Episodes

  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1373 - Why Pierre Poilievre Lost with Kelly Harris

    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

    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

    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
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1370 - How Playing it Safe cost Pierre Poilievre the Election with Phillip Millar

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1370 - How Playing it Safe cost Pierre Poilievre the Election with Phillip Millar
    May 6 2025
    Brian interviews Phillip Millar. As a former Combat Officer, Phillip brings a refreshing approach to legal services. Phillip does not shy away from conflict as he has a Masters in Conflict Resolution and Negotiation and is skilled at fixing problems and winning in high-stakes scenarios. Phillip Millar talks about his provocative article “How to Lose by Playing Not to Lose - Playing It Safe Cost Pierre Poilievre the Election and Canada a Future”. Millar says: “In today’s media landscape, real leaders show up, take risks, and speak to the people, unfiltered. This isn’t just a political post-mortem; it’s a warning for any leader or CEO clinging to a playbook that no longer works. Strategy matters. Adaptability matters more. Read why this election was lost long before the ballots were cast.”
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    54 mins
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1369 - Finding Yourself After a Divorce with Kathryne Mejias

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1369 - Finding Yourself After a Divorce with Kathryne Mejias
    May 2 2025
    Brian interviews Kathryne Mejias. Kathryne is the founder of Soulful Divorcee and Born for More. Born For More is a women's empowerment culture committed to unleashing the limitless potential within every woman. It strives to inspire, celebrate, and empower women worldwide, fostering a community where diversity is celebrated, and authenticity is embraced. Through transformative coaching, events, and collaborations, it aims to enable women with the tools and inspiration to break barriers, redefine societal norms, and confidently pursue their dreams. Kathryne talks about counseling women (and sometimes men) to find themselves after divorce.
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    53 mins
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1368 - "City Builders" with Richard Littlemore

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1368 - "City Builders" with Richard Littlemore
    May 1 2025
    Brian interviews Richard Littlemore. Richard is the author of "City Builders". Vancouver developers Peter and Shahram Malek have lost two great fortunes, both times at the hands of a hostile government. First, as young men in the flush of success, they were forced from Revolutionary Iran, leaving behind the massive construction and development business built by their father. Second, and more surprisingly, after rebuilding in Vancouver, to the point that they could deliver an internationally admired 80-acre, 1.5 million square-foot Athletes Village in time for the 2010 Olympics, and the City pushed the project into insolvency and seized everything but the Maleks' own homes. Either disaster would have ruined less resilient players. The Maleks, however, stand triumphant, and their company, Millennium Development Corporation, continues to enhance their chosen home of Metro Vancouver. When they found themselves attacked, rather than thanked, they never faltered. They remain - greatly to the benefit of their fellow citizens - city builders.
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    53 mins
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1367 - Hyyve with Patrick Armstrong, Inven with Niilo Pirttijärvi, & InterVal with Richard Sawyer

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1367 - Hyyve with Patrick Armstrong, Inven with Niilo Pirttijärvi, & InterVal with Richard Sawyer
    Apr 30 2025
    Brian interviews three different entrepreneurs to discuss their respective start-ups.

    📌 Patrick Armstrong is a seasoned entrepreneur and visionary leader known for his ability to disrupt industries and create impactful business solutions. As the CEO and Co-Founder of Hyyve, Patrick is spearheading the transformation of the Canadian real estate market. Hyyve is Canada’s first real estate agent bidding platform, designed to empower homeowners and highlight the essential role of agents in unlocking the true value of property listings. By fostering competition and innovation, Hyyve is redefining how listings are approached, delivering better outcomes for homeowners and agents alike.

    📌 Niilo Pirttijärvi is the Co-founder and CEO of Inven, an AI-powered deal sourcing platform transforming how M&A professionals find opportunities in the private markets.

    📌 Richard Sawyer currently leads the business development and marketing teams at InterVal which is a cloud based solution that helps property valuers and appraisers produce compliant, standard-perfect reports in a fraction of the time of the industry practice, with far fewer human errors.
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    54 mins
  • Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1366 - Trump's Gilded Age and Tariffs with Lauren MacIvor Thompson

    Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 1366 - Trump's Gilded Age and Tariffs with Lauren MacIvor Thompson
    Apr 29 2025
    Brian interviews Professor Dr. Lauren MacIvor Thompson. Dr. Thompson is a historian and academic expert specializing in the U.S. Gilded Age—a period of rapid industrialization, economic inequality, and political corruption in the late 19th century. Her scholarship also includes in-depth research on the historical use of tariffs in American economic policy. Her work provides critical context for contemporary political rhetoric, including Donald Trump’s appeals to revive protectionist trade practices and aspects of the Gilded Age economic model. Trump says: "You know, our country was the strongest, believe it or not, from 1870 to 1913. You know why? It was all tariff-based. We had no income tax"... Do you know what happened between 1870 and 1913? There were two economic panics. Huge ones. Deep, scarring panics where many working people went hungry and jobless.
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    51 mins
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