Brian Lilley Podcast

On Wednesday night's show, hours before Amanda Simard announced she would leave the PC Party to sit as an independent, I was explaining what was happening. I had talked about Simard likely couldn't stay in caucus after not only voting with the NDP motion on French services but more importantly, she had voted against the government's fall economic statement - a confidence vote. Then Mary called in. A Francophone woman who lives in Simard's riding, Mary was not impressed. I think she will be less impressed today after the announcement.

Did the framers of the Charter really believe that Section 33 of the Charter, known as the Notwithstanding Clause, should rarely if ever be used? Not according to Norm Spector who was in the room for many of the conversations. Listen as Norm explains what really happened and even how Pierre Trudeau promised to use the Notwithstanding Clause.

Is Doug Ford going to Washington to clean up Justin Trudeau's mess on NAFTA? Sure looks that way. Trudeau can't get a deal, Chrystia Freeland can't get a meeting and Ford is heading to Washington. Listen as Brian Lilley breaks it down. Plus a long conversation with Norm Spector about what really happened when the Notwithstanding Clause was agreed to as part of our constitution, it isn't what most people are telling you. Democrats attack Trump's Supreme court pick in a strange way and so much more.

This past week the Ontario government under Doug Ford announced a major reform of education. It was almost a home run with changes to math, skilled trades, financial literacy and more. But there is nothing but confusion on sex-ed. Listen as Brian Lilley speaks to Tanya Granic Allen about the mess caused by Ford's education minister Lisa Thompson.

When Mad Max did the Bernier Bolt last week some thought it was the end of the Conservative Party. So far, no one is following Max, at least not from the party brass and workers. Kory Teneycke was one of Bernier's top advisors during the leadership campaign. He also worked for Stephen Harper, recently ran Doug Ford's successful Ontario campaign and started Sun News Network. Will he follow Max? No! Find out why.

Justin Trudeau's Liberals say there is no problem, no crisis, on the border. Yet Trudeau's own immigration minister, Ahmed Hussen, is warning that the system is unsustainable as people cross the border illegally in the tens of thousands. Listen as Brian Lilley speaks to former Chris Alexander who served as immigration minister in the last Conservative government about Trudeau's abject failure. SHARE this on Facebook.

Justin Trdueau's decision to sneak through the fact that talks with the premiers on equalization were off isn't sitting well out west. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe had proposed a number of changes to the system that he feels does not benefit his province. Moe and other premiers were supposed to meet with Trudeau and have discussions in the spring. Now those talks are off and the system that helps Quebec and the Maritime provinces stays in place. That also happens to be the area the Liberals have their power base. The move has generated outrage in Western Canada and former Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says Western alienation is on the rise under Trudeau.

Does Canada still have a "special relationship" with the United States? And if we do, how do we fix it? In the wake of Donald Trump's tariffs and blasting of Canada on Twitter, Brian Lilley debates Geoffrey Johnston, the international affairs columnist for the Kingston Whig-Standard, on how to deal with the trade war.

The Supreme Court of Canada has decided that "charter Values" trump Charter Rights like Freedom of Religion. In their bizarre decision on Trinity Western University's law school, the Supreme Court has decided that the Charter is not there to protect minority groups but to push agendas. Listen as Brian Lilley speaks to lawyer and Executive Director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, Howard Anglin about the problems with the decision.

The Liberals claim they are the most open and transparent government ever. They also claim that they base all their decisions on facts, evidence and science. Yet when asked to release their studies on the cost of their carbon tax plan for the average Canadian family, Justin Trudeau's Liberals have refused. So from Thursday night until Friday morning, the Conservatives refused to play nice and made the Liberals stand and vote on hundreds of line item spending measures. Listen as Brian Lilley speaks to Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre on why the CPC took this route and what they accomplished.

The people have spoken and in Ontario they said they didn't want Kathleen Wynne's cap and trade debacle. So Doug Ford promised to get rid of it right away. Well what is a Liberal to do? Justin Trudeau's environment minister Catherine McKenna says she will impose a federal carbon tax. Listen as Brian Lilley explains all that is wrong with that idea.

