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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.
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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Brian interviews Damian Spaulding. Aside from being a well-celebrated educator across music, drama, production and many other artistic disciplines, Damian Spaulding is also a chart-topping music producer that balances the continually growing success of his well-respected record label and production company Spaulding Canada. Tonight Damian Spaulding talks about an exciting development he is promoting where he focuses on the arts as a driver of creativity, economic development and community.
Guest host George Tavares, a candidate for Mayor in the Mississauga by-election turns the table and interviews Brian.
Brian Crombie interviews Daniel Beland political science professor at McGill about the federal budget. We discuss the political reaction, housing, capital gains, provincial premiers and is this going to help the Liberals survive. Daniel Béland is Director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and James McGill Professor at the Department of Political Science at McGill. A student of politics and public policy, he is currently working on research projects focusing on issues ranging from universal social policy and health care reform to the role of ideas in policy development and the relationship between fiscal policy and welfare state development.Brian Crombie then discuss the power of big ideas to create urban renewal from NHL hockey rinks to waterfront retail entertainment to parks to transit. I have been involved in downtown revitalization projects in several stories and at Disney amusement parks and bring my experience to Mississauga with some potential big ideas.
Brian interviews Duncan Rowland. Duncan is the founder of a Toronto-based financial technology company named Migrations.ml. Duncan is a CA CPA and previously worked in banking and software companies before starting his company in 2019. His company uses machine learning to produce fixed income analytics for asset managers and other clients in the USA and Canada. Duncan Rowland talks about the Federal Government Announcement in Capital Gains and his opinion piece in the Globe titled “Calm down, the sky isn’t going to fall with the capital gains tax hike”.
Jack interviews Jeffrey McCain and Mark Borkowski.Jeffrey McCain comes from a multi-generational business and entrepreneurial family. Jeff learned from his grandfather, father and uncle, the founder and president of McCain and Maple Leaf Foods and through interactions with corporate executives and founder owned businesses that personal growth and fulfillment would only come from getting one’s hands dirty and building a lasting legacy.Mark Borkowski is president of Mercantile Mergers & Acquisitions mid mid-market sell-side M&A brokerage firm based in Toronto since 1987. Mercantile is focused on the sale of private founder-owned businesses sold to international strategic, private equity, Family Offices, institutional or private high net buyers.
Unstoppable Tracy Unstoppable You - Tracy Schmitt, a four limb amputee, talks tonight on: never giving up. She’s incredible! Tracy was born with no arms and no legs but never gave up. She has been a sailor, a skier, a mountain climber, a paralympic competitor and an inspirational speaker. She challenges all of us to become unstoppable, since she was and is... Tracy Schmitt: one of the most inspiring people I have ever met.
Brian interviews Tyler Meredith. Tyler is a Founding Partner of Meredith Boessenkool Policy Advisors. Following seven intense years, ending as the lead economic policy advisor to Canada’s governing party, Tyler still firmly believes that public policy is about making life better for people. He knew there was no other job where he could impact so many people in so many positive ways in such a short period of time. Tyler helped deliver six federal budgets, held responsibility for tax and financial sector policy, including all financial sector transaction reviews from 2019-2022, and architected two winning federal campaign platforms. Tonight he talks about Federal Budget and his opinions on the housing, prosperity and capital gains parts of the federal budget and the political implications on the Trudeau government.
Brian interviews Joseph Gulesserian. Joseph is an entrepreneur in the CPG business and he has developed and brought brands to International markets. He is former professor of management studies where he taught corporate finance, statistics and post graduate marketing. He published the book "The Practical MBA on Economics - what they do and don’t teach you at business school”. He talks about AI, and the end days of democracy. Take a fascinating tour of this brave new world with the tumultuous promise of AI that will lead to mass unemployment and usher in universal basic Income, Central Bank digital currencies and monopoly trillion dollar corporations.
Brian interviews Daniel Foch. Daniel is a housing expert and the host of the Canadian Real Estate Podcast. We discuss the five days of federal government housing announcements, the infrastructure money trying to cause cities to change their ways, CMHC financing, rental changes and generational inequity. We also discuss if this federal government’s change of heart relative to housing is enough to make a difference, or too late and too small or will it help motivate young people to support Trudeau.
Brian interviews Leonard Waverman. Dr. Professor Leonard Waverman, former Dean DeGroote School of business, talks about the crisis in Canadian prosperity. We discuss the lagging productivity, lack of innovation and capital investment, high taxes, unsustainable deficits, debt and red tape and what can/must be done. "Canada is doing miserably and has been failing to advance for at least a decade and even longer. That is why I am part of a new organization or new to Canada, one of the world's best think tanks on innovation in Washington called the ITIF, The Canadian centre for innovation and competitiveness. We are in a productivity and therefore innovation crisis in this country".
