Gormley Show Segments — Tuesday, Nov. 7

Gormley, Tuesday, November 7th, 2023

8:30 – On Monday afternoon, Pierre Polievre’s motion to expand the carbon price pause was voted down. The temporary, three-year pause is in place for home heating oil for Atlantic provinces, but excludes other forms of home heating and other parts of the country. Dan McTeague, president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, joins Gormley to discuss the outcome of the vote.

LIVE: Dan McTeague, president of Canadians for Affordable Energy.

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

10:00 – As Alberta discusses departing from the Canadian Pension Plan program, Saskatchewan watches on with interest. Edmonton Sun columnist, Lorne Gunter, joins Gormley to explain the political and economic overlay of such a decision and what the result could be.

LIVE: Lorne Gunter, Edmonton Sun columnist.

11:00 – The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is reporting that threats to your child’s safety are much closer to home than you may realize — maybe even right in your child’s bedroom. With social media and personal technology devices in your child’s hands, predators have more access than ever before to children. Signy Arnason, CCCP’s executive director, joins Gormley to discuss these threats, their centre’s latest staggering statistics, and how parents can take action.

LIVE: Signy Arnason, executive director for the Canadian Centre for Child Protection.

12:00 – New and improved batteries are needed to meet the rising global demand for electric vehicles. Using the readily-available material, sulphur, researcher Justin Kim is studying all-solid-staet lithium sulphur batteries that can store nearly 10 times the amount of energy as a traditional battery. Kim joins Gormley to further discuss his research and a future where these rechargeable batteries might find use in aircraft.

LIVE: Justin Kim, Canadian Light Source researcher, recent graduate of Western University and PhD candidate.