Gormley Show Segments — Tuesday, Oct. 31

Gormley, Tuesday, October 31st, 2023

8:30 – Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a pause on carbon tax for home oil heating for Atlantic Canadians. The announcement, however, has left many others behind and still struggling to make ends meet with high carbon tax costs. In response to Trudeau’s announcement for Atlantic Canada on Friday, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is now calling for Trudeau to offer the same carbon tax pause on natural gas for western provinces and says Saskatchewan’s energy company will stop collecting the carbon tax if Ottawa does not offer a break. Moe joins Gormley to delve into that move, which has received unanimous support in the provincial legislature.

LIVE: Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan.

9:00 – In response to the Prime Minister’s announcement last week, Leader of the federal Conservative Party, Pierre Polievre, joins Gormley to review Trudeau’s carbon tax pause for Atlantic Canada.

LIVE: Pierre Polievre, Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada.

And the Hour of the Big Stories…open lines

10:00 – As a Saskatchewan mother and former union employee, Tonie Wells was frustrated to see unions rally earlier this month in front of the Saskatchewan Legislature over what is now Saskatchewan’s pronoun law. She joins Gormley to share her disgust over comments made by certain union representatives to parents.

LIVE: Tonie Wells, Saskatchewan resident, single mother of four, former Government of Saskatchewan employee.

11:00 – Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour movie has had a unique effect on movie theatres across the country, drawing thousands to the big screen to experience the very concert they weren’t able to see in person — or, for a lucky few, to relive the experience they had attending the Eras Tour earlier this year. Swift herself has encouraged fans to dress up, trade friendship bracelets, take selfies and sing along in the theatres, treating the film like the concert itself. Gormley takes it to the listeners — is this behaviour appropriate in this context? Or should etiquette in a movie theatre be unwavering to respect everyone’s viewing pleasure?

LISTENER QUESTION: Should movie theatre etiquette/rules be bent or broken when the movie is a concert experience, or people are encouraged to treat it as such?

12:00 – Researchers at Western University have partnered with the Canadian Light Source to further study cheaper and more stable fuel cells. These can be made by combining metals and seem to be a promising source of green energy. Ali Feizabadi joins Gormley to discuss this encouraging research and the impact it could have.

LIVE: Ali Feizabadi, Canadian Light Source researcher in Ottawa at Western University.