Roy Green Show

Small business owners from across Canada have been reaching out to Roy over the past couple of weeks to share their frustrations in dealing with their provincial governments and the federal government. The Ontario government, in particular, has been firing back at businesses who are struggling with the recent minimum wage increase, with the premier referring to some business owners as “bullies”. Are small business owners giving up on Canada? What happens if they do? Guest: Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business(Photo: Chris Stanton/Global News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Livingston, chief of staff for former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, has been found guilty of destroying politically sensitive documents. The documents related to a controversial Liberal government decision to scrap two gas plants ahead of the 2011 election. Guest: Alex Pierson, host of ON Point with Alex Pierson on Global News Radio(Photo: Colin Perkel/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show Podcast New York City is announcing a lawsuit that accuses the top five oil companies of contributing to climate change. The lawsuit follows similar litigation filed by San Francisco, Oakland and Santa Cruz in California last year.   Guest: Dr. Patrick Moore, The Sensible Environmentalist (ecosense.me), former president of Greenpeace Canada, and author of “The Positive Role of Human Emissions of CO2” - James Damore was fired from Google after writing an internal memo titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber”, which criticized the company’s corporate culture and diversity practices, and presented the argument that women are biologically unsuited for engineering work.   Damore and fellow former Google employee David Gudeman are seeking class-action status for the suit to include anyone at Google who identifies as a Caucasian, conservative or male.   Guest: Catalina Avalos, Director of the Tripp Scott law firm in Fort Lauderdale Boca and Tallahassee Florida, and former judge and juve

Hawaii residents were left shaken by an emergency alert warning of an imminent ballistic missile strike sent to hundreds of thousands of cellphones yesterday. 40 minutes later, another alert was sent - the first alert had been sent by mistake.State officials apologized, saying the bogus alert was sent when someone hit the wrong button during a shift change.How could this happen for real and how would the U.S. military react?Guest: Colonel Peter Mansoor, former executive officer to General David Petraeus in Iraq and former NATO tank brigade commander(Photo: Jhune Liwanag/The Canadian Press/AP) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers - Trudeau or Scheer? Who gets their vote in the next federal election?(Photo: The Canadian Press via Global News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy replays part of the interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conducted by 900 CHML's Bill Kelly on Wednesday prior to the town hall at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.Following that, Roy also replays a few moments from yesterday's interview with CPC leader Andrew Scheer.(Photos: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press & Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Foxcroft is a successful businessman, the referee for the 2017 Grey Cup game, a member of officiating crews for NFL pre-season games, and the son of Ron Foxcroft. He’s also a winner following a recent Lotto Max draw, picking up a cheque for nearly $220,000. Guest: Dave Foxcroft(Photo: OLG) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers – do you think the #MeToo movement is inciting hatred of men?(Photo: Nadia Stewart/Global News) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers – do you think the #MeToo movement is inciting hatred of men?(Photo: Global News, File) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Damore was fired from Google after writing an internal memo titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber”, which criticized the company’s corporate culture and diversity practices, and presented the argument that women are biologically unsuited for engineering work. Damore and fellow former Google employee David Gudeman are seeking class-action status for the suit to include anyone at Google who identifies as a Caucasian, conservative or male.   Guest: Catalina Avalos, Director of the Tripp Scott law firm in Fort Lauderdale Boca and Tallahassee Florida, and former judge and juvenile sex crimes prosecutor​(Photo: Thinkstock) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York City is announcing a lawsuit that accuses the top five oil companies of contributing to climate change. The lawsuit follows similar litigation filed by San Francisco, Oakland and Santa Cruz in California last year. Guest: Dr. Patrick Moore, The Sensible Environmentalist (ecosense.me), former president of Greenpeace Canada, and author of “The Positive Role of Human Emissions of CO2”(Photo: Jim Cole/AP Photo, File) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they're prepared to decline their ballot in upcoming provincial or federal elections across Canada, or whether or not they would vote for a celebrity.(Photo: Twitter.com/NBC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers if they're prepared to decline their ballot in upcoming provincial or federal elections across Canada, or whether or not they would vote for a celebrity.(Photo: Thinkstock) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy teases what's coming up on the show ahead, and then asks callers if they're prepared to decline their ballot and effectively vote 'none of the above' in upcoming provincial or federal elections across Canada - particular in Ontario, which has a provincial election coming up very soon.He also asks callers whether or not they would vote for a celebrity, in light of calls for Oprah to run for president in 2020 following her speech at the Golden Globes.(Photo: Mike Nelson/EPA) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Roy Green Show Podcast Ontario's minimum wage is continuing to generate national headlines, as there have been protests at Tim Hortons stores across the province this past week.   Guest: Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business - On Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Hamilton, Ont. for his cross-country town hall tour.   Earlier in the day Trudeau spoke with 900 CHML's Bill Kelly. Roy plays back part of that interview, with a focus on asking the prime minister about ethics. - After a protest in St. Catharines against the Trudeau’s government’s stance on reintegrating former members of ISIS, Liberal MP Chris Bittle posted on Facebook, calling the protesters “white supremacists.”   Is this a fair assessment or does it ignore the wishes of the majority of Canadians, who are against ISIS reintegration?   Guest: Spencer Fernando, Social Media commentator at spencerfernando.com, who wrote on the subject in “CRAZY: Liberal MP Equates Criticism of ‘

Roy and the Beauties discuss Roy’s interview with CPC leader Andrew Scheer, NAFTA, a Fraser Institute report that reveals taxes have increased for 81% of Canada's middle class, and the renaming of Sir John's Public House, which is a pub that housed the the law offices of Sir John A. Macdonald from 1849 to 1860. Guests: Catherine SwiftLinda Leatherdale Michelle Simson(Photo: Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press Images) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What can the federal Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer offer the people of Canada? Guest: Andrew Scheer, CPC leader(Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers what they think of the prime minister's performance so far during his town hall tours, as well as the actions of the Liberal MP in St. Catharines who accused protesters of being white supremacists.(Photo: Ken Mann/900 CHML) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a protest in St. Catharines against the Trudeau’s government’s stance on reintegrating former members of ISIS, Liberal MP Chris Bittle posted on Facebook, calling the protesters “white supremacists.” Is this a fair assessment or does it ignore the wishes of the majority of Canadians, who are against ISIS reintegration? Guest: Spencer Fernando, Social Media commentator at spencerfernando.com, who wrote on the subject in “CRAZY: Liberal MP Equates Criticism of ‘ISIS Reintegration’ with White Supremacy​(Photo: Tara Walton/The Canadian Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roy asks callers what they think of the prime minister's performance so far during his town hall tours.(Photo: Ken Mann/900 CHML) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices