Bill Kelly Show

GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Canada has been talking about how to streamline access to care using queuing theory for more than 20 years. Centralized wait-lists have been proven to work. So why isn’t Canada using them in health care across the country? GUEST: Armine Yalnizyan, Economist and Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers - Canadian manufacturers are concerned about a promise made by U.S. president Joe Biden in his state of the union speech Tuesday evening, pledging to use only American materials in infrastructure projects. GUEST: Jack Jedwab, President of the Association for Canadian Studies - At the last NATO summit in Madrid, leaders of the Western military alliance ordered the conversion of battle groups in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to full combat brigades with anywhere from 4,000 to 6,000 troops each, depending on the availability of equipment. Getting there is proving to be a struggle, according to two recent reports — one from the U.K. House of Commons, the other from a Warsaw-based interna

GUEST: Claudia Dessanti, Senior Manager of Policy with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: The Trudeau government has offered premiers $46.2 billion in new healthcare funding. Is it enough? and will it address Ontario’s needs? GUEST: Dr. Jason Profetto, Family Physician & Chair of Clinical Skills and MD Admissions with McMaster University - Canadians are having a visceral reaction to the smug corporate power being projected by major supermarket chains amid today’s inflation in food prices. GUEST: Jim Stanford, Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work - The CBC is looking to end its broadcasts on traditional TV and radio in favour of a digital-only strategy, but likely not any time soon. CBC President and CEO Catherine Tait told The Globe and Mail that “in order to remain relevant” CBC will have to shift its programming online at some point. GUEST: Bill Brioux, Television critic and author

Ukraine sowed confusion on Monday about whether its Defence Minister would be replaced, creating doubts about the leadership of its war effort just as it braces for an expected Russian offensive. The questions over Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov were the first public sign of serious disarray in Ukraine’s wartime leadership. A day after announcing that Mr. Reznikov would be sidelined, a top ally of President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared to row back, saying no changes would be made this week. GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: The federal government will propose a decade-long plan to fund and reform the health-care system when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with the premiers in Ottawa on Tuesday, according to sources with knowledge of the plan. The federal proposal will see new money flow as soon as the next budget. It will include a top-up to the planned across-the-board increase to the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) and substantial funding for bilateral agreements with provinces and territories to deal with their specific needs.  GUEST: Muhammad Ali, Senior Consultant for Crestview Strategies - What do nurses need and want from this healthcare meeting today? GUEST: Dr. Claudette Holloway, President of the Registered Nurses of Ontario - Ukraine sowed confusion on Monday about whether its Defence Minister would be replaced, creating doubts about the leadership of its war effort just as it braces for an expected Russian offensive. The questions over Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov were the first pub

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: ·        Liberals ditch gun law reform ·        Trudeau’s anti-islamophobia siaster reveals a gov’t dangerously out of touch with voters ·        Trudeau adds former McKinsey executive to his hug club ·        And more…. GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University - Topics Include: ·        bail reform for violent ·        repeat offenders; nixing the gun amendment ·        concerns about MAiD. GUEST: David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada - Topics Include: ·        U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon ·        Biden to lay out contrasts with GOP in state of the union ·       Former Russian president says more U.S. weapons supplied to Ukraine will trigger further retaliatory strikes ·        And more…. GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: The tide is turning on the so-called Freedom Convoy. New polls suggest more Canadians believe the use of the Emergencies Act by the Federal Government was justified to clear out protesters occupying the capital, compared with polling done before the public inquiry into the use of the Act. GUEST: Michael Kempa, Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa. Brantford is posing itself as the new home for the Hamilton Bulldogs, but our guest thinks that team owner Michael Andlauer is not telling the whole truth to the public about the team's fate. GUEST: Jasper Kujavsky, Member of Hamilton Urban Precinct. Arts & Entertainment Group (HUPEG) Mike Schreiner is a popular man right now, current leader of the Ontario Green Party and being courted by the Ontario Liberals to become their leader. The Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May issued a public statement, warning Schreiner to 'think twice' about the offer. GUEST: Warren Kinsella, Former Special Assistant to Jea

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Parliament is back after a six-week break and the Liberal government is facing aggressive questions from the opposition bench about a number of ethical missteps and the sorry state of Canada's health-care system — two issues that are poised to dominate this spring sitting. ALSO: Dominic Barton, former McKinsey head, to Face MP questions about contract concerns. GUEST: Daniel Béland, Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada - Does Canada’s medical assistance in dying legislation need fixing? Jeff Palkin joins us to discuss his op-ed in the Hamilton Spectator. GUEST: Jeff Paikin, President of New Horizon Development Group - Loblaw’s three-month-long “price freeze” on its No Name products ended Tuesday as one of its main rivals warns cost increases are coming to store shelves. However, while overall inflation appears to be on the decline, the scrapping of the price freeze comes at a time when Canadian food prices are still higher than overall inflation, according to S