Is there something happening to fix the border crisis? Reports say yes but the Trudeau government says no. Meanwhile Kathleen Wynne says she will run on her record, a record that calls for her defeat. Brian dives into the carbon tax issue with lots of audio from Question Period in the House of Commons, an interview with climatologist Dr. Tim Ball and Kris Sims from the British Columbia office of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. That and your calls.

A full show with lots on Trudeau's carbon tax plan, why it won't work and why the price of gas and everything else will go up. Senator Denise Batters on how Trudeau is trying to usurp democracy in the Senate. Ray Heard on Wynne's desperation in the Ontario election. Jon Robson on the daft Supreme Court we have in Canada. Megan Barth on the unfunny progressive left at the White House Correspondents Dinner. And lots on Trudeau's ever rising carbon tax. Listen and SHARE this on social media.

We are getting gouged at the pumps for gasoline, paying more that we should. But what is behind it? Dan McTeague, senior petroleum analyst with GasBuddy.com join Brian on the radio to say it has more to do with bad government policy than those greedy big oil companies. Listen and learn. And share this clip!

The two Koreas did what was unthinkable just a few months ago, they held a peace summit where Kim Jong-un actually went onto South Korean soil, the first time a leader from the north has done so in more than 50 years. Should we be hopeful? Cynical? A combination of the two? How does this compare to the Berlin Wall moment and how much credit does Donald Trump deserve? Listen as Brian interviews international affairs columnist for the Kingston Whig-Standard, Geoffrey Johnston on all these questions.

Last year, Canada had a little over 20,000 people intercepted by the RCMP crossing the border illegally. Almost all, about 18,600 came across in Quebec, mostly at Roxham Road. Candice Malcolm has been writing about this issue in the Toronto Sun and just visited the site in-person to document it, listen as she explains to Brian what is really going on.

A leader from North Korea visited the South for the first time in 53 years, why isn't Donald Trump getting credit for this amazing summit. South Korea gives him credit but not Western media. Brian gives his own thoughts and talks to international affairs columnist Geoffrey Johnston about the situation. What is really happening on Roxham Road with the border crisis? Brian speaks to Candice Malcolm, just back from documenting it with her own eyes.

New data shows that when Justin Trudeau tweeted a welcome to the world's refugees that Canada's bureaucrats were flooded with requests to come here. Conservative immigration critic joins Brian to discuss the whole story including what is happening at the border now, the high level of illegal crossings now and the huge budget payoff you didn't hear about.

A new poll shows that Canadians are not on board with the main policy plank that Justin Trudeau is pushing - a carbon tax. Listen as Brian Lilley breaks the poll down, speaks to Warren Kinsella about the Facebook data scandal and the Liberals treating voters with disdain. Michelle Rempel also joins the show to discuss the border problems. Brian discusses the plans for the redevelopment of Albert and Slater Streets.

Matthew Schrier was 45 minutes from escaping Syria when he was taken hostage by Al Qaida. The freelance photographer who had gone to the war torn country to document the fighting went through torture, interrogations and robbery including at the hands of Canadians. It was what he found when he escaped and got back home that has left him shocked. Among those revelations, items bought with his credit card while he was a hostage were shipped to an address in Montreal. Despite working with the RCMP, those responsible have never been charged. Listen to Matthew's story.

They like to claim that their legislation and policy decisions are based on facts, on evidence and on science. But the gun legislation introduced by Justin Trudeau's Liberals this week is based on emotions and obfuscation. Veteran researcher Dennis Young has been asking the government for information on the evidence that their gun legislation would keep Canadians safer and found they had nothing.

