Roy Green Show

B.C. Liberals will find out who their new leader is today, following a tense leadership battle to replace former premier Christy Clark. Guest: Simon Little, political reporter with Global News Radio 980 CKNW in Vancouver(Photo: Global B.C.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 killer Bruce McArthur and how Toronto police allegedly found a man tied up on a bed in McArthur’s apartment when he was arrested. Guest: Joe Warmington, Toronto Sun columnist(Photo: Global News file photo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers – why is Trudeau so quick to send money to the United Nations and other countries but when Canada’s wounded veterans ask for enough to live on, they're "asking for too much?"Roy also plays part of a Global News Edmonton interview with the veteran who challenged Trudeau during the town hall in Edmonton.(Photo: Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers – why is Trudeau so quick to send money to the United Nations and other countries but when Canada’s wounded veterans ask for enough to live on, they're "asking for too much?"(Photo: Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"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(Photo: Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press Images) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show A new survey released by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario shows that 70% of union members who responded have seen or experienced violent incidents.   In some elementary schools in Waterloo, Ontario, some teachers are wearing Kevlar to class. What’s going on?   Guest: Jeff Pelich, vice president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Waterloo Region - Increasing amounts of chronic pain patients are having their long-standing prescriptions ripped away from them. Now, some doctors are rebelling against the guidelines that are restricting them from properly treating their patients.   Meanwhile, other chronic pain sufferers are turning to street dealers, and others are taking their lives.    Guests: Marvin Ross, medical writer and publisher, wrote a column for The Hamilton Spectator: “’Opiophobia' causing pain and suffering in Canada” - Last week, the leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct. Shor

Members of the international Yazidi community are speaking out against Liberal Members of Parliament who voted to welcome ISIS terrorists back to Canada, while the Trudeau government only permitted 1,200 of the 200,000 displaced Yazidi people to come to Canada. Meanwhile Canada’s parliament unanimously agreed that the Yazidis are victims of genocidal attack by ISIS. Guest: Dalal Abdi, Yazidi Human Rights activist in Canada, member of Yazda (international Yazidi organization)​   Photo: The Canadian Press/Aaron Vincent Elkaim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canadian Hanna Bohman joined an all-female Kurdish military unit and engaged in fighting ISIS on the front lines. Recently, ISIS has posted messages online calling for her capture, rape and murder. Guest: Hanna Bohman, focus of the award winning documentary "Fear Us Women"(Photo: Behind the scenes photo from "Fear Us Women", as found on the film's official website) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - should women who accuse men (or men who accuse women) of sexual misconduct remain anonymous?(Photo: Screenshot from a Government of Ontario video about sexual harassment) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week, the leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct. Shortly after, a Liberal federal cabinet minister also resigned due to allegations of sexual misconduct. Yesterday, former Liberal MP Michelle Simson told Roy that political parties warn women MPs during orientation to figuratively “keep your elbows up”. She added that if you were the victim of sexual harassment, you were encouraged to “keep your mouth shut”.   Guest: Alise Mills​, President of Contact Communication in Vancouver, was a communications adviser for political parties and party leaders on Parliament Hill in Ottawa for 20 years(Photo: Chris Young/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Increasing amounts of chronic pain patients are having their long-standing prescriptions ripped away from them. Now, some doctors are rebelling against the guidelines that are restricting them from properly treating their patients. Meanwhile, other chronic pain sufferers are turning to street dealers, and others are taking their lives.  Guests: Marvin Ross, medical writer and publisher, wrote a column for The Hamilton Spectator: “’Opiophobia' causing pain and suffering in Canada”(Photo: Toby Talbot/The Canadian Press/AP) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they're teachers who have experienced violence in the classroom or if they're concerned parents of children who might be experiencing this violence on a first-person basis.(Photo: Steve Ruark/The Associated Press, File) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they're teachers who have experienced violence in the classroom or if they're concerned parents of children who might be experiencing this violence on a first-person basis.(Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new survey released by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario shows that 70% of union members who responded have seen or experienced violent incidents. In some elementary schools in Waterloo, Ontario, some teachers are wearing Kevlar to class. What’s going on? Guest: Jeff Pelich, vice president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Waterloo Region(Photo: Ian Waldie/Getty Images, File) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show   Both Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown and former federal Liberal cabinet minister Kent Hehr have been anonymously accused of sexual misconduct.   What happens when anonymous allegations lead to public condemnation?       Guest: Jeff Manishen, former Ontario Crown Attorney, now criminal law specialist and partner at Ross McBride in Hamilton​ - Joshua Boyle is now facing additional criminal charges, including sexual assault with ropes and criminal harassment. What will be the fallout from this development?   Guest: Scott Newark, Former Alberta Crown Attorney, executive officer of the Canadian Police association, security advisor to the governments of Canada and Ontario, adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University - An 8-year-old boy has died from a flesh-eating bacteria infection, days after falling off his bike. A series of amputations failed to save his life.   Is this tragedy an example of antibiotic-resistant bacteria taking its toll?       Gues

Roy and the Beauties chat about the latest sexual harassment and assault allegations in the Canadian political sphere and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s excuse for not meeting to discuss NAFTA with President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum.   Guests: Catherine Swift Linda Leatherdale Michelle Simson(Photo: Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How might Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “Welcome Home” policy for ISIS terrorists put Canadians at risk? Guest: Lt. Col. Steve Day, former commanding officer of Canada's elite counter terrorism Special Forces unit JTF2(Photo: The Canadian Press/Associated Press, militant website) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if men are being unfairly judged or if women are finally receiving some justice for the sexual harassment and assaults they've suffered in silence.(Photo: Nadia Stewart/Global News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are women right to be concerned and hesitate to point fingers at their bosses or co-workers after being victims of harassment and/or assault? Some women wait years to come forward and are frequently challenged because of this. What services are available to anyone who might be suffering from workplace harassment that can allow them to come forward sooner without fear of retribution?   Guest: Lior Samfiru, partner at Samfiru/Tumarkin LLP in Toronto and Vancouver​(Photo: Thinkstock) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michelle Simson was a Liberal MP and seatmate to Justin Trudeau during Question Period. What did she personally witness and experience, as far as harassment in Canada’s parliament is concerned?   Guest: Michelle Simson, former Liberal MP, member of this show’s Saturday afternoon Beauties and the Beast panel​(Photo: Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices