Bill Kelly Show

Daniel Safayeni joins the show to discuss how Ontario can bolster its prosperity. Guest: Daniel Safayeni, Vice President of Policy with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to present a vision today for what he hopes to accomplish with a new term of government, as well as reintroduce this year’s budget. A throne speech will outline the Progressive Conservative government’s agenda, followed by the reintroduction of the budget, which is expected to be largely unchanged from when it was introduced but not passed in the spring before the election. GUEST: Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Ontario Green Party and MPP for Guelph - Masks will not be mandatory in Ontario schools this September, the province's Education Ministry says. The ministry said most health and safety requirements for the upcoming school year will remain unchanged from the end of the 2021-22 school year, which includes the voluntary use of masks.  GUEST: Thomas Tenkate, Professor at the School of Occupational & Public Health with Toronto Metropolitan University - New labour force data from Statistics Canada confirm that Canada’s economy is already slowing d

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

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: Topics Include: Did Canada abandon Ukrainians CPC Leadership race And more… GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University - The automotive industry is in the midst of the largest transition in its history as global carmakers pour tens of billions of dollars into electric vehicle technology, zero-collision technology and autonomous driving technology. This week on Down to Business, Peter Frise, a professor of mechanical, automotive and materials engineering at the University of Windsor, explains how this is likely to change consumers’ relationship to vehicles. Frise praised Canada’s federal and provincial governments for putting up money to entice auto and battery makers to build new plants here, which he contends will anchor the industry and create jobs for decades to come. But he acknowledged that there will be a cascade of impacts up and down the supply chain, from parts manufacturers to assembly. GUEST: Dr. Peter Frise,

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Jean Charest took on absentee candidates in the final Conservative leadership debate, declaring that showing up for such events is a show of respect for the party members who will choose the new leader. The former Quebec premier did not directly name Pierre Poilievre, seen as a front-runner, or Leslyn Lewis who were, respectively, in Regina and Prince Edward Island. Both had said they would not participate in the debate over concerns about its format and that they preferred to engage with members. The other two candidates – Ontario MP Scott Aitchison and Roman Baber, a former Progressive Conservative member of the Ontario legislature – avoided the issue of the missing candidates. GUEST:  Wayne Petrozzi, Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University - Why has Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit angered China? GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University -  Premier Doug Ford is once again callin

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Tens of thousands of nurses are currently sitting on the sidelines as hospital emergency rooms in Ontario near the brink of closure due to staffing shortages. That’s because this pool of about 26,000 nurses in Ontario is internationally educated, according to the most recent report from the province’s Office of the Fairness Commission. GUEST:  Dr. Claudette Holloway, President of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario - Major companies including Unilever, McDonalds and Kimberly-Clark have made products more expensive to cope with higher costs amid rising inflation  Walmart said rising prices on fuel and gas forcing shoppers to spend less in store The rising cost of products for companies is being passed on to the customers GUEST: Bruce Winder, Retail Analyst & Author - Ontario Provincial Police say “bragging rights and Instagram likes” are a large part of why the number of street racing incidents continues to rise. OPP held a news conference in Mississauga on Mo

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: After five months of campaigning, the outcome of the third Conservative Party leadership campaign in six years looms over the horizon. What is the latest ? ALSO: Former Conservative PM Stephen Harper endorses Pierre Poilievre for party leader GUEST:  Muhammad Ali, Senior Consultant for Crestview Strategies - European Union governments agreed Tuesday to reduce consumption of natural gas this winter to protect themselves against any further supply cuts by Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine, although the measure contains exemptions for some countries. GUEST: Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University - The state of global aviation has been a mess in recent months as pandemic-related travel restrictions have eased and the subsequent demand for flights has put a tremendous strain on airlines and airports. For Canadian flyers, the situation may actually get worse after the summer travel season. ALSO: Toronto’s airp

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: The Ontario government has released a plan to help students catch up following two years of interrupted learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan focuses primarily on getting students back in the classroom for a "full school experience,” however the Progressive Conservatives say they will also “enable the option of remote learning” for parents who feel it’s the best option for their child. GUEST: Kerry McCuaig, Fellow with the Atkinson Centre at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education w U of T - It was a scene that, until it happened, was almost impossible to imagine. The Holy Father delivered an apology in a First Nation community, surrounded by the same Indigenous language, regalia, culture and ceremony the Catholic Church had once intentionally – and often brutally – attempted to eradicate. Was the apology enough? GUEST: Dr. Dawn Lavell-Harvard, Director of the First Peoples House of Learning at Trent University - Hockey Canada releases

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: Pope Francis began a historic visit to Canada on Sunday to apologize to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church’s efforts to reconcile with Native communities and help them heal from generations of trauma. Francis kissed the hand of a residential school survivor as he was greeted at the Edmonton, Alberta, airport by Indigenous representatives, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mary Simon, an Inuk who is Canada’s first Indigenous governor general. GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University - People in Ontario are calling out Doug Ford's government as several long-term care homes in the province are still without air conditioning, while severe heat warnings are in effect in many cities. GUEST: Dr. Vivian Stamatopoulos, Co-Founder of Canadians4LTC Standards and a Professor at Ontario Tech University - Urban areas are the hot spot