Brian interviews George Tavares. George is one of the by-election candidates for Mayor of Mississauga, that is not currently on council. He has a diverse background in Political Science, Canadian Indigenous Studies, Electronic Engineering Technology, Smart City Design, and Business Management, including International Business, which he feels equips him with the skills needed to tackle the current issues plaguing our city. He says he is well-versed in city governance and recognizes the importance of inclusivity in decision-making. I am concerned that non council candidates don’t have the same ability to get known so it’s a pleasure to interview George and try to give him some more exposure. We have an in-depth chat about some of the big issues facing Mississauga.
Brian interviews Nicolas Ruszkowski. Nicolas is founder of Tactix Government Relations and Public Affairs that represents some of the largest and most important brands, globally. Nic believes his TacTix AI enabled research model has unique deep learning capabilities. Given the Prime Minister's approach to rolling out key planks of his budget in advance this year, he thought it was a unique opportunity for him to show how the technology works, and how it can measure the course of significant public policy and political events in real time.
Brian interviews Hollay Ghadery. Hollay is an Iranian-Canadian writer living in Ontario. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph. "Fuse", her memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released by Guernica Editions (2021) and won 2023 The Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/Memoir. Her collection of poetry, "Rebellion Box", came out Radiant Press in 2023 and her collection of short fiction, "Widow Fantasies", is scheduled for release with Gordon Hill Press in fall 2024. She is a poetry editor with long con magazine, and a host of HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM and the 105.5 HITS FM Bookclub. She is also the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township and the founder of River Street Writing, a boutique book publicity and author support services firm that’s known for its community building.
Brian interviews Carolyn Whitzman. Carolyn is a housing expert at the University of Ottawa. She focuses on the homeless and less advantaged in our society. "I am concentrating on the Canadian and global challenges inherent in scaling up affordable housing for all. I also have a long-standing interest in the right to the city as it supports women, children, people with disability, racialized communities, and other marginalized groups in creating better cities.” She wrote a column: “Housing is a direct federal responsibility, contrary to what Trudeau said. Here’s how his government can do better." Tonight we talk about our housing crisis and the assessment of the new federal government announcements about housing.
Brian interviews Marc Kealey. Marc is the President of K&A Inc., a Canadian public policy, research and management consultancy. K&A has clients throughout Canada and globally. Over the past several elections he has provided in-depth research riding by riding and his research has led to interesting outcomes that far and away reveal more than even some of the main stream polling companies. He has also worked for a former Prime Minister, John Turner. He talks about our cities and how we can make them great. We discuss the housing affordability crisis in the GTA, how our cities are run and what we need to make them more successful.
Brian welcomes on two different guests.First guest is Magdalena Stoch. Magdalena has just finished sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Martinique to Miami! She swam with sea turtles, fished for dinner, saw some beautiful coral reef and much more...Then, Miranda O'Connor. Miranda talks about her Storytelling video business, the amazing people she’s met and stories she’s heard.
Brian interviews Dr. Diana Mok. Dr. Mok is Associate Professor at Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics. Her interests are broadly defined in the realm of real estate and urban economics, with a focus on housing and urban development. Specifically, her work has evolved and developed around three themes, intertwined, and with a spatial focus: risk, real estate, and urban growth. She seeks to understand the interrelatedness among risk, the real estate market, and how the real estate market affects people’s economic activities in everyday life. Professor Dr. Diana Mok talks about the housing affordability crisis in the GTA.
Brian interviews Mark Smallwood. UK Executive Coach and author/historian Mark Smallwood has recently written a compelling piece comparing the invasion of Ukraine and Russian moves both before and after the invasion to the historical comparable 1935-1945 and the comparisons and similarities are striking. Mark goes on to draw out the lessons which are bottom line, we need to do more now to support Ukraine or we will live to regret it. A great history lesson and current affairs lesson as well as a scary prediction of what might come true.
Brian speaks with Dan Donovan. Dan is the Publisher and Editor of Ottawa Life Magazine, a former political staffer, stand up comedian and an excellent writer. After my announcement from April 1 Dan contacted me saying our cities are broken and need massive change. Dan Donovan talks about city politics and how critical he thinks strong capable leadership is for our cities. We discuss many issues including transit, housing, infrastructure, debt, bad leadership, not listening to the people, career politicians, the need for a business sense and how our political system is broken, how can the current politicians be trusted to fix it.
Brian interviews Sabine Matheson. Since 1998, Sabine Matheson has been a Principal at StrategyCorp, which serves clients across Canada and internationally. She is the founder of StrategyCorp’s Municipal Affairs Practice Group, which has served well over a hundred municipalities across Canada on a variety of strategic projects. She is currently strategic advisor to Ontario’s Large Urban Mayors Caucus on provincial relations. A well-known commentator on the municipal world, she has also been an advisor to AMO, AMCTO, and OMAA. Sabine served as Chief of Staff to Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. She talks about Housing Affordability Crisis in the GTA and how our cities are run.
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