Roy Green Show

The Roy Green Show   Stephen Harper warns not to be surprised if Donald Trump ends NAFTA. Trump is laying more hurdles in front of negotiators.   Guest:  Catherine Swift. Economist. WorkingCanadians.ca.  Former President/CEO, Canadian Federation of Independent Business. - Washington's week:  Republican Senator Bob Corker describes the White House as a "day care" and warns Trump may be leading the world into WW III. A Twitter exchange follows. Trump tweets a challenge to his Secretary of State to participate in an I.Q. contest.   Guest:  Fran Coombs. Managing Editor, Rasmussen Reports. Longtime editor of Washington Times. - International pollster John Zogby writes column "Is Catalonia a sign of our times?"  Are people on edge and ready to break up countries and long established institutions?  A Zogby poll indicates only 25% of Americans feel their federal government has the most positive impact on the lives of Americans.  California is making more noise about seceding from the U.S.  Are many Western

When teens die because of illicit drugs/opioids sold on street corners. Is there any help available for desperate families of addicted teens?  How do the parents of these Canadian teens define the "opioid crisis?" Guest:  Steve Cody. Ottawa. Son Nick died at 18 years of age from an overdose. Earlier the Cody family found no help was available at local hospitals or rehab centres to counter teen addiction.  Website "WetheParents.ca"   Guest: Sean O'Leary, Executive Director, "WetheParents.ca" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (EPA/PETER FOLEY) A look at Harvey Weinstein's case of sexual harrassment and accusations of rape. Guest:  Gloria Allred. Civil rights and criminal lawyer, Los Angeles. Client accuses Weinstein of sexual harassment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One week since cancellation of Energy East. Have you calmed down? Does the West needs the Rest of Canada to survive??  Would Canada be better off today had Quebecers decided to secede in 1995?  Callers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) International pollster John Zogby writes column "Is Catalonia a sign of our times?"  Are people on edge and ready to break up countries and long established institutions?  A Zogby poll indicates only 25% of Americans feel their federal government has the most positive impact on the lives of Americans.  California is making more noise about seceding from the U.S.  Are many Western Canadians truly prepared to seriously consider opting out of confederation?   Guest: John Zogby. Head of John Zogby Strategies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque) Washington's week:  Republican Senator Bob Corker describes the White House as a "day care" and warns Trump may be leading the world into WW III. A Twitter exchange follows. Trump tweets a challenge to his Secretary of State to participate in an I.Q. contest. Guest:  Fran Coombs. Managing Editor, Rasmussen Reports. Longtime editor of Washington Times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (Ben Nelms/Bloomerg) Stephen Harper warns not to be surprised if Donald Trump ends NAFTA. Trump is laying more hurdles in front of negotiators.   Guest:  Catherine Swift. Economist. WorkingCanadians.ca.  Former President/CEO, Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show Joshua Boyle, his wife Caitlan Coleman, and their three children are back in Canada after being held captive by the Haqqani network in Afghanistan for the past five years.   Guest: Scott Newark, former Alberta prosecutor, executive officer of the Canadian Police Association, security advisor to the governments of Ontario & Canada, and current security and justice analyst and Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University - England's Chief Medical Officer says antibiotic resistance could spell the "end of modern medicine" and warns of a "post-antibiotic apocalypse."    Guest: Jason Tetro, “The Germ Guy”, Microbiologist and author of The Germ Code - Earlier this week, there was widespread backlash over an initiative on the Canada Revenue Agency’s website that involved taxing employee discounts.   A spokesperson for National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier says the government is pulling the wording of the initiative from the CRA website and will hold an internal review on the wor

