Show Segments

8:30 – China is no longer buying Canadian canola seed, a move many are linking to the Vancouver arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, though China claimed the move was due to contamination concerns. Canada exports 40 per cent of its canola seed to China, and while prime minister Trudeau has said he’s optimistic about resolving the situation diplomatically, many are calling on the government to do more to find a speedy resolution. Jim Everson, president of the Canola Council of Canada, joins the show to give the latest details on the canola dispute, what it means for Saskatchewan producers, and whether he’s satisfied with the government’s response so far.

LIVE: Jim Everson, president of the Canola Council of Canada.

9:00 – The Hour of the Big Stories… Open Session

10:00 – Are fans and parents too hard on hockey referees? battlefordsNOW reporter and SHA official Brady Lang recently wrote a feature story on referee abuse in Saskatchewan hockey, and the two officials he spoke with both said they’ve endured significant abuse on the ice. One of them had already hung up his skates for the season, and said he didn’t feel safe leaving the ice between periods. Lang joins Gormley now to talk about referee abuse in local hockey games and what can be done to improve it.

LIVE: Brady Lang, reporter with battlefordsNOW, CJNB anchor, and SHA official.

11:00 – It’s time to Get Real! Saskatchewan social media personalities Justin Reves and Greg Moore join the show for our regular Tuesday segment to talk about the hottest topics burning up their Facebook and Twitter feeds.

LIVE: Justin Reves and Greg Moore, social media personalities and co-hosts of The Justin and Greg Show.

11:30 – Jesse Brown, founder of Canadaland, has been vocally critical of the federal government’s funding for journalism, which was detailed in the 2019 budget this week. He says the bailout money will “create a caste of State-recognized news orgs deemed to be of higher public value, and a lower class that are not. I’m not aware of any other Western democracy that has ever done this.” Brown joins Gormley now to discuss the bailout funding and his objections to it as a journalist who blazed his own path.

LIVE: Jesse Brown, Publisher, Media Critic, host and founder of Canadaland.