Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge

Today's guests Daniel Bernhard - CEO of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship Bill Fitzsimmons - Alberta Executive Director at The Canadian Centre for Men and Families Eric Miller - President of Rideau Potomac Strategy Group Kevin Birn - Vice President, leader of the Center of Emissions Excellence, and serves as the Chief Analyst for Canadian Oil Markets at S&P Global Commodity Insights Stewart Bell - Global News Investigative Journalist Bill Black - President and CEO of Calgary Construction Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Peter Copeland - Public policy professional, and Deputy Director of Domestic Policy at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Christopher Worswick - Professor and Chair at the Department of Economics at Carleton University Robert Tanguay - addiction psychiatrist and clinical assistant professor at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Lenore Skenazy – Founder of Free Range Kids Gary Mar – President & CEO of the Canada West Foundation Jock Finlayson – Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Brian Kingston – President & CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association Dr. Angela Rasmussen – Virologist at the Vaccine & Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan Jenny Carchman – Director of the documentary “Whatever It Takes” (Alberta debut next week at the Calgary Underground Film Festival) Frederic Dimanche – Professor and Director of the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Toronto Metropolitan University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Blake Shaffer, Professor of Economics - University of Calgary David Clement, North American Affairs Manager - Consumer Choice Center Jasmin Guenette, VP of National Affairs - CFIB Alex Dalziel, Senior Fellow - Macdonald Laurier Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Naheed Nenshi - Alberta NDP Leader Peter Harder - Ontario Senator, Progressive Senate Group Richard Lachman - Associate Professor, Media Production & Director at RTA School of Media at Toronto Metropolitan University Dr. Noah Schwartz - Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Fraser Valley / Author - “On Target: Gun Culture, Storytelling, and the NRA” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Noah Rothman, senior writer - National Review / author - "The Rise of the New Puritans: Fighting Back against Progressives’ War on Fun" and "Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America" Brian Lee Crowley, managing director - Macdonald-Laurier Institute GUEST: Goldy Hyder, President & CEO - Business Council of Canada Adam Zivo, National Post columnist / Executive Director of the Centre for Responsible Drug Policy Gurpreet Lail, CEO - Enserva Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Andrew Leach - energy and environmental economist who holds a joint appointment with the University of Alberta’s Faculties of Arts and Law. Also a co-director of the Institute for Public Economics at the U of A. Kenneth Green - Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute Rory Johnston - Toronto-based oil market researcher, the founder of Commodity Context, Fellow - Canadian Global Affairs Institute Theo Argitis - Managing Director at Compass Rose Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Aurel Braun - Professor of Political Science, and International Relations, University of Toronto; Associate, Davis Center, Harvard University Michele Rempel-Garner - Member of Parliament. Calgary - Nose Hill / Committee Member -Standing Committee on Industry and Technology Shawn Whatley – Physician / Munk Senior Fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute / author - “When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why and How Canadian Medicare is Failing.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest: Marc Garneau, former Canadian astronaut and the first Canadian in space / former federal MP and cabinet minister / author - "A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Sam Tam - President of Canada Vaping Association Andrew Spence - Author of "Fleeced: Canadians Versus Their Banks" David Clinton - Publisher of The Audit (www.theaudit.ca) and a contributing writer to the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Dr. Adrian Owen - Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Western University Keldon Bester – Executive Director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Nazem Kadri - NHL player for the Calgary Flames / first Muslim hockey player to win the Stanley Cup/ Author - "Dreamer: My Life on the Edge” Denise Hearn - Co-author of The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians" Keith Baldrey - Global BC’s Legislature Bureau Chief Jake Fuss - Director of Fiscal Studies for the Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Maureen Palmer - Critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker / Author - "You Don't Have To Quit: 20 Science-Back­ed Strategies to Help Your Loved One Drink Less" Dr. Shelley Duggan - President of the Alberta Medical Association William Robson - President and CEO of C.D. Howe Institute Jack Mintz - President’s Fellow of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest: Jonathan Conricus - Senior Fellow - Foundation for the Defense of Democracies / Lt. Col (Ret.) - IDF Philippe Lagassé - Associate professor and the Barton Chair at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Jack Jedwab - President and CEO of the Association for Canadian Studies and the Metropolis Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Vincent Rigby - The Slater Family Professor of Practice at McGill University / former National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister (2020 - 2021) Deborah Yedlin - President & CEO at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce Mike Moffatt - Senior director of the Smart Prosperity Institute and co-host of the podcast The Missing Middle Mark Mancini - Senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and an assistant professor at Thompson Rivers University, Faculty of Law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Stewart Bell - National Online and Investigative