The Best of The Simi Sara Show - Fri May 3rd 2019

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

 Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: have you made up your mind on who you’ll vote for in this fall’s federal election?

 Yes, I’ve decided.

No, I can be swayed.

 

 Chapter 2

Why is the Senate stalling on a bill requiring sexual-assault law training for judges?

 Two years ago, a bill passed through the House of Commons that would require training for judges on sexual-assault law.

 That was two years ago. It still hasn't made it through the Senate. It keeps getting pushed back - and the NDP's not happy about that, they say they want to get it passed.

 Another voice that's unhappy with the delays is Rona Ambrose, the former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. She's the former MP who actually introduced the bill in the first place, and she joins me now...

Guest: Rona Ambrose

Former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada

 

Chapter 3

This new invention creates electricity from falling snow

Well, if there's one thing we're not short of in this country, it's snow. But could we be putting that snow to better use? Is there a way we could churn it into something more?

We're all looking for ways nowadays to find renewable sources of energy. And now, there's a new invention that generates electricity from falling snow.

And it's pretty cheap to do it too.

The research was done by scientists from the University of California in Los Angeles, and McMaster University in Ontario.

Guest: Maher El-Kady

UCLA chemistry researcher, and co-author of the research.

 

Chapter 4

How a retired RCMP officer became a protestor

 Roughly 200 animal rights activists descended on an Abbotsford hog farm to protest what they allege is abusive treatment of the animals inside.

 About 50 people entered the barn at Excelsior Hog Farms Sunday morning, with more than 100 more supporters gathering outside the property singing and waving signs.

 Of course, police showed up and removed the protesters from inside the barn in the early afternoon, but no one was arrested.

Here’s one of the interesting things about this. One of the organizers of that protest is actually a former cop. He’s former RCMP corporal, Dan Moskaluk of Naramata, just north of Penticton.

So how does someone go from enforcing the law, to crossing the protest line, and being on the receiving end of police interventions?

Guest: Dan Moskaluk

former RCMP corporal

 

Chapter 5

As Liberal support drops, voters are left searching for alternative parties to support

 The troubles continue for Prime Minister Trudeau's Liberals in the latest public opinion poll by the Angus Reid Institute. Executive Director Shachi Kurl spoke broke down the results of the poll earlier this morning…

 

 Chapter 6

Canada’s Wrongfully Convicted

What does spending time in prison do to a person - in particular, someone who’s innocent, but gets sent to prison because of a wrongful conviction?

 In this episode of Canada’s Wrongfully Convicted, Jon McComb takes a look at the psychological impacts of being convicted of a crime you didn’t commit.

 

Chapter 7

Is the Roll Up the Rim revamp too late to save Tim Hortons?

 After more than three decades in the making, Tim Hortons said its iconic roll-up-the-rim-to-win contest will undergo a major revamp next year after sales fell in the latest quarter, and the retailer faces backlash from environmentalists over its disposable cups. A big part of refreshing the promotion that runs annually from February to April will be to move it online, according to its parent company Restaurant Brands International Inc. But, how will customers react to a shift away from rolling up the rim of a physical cup to win a prize?

 Ron Buist is the former marketing director for Tim Hortons, and during his time with the company he created the iconic Roll Up the Rim contest in 1980’s. What does he think about the current state Canada’s coffee maker finds themselves in?

 Guest: Ron Buist (bew-st)

Former marketing director for Tim Hortons

Created the Roll Up the Rim campaign

Author of the book, 'Tales From Under The Rim: The Marketing of Tim Hortons'

Now a national speaker on the topic of marketing and leadership

Chapter 1

🔥🔥 Hot question of the day 🔥🔥

 Vote in @simisara980's 🔥 question of the day: have you made up your mind on who you’ll vote for in this fall’s federal election?

 Yes, I’ve decided.

No, I can be swayed.

 

 Chapter 2

Why is the Senate stalling on a bill requiring sexual-assault law training for judges?

 Two years ago, a bill passed through the House of Commons that would require training for judges on sexual-assault law.

 That was two years ago. It still hasn't made it through the Senate. It keeps getting pushed back - and the NDP's not happy about that, they say they want to get it passed.

 Another voice that's unhappy with the delays is Rona Ambrose, the former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. She's the former MP who actually introduced the bill in the first place, and she joins me now...

Guest: Rona Ambrose

Former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada

 

Chapter 3

This new invention creates electricity from falling snow

Well, if there's one thing we're not short of in this country, it's snow. But could we be putting that snow to better use? Is there a way we could churn it into something more?

We're all looking for ways nowadays to find renewable sources of energy. And now, there's a new invention that generates electricity from falling snow.

And it's pretty cheap to do it too.

The research was done by scientists from the University of California in Los Angeles, and McMaster University in Ontario.

Guest: Maher El-Kady

UCLA chemistry researcher, and co-author of the research.

 

Chapter 4

How a retired RCMP officer became a protestor

 Roughly 200 animal rights activists descended on an Abbotsford hog farm to protest what they allege is abusive treatment of the animals inside.

 About 50 people entered the barn at Excelsior Hog Farms Sunday morning, with more than 100 more supporters gathering outside the property singing and waving signs.

 Of course, police showed up and removed the protesters from inside the barn in the early afternoon, but no one was arrested.

Here’s one of the interesting things about this. One of the organizers of that protest is actually a former cop. He’s former RCMP corporal, Dan Moskaluk of Naramata, just north of Penticton.

So how does someone go from enforcing the law, to crossing the protest line, and being on the receiving end of police interventions?

Guest: Dan Moskaluk

former RCMP corporal

 

Chapter 5

As Liberal support drops, voters are left searching for alternative parties to support

 The troubles continue for Prime Minister Trudeau's Liberals in the latest public opinion poll by the Angus Reid Institute. Executive Director Shachi Kurl spoke broke down the results of the poll earlier this morning…

 

 Chapter 6

Canada’s Wrongfully Convicted

What does spending time in prison do to a person - in particular, someone who’s innocent, but gets sent to prison because of a wrongful conviction?

 In this episode of Canada’s Wrongfully Convicted, Jon McComb takes a look at the psychological impacts of being convicted of a crime you didn’t commit.

 

Chapter 7

Is the Roll Up the Rim revamp too late to save Tim Hortons?

 After more than three decades in the making, Tim Hortons said its iconic roll-up-the-rim-to-win contest will undergo a major revamp next year after sales fell in the latest quarter, and the retailer faces backlash from environmentalists over its disposable cups. A big part of refreshing the promotion that runs annually from February to April will be to move it online, according to its parent company Restaurant Brands International Inc. But, how will customers react to a shift away from rolling up the rim of a physical cup to win a prize?

 Ron Buist is the former marketing director for Tim Hortons, and during his time with the company he created the iconic Roll Up the Rim contest in 1980’s. What does he think about the current state Canada’s coffee maker finds themselves in?

 Guest: Ron Buist (bew-st)

Former marketing director for Tim Hortons

Created the Roll Up the Rim campaign

Author of the book, 'Tales From Under The Rim: The Marketing of Tim Hortons'

Now a national speaker on the topic of marketing and leadership