Roy Green Show
6,422 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsRoy Green’s resume is outstanding. He is a three time consecutive winner of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters national Gold Ribbon award, Canada’s most prestigious broadcast award. Listeners need not read his resume to know that Roy is a passionate advocate for the average Canadian, with an unshakable desire for justice and a deep and abiding love for his country. No wonder Roy’s show has been cited by Canada’s parliamentary newspaper as required listening for federal politicians. You can also listen to the Roy Green Show live on these stations: 900 CHML Hamilton, Global News Radio 640 Toronto, 980 CFPL London, 680 CJOB Winnipeg, 630 CHED Edmonton, 770 CHQR Calgary, 980 CKNW Vancouver, 650 CKOM, 980 CJME, & Radio NL.
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Sat. Sept 12th - Martin Collacott And Richard Kurland
September 13, 2015 03:16 - 36 minutesThe wave of millions fleeing Syria is a human refugee crisis which has generated vastly different response from national governments. In Europe, Germany and Sweden are willing to take hundreds of thousands, while Hungary is completing a wall with a razor wire fence already in place. Hungary's PM says any migrants crossing illegally into the country will be arrested. Meanwhile Denmark continues to urge migrants to stay away from Danish territory with an ad placed in Middle Eastern newspaper...
Sat. Sept 12th - Quito Maggi. CEO/President Mainstreet Research
September 13, 2015 02:13 - 7 minutesCanadian say responsibility for the Syrian crisis belongs where? Mainstreet Research polled nationally on this question.Guest: Quito Maggi. CEO/President Mainstreet Research (polling firm). Provides results on national poll question be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. Sept 12th - Calls On Millennials
September 13, 2015 02:07 - 20 minutesA friend of mine shared with me that a friend of his, the father of two Millennial generation young adult males actually budgets a monthly amount this father 'pays' his sons in order to assist with paying their bills: mortgage/rent, mobile phones, car loans, food and entertainment, etc. A new CIBC survey of parents of Millennials finds two-thirds are feeling the financial pinch of supporting their adult kids. 25% are paying out more than $500 monthly to cover their grown kids costs. 47% say ...
Sun. Sept 6th - Simon Houpt W Guest Host Geoff Currier
September 07, 2015 03:54 - 17 minutesWhat is wrong with the Canadian film industry? Nearly 50 Canadian films will make their debut at Toronto International Film Festival, but many of them will disappear without a trace. Why are so many, arguably well-made, Canadian films failing?GUEST: Simon Houpt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun. Sept 6th - Arthur Schafer W Guest Host Geoff Currier
September 07, 2015 03:27 - 16 minutesDoes the media have an obligation to show graphic images to tell a story? Or, is the media out of line when it shares these images? Is it disrespectful to display death when families are mourning? We've seen the image of the drowned refugee child across news outlets, and the New York Daily News chose to show images in the shooting death of Alison Parker from the shooter's perspective. Do these images evoke enough emotion to promote change?GUEST: Arthur Schafer, Professor and Director of the C...
Sun. Sept 6th - Andre Picard W Guest Host Geoff Currier
September 07, 2015 02:46 - 12 minutesWe've heard it all on the election campaign trail. Or have we? Why aren't the party leaders focusing on our health care system? Does it need fixing, or is it fine as is? GUEST: Andre Picard, health reporter with The Globe and Mail Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun. Sept 6th - Jim Harrison W Guest Host Geoff Currier
September 07, 2015 02:21 - 10 minutesB.C. is set to launch a joint federal-provincial healthy living program that will allow participants to earn loyalty points —similar to programs used by airlines and credit card companies. The province will invest $2.5 million in the program, while the federal government will contribute $5 million. The program will require participants to download a Carrot Rewards online application. Will this actually encourage people to live a healthier life?GUEST: Jim Harrison, news director at Radio NL (C...
Sun. Sept 6th - Paul Dewar W Guest Host Geoff Currier
September 07, 2015 01:58 - 7 minutesThe New Democrats are calling for Canadians of all political stripes to band together in ending the Syrian refugee crisis. Paul Dewar, the party’s foreign affairs critic, said Saturday that the NDP will reach out to the Conservative government to ask it to adopt an “accelerated plan” to bring more than 46,000 government-sponsored refugees to Canada by 2019, including 10,000 by the end of 2015. GUEST: Paul Dewar, NDP Foreign Affairs Critic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...