Roy and the Beauties discuss the allegations of sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein and the ongoing issue of “tax fairness” with the federal Liberal government. Guests: Catherine Swift Linda Leatherdale Michelle Simson(Photo: Yann Coatsaliou/AFP/Getty Images) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sally Quinn may be the ultimate Washington insider. She’s one of the most famous and powerful women in the United States. Does the climate in Washington today seem reminiscent of the Watergate era? Guest: Sally Quinn, Washington Post journalist, columnist, network news anchor, married to Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, Memoir: “Finding Magic”(Photo: J. David Ake/The Associated Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they're small business owners or if they work in retail, and what they thought when they heard about the CRA's initiative to tax employee discounts.(Photo: Mario Beauregard/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are Canadians committed to evading taxes? How strongly is the underground tax-evasion economy performing?Guest: Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business(Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they're small business owners or if they work in retail, and what they thought when they heard about the CRA's initiative to tax employee discounts.(Photo: Mark Blinch/Reuters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Earlier this week, there was widespread backlash over an initiative on the Canada Revenue Agency’s website that involved taxing employee discounts. A spokesperson for National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier says the government is pulling the wording of the initiative from the CRA website and will hold an internal review on the wording change. Guest: CPC Senator Denise Batters(Photo: Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Airing tonight, a Global News report investigates a troubling trend of leaks and spills in the Sarnia, Ontario area – and how it impacts the people who live nearby.Guest: Carolyn Jarvis, Chief Investigative Correspondent for Global News(Photo: Trevor Owens/Global News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

England's Chief Medical Officer says antibiotic resistance could spell the "end of modern medicine" and warns of a "post-antibiotic apocalypse."  Guest: Jason Tetro, “The Germ Guy”, Microbiologist and author of The Germ Code(Photo: Mel Evans/The Canadian Press/AP) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua Boyle, his wife Caitlan Coleman, and their three children are back in Canada after being held captive by the Haqqani network in Afghanistan for the past five years. Guest: Scott Newark, former Alberta prosecutor, executive officer of the Canadian Police Association, security advisor to the governments of Ontario & Canada, and current security and justice analyst and Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University(Photo: Haqqani Network/Handout) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show   Energy East has been cancelled. Quebec politicians are celebrating and claiming responsibility.      Guest:  Michelle Rempel. CPC MP, Calgary Nose Hill. - Vivian Krause writes strongly challenged columns for the Financial and National Post, about American environment group funding for Canadian organizations opposed to oil sands and Canadian pipelines.    Guest:  Vivian Krause.  - A cruel Facebook posting by a senior CBS VP saw her fired by the network. There’s a lot of opinion that Haley Geftman-Gold's posting she "was not even sympathetic" to the victims of the Las Vegas massacre because "country music fans often are Republican," backs up the view that much MSM is left-wing and that their news and opinion broadcasting follows that direction all the way to becoming "fake news."  Was the firing for a personal posting on social media justified?    Guest:  Chantal Goldsmith. VP/partner, labour and employment practice, Samfiru Tumarkin LLP. - Are ethics/standards slipping in new

Two issues are particularly causing strongly opinionated views on air, via social media and email. This hour we open phones to the issues creating this listener/caller feedback.   1) PIPELINES:   The cancellation of Energy East this week. Is the regional discord over building of new pipelines for Alberta oil to get to international markets creating a threat for Canada's continued confederation?   2) NEWCOMERS:  This coming Wednesday Ottawa is loosening the requirements to become a Canadian citizen and Canada's borders are increasingly porous with Ottawa doing little to halt illegal crossing into Canada other than warning refugee claims may be rejected.  As the U.S. expels hundreds of thousands of people, will most of them head for Canada and be permitted entry...and if you challenge any such development do you expect to be labeled as intolerant and racist?  And if you do, are you? Guest: Senator Denise Batters. CALLERS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (File/ Global News) Two issues are particularly causing strongly opinionated views on air, via social media and email. This hour we open phones to the issues creating this listener/caller feedback. 1) PIPELINES:   The cancellation of Energy East this week. Is the regional discord over building of new pipelines for Alberta oil to get to international markets creating a threat for Canada's continued confederation? 2) NEWCOMERS:  This coming Wednesday Ottawa is loosening the requirements to become a Canadian citizen and Canada's borders are increasingly porous with Ottawa doing little to halt illegal crossing into Canada other than warning refugee claims may be rejected.  As the U.S. expels hundreds of thousands of people, will most of them head for Canada and be permitted entry...and if you challenge any such development do you expect to be labeled as intolerant and racist?  And if you do, are you? CALLERS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices