Bill Kelly Show

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will deliver an update on federal finances Thursday in the fall economic statement, as anticipation builds for how Ottawa plans to cope with an impending slowdown. The fiscal update, to be presented in the House of Commons, will also share the government’s outlook for an economy facing high inflation and staring down a potential recession in the coming months. GUEST: Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University - A new chapter of the Public Order Emergency Commission's public hearings began on Tuesday, as the national inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act began hearing directly from "Freedom Convoy" protest organizers. GUEST: Jeffrey Dvorkin, Senior Fellow at Massey College, Former Director of Journalism at the University of Toronto-Scarborough and author of Trusting the News in a Digital Age - Trudeau is questioning Ford’s use of the notwithstanding clause, calling the move “wrong

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

Will Bill C-22, the proposed Canada Disability Benefit Act, Be a Trick or Treat? House of Commons Public Hearings Started Monday, but will the AODA Alliance Ever Get to Make a Presentation? GUEST: David Lepofsky, Chair of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: There’s a nice tradition at Queen’s Park that, when a former member of the legislature dies, current members gather in the house to pay tribute. On Tuesday the house was nearly full —as members gathered to pay tribute to someone first elected in 1959 as the member for Peel. That 29-year-old MPP eventually became the second-longest serving premier in Ontario history, with a list of accomplishments that could sink a ship. That MPP’s name was Bill Davis. What has Doug Ford learned from his predecessor? GUEST: Steve Paikin, Host of ‘The Agenda’ on TVO - A union representing approximately 55,000 Ontario education workers said Monday its members will walk off the job on Friday despite the government tabling legislation to impose contracts and ban a strike. How are local school boards handling the proposed walkout? GUEST: Karen Brown, President of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) - Micheal joined the show to discuss the conclusion of the policing collapse in Ottawa un

GUEST: Marika Warner, Research Director with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: ·       Key moments from Peter Soley testimony ·       Trudeau & federal healthcare deals ·       Poilievre snubs Parliament Hill media ·       And more…. GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University Will Musk fight disinformation on Twitter now that he owns it or contribute to it? GUEST: Marcus Kolga, Director of DisinfoWatch.org and Senior Fellow with the Macdonald Laurier Institute - Topics Include: ·       Pelosi attack ·       Midterm election vote ·       And more,… GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News 

Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet tabled a motion in parliament to officially separate Canada from the British Monarchy, going as far to say that his sworn oath to His Royal Highness the King of England was insincere. Blanchet's motion opens the door for a constitutional re-write, and should not be taken lightly. GUEST: Peter McNally, Professor Emeritus with School of Information and the Director of History with the McGill Project at McGill University, McGill’s “Royal Watcher” - Ontario's budget deficit has been balanced, but government services and health care remain underfunded. GUEST: Sheila Block, Senior Economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. - The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation released its report on Hamilton's real estate market. GUEST: Anthony Passarelli, Senior Analyst for the Hamilton, Halton and Peel Regions with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Ottawa Police Service's intelligence was dubious at best, politically-biased at worst says Luke Lebrun. GUEST: Luke Lebrun, Editor of Press Progress - Piece in the Narwhal titled "Doug Ford is gutting Ontario conservation authorities" GUEST: Fatima Syed, Journalist with The Narwhal, - How important is US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken's, visit to Canada? GUEST: Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and a Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto

Canada will provide $970 million in financing to develop a grid-scale small modular reactor (SMR), a new nuclear technology touted as a key part of the country's plans to reduce emissions. The nuclear power project, which is being developed by utility Ontario Power Generation (OPG) in Darlington, will be the first commercial grid-scale SMR in the Group of Seven wealthy nations (G7), according to the minister's spokesperson. Is this the way of the future? GUEST: Dr. Chris Keefer, President of Canadians for Nuclear Energy

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Guest Host Shiona Thompson: Canada will provide $970 million in financing to develop a grid-scale small modular reactor (SMR), a new nuclear technology touted as a key part of the country's plans to reduce emissions. The nuclear power project, which is being developed by utility Ontario Power Generation (OPG) in Darlington, will be the first commercial grid-scale SMR in the Group of Seven wealthy nations (G7), according to the minister's spokesperson. Is this the way of the future? GUEST: Dr. Chris Keefer, President of Canadians for Nuclear Energy - The Bank of Canada hiked its key interest rate by half of a percentage point today and said rates will need to rise further to clamp down on decades-high inflation. GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is legally challenging a request that he testify under oath before the Emergencies Act Inquiry — saying it would be “inconsistent” with parliamentary privilege to force hi

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Guest Host Shiona Thompson: New battery-manufacturing plant announcements are coming so fast and furious that newswire Reuters have taken to running a continuous update of all the facilities being planned to manufacture EVs and their batteries around the world. Is the EV revolution passing Canada’s auto manufacturing sector by? GUEST: David Booth, Automotive Columnist and Senior Writer for Postmedia - Following the alarming decline in student math results across the province, the Ontario government announced payouts to parents to help overcome the learning gap. Is this the best way to invest in our schools and students after the pandemic? GUEST: Ricardo Tranjan, Senior Researcher with the Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives - Have school board elections become a ‘culture war’? GUEST: Grant LaFleche, Investigative Journalist with the Hamilton Spectator