The Roy Green Show Podcast May11: The day we lost Rex Murphy, with Catherine Swift. - Fmr BC minister Selena Robinson says premier "gaslighting" on antisemitism. - Dr Arthur Caplan on MAID. - Lawyer Scott Taylor, surprise if you're in a relationship.

Roy Green Show

Today’s podcast:

The passing of Rex Murphy.

Guest: Catherine Swift. Multi-decade friend and president of Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers and Businesses of Canada. Also member of our Beauties and the Beast panel.

And: Callers, reflecting on what made Rex special.

Selina Robinson was until recently a senior cabinet minister in the British Columbia provincial NDP government of David Eby. Then her comment on a B'nai Brith organized panel show that before Israel became a state its territory was just "a crappy piece of land with nothing on it," where several hundred thousand people lived, but it didn't produce anything and didn't have an economy. The backlash to MLA Robinson's statement caused her eventual and bitter resignation from cabinet and the NDP party as she claimed antisemitism exists among NDP caucus members.

Now MLA Robinson accuses premier Eby of "gaslighting" the Jewish community with empty promises to do something about antisemitism (per Vaughn Palmer in Vancouver Sun).

Guest: Selena Robinson. Independent MLA, British Columbia.

Canada's system of MAID (Medical assistance in dying) is under increased international and national scrutiny and criticism. In 2021, more than 10,000 people chose to die with physician administered drugs. The question of whether mental illness is a sole qualifier for MAID was addressed in parliament, reminding that in 2015 the Supreme Court ruled adults with "a grievous and irremedial medical condition" were eligible for assisted death. Now there is growing fear people under economic strain are accessing MAID.

In 2021, more than 10,000 people accessed MAID in Canada, while at the same time the numbers of doctors engaging in providing medical assistance in dying is dropping.

Meanwhile a leading United States medical ethicist is calling for MAID to immediately be adopted in the State of New York.

Guest: Dr. Arthur Caplan. Mitty Professor of Bioethics. NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Author: Smart Mice, Not so smart People.

Split headline: Canada's divorce rate is at its lowest in 50 years. However, Fewer people are entering marriage. This according to a report from the Vanier Institute of the Family. What gives? Hold on though! There's another consideration. What is happening to couples who live together in common-law relationships, but choose not to marry? In 2021, according to the Vanier report, 22.7% of couples were living common-law and when they split up the numbers are shifted to the divorced column.

In our efforts to explore these stories, we uncover some truly shocking information about the nitty-gritty of common-law relationships.

Guest: Scott Taylor, Taylor Law Group, Langley, British Columbia.

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Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig

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