Show Segment

8:30 – Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced Wednesday the federal government’s deficit is expected to hit $343 billion this year. Morneau delivered an update on federal spending and economic projections linked to the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is sounding the alarm as federal debt nears $1 Trillion. Aaron Wudrick, federal director with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, joins Gormley to weigh in on the government’s fiscal snapshot.

LIVE: Aaron Wudrick, federal director with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

9:00 – Bug’s Day… The Hour of Rage!

10:00 – A Vancouver dad who let his children take the bus alone has won his three-year fight with the province of BC’s Ministry of Children and Family Development. Adrian Crook was first contacted by the ministry in March of 2017 when someone reported he had let four of his five children – aged between seven and 10 – take transit to and from their North Vancouver school without an adult. Crook joins Gormley to talk about the decision by the BC Court of Appeal.

LIVE: Adrian Crook, BC father of five.

11:00 – WE burst into the headlines for all the wrong reasons when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the group would receive a sole-sourced contract worth $912 million on June 25. Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley asked WE Charity how they amassed $43.7 million in real estate over the last few years, their PR team didn’t respond, but their defamation lawyer Howard Winkler did. Lilley joins Gormley to tell us more on what WE’s lawyer reported to him.

LIVE: Brian Lilley, Toronto Sun columnist.

12:00 – Today is reopening day for Saskatchewan casinos. SIGA President and CEO Zane Hansen joins Gormley live from Dakota Dunes, to talk about the new COVID-19 guidelines in place and what we should know if we plan on visiting a casino.

LIVE: Zane Hansen, SIGA President and CEO.