Roy Green Show Podcast, Oct, 9: Danielle Smith, AB Premier-Elect on Platform. - Hockey Canada Chair Resigns. - Ken Coates, Never Completed CDN Energy Projects. - Ron Dalton & James Lockyer. Wrongful Conviction Day acknowledged in Canada and the US.

Today’s podcast:

Alberta premier-designate Danielle Smith to be sworn in Tuesday and announced yesterday she will run in a byelection in Brooks-Medicine Hat. At the same time, the premier-designate will not support a byelection in the riding of Calgary-Elbow vacated by the resignation from the legislature of former cabinet minister Doug Schweitzer. - Also the priorities for Alberta which the new premier will introduce in the seven months prior to the next scheduled provincial election date of May 29, 2023.

Guest: Danielle Smith. Premier-designate, Alberta.

Late yesterday Andrea Skinner, interim board chair of Hockey Canada resigned her position. Ms. Skinner has been widely criticized for statements she made to the parliamentary heritage committee in which she "100%" supported the HC management team which is hearing public demands to resign or be fired in the wake of the $8.9 million Hockey Canada says it approved in 21 out-of-court sexual assault allegation settlements since 1989.

Guests: Anthony Housefather. Liberal member of parliament and member of the parliamentary ethics committee which had questioned Andrea Skinner earlier in the week.

Allison Forsyth. Former Canadian Olympic skier, board member at AthletesCan (representing Canadian national teams athletes). Partner/COO at ITP Sport. Safe sport consulting and programming agency. Allison Forsyth was sexually assaulted by former national ski team coach Bertrand Charest, eventually sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexual assaults on numerous skiers, but had his sentece reduced because he was judged "low risk" by reoffend by the Parole Board of Canada.

As the world faces an energy cruch and Europe an energy crisis, we look at what ultimately happened to multi-billlion-dollar energy projects which were set to be built and put into operation in Canada, delivering significant revenue to our national treasury and providing our allies with the energy they and the world still require. 

What happened to projects like Teck's Frontier mine, Northern Gateway and the Energy East pipelines? There was the Pacific Northwest LNG pipeline and British Columbia export terminal, as well as the Prince Rupert LNG project. Is it possible in today's Canadian regulatory environment to satisfy the process to build an oil or natural gas project from the start and how many years will securing permits take? Is investment money for Canada dried up because investors don't believe Canada is willing to bring its vast resources to the international marketplace?

Guest: Professor Ken Coates. Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation. Johnson Shoyama School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan. Personal and professional interests, aboriginal rights, northern development, science, technology and society. Books include Arctic Front: Defending Canada in the Far North and What to Consider if You're Considering University.

Last weekend and this weekend, as well as in the weeks to come WrongfulConvictionDay.com will be acknowledged and spoken about in Canada and in the United States. Canadians who had nothing to do with the vicious crimes, including murder, for which they were convicted and often spent many years imprisoned. It can happen to anyone.

Guests: Ronald Dalton, President Innocence Canada. Ron Dalton was wrongfully convicted of killing his wife. He spent years in prison before his innocence was proven.

James Lockyer. Assistant Professor of Law at McGill University and the University of Windsor. Criminal lawyer for 45 years and a founding director of Innocence Canada. James Lockyer has been involved in high profile cases in which he demonstrated the convicted person was in fact innocent of the crime.

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Host/Content Producer – Roy Green

Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay

Podcast Co-Producer – Matt Taylor

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