GUEST: Megan Walker, Board member and former executive director of the London Abused Women's Centre

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: Topics Include: CPC Leadership debate Campaign promises Poilievre skipping debate And more GUEST: Jean Charest, Leaderships Candidate for the Federal Conservative Party - The fate of this season’s crop came down to one mid-January evening, when a bitter cold blanket fell across Niagara. Grapevines covered on Westcott Vineyards with thermal blankets survived, but for other parts of the Jordan Station vineyard, there was “quite a bit of bud damage” said owner Carolyn Hurst. It saw its crop load reduced by 50 or 60 per cent for the year, and lost about 25 per cent of its grapevines altogether.GUEST: Aaron Dobbin, President of the Wine Growers of Ontario - In a defensive back and forth between that lasted well into the fourth quarter, it was the BC Lions who would prevail over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to claim a win in the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader. GUEST: Rick Zamperin, Host of Good Morning Hamilton & CHML Sports Director and Host of ‘The

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: Municipal Affairs minister Steve Clark says the 'strong mayor' plan is about building affordable housing. When asked how the new powers would speed up building the premier said "I don't remember about affordable housing." GUEST: Colin D’Mello, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Global News Toronto - Hundreds of Hells Angels members from across the country are expected to gather in Durham Region this weekend and police say they are prepared for the event. Deputy Chief Dean Bertrim of the Durham Regional Police Service was among several officials who held a press conference Monday morning explaining to the public what could be expected. GUEST: Stephen Metelsky, Author, Organized crime expert, and a Professor Criminal Psychology at both Mohawk College and Queen’s University - Netflix Inc. will ask customers in five Latin America countries to pay a fee if they want to use their account in an additional home, a test the company hopes will curb password sharing and ge

GUEST: Colleen Fuller, Health and Drug Policy Researcher

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Shiona Thompson: Bargaining began Monday between the Ontario government and a major education union, the first in a series of talks scheduled with labour groups in the sector before contracts for teachers and other school workers expire at the end of August. GUEST: Karen Littlewood, President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation - A NASA forecast model used by scientist Tamitha Skov anticipates a solar flare hitting the Earth on 19 July 2022. that “could cause interference in radio and GPS signals.” ALSO: Extreme heat sears parts of Europe, with UK seeing third-hottest day on record GUEST: Kent Moore, Vice-Principal of Research and a Professor of Atmospheric Physics with the University of Toronto - Hockey Canada topics Include: How Hockey Canada used registration fees to build a fund to cover sexual-assault claims·         Trudeau rips Hockey Canada leadership over sex assault fund·         Lawyers for players linked to alleged sexual assault to give

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Guest Host Shiona Thompson: The Canadian Forces will create a new group to focus on the growing importance of space to military operations and the country’s security. The idea of establishing a Canadian Space Division has been circulating at National Defence headquarters in Ottawa since 2019, but it is now expected to be in place by September. GUEST: David Pugliese, Journalist with the Ottawa Citizen - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is ordering Rogers to explain in detail what caused last week's network outage, how it affected emergency services and what the company plans to do to compensate customers. In a letter addressed to Ted Woodhead, Rogers' senior vice president of regulatory affairs, the CRTC chided Rogers for not being fully transparent with its customers. GUEST: Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University - Villa Italia executive director Pat Mostacci, former chair of Festitalia,

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Guest Host Shiona Thompson: In the Northwest Territories, more than half of the members of the legislative assembly are women. In British Columbia, that number is 43 per cent. This didn’t happen by fluke; in both regions, efforts to boost the number of women elected were deliberate, and recruiting initiatives continue — something experts say is key to ensuring diversity among politicians at all levels. So how do we get more women into politics? GUEST: Peggy Nash, Former NDP Finance Critic, and author of “Women Winning Office: An Activist’s Guide To Getting Elected” available May 2022 - Dane Evans threw a three-yard touchdown to Tim White with 19 seconds to play, leading the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to their first victory of the season, 25-23 over the visiting Ottawa Redblacks on Saturday night. For a moment late in the fourth quarter, it appeared the Ticats’ season opening losing streak would reach five games after Evans fumbled the football deep in Hamilton territory and Ott

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:   Recapping this week in Hamiltonian, Ontarian, and Canadian politics from Andrea Horwath’s rumoured mayoral bid for Hamilton, to Justin Trudeau’s apparent divisiveness amongst Canadians. GUEST: John Best, Publisher of The Bay Observer. - Fully vaccinated air travellers must now submit to mandatory rapid COVID-19 testing at Canadian airports. Are we working backward? GUEST:  Karina Gould, MP for Burlington, Minister of Families, Children & Social Development - We keep hearing good news about Canada’s job market, increased wages and record low unemployment to the point that employers are desperate for new workers. We also keep hearing that a recession is looming. Which is the truth? Are they mutually exclusive? GUEST: Mark Agnew, VP of Policy for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.