The Deb Hutton Show

Brad Bradford - Dad. Optimist. Urban Planner. Community Builder. Toronto City Councillor for Beaches-East York. Another day, another lesson in how the TTC needs to improve its communication.   GUEST: Marvin Ryder - professor of marketing and entrepreneurship at McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business  KING DROPS BEN & JERRY! Do royal warrants affect sales and brand prestige? Will losing it make a difference to the company? CALLS: Should we just hire doctors as employees in publicly owned clinics? CALLS: Are you afraid of electronic price tags on grocery shelves?    

Mark Towhey hosting for Deb Hutton   INTRO & SET UP CALLS: Donald Trump has infuriated Canadians, a new ‘rage index’ poll shows. Here’s what else made everyone angry GUEST: Darrell Bricker, CEO IPSOS  Your book Empty Planet shocked a lot of people when you revealed that Earth’s population is not going to increase forever – but will level off and begin to decline in the near future.  GUEST:  Craig Baird - Canadian History EHX! SUPERMAN. The Man of Steel grew up in Toronto. Do you know the story?  

BORDER WOES. Is Canada’s new Border Plan good enough for Donald Trump? GUEST: Gabor Lukacs - Air Passenger Rights .ca NEW AIRLINE $ RULES. Are you satisfied? Meals for delays >2hrs. Overnight accommodation if necessary. Who decides what’s necessary? Who writes these rules? 15-day deadline for reimbursements. From claim? From incident?  STORMWATCH GUEST: Vince Sferrazza, Director, Operations & Maintenance, Transportation Services, City of Toronto What are you doing before the storm? How much equipment? When do you start sanding/plowing? Advice to drivers? Expecting lots of snow this winter?    

Mark Towhey hosting  Have you got mail? Are you sending anything? Are you stupid? Emojis are legally binding Liberal Attack Ad  Have you seen an Ozempic tree in the wild? 7-1010 Are you spending money this Xmas? Bike lane video GUEST:  Warren Kinsella, is a Canadian lawyer, author, musician, political consultant, and commentator KINSELLA: Justin Trudeau finally sees the jig is up | Toronto Sun       

Rant on shooting at Jewish girls school overnight  GUEST: Daniel Held - United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto  GUEST: Natalie Johnson - CTV Toronto reporter  The City of Toronto's "outdoor" workers -- represented by CUPE Local 416 -- have won wage hikes of 3-3.95% year over year for the next four years, in a deal just ratified by council   

OPEN: Recapping a WILD week  GUEST: Carmi Levy - tech expert  Canada border agency has launched facial recognition app to track migrants  GUEST: Ravi Ramkissoonsingh- Chair of the Bargaining Team Ontario college faculty in legal strike position as of Jan. 4, union says

  CALLS: Is this ridiculous to you as well?    Toronto unanimously approves down payment help for higher-income earners  

CALLS: Would you encourage your kids to join the Volunteer Corps?  Premier Doug Ford Launches Ontario Corps  GUEST: Elliott Morris - EY Canada Partner in the Consumer and Retail Practice  Cost of living concerns spur festive bargain hunting, but consumers sceptical over the real value of sales - EY Holiday Shopping Survey  CALLS: Are you part of this group that is more wed to stores?     

GUEST: Pierre Poilievre - Federal Conservative Leader  GUEST: Christian Leuprecht - co-editor of Dirty Money: Financial Crime in Canada, and professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University  Alleged Toronto ISIS attack plotter now faces war crimes charges  CALLS: What did you make of the interview with Poilievre earlier? Should Poilievre be working to build more of a relationship with Trump right now?