Journalist for Global News Stephanie Carvin - Associate Professor of International Relations at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Andrew Leach - Energy and environmental economist with the University of Alberta’s Faculties of Arts and Law Dr. John Moores - Associate Professor at York University, Director of the Graduate Program in Earth and Space Science / A Science Advisor to the President of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) / Author - "Daydreaming in the Solar System" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Lauren Rakowski - Partner - Gardiner Roberts LLP Maria Papaioannoy-Duic - Spokesperson for Rights4Vapers Sam Cooper - Investigative Journalist and founder of the Bureau publication Renze Nauta - Program Director for Work and Economics at Cardus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Ezra Shanken - CEO of the Jewish Federation of Vancouver Mark Parsons - Vice-president and chief economist at ATB Mark Zelmer - C.D. Howe Institute Senior Fellow Alkarim Devani - Co-Founder of Mddl Housing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Mohammad Rizwan – Member of the Council of Muslims Against Antisemitism Duane Bratt - MRU Political Science Professor Trevor Trombe - Professor of Economics and the Director of Fiscal and Economic Policy at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy Peter Cowley – Senior Fellow with the Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Iris Weinstein Haggai - Daughter of Judi Weinstein Haggai (Israeli-Canadian) and Gadi Haggai, two of the victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack Michael Geist - Law Professor at the University of Ottawa JR Cox – Owner - The Shooting Edge Alasdair Roberts - Author of “The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century”/ Professor of public policy at University of Massachusetts, Amherst Gabor Lukacs – President and founder of Air Passenger Rights Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Adam Legge, President - Business Council of Alberta Sara MacIntyre, VP (Western Canada) - Convenience Industry Council of Canada Krystle Wittevrongel, Director of Research - Montreal Economic Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Jonathan Elkhoury - Lebanese-Israeli peace activist based in northern Israel Ivonne Martinez - President of the Alberta Liquor Store Association Dan Mclean – City Councilor, Ward 13 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Ted Morton, Former Finance Minister and author of the new book ‘Strong and Free: My Journey in Alberta Politics’ Tony Churchill, Mobility Safety Coordinator - City of Calgary Michael Harvey, Executive Director of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance Michael Von Massow, associate professor of food economics, University of Guelph Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Eric Adams, Legal historian, constitutional scholar, lawyer and law professor - University of Alberta Paula Simons, Independent Senator from Alberta Dr. Douglas Stenton, Adjunct Assistant Professor - Faculty of Anthropology at University of Waterloo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Dr. Casey Babb, senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute in Ottawa and an Advisor to Secure Canada Justin Simaluk is the president of the Rail For Alberta Society Aaron Sutherland, vice-president of the Pacific and Western regions of IBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Ken Boessenkool - Founding Partner, Meredith Boessenkool Policy Advisors Bryan Passifiume – National Politics reporter with the Toronto Sun – National Post Federico Rossano is an Associate Professor in the department of Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego Scott Stinson - Writer based in Toronto and author of the Unobstructed Views newsletter Donald Savoie - Author of “Speaking Truth to Canadians about their Public Service” / Canada Research Chair in Public Administration and Governance (Tier 1) at the Patrick O'Rourke, -Managing Director of Institutional Research, Large-Cap Exploration & Production and Oil Sands with ATB Capital Markets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest is Ted Barris - author & military historian. His latest book is "Battle of Britain: Canadian Airmen in their Finest Hour" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta Minister of Education Sonya Sharpe, City Councillor - Ward 1 Tim Cook, Author and historian - His latest book is "The Good Allies: How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism During the Second World War" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The documentary "The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal" has its Alberta premiere Wednesday night at the Calgary International Film Festival before debuting on Amazon Prime this Friday. Rob speaks with Jake Gold,, band manager for The Tragically Hip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guest: Roxana Spicer - Filmmaker & investigative journalist / Author - "The Traitor's Daughter: Captured by Nazis, Pursued by the KGB, My Mother's Odyssey to Freedom from Her Secret Past" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: John Ibbitson, Writer-at-Large - Globe and Mail Michelle Rempel Garner, Conservative MP - Calgary Nose Hill Dave Snow, Associate Professor Department of Political Science University of Guelph and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Michael Wescott, Executive Director - Allies for a Strong Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Aurel Braun, Professor of Political Science,and International Relations - University of Toronto / Associate - Davis Center, Harvard University Alan Cross, Music writer/broadcaster/historian / Host of the Ongoing History of New Music on the Corus Radio Network Carol Off -Author - "At a Loss for Words: Conversation in the Age of Rage" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Trevor Tombe, Professor of Economics - University of Calgary / Director of Fiscal and Economic Policy - School of Public Policy Dr. Jonathan Stea -Clinical Psychologist & Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Calgary / Author: "Mind the Science: Saving your Mental Health from the Wellness Industry" John