Justin Trudeau used to say that we had no core values, now he does. Listen as Brian describes how Trudeau has made support for abortion a core of the federal government's grant program for summer jobs and is now hurting charities. Also on the show, Prof. Charles Burton talks the threat that Chinese companies pose to Canadian technology like your cellphone. Vivian Krause explains why American foundations and billionaires are interfering in our politics. And Brian goes over how Facebook works and explains that this was never an issue when Obama was using far more personal data.

BTN Bites - Poll shows Liberals would be wiped out west of Quebec by Brian Lilley

Days after warning young voters to cast ballot or old white people will determine the election, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne offered voters everything under the sun in a desperate throne speech. As Wynne, and her foreign funded allies like Leadnow, ruin Ontario, a new poll shows that the province and most of the country are turning their backs on Justin Trudeau. The Angus Reid Institute poll shows millennial voters fleeing Trudeau's Liberals. If an election were held today, the Conservatives would win a majority. And a preview of the gun legislation with a suburban mother and grandmother who loves shooting at the range and doesn't want the new legislation to punish her.

In stunning remarks that she likely thought were funny and light-hearted, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne told a group of students at Toronto's Humber College that she wanted them to vote, even warned them to vote or old white people would decide the election. Listen for yourself.

A man that wants to be the Prime Minister of Canada has a history of attending rallies that glorify Sikh terrorists that have used violence for their political goals. Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has refused to denounce people like Talwinder Singh Parmar, the mastermind behind the Air India bombing. Now Singh is changing his tune but Ujjal Dosanjh, who has fought Sikh extremists in British Columbia says he still has questions.

How bad was CBC's attack on the Mounties and the facts? Quite bad. John Gormley, radio host at CKOM and CJME in Saskatchewan joins Brian Lilley to discuss and to show in detail how CBC got it so wrong.

Justin Trudeau insulted another ally, this time Belgium. After Rideau Hall welcomed the Belgian royal family with a German flag, did I mention they are on a tour to thank Canada for liberating them from the Germans 100 years ago, Trudeau left town. Why? Listen and be shocked. James Wallace. VP at Sun papers, on Wynne's lies. Prof. Elliott Tepper on the return of the cold war with Russia. Tony Clement on why the Liberals can't find savings. And an update on CBC's race baiting from their "investigative" reporting unit.

Brian shows that he is right on yet another election unlike the smartypants set that keep getting things wrong like Brexit, Trump, Ford and more. Speaking of Ford, Doug joins Brian to discuss his leadership win, what he wants to do going forward. Radio host John Gormley joins the show to explain what he learned about a CBC Fake News report driven by a race theme. Jim Karaholios, the man behind Axe the Carbon Tax, on what he did to change the Ontario PC Party. Plus your calls and Brian's thought on lectures at universities against whiteness.

Donald Trump threatened Canada with tariffs and then blinked. Listen in shock and horror as Brian says something nice about Justin Trudeau and his team and then warns of the future. While Trump says no tariffs for now he has tied it to NAFTA and militry spending. If Trudeau screws this up we are in trouble. Aaron Gairdner, Warren Kinsella and Carlo Dade weigh in. And Doug Ford blasts the Ontario PC Party leadership for not extending the voting period.

So the night before a young man was about to be acclaimed a candidate in a provincial nomination race I invited him on my radio show. I had never met the man but I had stuck up for him before. In fact, if you were to ask Jeremy Roberts, no single person in the media did more to raise the issue of voting irregularities in the Ottawa West-Nepean PC nomination than me. So I invited him in to speak with me about the old nomination being overturned and him being acclaimed. I felt it was important to at least remind listeners why the party re-opened the nomination and allowed Jeremy to run again. He disagreed. Like so many young politicians with no life experience he decided that being on message track and not acting like a human being was the way to go. It wasn't. I wanted to re-cap the past and move on to the future. I've been an ardent critic of the Ontario Liberals and the Liberal MP that Jeremy will be up against in particular. I cut the interview short and showed Jeremy the door because I am tired of politicians that want to use the airwaves to sell something but never answer simple questions. If that is what you want I can set you up with the ad department and you can buy an ad. This is an example of how a politician should never handle an interview and a warning to the rest, if you want to come on the air, answer my damned questions.

