Roy Green Show

Roy and the Beauties tackle the tensions between B.C. and Alberta, the turmoil in the stock market, Justin Trudeau’s “peoplekind” comments and more.   Guests: Catherine Swift Linda Leatherdale Michelle Simson​(Photo: Tim Fraser/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There were stock market convulsions like never before during the past week. What's the reason for this? Employment figures in the U.S. are strong and the economy is steadily growing. Is it all about rising interest rates? Guest: Tom Caldwell, Chairman of Caldwell Securities, with seats on both the New York and Toronto stock exchanges(Photo: Mark Blinch/Reuters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ontario’s provincial election is drawing ever closer and the Progressive Conservative Party remains without a leader. The party leader will likely emerge from these three candidates: Doug Ford, Christine Elliott and Caroline Mulroney. All three have pledged they will not support a provincial carbon tax. So what separates Christine Elliott from her opponents? Guest: Christine Elliott, candidate for leadership of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party(Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - is the B.C. position harming all of Canada and the economic prosperity of the country? What ought to be done? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tensions are rising between Alberta and British Columbia. Both provinces have shut down the importing of crucial resources between each other, and neither B.C. Premier John Horgan nor Alberta Premier Rachel Notley seems interested in soothing the situation. Does Ottawa have any plans to ease or end the tensions between the two provinces? Guests: Jon McComb, host of The Jon McComb Show, 980 CKNW, Vancouver Ryan Jespersen, host of The Ryan Jespersen Show, 630 CHED, Edmonton(Photos: Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press & Jason Franson/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack Letts, dubbed 'Jihadi Jack' by U.K. media, is a British-Canadian Muslim convert who found himself in the ISIS capital of Raqqa in Syria. His parents claim their son denounced the terror group and was locked up in nine successive ISIS jails after being put on trial by ISIS for denouncing them as un-Islamic. Letts says that he escaped and managed to make his way to Kurdish territory, where he was arrested as a suspected member of ISIS. The British government doesn’t seem interested in helping him. Should Canada negotiate his release and bring him to our country? Guest: John Letts, Jack’s father (Photo: Hannah McKay/STRPA) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show Doug Ford has officially launched his campaign for leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservative party. What will his candidacy bring to Canadian politics?   Guest: Doug Ford - It’s been one month since Ontario’s minimum wage was raised to $14. In a matter of months, the minimum wage in Alberta will become $15.   With minimum wage set to climb in other provinces, how have Canadian businesses reacted? Are we on the road to losing tens of thousands of jobs as predicted?   Guest: Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business - More than 30 First Nations leaders in Alberta and British Columbia are backing the $16 billion proposed Eagle Spirit pipeline project that would run from Alberta to northern British Columbia.   The coalition has started a GoFundMe appeal for $1 million to fight the federal government in their attempt to overturn the proposed oil-tanker ban on British Columbia’s north coast.   Guest: Calvin Helin, Eagle Spirit chairman, lawy

Yesterday in the weekly Beauties and the Beast segment, Linda Leatherdale said "income tax should be affordable”. Roy and Linda expand upon that idea. Guest: Linda Leatherdale, vice president of Cambria Canada & former money editor of the Toronto Sun(Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Larry Nassar has been sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for the sexual abuse of hundreds of girls. On Thursday, a father of three of the girls charged at Nassar in the courtroom. What happens to child sexual predators when they go to prison and inmates become aware of their crimes? Guest: Lee Chapelle, founder of CanadianPrisonConsulting.com, spent more than 20 years behind bars, including three maximum security prisons(Photo: Thinkstock) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kerry Winter is the cousin of pharmaceutical billionaire Barry Sherman, who was found dead along with his wife in their Toronto home in December. Police say they’re investigating their deaths as a double-homicide but Winter has told police that it was a murder/suicide.The CBC's "Fifth Estate" reports that Winter failed a lie detector test after saying Barry Sherman had asked him to kill his wife Honey in the 1990s. Guest: Kerry Winter, cousin of Barry Sherman(Photo: Global News file photo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More than 30 First Nations leaders in Alberta and British Columbia are backing the $16 billion proposed Eagle Spirit pipeline project that would run from Alberta to northern British Columbia. The coalition has started a GoFundMe appeal for $1 million to fight the federal government in their attempt to overturn the proposed oil-tanker ban on British Columbia’s north coast. Guest: Calvin Helin, Eagle Spirit chairman, lawyer and son of a B.C. First Nations Chief(Photo: Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s been one month since Ontario’s minimum wage was raised to $14. In a matter of months, the minimum wage in Alberta will become $15. With minimum wage set to climb in other provinces, how have Canadian businesses reacted? Are we on the road to losing tens of thousands of jobs as predicted? Guest: Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business(Photo: Reuters/Mark Blinch) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - are you interested in voting for populist leadership candidates in Canada or do you feel more comfortable with mainstream candidates?(Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - are you interested in voting for populist leadership candidates in Canada or do you feel more comfortable with mainstream candidates?(Photo: Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doug Ford has officially launched his campaign for leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservative party. What will his candidacy bring to Canadian politics?Guest: Doug Ford(Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show "Why are we still fighting certain veterans groups in court? Because they're asking for more than we are able to give right now."   Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said those words during his town hall in Edmonton on Thursday. He was referring to the Equitas lawsuit, which sought to restore and protect disability pensions and benefits for veterans but was struck down late last year.   Now the veterans and legal team behind the lawsuit are looking to take their class action complaint to the Supreme Court of Canada.     Guests: Don Sorochan, lawyer who represented Canadian veterans in the Equitas lawsuit Major Mark Campbell, PPCLI, lost both legs to an IED attack in Afghanistan, member of the Equitas lawsuit - Roy is joined by Toronto Sun columnist Joe Warmington, who has written about a number of compelling stories recently.   Some of his columns have covered the latest developments in the homicide investigation into the deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman, as well as accused serial

The weekly Beauties and The Beast segment. Why is the Canadian government fighting veterans groups in court? What can we do as voters, to affect change? And other tough topics from the week. Guests: Catherine Swift Michelle Simson Linda Leatherdale Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

***Contains sensitive language.***As Black History Month begins, race and racial issues are at the core of a great deal of unrest in the world. Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals, icon of the U.S. Civil Rights movement, shares memories of being one of nine African American students who took part in the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, despite facing armed members of the National Guard in 1957. Guest: Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals, Civil Rights activists, author of ‘March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine’ and ‘Warriors Don’t Cry’​ (Contains Sensitive Language)(Photo: Danny Johnston/The Associated Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Markita Kaulius lost her 22-year-old daughter to a drunk driver who served next to no time in prison, she formed the national Families for Justice Organization. Kaulius and Alberta Conservative MP Michael Cooper have launched a national petition demanding tougher sentencing for anyone who takes a life while driving under the influence.   Guests: Markita Kaulius, from British Columbia Alberta Conservative MP Michael Cooper(Photo: Global News file photo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Desiree is a former athlete, a mother of three and a chronic pain patient in the United States. Although she was functioning well on opioid medication, her prescription was recently cut dramatically and the pain has destroyed her ability to cope. Desiree says she plans to take her own life because the pain is unbearable.   Guest: Desiree and her husband Dave(Photo: Toby Talbot/The Canadian Press/AP) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices