In Defence of Copyright', and an executive fellow at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. - Some discussions about the future of the RCMP going on in Ottawa these days given the scrutiny they've seen. GUEST: Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, former CSIS analyst. - We shed some light on MPP Sara Jama's appearance at an anti-police, anti-Israel rally. GUEST: John Best, Publisher of The Bay Observer. - And Minimum wage workers across Canada can't keep up with the price of rent. GUEST: David Macdonald, Senior Economist with The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

GUEST: Dr. Jason Walker is an Associate Professor and Senate Vice Chair at the University of Canada West

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: As China increases its reach in diaspora communities, Chinese Canadian politicians in Vancouver are the focus of Chinese state interference in Canadian politics. GUEST: Charles Burton, Senior Fellow with the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute - Topics include: ·        Who can beat Doug Ford? ·        Ford says Hamilton need to build it's “fair share” of homes on the Greenbelt ·        And more…. GUEST: Sabrina Nanji, Publisher of the Queen's Park Observer - Topics Include: ·        The money race ·        Latest on RFK Jr, Trump, Biden & DeSantis ·        And more…. GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News

GUEST: Adam Oldfield

GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: ·        Ford says AG'S Greenbelt probe not within her scope ·        Trudeau says BoC rate hike is bad news ·        Ottawa could help with healthcare ·        And more…. GUEST: Richard Brennan, Former Journalist with The Toronto Star covering both Queen's Park and Parliament Hill - The Bank of Canada is still pushing a two percent inflation rate – But why? And must so many suffer to get there? GUEST: Armine Yalnizyan, Economist and Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers - Mercenaries of the Wagner Group are completing the handover of their weapons to the Russian military, the Defence Ministry said Wednesday, a move that follows the private army's brief rebellion last month that challenged the Kremlin's authority. The disarming of Wagner reflects efforts by authorities to defuse the threat it posed and also appears to herald an end to the mercenary group's operations on the battlefield in Ukraine. GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: It's great to see the PM getting the message — but Canada is still terribly late to the party. We won't completely fulfil the Latvian commitment until 2026. This also means that Canada's peacekeeping efforts in other parts of the world, such as Haiti, will be curtailed. After years of neglect, our military simply doesn't have the troop strength to support in all the places where it is sorely needed. So why is Trudeau finally getting Canada's act together on NATO?  GUEST: Tasha Kheiriddin, Principal at Navigator and Author of The Right Path - Public safety is top of mind for the country's provincial and territorial leaders who say Canadians “cannot afford to wait” on bail reform and they themselves are “deeply disappointed” that legislation addressing their concerns has not yet passed. GUEST: Michael Kempa, Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa - Pierre Poilievre took off his glasses slipped on a white t-shirt. Will Canadians respond to his makeover? GUEST: Joanne McNeish, Associate Professor of Marketing with Toronto Metropolitan University

GUEST: Gideon Forman, Climate Change and Transportation Policy Analyst with The David Suzuki Foundation