Sun. Sept 6th - Tasneem Jamal W Guest Host Geoff Currier
September 07, 2015 01:49 - 12 minutesTasneem Jamal was three years old, the same age as Alan Kurdi, when she became a refugee. But her story had a happy ending. Now, she says Canada can do better when it comes to helping refugees, and has in the past. GUEST: Tasneem Jamal, author of Where the Air Is Sweet, a 2014 novel about the Ugandan Asian expulsion, living in Kitchener, Ontario Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun. Sept 6th - Joseph Quesnel W Guest Host Geoff Currier
September 07, 2015 01:32 - 19 minutesMany First Nations groups have spoken out against the Harper Conservatives. Now, an Aboriginal policy analyst says maybe they should rethink their stance on the party. Joseph Quesnel believes First Nations peoples should vote for the Conservatives in the federal election. He says the party, at least, has plans rather than expressing platitudes. GUEST: Joseph Quesnel, Troy Media columnist, Aboriginal policy analyst focused on Aboriginal policy, property rights, and water market issues Learn mo...
Sat. Sept 5th - Sally Armstrong W Guest Host Geoff Currier
September 06, 2015 03:32 - 19 minutesChrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders, has spoken out in her new book and says she was raped, and it was her own fault. She didn't back down from that stance in an interview with Sunday Times magazine. She goes even further to say that women who wear revealing clothes are "asking for it." Is she wrong? Is it okay for a woman to say this?GUEST: Sally Armstrong, journalist, documentary filmmaker and human rights activist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. Sept 5th -Aaron Hutchins, Associate Editor With Maclean's W Guest Host Geoff Currier
September 06, 2015 02:51 - 11 minutesWhy are people in Quebec cutting up their cash? It makes no economic sense, but shopkeepers and locals in Gaspesie, Quebec are making their own local currency by doing it. GUEST: Aaron Hutchins, associate editor with Maclean's Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. Sept 5th -Raj Sharma, Calgary Immigration Lawyer W Guest Host Geoff Currier
September 06, 2015 02:25 - 14 minutesIs Canada’s private refugee sponsorship system is broken? A Calgary immigration lawyer thinks so, and explains why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. Sept 5th -Justin Ling W Guest Host Geoff Currier
September 06, 2015 01:58 - 10 minutesHow did a Syrian family drown instead of come to Canada?GUEST: Justin Ling, VICE News, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. Sept 5th - Global Privacy And Our Children W Guest Host Geoff Currier
September 06, 2015 01:45 - 9 minutesA global privacy survey suggests many apps and websites for children are collecting personal information, like photos and addresses. GUEST: Carmi Levy, Independent Technology Analyst & Journalist in London, Ontario. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. Sept 5th - Federal Election Panel W Guest Host Geoff Currier
September 06, 2015 01:37 - 19 minutesThe Federal election is just around the corner and there are so many questions that need answers.GUESTS: Ray Heard, former journalist and political analyst in Montreal, and Joe McFarland, News Director with Newstalk 770 in Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun Aug 30 - Joe Hicks, African American Member Of Project 21
August 31, 2015 03:58 - 10 minutesQuoting from the National Center for Public Policy Research in the U.S. "Question: Are Spurious Claims of Police Racism Fuelling Ideological Attacks Upon Whites by People With Troubled Psyches? " The organization continues: "In light of Virginia Journalist Killings, Project 21's Joe Hicks Fears People with Mental Psychosis and Other Brain Disorders are Responding Dangerously to the Re-Birth of Militant Black Protests."Joe Hicks is an African American member of Project 21, a conservative group...
Sun Aug 30 - Mark Yost On College Football Players' Assault Records
August 31, 2015 03:46 - 15 minutesOver the past few days, the news has broken that more than nine hundred U.S. college football players have been arrested by police over the past five years, and 445 of them from the top 25 Division One NCAA teams. The South Eastern Conference's (SEC) new mentoring program for football players is an emphasis on not sexually assaulting or beating women, writes Mark Yost, show contributor to sports and the business of sport.Are you sending your daughters and sons to these colleges? Learn more a...
Sun Aug 30 - Tom From Ashley Madison
August 31, 2015 03:21 - 12 minutesWe will call him Tom. Tom is a Green Show listener and was also (and may still be) and Ashley Madison member. Tom is very conversant with the cyber world and hacking threats. Tom emailed his entire Ashley Madison experience, including experiences with the women he met through the A.M. site and details everything, and is comfortable with his experience being read on air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun Aug 30 - Shoshana Palatnik "Crossing The Line 2: The New Face Of Anti - Semitism On Campus"
August 31, 2015 03:00 - 9 minutesThere has been and continues to be a significant spike in the incidents of anti-Semitism in U.S. and Canadian colleges and universities. Nearly three quarters of Jewish students have described experiencing anti-Semitism in college/university in Canada and the U.S.Shoshana Palatnik is the producer of the 2015 documentary film "Crossing the Line 2: The New Face of anti-Semitism on Campus". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun Aug 30 - Ed Berlew on SWAT Teams Visiting Legal Gun Owners
August 31, 2015 02:48 - 28 minutesThis week's killings of a Virginia television station reporter and photographer has generated questions again about who should and who should not have access to firearms. We will stay with Canadian gun ownership.Should Canadians be barred from owning private firearms?How many Canadian legal gun owners are even aware of the circumstances under which they make come face to gun barrel with a Canadian Emergency Weapons and Tactics (SWAT- equivalency) police squad?Ed Burlew, Canada's number one la...
