Bill Kelly Show

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: In Canada, the notion that no one should have the power to judge themselves is seen in Section 21 of the Conflict of Interest Act. That law reads: “A public office holder shall recuse himself or herself from any discussion, decision, debate or vote on any matter in respect of which he or she would be in a conflict of interest.” The “public office holder,” here, is one Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada. The “discussion or debate,” here, is the interference of China in Canada’s federal elections in 2019 and 2021. GUEST: Warren Kinsella, Former Special Assistant to Jean Chretien and War Room Director for Dalton McGuinty - Is it anti-Semitic to call the existence of Israel into question or to attend rallies with chants like “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free?” Members of the Jewish community would say yes, Ontario’s NDP is saying no and defending their candidate in Hamilton Centre. Sarah Jama is the NDP’s candidate of choice to replace Andrea Horwath as the MPP

Trudeau said he was never briefed on the issue, and his security adviser has dismissed it out of hand, but two high-level national security reports before and after the 2019 election suggest they were warned that Chinese government officials were funnelling money to Canadian political candidates. The two intelligence reports, from 2019 and 2022, raise questions about what senior federal officials knew about the alleged funding by a foreign interference network and how seriously the Trudeau government took the warnings. GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: The gun lobby’s interventions in Canadian politics are not new, but in recent years their rhetoric and tactics have more closely mirrored America’s gun lobby. Are we following in their footsteps? GUEST: Dr. Najma Ahmed is a Canadian trauma surgeon and a Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto, and founder of Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns - The leaders of Canada's major grocery chains insist that food price inflation is not caused by profit-mongering and that their margins on food-related profits have remained low. The CEOs and presidents of Loblaw Cos. Ltd., Metro Inc. and Empire Co. Ltd. -- which operates chains including Sobeys, Safeway and FreshCo -- appeared Wednesday in front of a parliamentary committee that is studying inflated grocery prices. Their testimony came amid calls from federal politicians, including Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, for the industry to be more transparent about what is driving its record-high p

GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University

GUEST: James Harrison, Broker with Mortgages

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

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Ontario has seen a rising number of complaints about poor quality of care in the health system and an increase in use of force by hospital security, the province’s patient ombudsman found in his annual report released Tuesday. There were more than 3,300 complaints in the 2021-22 year, with most concentrated in the Toronto area and northern Ontario. Patient ombudsman Craig Thompson said many complaints focus on access to care and a lack of adequate staffing. GUEST: Dr. Jason Profetto, Family Physician & Chair of Clinical Skills and MD Admissions with McMaster University - Canadian opposition parties are welcome to suggest who should serve as the “special rapporteur” charged with overseeing investigations into alleged Chinese interference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. Trudeau made the announcement Tuesday after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre doubled down on the on the opposition’s calls for a public inquiry, one day after the prime minister announced additional independ

GUEST:, Michael Wolfson is a Former Assistant Chief Statistician WITH Statistics Canada and an Adjunct professor in the Faculties of Medicine and law at the University of Ottawa

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: With his government under fire over claims that China meddled in the 2019 and 2021 votes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced multiple investigations into foreign election interference and the appointment of a special rapporteur. GUEST: Daniel Béland, Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada - There is an old cliché that inflation results from ‘too much money chasing too few goods.’ If the supply of goods and services doesn’t match the purchasing power of people who want to buy them, then prices will be bid up, causing inflation. People with a bit of economics training often smugly assert that this adage somehow explains the inflation currently bedevilling Canadians. Unfortunately, the adage is a truism: it doesn’t provide any insight into what actually sparked an inflationary imbalance, nor how to fix it. GUEST: Jim Stanford, Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work - Have you ever dreamed of giving it all up, leaving it all

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: ·        World watching to see how Canada reacts to election interference scandal ·        House of commons ·        Polievre in Stoney Creek & London ·        And more…. GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbill, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University - What’s happening at Queen’s Park this week? GUEST: Sabrina Nanji, Publisher of the Queen’s Park Observer - Topics Include: ·        Ambitions collid as rising Democrats consider higher office ·        Marianne Williamson begins 2024 challenge to Biden ·        Why Trump is clear favorite for 2024 COP nomination ·        And more…. GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News 

GUEST: Rebecca Swirsky-Foster, Real Agent with RE/MAX Escarpment 

Topics Include: Autonomous vehicles, Netflix trying to get you back, TikTok Ban & more! GUEST: TECH TALK with Adam Oldfield

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: There is certainly a need for seriousness at this moment. Because whatever China tried to do, it has succeeded in triggering a political and media feeding frenzy that threatens to do some real damage to Canadian democracy, regardless of what the truth might be. How do we get through this unscathed? GUEST: Charles Burton, Senior Fellow with the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute - What do the latest rulings in Ontario and B.C. mean for homeless encampments? GUEST: Justin Chandler, Journalist with TVO - After two devastating election outcomes, the Ontario Liberal Party is once again in the throes of a rebuilding process. The stakes are much higher today than five years ago when the party was reduced to a shell of its former self following 15 years of governing Canada’s largest province under two premiers. The daunting reality is that for the first time since the 1940s — when Liberals finished third in two Ontario elections — the party f

GUEST: Josh Goldberg, Baseball Journalist for TheScore

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: The Ontario Liberal AGM Begins tomorrow in Hamilton. What will be the main talking points? GUEST: Mitzie Hunter, MPP for Scarborough—Guildwood - As reports of alleged Chinese interference in the last two federal elections stack up, one of Canada's highest-ranking intelligence officials told MPs that while Canadians' concerns about foreign meddling are understandable, they should be assured that "the last two federal elections were fair and legitimate." So what have we learned so far? GUEST: Michael Kempa, Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa - Loblaws Inc. is picking up lots of controversy on social media again but this time for asking it’s customers to donate to charities tackling food insecurity. GUEST: Joanne McNeish, Associate Professor of Marketing with Toronto Metropolitan University