Bill Kelly Show

GUEST: Brian Hogben, Broker for Mission35 Mortgages and author of “How to Get Mortgage Free Really F*$%ing Fast!: The Book on How to Pay Off Your Mortgage in Canada with 10 Simple Steps”

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: Marit Stiles is set to be the next leader of the Ontario NDP after the Toronto member of provincial parliament was the sole contender. The New Democrats will now hold a confirmation vote for Stiles, and as long as a majority of party members are in favour, she will secure the job and become leader of the Official Opposition in the legislature. GUEST: Marit Stiles, New leader of the Ontario NDP and MPP for Davenport - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is working to ensure Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) never again offers medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to veterans, as another veteran says a similar experience happened to her as well. Trudeau made the comments a day after a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces shocked lawmakers by revealing medically-assisted death had been raised to her by a VAC employee. GUEST: Scott Maxwell, Executive Director of Wounded Warriors Canada - Women’s soccer in Canada is set to get a boost with the creation of a do

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: Canada’s first full-scale electric vehicle manufacturing plant officially opened in southern Ontario on Monday, with the prime minister and the province’s premier saying the launch of the facility marked a national milestone. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said electric delivery vans started rolling off the line earlier in the day at the General Motors CAMI production plant in Ingersoll, Ont., that was retooled to build the company’s BrightDrop all-electric vehicles. GUEST: Brian Kingston, President of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers Association - A major UN conference on biodiversityis getting underway in Montreal today (Tuesday) with a lofty goal to get every country to agree to protect almost one-third of the world’s land and oceans before the end of this decade. But the environment may be the easy part of a meeting that is being co-hosted by Canada and China amid growing diplomatic tensions between the two – and without the political heft of world leaders,

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast (with guest host Shiona Thompson): Lots of confusion surrounding Alberta Premiere Danielle Smith’s Alberta Sovereignty bill in regards to the powers given to cabinet. Premiere Smith has said she will change it, claiming that aspect of the bill was not intended to be a part of it. GUEST: Dr Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University - A cautionary tale for all municipalities out of Hamilton. The latest lake of sewage spilled estimated to be 337 million litres. GUEST: Chris McLaughlin, Executive Director of the Bay Area Restoration Council, and Adjunct Faculty with the School Of Earth, Environment & Society at McMaster University - Ticketmaster is being taken to court… by Taylor Swift fans? The ticketing giant is being suied by fans of the pop music icon over the Eras Tour sale chaos that crashed Ticketmaster’s systems, leaving many fans unable to get tickets.. GUEST: Eric Alper, Publicist and music commentator.

Topics Include: electric vehicles, Google maps updates, Alexa technology & more! GUEST: TECH TALK with Adam Oldfield

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: With reports of hospital emergency rooms under strain and cases of flu, RSV and COVID-19 spiking across Canada, health care has surpassed inflation as the top national issue of concern. What’s being done to solve those problems? GUEST: Cliff van der Linden, Director of the Digital Society Lab at McMaster University and CEO of Vox Pop Labs - In Abacus’s latest national survey completed on November 30th, they asked Canadians about their plans for holiday gatherings. Comparing there results to last year; Canadians are significantly more comfortable celebrating with family and friends this holiday season. GUEST: Oksana Kishchuk, Director of Strategy and Insights with Abacus Data - Premier Doug Ford says auditor general Bonnie Lysyk should “stay in her lane” and audit government spending, not run undercover sting operations at casinos that rankle police. GUEST: John Best, Publisher of The Bay Observer - U.S. citizens are flocking to buy recreational properties in Canada following Ottaw

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

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Ontario auditor general Bonnie Lysyk released her annual report Wednesday. We discuss some of the highlights like, highway projects, auto insurance and more! GUEST: Peter Tabuns, Interim Leader of the Ontario NDP and MPP for Toronto-Danforth -  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that while he's "not looking for a fight" with Alberta, the federal government is not taking anything off the table when it comes to how it may respond to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's new 'sovereignty act.' GUEST: Daniel Béland, Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada - Few events capture the attention of the globe like the Men’s FIFA World Cup — in 2018, the event boasted a viewership of 3.5 billion people. Yet, despite the enormous popularity of the World Cup, host cities and countries invsriably lose money on the event itself, with FIFA capturing most of the profits despite its non-profit status. GUEST: David Roberts, Director of the Urban Studies Program at the University of Toront

Guest: Dr Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario

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: Provincial politicians are asking the Integrity Commissioner and Auditor General to launch investigations into a massive land swap deal that would see eleven portions of the Greenbelt handed over to developers to construct new residential neighbourhoods. On Monday, Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner sent a letter to the Integrity Commissioner asking for whether Premier Doug Ford and Housing Minister Steve Clark broke the MPP Integrity act and whether developers were given advance notice of the impending decision. GUEST: Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Ontario Green Party and MPP for Guelph - Canada's economy expanded slightly in September, with the country's gross domestic product growing by 0.7 per cent during the third quarter. Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that exports in goods producing industries led the way during the quarter, offsetting service sector output that was essentially flat. GUEST: Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster Universi

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Ontario passed a housing bill Monday intended to spur development, but critics say it will lead to higher property taxes, weaken conservation authority powers, and not actually make homes more affordable. The new law is just one move among many in a flurry of recent housing changes from the Progressive Conservative government, including plans to open some areas of the protected Greenbelt land to development and allowing the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa to pass bylaws with just one-third council support. GUEST: Emma McIntosh, Reporter for The Narwhal - The next bank of Canada rate hike is scheduled for December 7th, but is the Bank overshooting with its hikes? GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University - The bankruptcy of Stellantis’s Jeep joint venture in China could spell trouble for other global automakers whose output has plunged over the past five years in the world’s largest car market, as domestic players rapidly overtake. GUEST: David Adams, Pr

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: ·        Trudeau offers scathing assessment of police during occupation ·        Trudeau says he made the right call to use the Emergencies Act ·        And more…. GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University - On Thursday, Ontario's labour minister signed a new immigration deal with the federal government that's been a long time coming. The federal government has unique immigration agreements with each province intended to address specific provincial needs. The old deal expired on Thursday. McNaughton had been negotiating with federal Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, and his predecessor Marco Mendicino, for some time. The new one, which McNaughton repeatedly called "historic" in an interview with QP Briefing, "will allow Ontario to tackle the labour shortage head-on, by using immigration as a major economic tool," he said. GUEST: Sabrina Nanji, Publisher of the Queen’s Park Observer - Topics Include: Democra

Topics Include: Welcome back, Elon Musk & Twitter, China claims it's got the first world kerosene powered engine & more! GUEST: TECH TALK with Adam Oldfield

GUEST: Daniel Safayeni, Vice President of Policy with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce