Bill Kelly Show

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:   Rising interest rates will see another round of affordability issues for Canadians, but Bill’s first guest argues that this is the only solid plan to keep the economy in check… recession or no. GUEST: Philip Cross, Munk Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Former chief economic analyst at Statistics Canada - The Provinces are asking Ottawa for more money for healthcare to bring the contribution ratio closer to the 50:50 that it used to be. Is it that simple? GUEST: John Michael McGrath, Digital Media Producer with TVO - The Toronto Blue Jays axed manager Charlie Montoyo. GUEST: Josh Goldberg, Baseball Journalist for TheScore  

 The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:   The Assembly of First Nations is undergoing a “Quiet Revolution,” so says our guest, in light of RoseAnne Archibald of Taykwa Tagamou Nation’s reinstating as President of the AFN. Salaries, financial transactions, and federal money all are under review following Archibald’s unceremonious ousting as President over claims of harassment. GUEST: Diane Francis, Editor at Large with the National Post - Continuing with the January 6th Committee hearings, the committee acquired encrypted communications between the Proud Boys and Donald Trump’s associates. GUEST:   Brian J. Karem Political Commentator for CNN, Columnist for Salon.Com and The Washington Diplomat, and Host of the podcast "Just Ask the Question" - The Canadian Medical Association made an appearance at the meeting of Canada’s Premiers in Victoria, as they discussed how to fix Canada’s crumbling healthcare system. GUEST: Dr. Katherine Smart, President of the Canadian Medical Association

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: Canada’s Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said he has tasked Canada’s major telecommunications networks with establishing a formal agreement to mitigate the damage of future outages. Following a closed-door meeting with the CEO of Rogers and the heads of other telecommunications service providers on Monday, Champagne told reporters he’s given the group 60 days to consider emergency roaming, mutual assistance during outages, and building out a communication protocol to better inform the public and authorities of any emergencies. Is it time to open up the market to other companies? GUEST: Daniel Tsai, Lecturer of Communication, Culture, Information & Technology at the University of Toronto - Canadian premiers presenting a united front in Victoria, as they demanded more health-care funding from Ottawa.  How important is this funding to help the staffing crisis? GUEST: Daniel Béland, Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada - Why is it better for

Guest: Michelle Eaton, Vice President of Public Affairs with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: Rogers Outage Need for more telecommunications in Canada Patrick Brown update And more… GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University - Deeply divided top diplomats from the world’s richest and largest developing nations failed to find common ground Friday over Russia’s war in Ukraine and how to deal with its global impacts, leaving prospects for future cooperation in the forum uncertain. GUEST: Jonathan Berkshire Miller, Director of the Indo-Pacific Program and Senior Fellow with the Macdonald Laurier Institute - Topics Include: Some Democrats frustrated with Biden Steve Bannon willing to testify in Jan. 6th hearing Will Trump run in 2024 And more… GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News

GUEST: Andrew Perez is a Toronto-based public-affairs professional, freelance writer, and political activist. He volunteered on the Ontario Liberal Party’s central campaign team during the 2022 Ontario election

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: The soap opera continues as Patrick Brown is trying to appeal the decision by the federal Conservative party to disqualify him from the contest to be its next leader. What does this mean for the leadership race? GUEST: Muhammad Ali, Senior Consultant for Crestview Strategies - Natural gas is the hottest commodity in the world right now. It’s a key driver of global inflation, posting price jumps that are extreme even by the standards of today’s turbulent markets — some 700 per cent in Europe since the start of last year, pushing the continent to the brink of recession. It’s at the heart of a dawning era of confrontation between the great powers, one so intense that in capitals across the West, plans to fight climate change are getting relegated to the back-burner. In short, natural gas now rivals oil as the fuel that shapes geopolitics. And there isn’t enough of it to go around. GUEST: Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University -

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Patrick Brown has been disqualification from running in the federal Conservative leadership race. How did this happen and was it done to ensure Poilievre becomes the new leader? GUEST: Peggy Nash, Former NDP Finance Critic, and author of Women Winning Office: An Activist’s Guide To Getting Elected, available May 2022 - Canada became the first country to ratify Finland and Sweden's accession protocols to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday. The move follows NATO leaders officially inviting the two nations to join the alliance during a summit in Madrid last week, and brings the two countries a step closer to becoming full NATO members. GUEST: Christian Leuprecht, Professor at both the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University, and a Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is being urged to extend an emergency measure that gives employees access to three days of paid si

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: According to a pair of surveys done by the Bank of Canada, Canadians are worried inflation will stay high for the long term. How does this effect consumer confidence? GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University - Russia declared victory in Luhansk but Ukraine captured tanks and regains territory elsewhere. Now that Putin’s captured Luhansk, what is his plan? GUEST: Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and a Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto - Topics Include: July 4th holiday tragedy Gun laws & violence January 6th hearings And more…. GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: Poilievre marches with anti-mandate protester PM’s Canada Day Message Canada’s Most Popular Former Prime Minister Poll And more… GUEST: Dr. Lory Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University - Why could Canada be paying for the economic war against Russia for a long time to come? Heather writes about it in the Toronto Star….Read the full article HERE. GUEST: Heather Scoffield, Ottawa Bureau Chief for The Toronto Star - Dispelling the myths around the benefits of drug price controls. GUEST: Richard C. Owens is a Munk Senior Fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

The Bill Kelly Show “Freedom” groups protesting pandemic public-health measures are at it again. Should we be concerned about the movement gathering for Canada day at Parliament hill? GUEST: Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, Distinguished Fellow with the University of Ottawa’s Security program, and former CSIS analyst - The Ontario NDP has named a longtime Toronto MPP as its interim leader and has postponed its decision on setting a date for party members to choose a replacement for former leader Andrea Horwath.      The New Democrats' provincial council met Tuesday evening and chose Peter Tabuns to serve as the party's interim leader, following Horwath's election night resignation. GUEST: Peter Tabuns, Interim Leader of the Ontario NDP and MPP for Toronto-Danforth - Air Canada is planning to reduce its flights in July and August, according to a statement from the company’s president, as the airline continues to deal with “customer service shortfalls.” Travel was inconv