Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

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

News
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SNC – No Grey Area
The JWR tape between her and Wernick is proof that she is telling the truth. So now what?? Andrew Coyne, national columnist for Postmedia joins the show.
12 min
927
Unleash your LESAs
The city of Calgary has launched an application process for people who would like to have livestock emotional support animals (LESA). Calgarians will be allowed to keep a LESA on their property if they meet the requirements. Aalika Kohli, Business and Policy Analyst for Calgary Community Standards joins the show.
8 min
928
Pipelines and Energy
Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission has released a new report, 10 Myths about Carbon Pricing in Canada.
11 min
929
Citizen's Election Panel - Week 1
Rob chats with the four members of our “Citizen’s Panel” about the election and issues that matter to them. This same panel will join Rob every Thursday until the election.
41 min
930
Quebec's proposed new "secularism" law
We spoke with Beryl Wajsman - publisher of The Metropolitain, editor-in-chief of The Suburban Newspaper Group, and founder & president of the Institute for Public Affairs of Montreal
14 min
931
Alberta's trucking industry after Humboldt
Chris Nash, president of the Alberta Motor Transport Association, joins Rob to discuss the state of the industry after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash and the criminal lawsuits against the driver and trucking company.
14 min
932
Apple Streaming
Apple announced Monday they are launching a new streaming service that will compete with the likes of Netflix etc. Is another streaming option good or bad for Canada? Daniel Bernhard, executive director of Friends of Broadcasting joins the show.
9 min
933
Alberta Teachers Association respond to UCP pla...
Alberta Teachers Association president Greg Jeffrey joins Rob to discuss the issues the Association has with class sizes, standardized testing, GSAs and charter schools for the next Alberta government.
10 min
934
Decision Alberta: Women's issues
Sue Tomney, CEO of YWCA Calgary, joins Rob to discuss the issues that affect women that could be determined in the provincial election.
9 min
935
Omar Khadr Officially Free
An Alberta judge in Edmonton decided today Khadr’s 8-year sentence, imposed in 2010, has expired. The former Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of killing an American soldier in Afghanistan in 2002 has completed his sentence and is now as free as any other Canadian citizen. Scott Newark, Adjunct Professor in the TRSS Program in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University; Former Alberta Crown Prosecutor; Former Vice Chair of the Ontario Office for Victims of Crime; Former Security Policy Advisor to the governments of Ontario and Canada joins the show.
9 min
936
Mueller Report
Donald Trump is clean as a whistle…or is he? We dive into the dirt of the Mueller Report with Ken White, Contributing Writer at the The Atlantic; Attorney - Brown, White & Osborn LLP in Los Angeles; and Former federal prosecutor.
11 min
937
Restaurants Canada take their concerns to Alber...
Mark von Schellwitz, VP Western Canada with Restaurants Canada, joins Rob to discuss some of the concerns the restaurant industry has in Alberta, after a recent study showed one-third of restaurateurs have considered closing their doors due to the current labour legislation.
11 min
938
Shaun Majumder
We spoke with Canadian comedian and actor Shaun Majumder, who is appearing this weekend at the Laugh Shop https://www.laughshopcalgary.com/events/list/
20 min
939
Canadian Music Icon Corey Hart
We spoke with singer-songwriter Corey Hart about his remarkable career, his induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and the "Milestones: Corey Hart" exhibition at the National Music Centre in Calgary
13 min
940
No, it's not time to "turn the page" on SNC Lav...
Rob's thoughts on the bombshell interview Jane Philpott gave to Maclean's magazine where the former cabinet minister suggests that there's much more on the SNC Lavalin affair that Canadians need to learn
13 min
941
Will North-Central Calgary ever get LRT service?
We spoke with Ward 3 city councillor Jyoti Gondek
8 min
942
Wait times in Alberta
Bacchus Barua of the Fraser Institute joins Rob to discuss the state of wait times in the health care system in Alberta.
11 min
943
Media critic Jesse Brown on Ottawa's ill-concei...
We spoke with Jesse Brown, host & publisher at Canadalandshow.com
14 min
944
MRU cancels speech by ex-Muslim atheist activist
We spoke with Armin Navabi, ex-Muslim, secular activist, author, and founder of Atheist Republic. Also joining us was Lois Edwards, board member with the Atheist Society of Calgary and a secular representative with the Interfaith chaplaincy at MRU
14 min
945
Diversifying Alberta's economy
Andrew Leach, energy and environmental economics professor at the University of Alberta, joins Rob to discuss the challenges in diversifying Alberta's economy, a point of contention in this spring election.
12 min
946
Federal Budget 2019
We'll talk about the new Liberal mortgage plan with Thomas Davidoff Associate Professor (Stanley Hamilton Professorship in Real Estate Finance) and Director of the UBC Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia.
11 min
947
Hockey Calgary Boundary Changes
In an announcement made last night, two associations were dissolved and major changes implemented. Kevin Kobelka, Executive Director of Hockey Calgary joins the show.
10 min
948
Federal Budget Day
Why is it important we come to balanced books before the scheduled 2040? Mathieu Bédard, economist at the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) joins the show.
6 min
949
How do we combat white supremacist ideology?
A former white supremacist & neo-nazi,Brad Galloway, now a fourth year criminology student shares his story.
12 min
950
We need to stop labeling everyone!
Author Irshad Manji discusses this theory in her new book, “Don’t Label Me.”
15 min