Bill Kelly Show

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: The number of vacant jobs in Canada fell for the first time since the pandemic, easing from record highs in a possible turning point for the country’s labour market. Openings fell 3.3 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis to 959,615 in the third quarter, Statistics Canada reported Monday. That’s probably the first quarterly decline in vacancies in more than two years, though the agency didn’t collect figures in the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic. GUEST: Katherine Scott, Senior Researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - The Ford government’s controversial new process for selecting the next provincial court chief justice is “defective,” says a former top judge, while a legal expert said it presents a “glaring red flag” and highlights the need for an independent appointment system. Opposition parties, meanwhile, accused the government of trying to politicize the courts. GUEST: Andrew Furgiuele, Lecturer with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto - The