Hour 1: • Shawn Cleary, District 9 - Halifax West Armdale • Kate Robertson, University of Toronto • Scott Taylor, Esprit de Corps Magazine • Gar Pardy Hour 2: • It's the Open Hour. Todd takes your calls! Hour 3: • Paul Deegan, News Media Canada • Green Party Leader Elizabeth May • Kenneth Green, The Fraser Institute • Scott Long, The Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo
In Hour 1, Councillor Shawn Cleary, District 9 - Halifax West Armdale, shares insights on how fellow councillors are urging Houston to refrain from interfering in municipal matters. Kate Robertson, the author behind the analysis from The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, notes that an organization dedicated to examining the impact of information exchange on human rights believes the new federal border security bill effectively "extends an invitation" for broader data-sharing agreements with the United States and other nations. Scott Taylor, Esprit de Corps Magazine, gives an update on the Middle East. Gar Pardy, a former diplomat and columnist, discusses how there are around 80,000 Canadians in the Middle East amid the Israel-Iran conflict, according to Global Affairs. In Hour 2, it's the Open Hour, Todd takes your calls! In Hour 3, Paul Deegan, President and CEO of News Media Canada, shares how the 'Buy Canadian' push should include ads Earmark 25% of the federal ad budget for Canadian media. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May criticized Prime Minister Mark Carney for pushing his government's significant projects bill swiftly through the House of Commons, calling it a "new low" in terms of disrespect for Parliament. Kenneth Green, Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute, discusses the myths, fallacies and ideological rhetoric that continue to dominate the climate policy discussion, leading to costly and ineffective government policies, according to a new study. Scott Long, Managing Director/Executive Producer of the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo, shares this year's theme.