Ric is informed, entertaining, and he cares. His noon hour program begins with Free For All. The opening half hour offers not only Ric's opinion on one of the major issues of the day, but also that of Tommy Schnurmacher, Barbara Kay, Dan Delmar, Ryan Doyle, Supriya Dwivedi and others!
Entrepreneur, television star and author Kevin O’Leary is now part of The Ric Peterson Show line-up. The middle-class Montrealer turned billionaire delivers his take on the hot topics of the day in an editorial called The Cold Hard Truth. Hear it live, Monday, to Friday, at around 12:50PM.
• Is the Quebec Charter of Values reasonable? • Russia offers to take the chemical weapons. Is that a better idea? • Obama’s legacy: does this move make him look any better? • Child pageants in Quebec... good idea? • EI Freeze a rip-off? • Is whiteface as wrong as blackface? • Smart marketing?
The Charter has been revealed, after weeks of speculation and punditry. Time to get to the bones of it... GUEST: Angelica Montgomery, CJAD Quebec City bureau chief
The PQ says religious neutrality guarantees equality... but does it really? GUEST: Fo Niemi, executive director of Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations (CRARR)
What’s with all the nice hot weather tomorrow? GUEST: André Cantin, meteorologist with Environment Canada
Kevin O’Leary’s the Cold Hard Truth on why you need to worry about the fingerprint scanner rumoured to be on the new iPhones revealed today by Apple.
• If Obama doesn’t get Congressional approval... should he act alone? • Should children be exposed to religious symbols? • Should bicycles bear license plates? • Should Kijiji stop selling household pets? • Common apparently, but is it right? Re: Club Med for Quebec Psychiatrists • The Toronto mayor smoking crack story... was it “irresponsible, unethical investigative reporting”?
The advantages and disadvantages of oil pipelines... has Lac-Megantic bolstered support for pipelines? GUEST: Renaud Gignac, researcher at Quebec's Socio-Economic Research Institute
NASA returns to the moon! How the first 48 hours have been for the LADEE (laddie) mission. GUEST: Sarah Noble, program scientist for the LADEE mission
The Cold Hard Truth with Kevin O’Leary on what might keep 3D movies alive.
12:00 FREE FOR ALL: Ryan Doyle, Sun News Network contributor and Newstalk 1010 Toronto host and Dan Delmar, managing partner, Provocateur Communications.
• Three months in jail for defacing a census form? • Saint Mary’s university frosh week stupidity. Just fun? • If Quebec really wants to be secular, the union representing 32,000 teachers says stop funding private religious schools. Are they right? • Would the Charter of Quebec values be more acceptable if it were only about the niqab…or face coverings? • Should the NHL sanction a player for trophy hunting?
A tough anniversary for one man, one year after the shooting GUEST: Dave Courage, stagehand injured in Metropolis shooting a year ago.
It won’t be as hard to clinch a daycare spot... we hope! GUEST: Claude Beaulieu, CJAD 800 reporter
The Cold Hard Truth with Kevin O’Leary on Syria.
FFA Guests: Ryan Doyle Newstalk 1010 Toronto Host & Sun News Network Contributor & Dan Delmar Managing Partner Provacateur Communications & Host of Delmar & Dwivedi, Sundays at 1:00 PM on CJAD 800
Cyclists Rejoice! A New App To Help Bike Theft Guest: Cam Novak – Cycling Activist & App Co-Founder
Tougher Penalties For Child Sex Abuse Guest: Paul Gillespie, President & CEO of Kids Internet Safety Alliance
Kevin O'Leary The Cold Hard Truth (Topic: The Brewing Fast Food Fight in the United States Over Pay)