Roy Green Show

The Roy Green Show The Toronto District School Board voted to end a program in which police officers were stationed in Toronto public schools, even though a majority of students and parents expressed a desire for the program to continue. Guest: Gerri Gershon, TDSB trustee who voted against ending the police in schools program - Constable John Davidson, a police officer in Abbotsford, B.C., was beloved by high school students whose schools he patrolled. He was killed while on duty earlier this month and thousands of people attended a memorial in his honour. Guest: Janet Brown, CKNW reporter in Vancouver - What should governments do to deal with citizens who go abroad to fight for terrorist organizations like the Islamic State group?   The United States, United Kingdom, France and Australia are sending special military forces to Syria and Iraq to hunt down and kill citizens of those countries who joined ISIS before they have the chance to return home. Meanwhile, Canada’s federal government is offerin

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In London, Ontario, a doctor sent police to the home of a terminally ill chronic pain patient. Guest: Janet(Photo: Toby Talbot/The Canadian Press/AP) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will Canada have to deal with an overwhelming number of refugee claimants from Haiti and Central America who fear being expelled from the United States by President Donald Trump? Guest: Richard Kurland, immigration lawyer in Vancouver, has advised both the provincial government of Quebec and the federal government of Canada(Photo: Courtesy of CBSA) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - what counties' approach to dealing with citizens who joined ISIS is more responsible and just? Should a government welcome them home and provide counseling as Canada is doing, or is it better to opt for the strategy undertaken by the governments of the U.K., U.S., France and Australia?(Photo: Newzulu) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - what counties' approach to dealing with citizens who joined ISIS is more responsible and just? Should a government welcome them home and provide counseling as Canada is doing, or is it better to opt for the strategy undertaken by the governments of the U.K., U.S., France and Australia?(Photo: Felipe Dana/AP Photo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What should governments do to deal with citizens who go abroad to fight for terrorist organizations like the Islamic State group? The United States, United Kingdom, France and Australia are sending special military forces to Syria and Iraq to hunt down and kill citizens of those countries who joined ISIS before they have the chance to return home. Meanwhile, Canada’s federal government is offering counseling and has enacted legislation that will safeguard Canadian citizenship for convicted terrorists who are dual citizens. Guest: Scott Newark, former security adviser to the governments of Canada and Ontario, now a security and justice policy analyst and adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University(Photo: militant website/The Canadian Press/The Associated Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The majority of students and parents did not want the police presence at Toronto schools to end, but the argument supporting ending the police program included the concern that police officers made some students uncomfortable. Roy asks callers - should the majority have been the decision-makers?(Photo: Don Mitchell/AM640/Global News Toronto) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Constable John Davidson, a police officer in Abbotsford, B.C., was beloved by high school students whose schools he patrolled. He was killed while on duty earlier this month and thousands of people attended a memorial in his honour. Guest: Janet Brown, CKNW reporter in Vancouver(Photo: Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The majority of students and parents did not want the police presence at Toronto schools to end, but the argument supporting ending the police program included the concern that police officers made some students uncomfortable. Roy asks callers - should the majority have been the decision-makers?(Photo: Jeremy Cohn/Global News file photo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Toronto District School Board voted to end a program in which police officers were stationed in Toronto public schools, even though a majority of students and parents expressed a desire for the program to continue. Guest: Gerri Gershon, TDSB trustee who voted against ending the police in schools program(Photo: Thinkstock) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy and the Beauties chat about: 1)  A 40 year old British mother wants Beauty and the Beast removed from the classrooms of younger students because the handsome Prince kissing Sleeping Beauty may be viewed as 'sexual harassment.'  2)  Canadian house prices overvalued by 50% compared to rents: OECD. 3)  Household debt levels are higher in Canada than in any other country (OECD report). 4)  Canada's wealthy may have begun a tax revolt 5)  Ontario PC Party policy weekend. Guests: Catherine Swift Linda Leatherdale Michelle Simson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Germans may be going to the polls again in a national election in the Spring, just months after the most recent vote.  Are 1 million-plus refugee claimants from the ME and N Africa the reason?  A federal coalition of political parties is proving impossible because the Green Party insists families of refugee claimants should be permitted to enter Germany and reunify with their refugee claimant family member. Guest: Professor Cheryl Benard. Was program director of the Initiative for Middle Eastern Youth and the Alternative Strategies initiative with the Rand Corporation's National Security Division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should you use your smart phone to record meetings focused on you and your performance and called by your manager and possibly senior management of the organization you work for?  Is this a wise manner to protect yourself? Guest: Lior Samfiru. Senior partner and employment law specialist, Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy takes calls regarding how Lyndsay Shepherd was treated by professors and the administration of Laurier University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Freedom of Expression.  Canadians enraged over how teaching assistant  Lyndsay Shepherd was treated by professors and the administration of Laurier University over her plan to include in the classroom positions taken by U of Toronto psychology Professor Jordan Peterson concerning his refusal to address transgender students using non-existing pronouns they prefer over the standard his/her, him/she. Led to an apology to Shepherd from the Laurier president and her supervising professor. . Guest:  Dr. Jordan Peterson. U of T Psychology professor at the centre of the storm.  A McGill University editorial calls on the U of T to fire Peterson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 105th Grey Cup!  We speak with the referee of the 2017 CFL Championship game.                Guest:  Dave Foxcroft.  Referee of tomorrow's Grey Cup in Ottawa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if governments must enact laws to protect employees on the bottom rung of the economic ladder from greedy business owners? Or .... is raising minimum wage to $15.00 a crass grab at votes from Canadians who will cheer a raise of minimum wage and an unfair attack on small  business in the province?   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's law. Bill-148. Ontario minimum wage ($15.00 per hour as of January 1, 2019 ....$14,00 per hour as of January 1, 2018).  At the beginning of this winter Premier Kathleen Wynne expresses concern for the economically disadvantaged.  One year ago today there was zero such concern as the Premier simply watched the poorest in the province fall by the wayside, unable to pay their hugely increased hydro bills. Guest:  Julie Kwiecinski, Director of Provincial Affairs, Ontario, Canadian Federation of Independent Business.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show Podcast Military veterans – including those who are seriously wounded – are in a battle with their own government for adequate post-career support. The Equitas lawsuit aims to have disability pensions and benefits for veterans restored and protected after the federal government put an end to those pensions in 2006. Guests: Major Ken Campbell, PPCLI, lost his legs to an IED attack in Afghanistan John Brassard, CPC MP, introduced private members bill C-378, which would rectify the situation for Canadian Armed Forces members who are wounded while serving Canada-In Alberta, gay/straight alliances must be allowed in all schools. In Ontario, a 12 year old girl is legally permitted to have an abortion. In both of these situations, if their children prefer it, the parents are not informed. Why is this, and is this policy necessary? ​Guest: Scott Taylor, family lawyer in Vancouver-Anthony Hanemaayer spent years in prison for a crime committed by serial killer/rapist Paul Bernardo. Anthony even