Brian Crombie Radio Hour

By: NEWSTALK Sauga 960 AM
  • Summary

  • A high-profile businessman and political strategist, Brian Crombie brings his straightforward and highly informed perspective to his new show – The Brian Crombie Hour on Sauga 960AM Tuesdays and Thursday evenings at 7 pm. His vast experience working on Federal, Provincial, and Local politics and at the high levels of the business world, Brian gives us a glimpse inside the political war rooms and behind the boardroom doors. A man constantly on the move, Brian easily navigates between issues here in Canada and abroad.

    While politics and business dominate his time, Brian also explores his other great interest, The Arts. Whether it's politics, business, or the Arts, there will be no shortage of guests for his weekly roundtable. Politics of the day, emerging businesses, Economic issues, or the hottest trends in the Arts- they will be all under Brian’s microscope to get his own political opinions and thoughts. Every hour will end with a robust round table debate with an incredible array of guests from all across the political, business, and arts spectrum.
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Episodes
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1373 - Why Pierre Poilievre Lost with Kelly Harris
    May 8 2025
    Brian interviews Kelly Harris. Kelly is Principal of Toronto-based Kensington Strategies, specializing in communications and government relations. A reporter by trade he has worked across Canada, In British Columbia in the former Gordon Campbell BC Liberal Government he served in several roles. In Ontario he was part of the Ontario PC Opposition under Tim Hudak. We discuss:

    - The single most important thing about this election didn't even happen during the election, no not Trump, Chrystia Freeland and Justin Trudeau stepping down
    - The Four Nations Cup, the fulcrum of Canadian pride, under attack by an American president's trade war and the outpouring of Canadian pride when we beat the US at our game
    - Mark Carney's better resume then everyone else on the stage combined
    - Lack of a believable pivot from Pierre Poilievre, so much so that the campaign didn't start to come back until they started hiding him.

    And much more.
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    53 mins
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1372 - Councillor Josh Matlow on his Career, Toronto City Issues, The Housing Crisis, & More
    May 7 2025
    Brian interviews Josh Matlow. Josh is a lifelong resident of Midtown Toronto and has represented Toronto St Paul’s since 2010. Prior to his role as Councillor, he served as co-director of Earthroots, a leading environmental organization, where he championed the protection of the Oak Ridges Moraine. As a former school trustee and a dedicated community advocate, Josh has a strong track record of fighting for residents’ needs. He has championed initiatives such as expanding green energy options, improving access to quality education and affordable housing, and advocating for enhanced community safety. Josh Matlow talks about his political career, city issues, tax increases, development fees, the housing crisis, transit investments, and much much more.
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    50 mins
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1371 - History of the Canada US-Border with Benjamin Hoy, & Nursing Week with Margarita Machura
    May 6 2025
    Brian starts the show with his agenda for the Trump meeting as Canada's new PM Mark Carney meets with President Trump.

    Then he interviews Benjamin Hoy. Benjamin is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan and author of “A Line of Blood and Dirt: Creating the Canada-United States Border across Indigenous Lands”, which showcases how regional conflicts, political reorganization, and social upheaval created the Canada–US border and remade the communities who lived in its shadows. He has published on a wide range of topics including Indigenous history, borderlands, game-based learning, Indigenous representations in board games, and extradition policy. Benjamin Hoy talks about the history of the Canada US-Border (is it artificial?).

    Finally, Margarita Machura discusses Nursing Week and a big event to celebrate nurses Thursday night.
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    55 mins
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