The Deb Hutton Show
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Deb Hutton provides listeners with real talk that cuts through the noise for the early drive home. Her experience in politics and communications brings a fresh common sense perspective on the issues that matter.
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Dec 3, 2025 • 28min
Olivia Chow proposes higher tax on people who buy luxury homes
Is this the right move? Plus – How chaotic is your Spotify Wrapped?GUEST: Sandra Hawken - president and CEO of Holland Bloorview Foundation
Dec 3, 2025 • 38min
Ontario to review learning, testing after ‘insufficient progress’ in EQAO results
Deb takes your calls Plus - Are people satisfied with the GO Trains? GUESTS: Paul Calandra - Ontario Education Minister Adam Silvertown - founder of VetMeds.ca
Dec 2, 2025 • 35min
Why is a new car cheaper in Canada than the US?
Deb gets answers. Plus – Does your dog have your personality?GUESTS: Lorraine Sommerfeld - columnist at driving.ca Neil Heatherington - CEO of Daily Bread food bank
Dec 2, 2025 • 39min
Inside Ontario’s Auditor General report
How is the province overseeing doctor billings?Plus – Deb weighs in on TCDSB Chair Markus de Dominico’s comments GUEST: Siobhan Morris - CTV Toronto Queen’s Park Bureau reporter
Dec 1, 2025 • 36min
What you might not know about weight loss drugs like Ozempic
How medication is changing how we eat Plus - Carney to shuffle cabinet after Guilbeault resignation GUESTS: Dr. Mitch Shulman - Newstalk 1010 Chief Medical Analyst Mark Mendelson - Newstalk 1010 Crime expert and former homicide detective Scott Reid - CTV Political Analyst and former advisor to a Prime Minister
Dec 1, 2025 • 39min
Is investing becoming too much like gambling?
Deb takes your calls Plus – What would make Toronto a better place to live? GUEST: Shannon Lee Simmons - certified financial planner and author based in Toronto
Nov 28, 2025 • 37min
Where is actually cheap to buy a home now?
Is there anywhere in the GTA this is possible? Plus – Who’s got a big sign?GUEST: Bob Richardson - NEWSTALK 1010 contributor and public affairs consultant Richard Crouse - host of the podcast Maple Syrup For Your Eyes
Nov 28, 2025 • 40min
Who are the top political quitters?
Jim Richards is in for Deb today Plus – Jim’s Black Friday advice GUEST: Dan Delmar - Managing partner at the comms firm TNKR Media and contributor to CJAD 800 Montreal
Nov 27, 2025 • 34min
N.S. announces it will sell all remaining U.S. alcohol, won’t order any more
Should Ontario do the same thing? Plus – Christmas tree farmers get ready for the busiest time of year GUESTS: Kim Schofield - Criminal Defense Lawyer Shirley Brennan - Executive Director of Christmas Tree Farmers of Ontario
Nov 27, 2025 • 38min
TTC proposing fare freeze for 2026 despite budget issues
Is this the wrong move? Plus - Carney signs major energy agreement with Alberta, laying out conditions for new oil pipeline GUESTS: Heather Exner-Pirot - Senior Fellow and Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Peter Bethlenfalvy - Ontario Finance Minister Dr. Michelle Foster - Registered Clinical Psychologist, co-director of Toronto Psychology & Wellness Group and board member of Ontario Psychological Association
