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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Sun Aug 9 - Termination With Or Without Cause
August 10, 2015 03:58 - 18 minutesA Quebec supermarket cashier at a Provigo store informed customers they could obtain the same items they were purchasing from Provigo for less money at a nearby Walmart. Someone informed the cashier's employers and she was fired for 'disloyalty.' A Quebec Appeals Court just upheld the firing as justifiable. Don't retailers often invite price comparisons with competitors, as in, "we'll beat any competitor's lower price?"Have you been fired over a circumstance you judged to be unfair? How we...
Sun Aug 9 - Tom Mulcair And His French Citizenship
August 10, 2015 03:38 - 17 minutesSo far it hasn’t been raised in the leaders debate, but Tom Mulcair’s French citizenship should receive some public attention.In order to become a citizen, Mulcair was required to apply for French citizenship, and was mandated to swear ‘lifelong allegiance’ to France. If he’s elected as Prime Minister, Mulcair has said he’ll get rid of his French citizenship. But if he isn’t elected, he will remain a citizen of France.What does this say about the meaning of the word commitment to Tom Mulcair?...
Sun Aug 9 - Trump's Odds Keep Increasing
August 10, 2015 03:12 - 19 minutesDonald Trump is closer to winning the White House than ever before according to leading British bookmaking firm William Hill. William Hill had Trump at 150/1, then 14/1, 10/1, 7/1 and now 5/1. One British bettor, opened accounts and bet for the first time in his life for Trump and calls it an investment. But Trump has run into real difficulty at the end of the week with his remarks about Fox News' Megyn Kelly and was uninvited from a Conservative dinner. His chief adviser Roger Stone quit...
Sun Aug 9 - Dogs Can Sense Pain And Illness In Humans
August 10, 2015 02:34 - 18 minutesIt is now confirmed that dogs can detect when people are dying or grieving by body language cues and smells. Dogs also know how to comfort people by sniffing out cancers and will instinctively comfort people not only when those people are facing death, but also at other difficult times like depression or job loss. Soldiers with PTSD are often comforted by dogs.Have you experienced a dog instinctively knowing if someone is very ill, dying or otherwise struggling and what did that dog do?Jess...
Sun Aug 9 - Gloria Allred On The Deposition Of Bill Cosby
August 10, 2015 02:00 - 9 minutesBill Cosby is required by the courts to give a deposition in the charges of sexual assault brought by Judy Huth. Cosby's will be deposed on October 9, 2015. Gloria Allred, the L.A. celebrity lawyer to Judy Huth and the eleven additional women accusing Cosby of sexual assault will be the one to depose Cosby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun Aug 9 - Police Officers Or Tax Collectors?
August 10, 2015 01:48 - 29 minutesIn the Hamilton/Burlington area, the number of speeding tickets handed out by police has doubled, from 230 in July 2014 to 460 in July of 2015. But does that mean that the number of irresponsible drivers has doubled or are police just doubling tax collection? The issue has been debated with the Alberta Integrated Police Traffic Unit where they promised sometime ago to no longer suggest police "fishing holes" established to generate speeding tickets exist. The Hamilton/Burlington numbers ...