Sun Aug 30 - Oakville Mayor's Tweets & The Long Campaign
August 31, 2015 02:01 - 38 minutesMayor Rob Burton of Oakville, Ontario caused a national response on Twitter and other social media with his tweets (on City of Oakville Twitter account) criticizing the Conservative Party for hiring retired CAF veterans to provide additional security at party events during the election campaign. Burton raised the heat when he tweeted: "any political parties had private police using veterans before?" and added Wikipedia links to information on Adolf Hitler's Sturmabteilung Brown Shirts Nazi pa...
Sat. August 29 - Beauties And The Beast
August 30, 2015 03:59 - 19 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 29 - Dan McTeague
August 30, 2015 03:47 - 7 minutesPrice of gasoline dipped nationally for a 'brief' few days. Expected to climb rapidly again, although average prices in Ont, Sask & AB range between .94 - $1.07 approx. It is also higher in QC. Roy is joined by Dan McTeague. Senior petroleum analyst at Gasbuddy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 29 - Cons. Ariane Muirhead
August 30, 2015 03:24 - 10 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 29 - Scott Newark
August 30, 2015 03:16 - 6 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 29 - T. Lee Humphrey & Stephen Taylor
August 30, 2015 03:14 - 12 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 29 - Dr. Frank Farley
August 30, 2015 02:57 - 8 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 29 - Chris Voss
August 30, 2015 02:23 - 11 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 29 - Tom Henheffer
August 30, 2015 02:07 - 8 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 29 - BB Guns: Child's Toy Or Dangerous Weapon?
August 30, 2015 01:58 - 30 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun Aug 23 - Mark Yost On Nhl Jersey Ads
August 24, 2015 03:58 - 19 minutesThe NHL has signed a deal with Adidas to make all thirty teams game shirts. Off the record, NHL front office types are saying that next will be a sponsorship deal with Adidas where they company's logo is prominently displayed on the jerseys of all the teams. But are other commercial logos to come, like Euro soccer/hockey leagues? An Adidas deal would represent $120 million a year to the NHL and $4 million per team. According to Mark Yost there is big money involved, a few weeks ago he told...
Sun Aug 23 - Why Is Donald Trump's Support Growing?
August 24, 2015 03:41 - 19 minutesDonald Trump is now, according to a CNN Poll, a legitimate contender for the White House. But why is Trump continuing to gain support? Donald Trump is talking 'to' Americans and addressing the issues they want addressed, while the rest of the swarm of Presidential wanna-be's are just shouting at each other and fewer and fewer are really listening to them. Trump is addressing bringing jobs back to America, regaining American pride (and Americans are proud patriots, particularly the middle c...
Sun Aug 23 - Jack McFarland On The Anniversary Of The 1942 Dieppe Raid
August 24, 2015 03:00 - 8 minutesEvery Canadian school child should this week have been reminded of this date in 1942. Wednesday was the anniversary of the 1942 Dieppe Raid, during which 4,963 Canadian troops participated in one of the bloodiest battles of WWII. 4963 Canadians took part in the raid on the French coastal city occupied by German troops. A one day battle from which only 2210 Canadians returned to England. Many were wounded and the casualties totaled 3,367, including 916 dead and 1946 Canadian POW’s. On Aug...
Sun Aug 23 - Is Daycare Really The Best Option?
August 24, 2015 02:54 - 30 minutesAfter doing some research, The National Daycare Program promised by Tom Mulcair and the NDP seems to wobble. The NDP website claims ‘Too many mothers are sacrificing career goals because they cannot find affordable care’. But it seems that your baby was probably just an annoying interruption to your career-goal pursuits. In Quebec, they have a daycare program but the Premier recently said the daily cost per child is $60, with the taxpayer underwriting $52.50 of that. Quebec daycare users do n...
Sun Aug 23 - Dr. Frank Farley On Participation Awards For Children
August 24, 2015 02:04 - 38 minutesParticipation trophies are handed out to kids who 'participate' in sports and other events. Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison made headlines by demanding his six & eight year old sons give back their 'participation trophies.' Harrison says they will be allowed to keep trophies when they have done something to earn them. Also a Washington, D.C. NBC news anchor this week described participation trophies as 'child abuse.'Are trophies handed to children merely for participating in a...
