Bill Kelly Show

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The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: Ottawa unveils billions to help Canadians battered by inflation Niagara Falls MPP joins list of those considering leadership of Ontario NDP Eisenberger says he’ll make an announcement Monday Bob Bratina runs again for Hamilton mayor And more… GUEST: John Best, Publisher of The Bay Observer - The federal government is poised to amend the Criminal Code provision on the use of a controversial defence known as self-induced extreme intoxication following a Supreme Court of Canada ruling last month. Justice Minister David Lametti put a bill on notice on Wednesday night to amend the law. That means the soonest the government could table the amendment in the House of Commons would be Friday. What exactly does this mean? GUEST: Andrew Furgiuele, Lecturer with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto - Timothy Caulfield has spent the pandemic battling bunk science and lies. The course of COVID-19 has seen more Canadians spiral into the realm of conspi

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: For the second time in four years, the Hamilton Bulldogs are the alphas of the Ontario Hockey League. They have punched their ticket to the Memorial Cup. Avery Hayes had a hat trick and Mason McTavish scored two goals as Hamilton beat the Windsor Spitfires 6-1 Wednesday night at FirstOntario Centre to win the OHL Championship in seven games. GUEST: Steve Staios, President and General Manager of the Hamilton Bulldogs - Border communities in Canada are calling on the federal government to drop the ArriveCan mobile application at the land border, which they say will prevent Americans from visiting their friendly neighbour to the north during the peak tourism season. GUEST: Jim Diodati, Mayor of Niagara Falls - New polling suggests Liberal and New Democrat voters think Jean Charest or Patrick Brown would make the best leader of the federal Conservative party. The data released by the research firm Leger is based on an online survey it did of 1,528 Canadian adults last weekend

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: The Canadian government is dropping the requirement that domestic and outbound international travelers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, effective June 20. However, all re-entry requirements will remain in effect, and all passengers will continue to have to wear face masks. Is it time to move on from the pandemic? GUEST: Dr. Brian D. Lichty, Associate Professor in Pathology and Molecular Medicine with the McMaster Immunology Research Centre - For the first time in more than a decade, Ontario’s NDP will have a new face leading the party at Queen’s Park after MPPs selected a interim leader to take over the reins from Andrea Horwath. A senior NDP source confirmed to Global News the party’s caucus decided to recommend Peter Tabuns, a long time MPP, as interim leader. GUEST: Sabrina Nanji, Publisher of the Queen’s Park Observer - A bear market, rising interest rates and other financial worries is giving new worries for those who have invested in cryptocurrency. How has t

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says it was "unacceptable" that a Canadian representative attended an event hosted at the Russian Embassy, and has vowed it won't happen again. ALSO: New Indo-Pacific Advisory Committee GUEST: Stephanie Carvin, Associate Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University - Doug Ford hasn’t even named a new cabinet, fresh off his majority election victory, and one of the biggest challenges his new government will face is already staring him down. Four of the five major education unions have taken the first step to start bargaining, ahead of their contracts expiring on Aug. 31. GUEST: Karen Littlewood, President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation - North American equities tumbled on Monday, with the S&P 500 confirming it is in a bear market, as fears grow that the expected aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve would push the economy into a recession. Should we be wo

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: Ottawa’s move to halt random COVID-19 testing for Canada’s airports Brown says he won’t run for the Conservatives if Poilievre wins Charest accuses Poilievre campaign of inflating membership numbers And more…. GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University - The pain at the pump continues as gas prices reached record levels on Saturday. How much more can Canadians take? ALSO: Pipelines unclogged, but Canadian crude now faces U.S. Gulf Coast glut GUEST: Marvin Ryder, Professor with the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University - The House Committee investigating the January 6th attack on the US Capitol will hold its second hearing today starting at 10AM ET. The panel is expected to provide evidence that former President Donald Trump was scheming to overturn President Biden’s victory, despite being told there was no voter fraud that could have tipped the 2020 Election. Two more hearings are s

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The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: How Doug Ford won the election Ford preps for Cabinet selection Who will be the new NDP leader? And more…. GUEST: John Best, Publisher of The Bay Observer - Inflation is at a 30-year high. Borrowing costs are rising. Supply chains are still disrupted. A war without apparent end is raging in Europe. The auto-industry powerhouse of the southern Ontario manufacturing sector, and the industry worldwide, are spending record amounts of money reinventing themselves for the electric vehicle (EV) revolution. They are doing so at a time of rising costs for scarce raw materials, higher interest payments on corporate debt, and inflation’s negative impact on consumer sentiment. Which begs the question, are the automakers spending too much too soon on the EV revolution? GUEST: Brian Kingston, President of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers Association - The chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and Donald Trump‘s effort to

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Ontario Premier Doug Ford has begun the process of selecting his new inner circle of cabinet ministers as his government prepares to potentially recall the legislature for a brief summer sitting in order to pass the 2022-23 provincial budget. Insiders with the Progressive Conservative party have been given a 10-day timeline for Ford’s team to select a new cabinet before the Premier’s Executive Council is sworn in by Ontario Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Dowdswell. GUEST: Muhammad Ali, Senior Consultant for Crestview Strategies - Heather Scoffield joins us to discuss her latest op-ed in the Toronto start titled: “Justin Trudeau’s progressive values are great, but they won’t help guarantee economic prosperity on their own.” Read the full article HERE.  GUEST: Heather Scoffield, Ottawa Bureau Chief for The Toronto Star - Two more major champions are reportedly defecting from the PGA Tour to the new LIV Golf Invitational Series. They might not be the last high-profile golfers to join

The Bill Kelly Show Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn’t saying whether he supports President Joe Biden’s decision to exclude Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba from this week’s Summit of the Americas. Trudeau acknowledges that some of the countries in the Western Hemisphere are “less like-minded” than others. But he says they all share a number of urgent issues, such as migration pressures, climate change and recovering fully from the COVID-19 pandemic. GUEST: Wayne Petrozzi, Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University - A new survey has found that Canadians are feeling stressed from soaring inflation, particularly from higher grocery prices. The FP Canada Financial Stress Index survey says that 38 per cent of respondents cite money as being the biggest source of stress for the fifth time in eight years, nearly twice as much as personal health, work or relationships. GUEST: Eddie Sheppard, Vice President of Insights with Leger - Why is Pierre Poil

GUEST: Michelle Eaton, VP of Public Affairs with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: In the wake of a mass shooting or terrorist attack there is inevitably a lot of commentary on why this happened, what it means, and how we can stop the next one before it occurs.  ‘Experts’ tell us they have a plan/model/algorithm which, if used, can provide our protectors with ways to identify and forestall these violent actors.  But do they really have such a plan?  Have a listen as Borealis’ Phil Gurski weighs on on this issue. Full article HERE. 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 Canada men's national team went on strike on Sunday, forcing a friendly with Panama to be called off. The team's refusal to play revolves around a dispute with the country's football association, Canada Soccer. Canada have qualified for the 2022 World Cup, only the second time they have reached the men's finals. The players released a letter accusing Canada So