Sat. August 8 - Beauties & The Beast
August 09, 2015 04:28 - 19 minutesWeekly Beauties and the Beast segment with Catherine Swift, Michelle Simson, and Linda Leatherdale. Issues include the first federal debate, the first GOP debate featuring Donald Trump, and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 8 - On Tom Mulcair & His French Citizenship
August 09, 2015 04:18 - 18 minutesRoy speaks on Thomas Mulcair and his French citizenship, and what it says about his commitment to Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 8 - Joe McFarland
August 09, 2015 04:05 - 8 minutesJoe McFarland from Talk770 in Calgary talks about the crazy weather Southern Alberta has experienced in recent days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 8 - WestJet Pilot
August 09, 2015 03:29 - 10 minutesDave is a WestJet pilot who called to clarify why WestJet pilots voted against creating a union. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 8 - Buzz Hargrove
August 09, 2015 03:26 - 12 minutesFormer national president of the Canadian Autoworkers Union Buzz Hargrove joins Roy on the topic of the relevance of labour unions in 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 8 - Mark Yost
August 09, 2015 03:20 - 7 minutesSports author Mark Yost talks with Roy about the recent investigation into NHL star forward Patrick Kane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. August 8 - John Duffy
August 09, 2015 03:15 - 10 minutesJohn Duffy of Taxi News discusses whether cab drivers refusing fares is common practice, and if there should be some guilt on the part of the cab driver related to the Muzik nightclub shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun Aug 2 - Mark Yost on Tom Brady and the Toronto Blue Jays
August 03, 2015 03:59 - 12 minutesSome say that the greatest quarterback of the modern era is Tom Brady, but putting athletics aside, is he a liar and a cheat? Is he guilty of trying to cover up his lying and cheating in the face of public condemnation by the NFL as Commissioner Roger Goodell restates the four game suspension of Brady for 'deflate-gate'? New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was not happy with the commissioner and verbally attacked the league. Who do you believe, Brady or the NFL? What does the destruct...
Sun Aug 2 - Alysha Brilla On The Topless Rally In Waterloo, On
August 03, 2015 03:45 - 7 minutesAlysha Birlla, the JUNO Award nominee who held a rally in Waterloo, Ontario, supporting a woman's rights to go topless in public joins the show to relate what happened at the rally yesterday. Last Friday, Brilla and her twin sisters decided the temperature in Kitchener-Waterloo, was too hot to bear and decided they would all three go for a topless bicycle ride. A female police officer saw them and didn’t challenge the situation. But another officer, male, stopped them and told Alysha and h...
Sun Aug 2 - Kenny Bayless On Being A Professional Boxing Referee
August 03, 2015 03:37 - 19 minutesIt was hyped as the greatest fight in the history of boxing and it was certainly the richest fight in the history of boxing: Floyd Mayweather Vs. Manny Pacquiao May 2015. The fight grossed more than $500 million, with Mayweather declared the winner. Mayweather's record going into the fight was 47-0, he is an eleven time, five weight world champion. Pacquiao went in with a 59-5 record and has won world titles at eight different weights. The third man in the ring that night was referee Ken...
Sun Aug 2 - Patti Croft On The Possible Canadian Recession
August 03, 2015 02:57 - 6 minutesAt the beginning of the election campaign, it seems that the economy is the biggest issue for Canadians. So, are we in a recession or not? Is out economic outlook positive? We talk to Patti Croft, Economic Analyst and former Chief Economist, RBC Global Asset Management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun Aug 2 - Harper Calls For Federal Election In October
August 03, 2015 02:54 - 31 minutesThe Beauties join Roy for a special Sunday segment on the breaking news that the Canadian Federal Election is officially underway as Prime Minister Harper kicked off his campaign this morning. Have you decided who will get your vote? Will you vote in October? Is there one leader/party already out of consideration for you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun Aug 2 - Dr. Anne Cooper on Being Struck By Lightning
August 03, 2015 02:06 - 8 minutesCertain provinces have experienced some nasty storms in the past week. Including Manitoba, where a tornado sat on the ground for more than three hours. But in Montreal on a day where only a few clouds peppered the sky a man was struck by lightning while standing under a tree smoking a cigarette. Doctors say he may survive because a passerby quickly came to his aide and administered CPR. Ninety percent of people struck by lightning survive but it can and does change their lives in many way...
Sun Aug 2 - Rob Dunham Of The Hunting Adventure Company On Cecil The Lion
August 03, 2015 01:52 - 29 minutesThe death of Cecil the lion from Zimbabwe is the international story of the week. If the lion was lured out of a protected area to be killed for sport, prosecution is in order. Trophy hunting is a big business for the countries that issue and sell licenses to kill specific types of animals. Most people are not aware that this business is critical to the economic livelihood of some African villages. Walter Palmer, the U.S. dentist who shot Cecil, may be one of the most reviled people on ea...