Brian opens the show talking about the myth that women in Canada make 69 cents on the dollar to men. While there is a wage gap, actual, reliable statistics show it is much smaller than that. These are facts the government and activists won't like. Also on the show, you won't believe what someone paid to bring Bill Nye the Science Guy to Ottawa. Hint, it likely involved your tax dollars. A new poll shows the Ontario Liberals are about to flame out in the next election. And a guns and gangs summit actually focuses on criminals and not duck hunters. All that and more.

Brian opens the show talking about how Trudeau's Liberals have taken race and identity politics to the next level and abandoned MLK's vision of people judged by the content of their character rather than the colour of their skin. They want it to be all about race. Also on the show, Brian throws an Ontario PC candidate out of his studio for refusing to answer a simple question and use the air time as his own advertisement. Phil Gurski on terrorists wanting to live in Canada after they are caught elsewhere. Chad Hallman on foreign interference in the election. Megan Shaw on Mulroney's latest event. Hartley Lefton on the PC voting system and challenges. All that and listener calls.

Justin Trudeau isn't just failing on NAFTA and with Trump's tariffs, he is stepping in it with every trade deal he touches. Listen as Brian explains what is wrong with Trudeau. He also speaks to trade expert Carlo Dade on Trump's tariffs and past tariffs. Senator Linda Frum on why fellow members of the upper chambers are blocking her bill to block foreign funding in Canada's elections. Ray Heard on Trudeau's poll numbers and why they are slipping and Dom Santaguido on what needs to be done to fix the Byward Market.

Gerry Ritz served as agriculture minister for eight years under Stephen Harper and has a keen understanding of international trade in one of the biggest components of Canada's economy. As India slaps Canada with even bigger tariffs on agriculture products, Ritz says it is clearly in response to Trudeau insulting India over the conspiracy theory that India is behind a plot to embarrass Trudeau over his invitation to a would be assassin to two receptions.

After a week of Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government insulting India, the government of Narendra Modi has struck back. India has boosted tariffs from 40% to 60% on some key agricultural products. In the midsts of that Trudeau and his cabinet continue to defend briefing journalists but not elected MPs on the Indian conspiracy. Also on the show, the PC Leadership race, the senseless boycott of hiking and paddle boarding gear over guns, a women's bureau at city hall and more.

On Wednesday night in Ottawa the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party held a packed house debate at the Shaw Centre. Listen to the full debate in this special edition of Beyond the News. You can hear the full debate, the immediate reaction from PC Party supporters, the scrums with the candidates and more.

Listen as Brian responds to Trudeau's budget and his admission that the national security advisor is blaming India for his invitation to a terrorist at dinner. On the show, Bloomberg Ottawa Bureau Chief Theo Argitis on what is in the budget, COnservative MP Pierre Poilievre with reaction and lawyer Solomon Friedman tries to convince Brian that he is wrong to be upset the Omar Khadr's lawyer just got appointed to be a judge.

Listen as Brian explains why Trudeau's big blunder in India was using the supposedly "non-partisan" National Security Advisor to spin media on a conspiracy theory that the Indian government was out to get our PM. It is worse than Trudeau changing outfits more often than Britney Spears. Also, a Carleton prof critical of Trudeau gets threatened, Patrick Brown resigns....Brian has the inside scoop, and the terrifying crash in the Rockies.

There is a lot of rhetoric, most not based on the facts heard in court, about the Gerald Stanley trial. Brian breaks down what happened, what politics are in play and how race and anger are being used to push an agenda. Also on the show, Brian talks to terrorism expert Phil Gurski about Jihadi Jack's attempt to move to Canada because we are nicer to returning ISIS fighters than Britain. Lorne Gunter on the pipeline vs wine fight between Alberta and BC. And Ottawa Police Association President Matt Skoff on a study showing officers are no longer being proactive in policing.

