Toronto Today with Greg Brady

Greg Brady is stepping away from 640 Toronto to run for the federal Conservative Party of Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:14:49

What impact will banning US companies have on Toronto's city budget?

Greg spoke to Josh Matlow, Toronto city councillor (St. Pauls) about Toronto to buy 17 new fire trucks from Canadian firms as part of tariff response. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:12:00

THINK TANK with Chloe Brown & Steve Paikin

Greg Brady and the panel of: Steve Paikin Author and Broadcaster, host of TVO’s ‘The Agenda’ Chloe Brown, policy analyst and former Toronto mayoral candidate. Discuss: 1-OK, many are talking about Mark Carney & responses to The Globe & Mail’s Stephanie Levitz, & CBC’s Rosemary Barton. Let’s play the clips and see if you feel this is a tone and a dismissiveness that hurts Mark Carney - the more people who see moments like this? 2-I’ve never seen polling SO over the map - we’re all noticing this, aren’t we. Some Ontario Election polls had the Ford government pulling in 92-93 seats, some had them winning closer to 70 - 6 more than a majority. The last three US elections have been all over the place. So how often do YOU trust them? 3-I’m very saddened by the Hudson’s Bay story. But I haven’t shopped consistently there in maybe….15-16 years. Millions are like me. It was either less convenient or less practical. But is this just….we’ve moved into a different world. The giant department store can’t thrive, and YET, the cheaper “big box” stores do. How do you see it? 4-Have a read at this - real risk for Canadian businesses moving to the States - but isn’t there a risk for alienating American businesses here? We’re kind of being outwardly….ugly? Towards American businesses that do employ Canadians? Have we done this with any other country in the last 60 years? Countries with abhorrent human rights records to workers in general, women, gay people - we buy their products, we let them play sports here, we don’t ban immigrants from those countries - I’m worried that this is turning anti-US, not anti-Trump - what’s the line for you? 5-JFK Files today? Why couldn’t a better US President do this?! Have a theory we haven’t heard - what’s the answer to the question you’d most like to know? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:25:10

Taxes are still too high and regulations are too stringent

Greg Brady talked to Chris Spoke, partner in a real estate development firm called Toronto Standard about housing starts are down 68% year-over-year in Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:08:42

Ontario's gas prices will drop 20 cents a litre

Greg Brady spoke to Colin D’Mello, Queen's Park Bureau Chief at Global News about the Ford government to make gas tax cut permanent despite carbon tax change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:07:45

It feels like he's walking through the door

Greg Brady spoke to Ben Mulroney, 640 Toronto Contributor about Canada Post to feature former prime minister Brian Mulroney on a stamp and how do you pronounce "Iqaluit"? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:10:52

It is a scary thing to see a person carrying gun, the public did the right thing by calling 911 on officer

Greg Brady spoke with Clayton Campbell , President of the Toronto Police Association & Hank Idsinga, 640 Toronto’s Crime Specialist, former police inspector about an off-duty Toronto Police officer seen open carrying his service weapon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:10:49

Half of Canadians say Trump is their main concern which is way up in a month

Greg Brady spoke to David Coletto, Founder, Chair & CEO of Abacus Data about the latest poll that shows the Conservative lead down to 4 as Liberals reach highest vote share since August 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:09:58