Sat. Aug 1st - The Beauties And The Beast
August 02, 2015 04:07 - 17 minutesRoy is joined by the Beauties. Linda Leatherdale, Michelle Simson and Catherine Swift.Up for discussion - a federal election to be called tomorrow. What's going to be the most important issue?First the Senate,and now members of parliament are beginning to be audited/investigated for their expense claims. One MP is already going to court to challenge a denial of his residence maintainance claims.Tom Mulcair announces he won't participate in leaders debates which don't feature Stephen Harper....
Sat. Aug 1st - Auto Recalls - Phil Edmonston
August 02, 2015 03:53 - 17 minutesThe auto industry in the news. Ottawa announced it would provide Toyota Canada $101 million in order to protect 8000 Canadian jobs in its Woodstock and Cambridge plants. Fiat Chrysler America has recalled 1.4 million vehicles for repair work and FCA must offer to buy back 500,000 Ram pickup trucks and other vehicles in the biggest such decision against and by an automaker in history. Roy is joined by Phil Edmonston, author of LemonAid car books, founder of the Automobile Protection Associat...
Sat. Aug 1st - Social Media And The Supreme Court - David Butt
August 02, 2015 03:23 - 7 minutesThe newest Supreme Court of Canada appointee, Russell Brown, blogged prolifically when he was a University of Alberta law school professor, expressing some strong conservative views. Should there be concern about a Supreme Court judge with such strong political opinions published on social media?Roy is joined by David Butt, a prominent criminal lawyer who also states very strong views in his regular Globe and Mail columns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. Aug 1st - Women's Right To Go Topless - Alysha Brilla And Callers
August 02, 2015 03:01 - 27 minutesAlysha Brilla a young Canadian singer - songwriter went for a topless bike ride with her twin sisters during the recent heatwave. A male police officer told Alysha and her sisters they would have to wear tops. Alysha Brilla joins Roy and callers discuss.Who better represents your point of view, Alysha Brilla and her sisters, or the police officer who told them to put on tops? (A B.C. woman was also told to cover up this week while she sunbathed topless. B.C. Supreme Court ruled in 2000 wom...
Sat. Aug 1st - Quito Maggi - Federal Election Call
August 02, 2015 02:21 - 15 minutesPrime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to officially kick off the 2015 federal election campaign tomorrow. According to MainStreet Research polling last week for Post Media, the Conservatives national support numbers are close to 39%, or roughly where the numbers were immediately prior to the 2011 federal election. Roy is joined by Quito Maggi - President/CEO of Mainstreet Research. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. Aug 1st - Rights And Religion - Roy And Callers
August 02, 2015 01:50 - 14 minutesToronto resident Christine Flynn was seated on a Porter Airlines flight bound for Toronto from Newark, New Jersey, when a man who according to Ms. Flynn appeared to an ultra-orthodox Jew, declined to set beside her because she is a woman.Rights and religion. When they collide, who has the right of way? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
July 26 - Mark Yost on The Canadian Open and Toronto's Potential Olympic Bid
July 27, 2015 04:00 - 20 minutesGames David Hearn started the day leading round 4 of the Canadian Open golf championship by two strokes, being chased by two of the world's best golfers, Bubba Watson and Jason Day among others. Hearn has never won a PGA event and the nation is putting the pressure on. A win for Hearn could mean some serious dollars.The Pan Am Games end today. Canada places second to U.S. in medal count, breaking a previous record set in 1999. Was it a financial windfall for businesses? In the midst of th...
July 26 - Scott Schobert on Cyber Safety
July 27, 2015 03:35 - 19 minutesEvery week, we hear of a new hacking story. But what is being done about it? This week, the stories of strangers hacking into baby monitors and hacking the controls of a Jeep leading to 1.4 million vehicles recalled by Chrysler. When the personal safety of a family out for a drive is endangered and when a baby monitor is invaded, what is the answer? Is there an answer? Is computer hacking the crime that sneers at law enforcement? Your most private moments could be watched/recorded by hack...
