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(Dec. 21, 2024) Professor Byram Bridle is one of Canada's top vaccine developers. When the Canadian government asked him to develop a made-in-Canada vaccine to end the Covid pandemic, he took the assignment with national pride. What happened next is disturbing. A whisper campaign resulted in the professor being turfed out of his lab for over three years. Upon his long awaited return, Rodney Palmer sits down with Professor Bridle to unravel this tale of mystery, intrigue, police investigations and hidden identities.

(Dec. 14, 2024) Pride Day in Canada is no longer a matter of pride; it's a legal obligation. A Human Rights ruling in a very small town has set a legal precedent that may require every city in Canada to proclaim a special month for sexual minorities. Join Rodney Palmer as he interviews Canadian activists with strong positions on both sides of this story: Doug Judson, Director of Borderland Pride; Jim Enos, Ontario President of the Christian Heritage Party; John Carpay, President of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms; and Dr. Gerald Walton, Professor of Education at Lakehead University.

(Dec. 7, 2024) After two years of investigation and expert testimony, the US Congress has determined that none of the Covid control measures imposed on North Americans were valid. Not the lock downs, the masks, or standing six feet apart. And Congress left little doubt that it emerged from a lab performing gain-of-function research on coronavirus in bats. Rodney Palmer interviews some key players, including a Canadian politician who lost his job because he was right but ahead of the socially acceptable curve: Derek Sloan, former Member of Parliament; Dr. Robert Garry, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Tulane Medical School; and Dr. Steven Pelech, VP and Co-founder of the Canadian Citizens Care Alliance.

(Nov. 30, 2024) Less than one month after Donald Trump became President-elect of the United States he started bullying Canada about the large undefended border. He says we're letting too many criminals and too much fentanyl through the border. Rodney Palmer speaks with leading Canadian and American experts about the source of Trump's anger, how much damage he can do, and how China is at the centre of the entire storm. Join Rodney Palmer as he speaks with Garry Clement, Versabank Anti-Money Laundering Chief; Gary Hufbauer, Economist, Peterson Institute for Economics; and Prof. Francois Crépeau, Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants.

(Nov. 23, 2024) When the blood is barely dry from the last pandemic, Canada's government is already laying out our approach to the next one. Will we have vegetarian mandates? Will our lives be dictated by a new government? Bill C-293 is a bizarre and controversial new approach to life in Canada. Join Rodney Palmer in talking with a Canadian doctor and a lawyer who warn that this little Private Member's Bill from Toronto might change what it means to be Canadian. He speaks with Dr. Mark Trozzi, Co-Founder of the World Council for Health Canada; Lori Williams, Associate Professor of Policy Studies; and Lisa Miron, BSc, LL.B, LL.M.

(Nov. 16, 2024) Criminals, murderers and gangsters are slipping through the cracks in our immigration system. Canada's Indian community is in upheaval. Anti-Indian sentiment is on the rise. And everyone is pointing their finger at the government. Join Rodney Palmer as he speaks with some of Canada's top thinkers explaining the fallout from recent relaxed immigration policies. Jatinder Singh Grewal, Director of Sikhs for Justice; Vijay Jain, Hindu-Sikh Unity Forum; Anirudh Bhattacharyya, Hindustan Times Foreign Correspondent; and Prof. Sanjay Ruparelia, Politics, Toronto Metropolitan University.

Join Rodney Palmer as he explores the disappearance of The Ethical Physician with Dr. Rochagné Kilian, Zoltan Rona, MD, Prof. Joe Schwarcz and lawyer Michael Alexander. Don’t miss this thought-provoking conversation on how the intersection of medical autonomy and institutional power impacts your healthcare choices and the freedom of your trusted doctors.

(Nov. 2, 2024) Can Canadians trust their elections? Can Americans? Can anyone, when your search engine might be making up your mind for you, long before you vote? Today, Rodney Palmer discusses election interference with Dr. Robert Epstein, senior research psychologist and expert on Google manipulation; Michael Wernick, former Clerk of the Privy Council; and Patricia Adams, executive director of Probe International and expert on Chinese interference.