THINK TANK with Anthony Furey & Ariella Kimmel

Greg Brady and the panel of: Anthony Furey, columnist, 640 Toronto Contributor, council candidate for Don Valley West Ariella Kimmel, executive director of a new advocacy group called A Better City (ABC) Toronto Discuss: 1-We’re probably a week away - less than that, from a federal election call - Parliament is supposed to be back in session a week from today - on March 24th - I think we all agree it won’t be. This OBVIOUSLY will be a fight that many of us didn’t think would happen 3 months ago. The narrative is - Justin Trudeau is/was the villain…time for him to go, time to make him pay - but the worst thing for the CPC happened….he left on his own. Are the Conservatives struggling to pivot? 2-I had a conversation on the weekend with - let’s call them “undecided” voters - and one person thought Carney will just play keepaway as humanly often as possible, won’t visit Trump, won’t settle into talks to re-define trade - and that would benefit him. The other person, incredulously, was more thinking that’s an unbelievably cynical thing to do - he’s got 6-7 weeks to show he’s up to this - and hiding from Trump will expose who and what he is - is one side more correct? 3-TTC Fare inspectors on buses today - is this any sort of sign the city IS getting more serious about fare evasion? 4- Chow to appear on CNN....The City won't entertain bids by American companies any longer....is this merely performative? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:22:47

It's more about showing Canadian pride where we can

Greg Brady spoke to Alvin Tedjo, Mississauga Ward 2 Councilor about Mississauga taking down American flags. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:07:53

Canada is caught in a "debt trap"

Greg Brady spoke to Dr. Eric Kam, Economics Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, about Household debt as share of Gross Domestic Product. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:10:14

Some blame overdoses on safe injection sites being closed, when they are, in fact, still open

3/14/2025

Greg Brady spoke to Derek Finkle, Journalist about the federal government's treatment of safe injection sites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:07:42

THINK TANK with Laryssa Waler & Sharan Kaur

3/14/2025

Greg Brady and the panel of: Laryssa Waler, Founder of Henley Strategies Sharan Kaur, Political strategist and partner at Sovereign Advisory Discuss: 1 - OK - how significant is today - look, I find it hard to root against people who make the decisions in our society - I want them to make the right ones…..but this just feels SO temporary. How artificial will the Carney-as-PM thing feel until an election is called and a result comes? 2 - Let’s keep it eye-level for listeners - but is there anything remarkably interesting about Mark Carney’s Cabinet choices - they really won’t do much legislating given we’re almost certainly going to an election call.. 3 - How will Trump talk about Carney? 4 - This story re: Toronto City Council and an unelected Council position. Bizarre, yes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:23:50

Counter tariffs on American goods are key for Canadian businesses to stay competitive

3/14/2025

Greg Brady spoke to Donald Lobb, General Manager of Wohler Canada Inc. about the tariffs and the U.S/Canada Trade war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:07:13

The World view has changed to how much Oil & Gas is important to our economy and security

Greg Brady spoke to Heather Exner-Pirot, Director of Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Also Special Advisor To The Business Council Of Canada about what is the future for Canada's oil & gas and where and who to sell it to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:09:37

The potential for the tariffs/trade war to be a long painful event is high

Greg Brady spoke with Rod Phillips, Former Ontario Finance Minister about Doug Ford going to the U.S. to try to strike a new deal to end tariffs and the trade war with President Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:10:10

The Police should be proud of this quick arrest to prevent any further violence

Greg Brady spoke to Hank Idsinga, 640 Toronto’s Crime Specialist, former police inspector about the arrests in the Piper Arms shooting in Scarborough on March 8th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:06:45

THINK TANK with Celina Caesar-Chavannes & Bryan Passifiume

Greg Brady and the panel of: Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Former Liberal MP and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister Bryan Passifiume, National politics reporter for the Toronto Sun Discuss: 1-Can anything come from the Ford/Leblanc meetings? I don’t think it’s a waste of time, but I’m skeptical we get much here. 2. We’ve talked about the UAW President Shawn Fain - when he goes from being very against Trump and now is FOR tariffs - do you see his POV? He wants American cars made in America. Don’t we want Canadian things made in Canada also? 3. Mark Carney - a lot of people noted he avoided media during the Leadership run….he still is. Does this change? I think this is rather unique - and isn’t just about a frontrunner campaign. What do you say? 4. Does this new regulation change how often people are going to go to the USA. People don’t terribly like getting fingerprinted! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration:00:25:20

It demonstrates a clear bias in the police system