July 26 - Margaret Wente on Vet Costs and Her Column 'My Sick Cat: The High Cost of Saying Goodbye'
July 27, 2015 03:04 - 19 minutesVeterinary costs are outrageous, out of line and abusive, was the position of a recently retired veterinarian who called the show last weekend. Margaret Wente, national columnist for the Globe and Mail, drove the point about vet costs through her column 'My Sick Cat: The High Cost of Saying Goodbye'. Wente's cat was suspected of having cancer and the bill for preliminary blood work was $750. A following IV drip for twenty four hours cost $1,170. And an ultrasound offered by the vet was set...
July 26 - Dr. Caplan On Donald Trump - Is Trump Racist Or A Breath Of Fresh Air?
July 27, 2015 02:38 - 19 minutesDonald Trump is currently leading in polls for President of the United States among Republican candidates. On the America's foremost medical ethicist and media commentator, Dr. Arthur Caplan writes that the public should not write him off as a legitimate candidate. In a commentary Dr. Caplan wrote that "Donald Trump is a racist firmly in the repugnant tradition of Hitler."Do you agree with Cr. Caplan, is Donald Trump an Adolf Hitler-like racist? Or is he a breath of fresh air in the fetid a...
Sat July 26 - Judy Foster Of The Humane Society on Finding A Puppy Locked in a Bathroom
July 27, 2015 02:08 - 6 minutesA puppy was left locked in a bathroom in London, Ontario while its owners went on vacation. The pup was nine weeks old and was found eventually after its crying alerted a building superintendent who obtained a search warrant to enter the premises. The puppy was found with an empty water dish and fecal matter all over its body, according to Judy Foster, executive director of the London Humane Society. The owners of the puppy have been fined $400 and prohibited from owning or caring for an an...
Sat July 26 - Warren Diepraam, Texas prosecutor on the arrest, jailing and suicide of Sandra Bland
July 27, 2015 02:01 - 32 minutesAuthorities in Texas have released the dash-cam footage of Sandra Bland's arrest. Bland was arrested after an encounter with a state trooper turned hostile when she refused to get out of her car. The trooper initially pulled Bland over to ticket her for failing to signal when changing lanes. After the arrest she was held in a cell for three days and was found hanging on July 13. Lots of mystery surrounds this case as some speculate she did not hang herself. Others are saying the video fo...
Sat. July 25th - Beauties And The Beast
July 26, 2015 03:59 - 19 minutesThree outspoken women address the question asked earlier about why so many people consider the women accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault to be lying. PM Multrudeau? A real possibility?Canada in recession? 100,000 new jobs and a hot housing market. Is that a recession, plus economists polled by media say Canada's economy is growing again. What does this all mean to the "Middle Class" all the political parties are pleading to for votes? Are jobs in danger with rising employment numbe...
Sat July 25 - How do Parents Discipline Kids in Public in Our Politically Correct Society?
July 26, 2015 03:37 - 19 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat July 25 - Gloria Allred
July 26, 2015 03:01 - 19 minutesBill Cosby. Going to court. California Supreme Court decides the civil law suit by Judith Huth, who accuses Cosby of sexually abusing her when she was 15, can go forward and her Los Angeles lawyer Gloria Allred (representing 11 other women who state Cosby sexually assaulted them) hopes to schedule a deposition of Cosby within 30 days. Bill Cosby’s lawyers argue Judith Huth attempted to sell her story to a tabloid paper 10 years ago and question the Statute of Limitations. Learn more about y...
Sat July 25 - Who Are You Voting For?
July 26, 2015 02:32 - 19 minutesFederal election campaign is underway. NDP lighting the candles and starting the romantic music and musing publicly about a coalition with Liberals. Justin Trudeau says “no thanks” to PM Multrudeau option. Meanwhile a poll conducted for Post Media shows the Conservatives with a surprising and dominating lead nationally. CPC 39% . NDP 27%. Liberals 25%Have you already decided? Are you one of the 40% of Canadians who can’t seem to be bothered to vote? Are you sitting this one out? Why Le...