Sat. August 22 - Beauty & The Beast With Catherine Swift, Michelle Simson And Linda Leatherdale
August 23, 2015 03:58 - 19 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 22 - Martin Collacott
August 23, 2015 03:23 - 12 minutesBirthright citizenship. Citizenship granted by the nation in which you are born. It's a big issue for Donald Trump in the U.S. and it was an issue in Canada in 2014, with government agencies urging Immigration Canada to end the so-called "birth on soil" provision, which provides citizenship to any baby born in Canada. There are those in the U.S. and Canada who argue to remove birthright citizenship is unfair and too expensive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 22 - Dan McTeague
August 23, 2015 02:57 - 6 minutesWith oil at its longest declining streak in cost-per-barrel since 1986 (8 consecutive weeks), what is happening to the price of gasoline at the pumps? Is it going down fairly, or not so much? There's a gasoline price war in St. Catharines, Ontario, where a litre of regular sold for .84 cents on Thursday. In London, Ontario it was 97.9, while in Calgary and Edmonton it was $1.13.9 and 1.10.9, respectively. What's going on? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 22 - Canadian Federal Election Campaign Rant + Callers
August 23, 2015 02:34 - 18 minutesDo we need federal election campaigns? Are they as useful as phone booths on street corners in 2015? Callers have their say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 22 - Quito Maggi - President/CEO Mainstreet Research
August 23, 2015 01:53 - 13 minutesUber. A growing national phenomenon here to stay, or a temporary intruder on the traditional taxi industry? Mainstreet Research conducted a poll of the attitude of Canadians toward Uber in Toronto, Montreal, London, Edmonton, Quebec City and Ottawa. Quito Maggi - President/CEO Mainstreet Research joins the show to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. Aug. 22 - Tom Caldwell - Chairman, Caldwell Securities
August 23, 2015 01:36 - 18 minutesCanadian stocks faced the worst weekly slump of the year. At 3:30pm yesterday the S&P/TSX composite index was down 235.8 points and the price of oil has dropped for 8 consecutive weeks, the longest such streak since 1986. What does it all mean to the average Canadian concerned about jobs, mortgage, investments, savings, retirement? Tom Caldwell Chairman, Caldwell Securities, Toronto, with seats on the New York and Toronto Stock Exchanges. Past Governor of the Toronto Stock Exchange. Learn mor...
Sun. August 16th - Unpaid Internships W Guest Host Andrew Lawton
August 17, 2015 03:38 - 18 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun. August 16th - Crystal Smith on Target & Gender-Neutral Signage w/ Guest host Andrew Lawton
August 17, 2015 02:26 - 12 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun - August 16th - Ont. Retirement Pension Plan w/ Guest host Andrew Lawton
August 17, 2015 01:35 - 11 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat Aug 15 - Regulating Drones w/ Guest Host Andrew Lawton
August 16, 2015 03:57 - 18 minutesA Vancouver woman has complained to police, the latest in a growing number, after an unmanned aerial drone appeared on her terrace while she was sunbathing topless. She is a supporter of drone use, but other people have tried to get police to take a more active role in these privacy violations, while others just tell people to keep their blinds shut and their tops on if they do not want to be spied on.What do you think? Should drones be regulated? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...
Sat Aug 15 - Mark Steyn On His Latest Book w/ Guest Host Andrew Lawton
August 16, 2015 03:33 - 19 minutesBestselling author and columnist Mark Steyn continues his crusade for truth in the climate change debate with his new book about Michael Mann and his hockey stick graph, despite Mann’s lawsuit against Steyn. Steyn joins Andrew to talk about his latest book, “A Disgrace to the Profession: The World’s Scientists, in Their Own Words, on Michael E. Mann, His Hockey Stick, and Their Damage to Science.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat Aug 15 - Aaron Wudrick On Election Priorities w/ Guest Host Andrew Lawton
August 16, 2015 03:01 - 38 minutesStephen Harper and the Conservatives came out of the gate swinging in this election, with policies tackling the national security and terrorism files, which the Liberals and NDPs have suggested is a distraction from the economy. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation unveiled its fifteen priorities for 2015 this week, most of which address transparency, debt reduction and tax cuts.What are your priorities for the election? Are any of the parties talking about the real issues? Learn more about yo...
Sat Aug 15 - Marni Soupcoff On Pick-Up Artist Roosh V w/ Guest Host Andrew Lawton
August 16, 2015 02:00 - 27 minutesSelf-described “pick-up artist” Roosh V. is hosting a seminar in Toronto today, despite nearly 50,000 signatures on a petition to the CBSA to have him barred from entering Canada. Roosh has also received a condemnation from Toronto’s mayor, John Tory, urging venues to cancel Roosh’s appearance. Roosh has been accused of sexism, misogyny, and even support for rape, despite his assertions that a controversial blog post was satire aimed at encouraging women to protect themselves against sexual...
Sat Aug 15 - Climate Change Vs. Terrorism w/ Guest Host Andrew Lawton
August 16, 2015 01:29 - 8 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices