2 minutes to midnight on the CUPE strike clock, the new face of organized crime in Ontario, and

Bill Kelly Show

The Bill Kelly Podcast with guest host Shiona Thompson

CUPE has signaled a strike for Monday following unsuccessful negotiations with the Provincial Government. Shiona gets the government perspective.

GUEST: Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education for Ontario.

Continuing CUPE talks, from the union's side.

GUEST: Mark Hancock, National President, CUPE.

The term organized crime conjures a certain image in your head, but far from Vito Corleone the criminal underworld has had a major shift in the past decades. Shiona dives in further.

GUEST: Stephen Metelsky, Professor at Mohawk College, Author of “Undercover”, columnist, and former police sergeant.

Chinese President Xi Jingping confronted and summarily dressed down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G20 Summit over Trudeau sharing details of a conversation between the two. Jingping ended the conversation with what commentators consider a veiled threat. What does this mean for Canada on the world stage, and our relationship with China?

GUEST: Benoit Hardy-Chartrand, an Adjunct Professor at Temple University Japan, in Tokyo.