Sat July 25 - Dr Patrick Moore
July 26, 2015 01:58 - 19 minutesDr. Patrick Moore. Cofounder Greenpeace and vocal global warming skeptic. Ecosense Environmental. (Ecosense.me). Moore remains the target of invective from his former colleagues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat July 25 - Racism in Our Society
July 26, 2015 01:39 - 19 minutesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun. July 19 - Barry McGuire
July 20, 2015 04:15 - 19 minutesFolk singer/songwriter Barry McGuire joins the show to reminisce about the 1960s. McGuire's song "Eve Of Destruction" went to #1 on the Billboard Top 100 back in September 1965. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun. July 19 - Australia's Feral Cat Problem
July 20, 2015 03:57 - 16 minutesAustralia has decided to cull over two million feral cats that are killing wildlife. Roy takes calls on whether this is the right idea, or whether it should take Canada's approach to spay and neuter the cats instead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun. July 19 - Larry Villalobos
July 20, 2015 03:21 - 19 minutesRoy talks to the Intelligence Chief for the Mexico DEA on the escape of Sinaloa Cartel leader Chapo Guzman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun. July 19 - Ed Burlew & Protecting Against Home Invaders
July 20, 2015 03:04 - 19 minutesRoy speaks with criminal lawyer Ed Burlew on people using firearms to defend their homes, and takes callers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun. July 19 - Donald Trump: US Presidential Candidate Or Racist?
July 20, 2015 02:03 - 19 minutesRoy takes calls on Donald Trump's recent comments on US Senator John McCain and whether he has sunk his Presidential bid before it really even began. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. July 18th - Beauties And The Beast
July 19, 2015 04:16 - 20 minutesThis weeks topics include: Interest rates down. dollar down. Oil down. Buy more on credit now? Canadians support law demanding financial transparency from unions, but also demand financial transparency from Canadian Fed of Independent Business (Catherine Swift former CEO). Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall delivers a message to the Ontario and Quebec Premiers, reminding them that they should stop nattering on about Canada's oil and natural gas resources as an environmental liability, particularl...
Sat July 18th - Jim Willis
July 19, 2015 03:55 - 15 minutesJim Willis. Author: How Could You(?) from the book: Pieces of My Heart. Story of being euthanized, from a dog's perspective. The dog in Jim Willis' story has become surplus to the owner's family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. July 18th - Toronto Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong
July 19, 2015 02:53 - 31 minutesDenzil Minnan-Wong. Deputy Mayor and one of only three Toronto councilors to vote against declaring Toronto a Sanctuary City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. July 18 - Sheila White
July 19, 2015 01:52 - 13 minutesSheila White. Litter Prevention Program (Ontario). Pushing Premier Kathleen Wynne to be more proactive on littering on littering issue. In Singapore littering can result in big fines and litterer being forced to work a 12 hour shift on litter cleanup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat. July 18 - Dave Watt
July 19, 2015 01:38 - 19 minutesExpat from Winnipeg, Dave Watt, now living in New Zealand visiting his hometown and tossed sunflower seeds out of the sunroof of his rental Jeep. A Winnipeg police officer pulled Watt over, was rude and confrontational, says Watt and wrote a $170 littering ticket. Said seeds hit his cruiser. Watt seeks redress from police and court. No luck. Come back in September for your court date. He's back in NZ then. Dave Watt didn't help his case by, reportedly, spitting out a mouthful of sunflower...
Sun. July 12 - Dr. Frank Farley
July 13, 2015 04:51 - 14 minutesPsychologist Dr. Frank Farley joins Roy to talk about a murder that happened on public transit in Washington DC and the "bystander effect." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sun. July 12 - Setting Off Store Security Alarms
July 13, 2015 04:44 - 19 minutesRoy shares a story of how he managed to set off alarms at store recently, and takes calls from people who have suffered a similar fate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices