Bill Kelly Show

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to close out the Public Order Emergencies Commission hearings today, when he’ll testify about his decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to clear out the “Freedom Convoy” protests earlier this year. The hearings have been underway for weeks and have heard from dozens of witnesses as part of its duty to analyze Trudeau’s justification for invoking the controversial legislation earlier this year. GUEST: Muhammad Ali, Senior Consultant for Crestview Strategies - David Detomasi joined the show to discuss an op-ed piece that he wrote in the Conversation called “Canada should focus on building ties with countries that share its values — but tread carefully”. GUEST: Dr. David Detomasi, Associate Professor and Distinguished Faculty Fellow In International Business with Queen's University - The King, as the Leafs and two generations of their fans knew him so well, is gone.  Ravaged by the onset of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Salming died at 71 on Thur

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: Ontario education workers to vote on new deal ·        Ontario NDP leadership race deadline nears ·        Bill 39 ·        And more… GUEST: Alan Hale, Queen’s Park Today - Bill 39 is called the Better Municipal Governance Act. Apparently, what the Progressive Conservative government considers good governance is allowing the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa to push through their own local laws with only one-third support of council. A power virtually unheard of on any elected body from student council to the federal government, it was the recent request of re-elected Toronto Mayor John Tory. GUEST: Jeff Burch, NDP MPP Niagara Centre, Opposition Critic for Municipal Affairs  - In the wake of news that three Ontario children's hospitals have cancelled surgeries, dozens of parents are sharing their stories about how the onslaught of viruses this fall has affected their families, and question whether enough is being done to address the "crisis" in care. GUEST: Sara L Austi

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Ontario’s housing minister is defending his government’s plan to eliminate and reduce development charges even as municipalities warn the province its approach could significantly increase property taxes. GUEST: Marianne Meed Ward, Mayor, City of Burlington - The second trial for Peter Khill, the Binbrook man charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting an Indigenous man continues today. Both the defense and the crown agree that 29-year-old Jonathan Styres was shot dead in the driveway of Peter Khill's Binbrook home at about 3am on February 4th, 2016 - and that it was Khill who fired his shotgun at Styres GUEST: Lisa Polewski, reporter, 900CHML - We continue the conversation with defense lawyer, Ar Goldkind on Khill trail. GUEST: Ari Goldkind, Toronto defence lawyer - The Bank Of Canada estimates half of Canadian homeowners who took out a variable-rate mortgage with fixed payments have already hit their trigger rate. Hitting a trigger rate means a mortgage holder is no l

The Bill Kelly Podcast: The Emergencies Act Inquiry is wrapping up this week. What have we learned so far? & What can we expect next? GUEST: Susan Delacourt, columnist, Toronto Star - The Ontario Health Coalition has officially launched a constitutional challenge against the province’s controversial Bill 7. The law allows some discharged elderly hospital patients to be forced into long-term care homes they did not choose in Ontario. Guests: Natalie Mehra, Ontario Health Coalition & Graham Webb of Advocacy Centre for the Elderly - The Ontario government recently proposed a new bill, the More Homes Built Faster Act, or Bill 23. This bill contains some positive elements, like the removal of duplicate plan approval requirements and adding measures aimed at increasing urban density and housing mix. However, Bill 23 also proposes weakening or eliminating many housing development regulations, such as site plan controls, that protect us and our natural environment from the negative effects of poorly built development

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: ·        Trudeau outside of Canada for series of International summits ·        Canadas relations with China ·        Emergencies Act Inquiry ·        And more… GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University - Union leaders in Ontario have called off a strike by education workers, giving parents a last-minute reprieve. The decision to cancel a province-wide walkout by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) workers came after weekend talks between the union and Ontario’s provincial government. In an update posted to Twitter, CUPE’s bargaining team said it had reached a tentative agreement that it will take to its membership. GUEST: Colin D’Mello, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News - Topics Include: ·        Nancy Pelosi will not run for leadership post ·        Democrats concede to GOP rep. Lauren Boebert ·        Justice Alito denies allegations of leaked 2014 case ·        And more…. GUEST: Reggie Cecchin

Shiona peaks through the windows of Queen's Park looking at the situation with CUPE, and needed improvements to the Ontario health care system. GUEST: Mike Schreiner, Leader, Ontario Green Party. - The Canadian Institute for Health Information released a report surrounding the ongoing effects of the pandmeic on the healthcare system. Showing the "impacts on supply, distribution and migration of health workforce." GUEST: Kate Parson, Program Lead, Health Workforce Information, CIHI - The Grey Cup is right around the corner and Shiona gets some analysis and predictions from a friend of the show. GUEST: Josh Smith, Reporter for 3 Down Nation in Hamilton.

The Bill Kelly Podcast with guest host Shiona Thompson CUPE has signaled a strike for Monday following unsuccessful negotiations with the Provincial Government. Shiona gets the government perspective. GUEST: Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education for Ontario. Continuing CUPE talks, from the union's side. GUEST: Mark Hancock, National President, CUPE. The term organized crime conjures a certain image in your head, but far from Vito Corleone the criminal underworld has had a major shift in the past decades. Shiona dives in further. GUEST: Stephen Metelsky, Professor at Mohawk College, Author of “Undercover”, columnist, and former police sergeant. Chinese President Xi Jingping confronted and summarily dressed down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G20 Summit over Trudeau sharing details of a conversation between the two. Jingping ended the conversation with what commentators consider a veiled threat. What does this mean for Canada on the world stage, and our relationship with China? GUEST: Benoit Hardy-Chartr

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

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

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: All across Ontario people have banded together for a century or more to build up our local public hospitals. We have volunteered, fundraised and donated from our pay cheques because these are vital services for our communities. The Ford government’s plan would dismantle our local public hospitals, taking the profitable services out to for-profit corporations, robbing them of desperately needed staff and funding. We must force the Ford government to address the crisis and take urgent action to support our local PUBLIC hospitals. GUEST: Natalie Mehra, executive director, Ontario Health Coalition - Former President Donald Trump, aiming to become only the second commander-in-chief ever elected to two nonconsecutive terms, announced Tuesday night that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University - Tickets to Taylor Swift's upcoming tour went on sale Tuesday — but T

An Oakville high school teacher who made headlines around the world for wearing large prosthetic breasts to class is not likely to be subject to a dress code when on the job, according to a school board review. Images of the Oakville Trafalgar High staffer went viral on social media in September, prompting a dress code review from the Halton District School Board (HDSB), which revealed results to board members at a meeting Wednesday night. GUEST: Howard Levitt, Senior Partner, Levitt Sheikh