Today's guests: Dr. Lindsay Tedds, Associate Professor and Scientific Director, Fiscal and Economic Policy School of Public Policy, University of Calgary Dr. Leah West, Assistant Professor & Associate Director (Admissions and Recruitment), Norman Paterson School of International Affairs - Carleton University Tristin Hopper, Reporter - National Post See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

Childcare policy; Prosecuting foreign fighters; Wildfires & climate change

Today's guests: Dave Morrow, retired Canadian infantry officer / Veteran | Fitness coach | Entrepreneur Rick Ross,  Executive Director of the Cult Education Institute  / Author - "Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out." Jason Clemens, Executive Vice-President - Fraser Institute Scott Crockatt, Vice President, Communications & External Relations - Business Council of Alberta / also with (Industry for Vaccination) IFV Coalition Susan Thompson, Insight Manager (Alberta) - Avison Young  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Saving Afghan interpreters; NXIVM's downfall; Working from home; Business-government vaccine partership; Calgary's downtown woes

Today's guests: Joanna Baron, Executive Director - Canadian Constitution Foundation Marty Moore, Barrister and Solicitor - Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms Karl Moore, Associate Professor of Strategy & Organization - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Case against vaccine passports; Court victory for free expression; Why WestJet rejected a bailout

Today's guests: Tamara Lorincz, PhD candidate at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University / Fellow - Canadian Foreign Policy Institute Dr. Katie Mack, astrophysicist and assistant professor of astronomy at North Carolina State University / author - "The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)" Dr. Brian Bird, assistant professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC Dr. Ergete Ferede, professor of economics - MacEwan University  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No new fighter jets?; Billionaires in space; How church arsons are huring reconciliation; Return to the flat tax?

Today's guests: Ross Rebagliati, Canadian Olympic gold medalist snowboarder / Cannabis entrepreneur / Founder and CEO of Ross'Gold Bryan Thomas, Senior Research Associate & Adjunct Professor, Centre for Health Law, Policy & Ethics, University of Ottawa Balkan Devlen, Senior Fellow at Macdonald-Laurier Institute / Adjunct Research Professor at Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ross Rebagliati on Sha'Carri Richardson suspension; Legality of "vaccine passports"; Cold War with China?

Today's guests:  Stewart Bell, National Online Journalist, Investigative - Global News Dr. Leah West, Assistant professor of International Affairs (National Security and Intelligence) at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University James Daschuk, assistant professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies - University of Regina Trevor Tombe, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary and a Research Fellow at The School of Public Policy Cara Zwibel, Director of the Fundamental Freedoms Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association Dr. Gerald Evans, Chair, Division of Infectious Disease, Queen's University See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Investigating / covering foreign fighters; More unmarked burial sites found at residential schools; Rising oil prices; Hate speech vs. free speech; Mixing vaccines

Today's guests: Tim Danson, longtime lawyer for the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy Paul Burns, President & CEO - Canadian Gaming Association Joanna Baron, executive director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Paul Bernardo denied parole; Single-event sports betting legalized; New hate speech law coming

Today's guests: Michael Geist, Law professor / Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law - University of Ottawa Matt Gurney, Columnist - National Post Mark Milke, Author / columnist / researcher / President - Sir Winston Churchill Society Calgary See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Passage of Bill C-10; Hotel quarantine on its way out; Winston Churchill statues

Today's guests: Chris Sankey, prominent Indigenous business leader / senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute / former elected Councillor for the Lax Kw’alaams Band. Michael Chong, Conservative Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs / MP Wellington - Halton Hills David Knight Legg, Outgoing CEO - Invest Alberta Corp. David Korzinski, Research Director of the Angus Reid Institute Lori Waller, Communications Officer - Above Ground See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Sankey on reconciliation; Liberals found in contempt of Parliament; Invest Alberta's outgoing CEO; Canadians' views on racism; Combating forced labour

Today's guests: Mack Lamoureux, Reporter - Vice News Dr. Anna Stokke, Professor & Chair, Department of Mathematics & Statistics - University of Winnipeg / Co-founder & President of non-profit Archimedes Math Schools  / Co-founder of the advocacy group WISE Math Gian-Carlo Carra, City Councillor - Ward 9  Dr. Michael Wolfson, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Canada's QAnon "Queen"; Vancouver scraps honours programs; Calgary considers "fair deal" vote; Canada's data gap

Today's guests: Trevor Tombe, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary and a Research Fellow at The School of Public Policy Laila Goodridge, UCP MLA Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche Abigail Bimman, Global National Ottawa Correspondent See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Understanding Equalization, Senate election; Recapping G7 & NATO summits

Today's guests: Peter L. Biro, Founder - Section1.ca, a democracy and civics education advocacy organization, / Editor, “Constitutional Democracy Under Stress: A Time For Heroic Citizenship.” Dale Swampy, President - National Coalition of Chiefs Karen Sorenson, Mayor - Town of Banff Dr. Renee Farrell, Calgary Pediatrician See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Notwithstanding clause; Indigenous energy partnerships; Banff welcomes back tourists; Prioritizing outdoor rec for kids

Today's guests: Jann Arden, Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee / award-winning singer wongwriter Sinikka Crosland, President of the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition Dr. Lynora Saxinger, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alberta Stewart Bell, National Online Journalist, Investigative - Global News Mark Stephen, Play-by-Play voice of the Calgary Stampeders on 770 CHQR See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ending live horse exports; Variants vs. vaccines; London, ON suspect charged with terrorism; CFL season set for August

Today's guests: Dr. Gabriel Fabreau, Calgary physician / assistant professor and clinical researcher - Cumming School of Medicine, Univeristy of Calgary Dr. Caroline Colijn, Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematics for Infection, Evolution and Public Health / Epidemiologist / Professor - Department of Mathematics / Faculty of Science - Simon Fraser Univesity James Coleman, Professor of Law (focus on energy policy and law) - Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law Chris Warkentin, Conservative MP - Grande Prairie-Mackenzie / Chair - Commons Ethics Committee   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vaccine access and equity; Avoiding a 4th wave; Keystone XL's official demise; Ethics Committee report on WE Charity scandal

Today's guests: Dr. Leah West, Assistant professor of International Affairs (National Security and Intelligence) at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University Dr. David Naylor, member - federal expert advisory panel / Co-chair - Covid-19 Immunity Task Force / Professor of Medicine and President Emeritus, University of Toronto Mark Agnew, Vice President of Policy and International Affairs - Canadian Chamber of Commerce Dr. Patrice Dutil, Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration - Ryerson University / Senior Fellow, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary History, University of Toronto / Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute David O'Keefe, Military Historian / best-selling author/ Prof of History / Documentarian / Author of numerous books, most recently "Seven Days in Hell: Canada's Battle for Normandy and the Rise of the Black Watch Snipers" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When a hate crime becomes terrorism; ending hotel quarantine; opening Canada-US border; Who was Egerton Ryerson?; finding missing WW2 Canadian bomber crew

Join host, Rob Breakenridge, as he offers his unique perspective on the most talked-about stories of the day every weekday afternoon.

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