Ivison, Political Journalist - National Post / Author - “Trudeau: The Education of a Prime Minister” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Steve Ambler, Professor Emeritus at the University of Quebec at Montreal & David Dodge Chair in Monetary Policy at the CD Howe Institute. Sabrina Grover - Vice-President - LRT on the Green Foundation Devin Dreeshen, Alberta Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Catharine Kavanagh, Western Stakeholder Director – Cardus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Dr. Monty Ghosh - Doctor of Internal Medicine & Addiction Medicine / Clinical Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine & Psychiatry - University of Calgary Marcus Kolga - Founder & Director - Disinfo Watch DisinfoWatch / Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute & CDA Institute Dr. Kieran Murphy - Author - "The Essence of Invention: Medicine and the Joy of Creativity" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: John Robson – Senior Fellow with the Aristotle Foundation. Adjunct Professor at Augustine College in Ottawa, historian, author, columnist, and documentary filmmaker Aidan Hollis – Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary and President of Incentives for Global Health Troy Riddell – Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Guelph Keith Baldrey – Global BC Political Journalist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Stewart Bell – National investigative reporter for Global News Richard Robertson - Director Research and Advocacy for B'nai Brith Canada Anna Stokke - Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at the University of Winnipeg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Brian Kingston – President & CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association Daniel Schwanen – Senior Vice-President at the CD Howe Institute Dr. Paul Parks – President of the Alberta Medical Association Alan Cross – Host of the Ongoing History of New Music on the Corus Radio Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob chats with actress and improv comedienne Lindsay Mullan, who is back in Calgary for a one-night-only improv comedy show this Friday at the Loose Moose Theatre Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Richard Robertson- Director Research and Advocacy with B'nai Brith Canada Pascal Chan - Senior Director, Transportation, Infrastructure & Construction with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Ian Lee, PhD - Associate Professor at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University Nadeem Esmail - Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Kris Sims – Alberta Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Keyli Loeppky – Director of Alberta and Interprovincial Affairs for the CFIB Michael Davenport – Economist with Oxford Economics Canada Colin Craig - President of SecondStreet dot Org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Ken Hodges – Former Professional Forester Anthony Housefather – Liberal MP for the Riding of Mount Royal, Quebec – Special Advisor to the PM on Jewish Community Issues and Anti-Semitism Dr. Mike Moffatt – Economist / Founding Director for the PLACE Centre at the Smart Prosperity Institute Dr. Jason Kindrachuk – Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair at the University of Manitoba Christine Van Geyn – Litigation Director for the Canadian Constitution Foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Ian Garner – Assistant Professor of Totalitarian Studies at the Pilecki Institute in Warsaw, Poland Steve Allan – Member of the Rethink the Green Line group Jen Beverly – Associate Professor of Wildland Fire at the University of Alberta Jack Lucas – Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Kent Fellows – Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Calgary / Associate Program Director of the Canadian Northern Corridor research program at The School of Public Policy / Fellow-in-Residence at the CD Howe Institute Richard Marceau – Vice President of External Affairs and General Counsel for the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Omer Aziz – Former foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Trudeau, Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University, Author of "Brown Boy: A Memoir" Scott Stinson – Toronto-based Writer and author of the Unobstructed Views newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Roy Brander – former Calgary Senior Infrastructure Engineer Ariella Kimmel – Canadian who traveled to Vienna for the Taylor Swift Concert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests Michael Montanaro – Representative for EcoAi Water Solutions Canada Inc, distributor of SmartAcqua AI technology solution in Canada Brett Ireland – Chair of Tourism Industry Association of Alberta and Co-Founder of Jasper Brewing Co. and Maligne Distilling (which was meant to open July 24th) Bill Black – President and COO of the Calgary Construction Association Sara Parker – Analyst at the Media Ecosystem Observatory Rebecca Vachon - Program Director at CARDUS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Negar Mojtahedi – Canadian Iranian Journalist and Documentary Filmmaker Dr. Lindsay Tedds – Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary Josue Ramirez – Former Founder and President of the Canada-Venezuela Democracy Forum, Former Venezuelan Diplomat and Minister of Agriculture in Miranda State, Venezuela Jessica Waite - Author, "The Widow’s Guide to Dead Bastards" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Ritesh Kotak, Cybersecurity and tech analyst Laura Harth, Campaign Director Safeguard Defenders Charles Burton, Senior Fellow - Sinopsis / former diplomat at Canada’s embassy in Beijing Barry Hertz, Film Editor - Globe and Mail Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Mike Holden, Chief Economist Business Council of Alberta Ross McKitrick, Professor of Economics - University of Guelph / Senior Fellow - Fraser Institute Larry Campbell, Former Vancouver Mayor / Former BC Chief Coroner / Former Senator Danny Gallagher, Author, writer and Montreal Expos historian / Author of the book “Genius” (Biography of Rick Mauran) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices