Gormley Show segments, Wed. July 5th, 2023

8:30 – The long-awaited grocery rebate payment is here for eligible Canadians from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). This is to help with the rising food prices, but does it go far enough for Canadians struggling with their grocery bill? Sylvain Charlebois is a food distribution and policy professor at Dalhousie University Agri-Food Analytics Lab. He joins Gormley to explain why this doesn’t go far enough to help Canadians.
LIVE: Sylvain Charlebois, professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University Agri-Food Analytics Lab.

9:00 – Hour of the Big Stories…open lines.

10:00 – Brian Zinchuk, editor/owner of Pipeline Online, is here to discuss the latest oil and gas news in the province. Today, Zinchuk shares details on Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson speaking about Canada attaining net zero by 2050 in Saskatchewan.
LIVE: Brian Zinchuk, editor/owner of ‘Pipeline Online: Saskatchewan’s Energy News’ (PipelineOnline.ca).

11:00 – It’s time for Saskatchewan’s Smartest Radio Listener! It’s your chance for fame, and acclaim and to prove just how smart you are. You get bragging rights and win your exclusive Smartest Radio Listener t-shirt thanks to Little Town Apparel, available ONLY to Saskatchewan’s Smartest Radio Listener winners.

12:00 – Saskatchewan small businesses will see their taxes going up after seeing them cut down to zero since 2020. The government of Saskatchewan has raised it back to 1%, and that is not going to be helping them. Gage Haubrich is the Prairie Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and joins Gormley to explain why the government doesn’t need to do this to small businesses.
LIVE: Gage Haubrich, Prairie Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.