Bill Kelly Show

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: The Ontario government is expecting economic growth and job creation to slow considerably in 2023 and 2024 as the province navigates global headwinds like sticky inflation and high interest rates. Short-term uncertainty was the key theme of Ontario's 2022 fall economic statement, which was tabled in the legislature Monday by Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy. GUEST: Sabrina Nanji, Founder of the Queen’s Park Observer - 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, Howard Levitt - Hamilton's living wage has been recalculated to be $19.05, the Ontario L

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: Ontario's chief medical officer of health is "strongly recommending" that Ontarians wear masks in all indoor public settings, including in schools and in childcare settings, but stopped short of recommending a return to a mask mandate in the province. GUEST: Dr. Anna Banerji (ban-er-ji), O.Ont MD MPH FRCPC DTM&H, Faculty Lead, Indigenous and Refugee Health, Post MD Education, Faculty of Medicine, , University of Toronto - Elon Musk has unleashed chaos at Twitter in the few short weeks since he took the helm of the company, and experts say lawsuits, regulatory intervention and ultimate financial collapse could be on the horizon. The billionaire has let his decision making play out on a public stage from the start, tweeting about new policies before promptly reversing them and polling users about features like verification. Experts say this back-and-forth style of leading such a large company is unprecedented, and could spell trouble for Twitter’s future, as adver

GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer, Concordia University

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Warnings continue to come in across Ontario, as the triple threat of influenza, COVID-19 and RSV continue to slam our hospitals. Is it time to bring back to mask mandate?  GUEST: Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Staff Physician, General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, University of Toronto - Canada's low unemployment rate is not sustainable and is contributing to decades-high inflation, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said during a speech in downtown Toronto Thursday. Speaking before students and researchers at Toronto Metropolitan University, the governor said the Canadian labour market needs to be rebalanced to stabilize inflation. GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer, Concordia University - Topics Include: Ontario government introduce grade 6 Holacaust education Ontario education strike Ontario Greenbelt proposal to cut land for hmes And more…. GUEST: John Best, Publisher of The Bay Observer - Canadians are buying less exp

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

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: A new Maru Public Opinion survey released finds that in the raging dispute and brinksmanship over a new contract, the union representing Ontario’s union representing education workers, including education assistants, custodians, and librarians, has a majority (59%) of support compared to a minority (41%) who side with the provincial government. However, the survey, conducted after both the union and the government agreed to put down their strike, and legislative hammers, reveals no other clear-cut verdict for either party on many elements of the dispute as they return to the negotiating table. GUEST: John Wright, Executive Vice President of Maru Public Opinion - Premier Doug Ford has no regrets about using the “notwithstanding clause” in controversial legislation with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, insisting it helped both sides come “to their senses” and return to bargaining. GUEST: Andrew Furgiuele, Lecturer with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto - U-S Pre

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: The Conservatives are calling on the government to come up with a “robust plan” to counter China’s alleged foreign interference in Canada, following a Global News report that Canadian intelligence officials have warned of covert activity by Beijing during the 2019 election campaign. What do we need to do to protect ourselves better? GUEST: Marcus Kolga, Director of DisinfoWatch.org and Senior Fellow with the Macdonald Laurier Institute - Premier Ford says his government is back at the bargaining table with the union representing 55,000 education-support workers and has an “improved offer” for CUPE’s lowest paid employees. The two sides decided to return to mediator-led negotiations on Monday after agreeing to end the escalating war that led to a two-day walk-out, the historic use of the notwithstanding clause, and threats of a general strike by several Canadian unions. Schools reopened on Tuesday, after CUPE members returned to their posts backed by a promise from Premier Ford tha

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: It’s only been a few days since Premier Doug Ford invoked the notwithstanding clause to try to prevent a strike by education workers. Even so, much ink has been spilled over what a terrible idea it is. How it undermines a fundamental right. How it damages the rule of law. How it weakens democracy. How it punishes the lowest-paid education workers even though the government is running a substantial surplus. All of these things are true. But here’s another thing that’s true: undermining collective bargaining rights is bad for business. And in a year characterized by inflation and volatility, Ford has injected even more economic uncertainty into every single unionized sector. GUEST: Jen Hassum, Executive Director of the Broadbent Institute -  Topics Include: Notwithstanding clause Freeland’s Balancing Act And more… GUEST: Dr, Loru Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University - Topics Include: Thing that can change after midterms What’s at

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: Labour board hearing concludes Poll suggest most Ontarians blame Ford for school closures And more…. GUEST: Sabrina Nanji, Publisher of the Queen’s Park Observer - The populist radical right has been on the rise for some time, with candidates and parties on the far-right fringe of the political spectrum reaching new heights across the world. So why is the ideology of the “New Right” so dangerous? GUEST: Johannes Steizinger, Associate Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University - The Ontario government has decided to override Hamilton’s decision not to expand urban boundaries. It will now compel the city to do so, something Housing Min Steve Clark has been threatening to do for months. What’s the impact on Hamilton? GUEST: Luca Bucci, CEO of the Ontario Home Builders Association

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Scott Radley: A historic and controversial bill that will outlaw a proposed strike and impose a contract on education workers has been passed by the Ford government. The vote was marked by cries and heckles hurled by union members seated in — and escorted from — the public gallery. The law was introduced to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on Monday in response to a threat of strike action from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents some 55,000 Ontario education workers. ALSO: Trudeau to Ford – use of notwithstanding clause is wrong GUEST: John Best, Publisher of The Bay Observer - Canada is ready to weather the harsh winter winds cooling the global economy, despite being set for “significantly weaker growth,” according to the government’s fall economic statement on Thursday. The update from Chrystia Freeland, the Liberal finance minister and deputy prime minister, keeps the government’s fiscal “powder dry,” reserving major spending items for the next

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Tempers flared in the Ontario Legislature on Wednesday during the ongoing debate on Premier Doug Ford’s attempted use of the controversial notwithstanding clause to try and block Friday’s planned education workers’ strike. The outcome lead to 18 NDP MPP’s being kicked out of legislature. GUEST: Bhutila Karpoche, MPP for Parkdale-High Park, Critic Early Childhood Development, GTA Issues and Childcare. She was one of the 16 MPPs booted yesterday - Things are escalating in the labour dispute between the Ford Government and it's 55 thousand educations workers represented by CUPE. OP-SUE now says if there is a strike in the morning, it's eight thousand education workers will be on the picket lines in solidarity. GUEST: Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education - The “triple threat” of a bad flu season, COVID-19 and the resurgence of a childhood viral illness is putting a strain on the health system, Ontario’s top doctor said Wednesday,with a decision on masking recommendations possibly com