If you listen to Brian on the radio often then you know he likes his whisky, and his whiskey. To celebrate Whiskey Ottawa, Brian met up with Matt Jones who reps for Jim Beam as a Brand Ambassador to talk all things bourbon. They met up at the liquor store in front of the wall of borubon.

For two years Justin Trudeau and his Liberals have been riding high in the polls. But the latest poll from Angus Reid shows the Liberals tied with the Conservatives and a country divided. Listen as Brian takes you through the details. In the US Trump is decertifying the Iran deal. What does that mean? Geoffrey Johnston helps us through the muddy waters. And because Friday shows are fun shows, Brian talks bourbon with Jim Beam brand ambassador Matt Jones ahead of the Whiskey Ottawa event.

Want the truth about what Donald Trump just did with the "Dreamers"? Then listen here. Brian breaks down the big story with facts and explains this isn't a mass deportation. Also on the show, what the heck is Justin Trudeau up to on NAFTA? Pierre Poilievre talks about the complaints he's hearing about the small business tax changes. Brian grills Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau on the illegal heroin injection site. And Sister Bernice speaks about her time with Mother Teresa who died 20 years ago today about her ongoing impact.

Like all parents Brian is celebrating back to school! But that doesn't stop the politics. He chats about Trudeau's attack on small business with Bill Tufts, the Ontario Liberals big crony capitalist payout to big pharma and discusses North Korea's threat of an EMP attack with Anthony Furey. That and your calls.

Brian Lilley is back on radio! He talks about what happened while he was away, the need for conservatives to stay away from Nazis, the need for the left to stay away from antifa and the future of the conservative movement. Also on the show, he speaks to an MP just back from the 75th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid, a friend who saw the totality of the eclipse from the wilds of Tennessee and Donald Trump's mega speech on Afghanistan.

The NDP wants to eradicate capitalism and bring in wealth redistribution. They spoke openly about this at their latest leadership debate. Have you heard about this? No. Maybe because so many in the media agree with it. Also on the show, Brian talks the Ontario minimum wage hike to $15, what the rate hike means for mortgages, all things politics with Warren Kinsella and what actual scientists say about that giant iceberg. Hint: They aren't blaming climate change.

Brian asks if the city is doing enough on opiods. MPP Steve Clark joins the show to tell the story of an elderly Kemptville couple separated in different homes and what needs to be done to fix it. Marnie Bennett, real estate guru, talks to Brian about the affordability of living in Ottawa and how to get into the market or downsize without cost. And Geoffrey Johnston joins Brian at the end of a week where terror never left the news.

Brian calls for the politicians to leave O Canada alone and explains why what they tried was wrong. He speaks to beer entrepreneur Dave Howard about why the perpetual booze tax increase is so wrong. What will happen to Sears employees? Lior Samfiru check in. And that amazing sniper shot and what it means, plus your comments, calls and emails.

What a packed show! Senate vs Trudeau, GOP wins and what that means for Trump, Wynne bounces back - kind of - in the polls, hockey news, why hipsters wear beards and as grocery prices go up we give you ways to save. Listen, download, subscribe. You can subscribe on Soundcloud or your fave podcast app.

A senseless shooting of Republican lawmakers by a Bernie Sanders supporter has the whole world talking but are they talking about the right issues. Brian Lilley speaks with John Lott about the reality, not the hysteria about gun violence in America. Warren Kinsella brings the liberal view on this issue and more. And Brian speaks to Dr. Greg Wells about how sleep s the start of all health concerns.

Justin Trudeau is letting China buy up strategic industries in Canada, is this due to his admiration of their "basic dictatorship." Brian rips Trudeau's plans or lack thereof. Conservative MP Bob Zimmer joins Brian to talk about the possibility of an illegal copy of the gun registry. Anthony Furey on why Kellie Leitch is owed an apology. Also on the show, the importance of giving blood from someone that knows, Stuntman Stu and the demise of Sears in Canada.