Roy Green Show

Are ethics/standards slipping in news/opinion MSM in Canada and the U.S.? Do MSM reports reflect a left-wing bias?  Guest: Jane Kirtley. Silha Professor of Media Ethics and the Law at the University of Minnesota. Is there left-wing bias in news/opinion MSM in Canada and the U.S.?   Callers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) 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.  Do you detect left-wing bias in news/opinion MSM in Canada and the U.S.?  Callers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.  CALLERS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Energy East has been cancelled. Quebec politicians are celebrating and claiming responsibility.    Guest:  Michelle Rempel. CPC MP, Calgary Nose Hill.  Are the disputes over the building new pipelines to deliver Alberta and Saskatchewan oil sands oil to international markets highlighting the splits which exist in Canada and endangering this country's future?    CALLERS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show Podcast   Following the mass shooting in Las Vegas last weekend, the topic of gun ownership is once again being widely debated. What is the fundamental reason behind all the shootings and deaths in the United States? An epidemiologist at the University of Illinois argues the shootings are a 'public health issue'. He warned the Governor of Illinois that a surge in shootings in Chicago would take place after funding was cut for the CeaseFire program (now called Cure Violence). He was right. Guest: Dr. Gary Slutkin, epidemiologist at the University of Illinois and founder of Cure Violence-Tracey Wilson argues that legal gun owners need to come out of the closet in order to alter public opinion of who owns firearms and to reduce the stigma around the people who do. Guest: Tracey Wilson, Orleans chairwoman of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights-Almost immediately, ISIS claimed responsibility for last weekend's mass shooting in Las Vegas. Graeme Wood is an ISIS expert, author and Atlan

Roy is joined by two of the Beauties and Brian Jean, leadership candidate for the United Conservative Party of Alberta, to discuss the cancellation of the Energy East pipeline. Guests: Catherine Swift Linda Leatherdale Brian Jean, candidate for leadership of the United Conservative Party of Alberta(Photo: Codie McLachlan/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calgary Mayoral candidate Bill Smith has widened his lead over incumbent Naheed Nenshi since last week's Mainstreet polling. Is it over for Nenshi?Guest: Quito Maggi, president of Mainstreet Research(Photo: Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau says he has listened to Canadians about his tax fairness plan and is prepared to act on what he has heard.  However, Richard Kurland says he has a simple plan that will lead to income tax fairness. Guest: Richard Kurland, national immigration lawyer in Vancouver(Photo: Ben Nelms/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers what they think about Justin Trudeau refusing to revoke the Canadian citizenship of convicted terrorists.(Photo: Tom Hanson/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy replays audio of Justin Trudeau in 2015, during which he committed to not rescinding Canadian citizenship from convicted terrorists because "a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian."(Photo: Justin Tang/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Almost immediately, ISIS claimed responsibility for last weekend's mass shooting in Las Vegas. Graeme Wood is an ISIS expert, author and Atlantic magazine contributor who wrote a piece for Atlantic titled, "Why did the Islamic State claim the Las Vegas shooting?" Guest: Graeme Wood, has interviewed IS members, author of “The Way of Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State”(Photo: David Becker/Getty Images) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A 19-year-old Canadian citizen from Mississauga, Ontario has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges related to an alleged plot in New York City in 2016.Global News reporter Ashley Molnar shares what we know about this story so far.(Photo: Thinkstock) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers whether or not they think taking guns away from legal gun owners in Canada would make the nation a much safer place.(Photo: John Locher/AP Photo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following the mass shooting in Las Vegas last weekend, the topic of gun ownership is once again being widely debated. What is the fundamental reason behind all the shootings and deaths in the United States? An epidemiologist at the University of Illinois argues the shootings are a 'public health issue'. He warned the Governor of Illinois that a surge in shootings in Chicago would take place after funding was cut for the CeaseFire program (now called Cure Violence). He was right. Guest: Dr. Gary Slutkin, epidemiologist at the University of Illinois and founder of Cure Violence(Photo: Charles Krupa/AP Photo, File) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A terrorism investigation is underway in Edmonton, where a police officer was stabbed and four pedestrians struck down by a fleeing U-Haul truck Saturday night. What do we know so far?   Guest:  Julia Wong, Digital Journalist, Global News.   Guest: Sgt. Mike Elliot. VP Alberta Federation of Police Associations. Also a Sgt. with the Edmonton Police Service.   Guest: Raheel Raza. Author, educator, public speaker, consultant for interfaith & interculture diversity.  Author:  Their Jihad, Not My Jihad. - Mark Yost writes on the business of sport for the Wall Street Journal and Sports Illustrated. He writes this is the beginning of the end for the NFL. What are the NFL protests doing to the viewership numbers?      Guest: Mark Yost. Author:Tailgating, Sacks and Salary Caps ... How the NFL became the world's most successful sports league. - The helicopter flight was known as Extortion One-Seven. On board in Afghanistan were members of the U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six. The same special forces unit which kill

Photo: (Matt Hartman via AP) The helicopter flight was known as Extortion One-Seven. On board in Afghanistan were members of the U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six. The same special forces unit which killed Osama bin Laden. When the Chinook helicopter was shot down by a insurgents, 38 lives were lost, including some of the most battle-hardened special forces operatives in the world.  There has long been a rumour the shooting down of Extortion One-Seven was directly related to the assassination of Bin Laden.  Guest: Ed Darack.  Author: The Final Mission of Extortion 17.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (AP photo/Artur Harutyunyan, PAN Photo) Why are we so fascinated with the Kardashians?  Guest: Jerry Oppenheimer.  NY Times bestselling biographer who has written about the Clintons, Bernie Madoff, Martha Stewart and the Kennedy's. Author: The Kardashians: An American Drama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports/Reuters) Callers: Are you onside with the protesting players, or are they causing you to turn off the NFL. Aaron Rodgers urged Green Bay Packers fans to link arms and join the players in protest before the game. Instead, Rodgers was savaged by Green Bay fans on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (AP Photo/Matt York) Mark Yost writes on the business of sport for the Wall Street Journal and Sports Illustrated. He writes this is the beginning of the end for the NFL. What are the NFL protests doing to the viewership numbers?    Guest: Mark Yost. Author:Tailgating, Sacks and Salary Caps ... How the NFL became the world's most successful sports league. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson) A continued look at the Edmonton terror attack. Guest:  Mubin Shaikh. ex-CSIS & RCMP operative. Author: Undercover Jihadi. Former supporter of extreme jihad. Guest:  Kirby Bourne.  630 CHED Edmonton reporter.  Guest:  Scott Newark.  Former federal and Ontario security advisor post 9/11. Former crown attorney and senior policy advisor to the federal Minister for Public Safety Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices