The Deb Hutton Show

The Deb Hutton Show

Deb Hutton provides listeners with real talk that cuts through the noise for the early drive home. Her experience in politics and communications brings a fresh common sense perspective on the issues that matter.

Episodes

January 9, 2026 40 mins
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IGUESTS: Shelley Carroll - Chair of the Toronto Police Services Board

Stephen Conforti - Chief Financial Officer

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Deb talks to an immigration lawyer about why people with French language skills could be fast-tracked.

Plus – What’s the thing from your childhood that isn’t around anymore?

GUESTS: Guidy Mamann - Managing Partner and Immigration Lawyer at Mamann Sandaluk LLP

Richard Crouse - host of the podcast Maple Syrup For Your Eyes

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January 9, 2026 40 mins

Can he fix congestion?
Plus – Is having tall grass on your lawn really freedom of expression?

GUEST: Andrew Posluns - Toronto's first chief congestion officer

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January 8, 2026 36 mins

And where can you get more in Toronto these days?

Plus – Do you feel more unsafe these days?

GUESTS: Joe Salemi - Executive Director at Landscape Ontario

Allen Langdon - CEO at Circular Materials

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January 8, 2026 39 mins

How will it impact your wallet in 2026?

Plus – What a former cop thinks about the ICE Minnesota shooting

GUESTS: Mark Mendelson - Newstalk 1010 Crime analyst and former homicide detective

Brad Bradford - City Councillor for Ward 19, Beaches–East York, mayoral hopeful

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January 7, 2026 36 mins

Inside the debate about vehicle-pedestrian collisions

Plus – Making the decision about who will raise your kids if anything happens.

GUESTS: Jason Mercer - Toronto Regional Real Estate Board’s chief information officer

Stephen Lecce - Ontario Energy and Mines minister

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Police make an arrest after an alarming incident.

Plus - Does the ‘time away tax’ impact your decision to take time off?

GUESTS: Natalie Johnson - CTV Toronto City Hall Reporter

Mark Mendelson - Newstalk 1010 Crime analyst and former homicide detective

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Why a Kingston woman had her distracted driving charge dropped.

Plus - Are strip clubs dying?

GUESTS: Sgt. Kerry Schmidt - OPP - Highway Safety Division

Lorraine Sommerfeld - columnist at driving.ca

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January 6, 2026 39 mins

Are demonstrations getting more intense?
Plus – Why car prices have gone up so much

GUESTS: Caryma S’ad - lawyer, journalist, satirist, and protest watcher

Greg Carrasco - host of The Greg Carrasco Show on Newstalk 1010

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Do you find it hard to do ‘Dry January’?

 

Why Gen Z might have a different definition of alcoholism.

Plus – What a former Foreign Affairs Minister thinks about Trump going in to Venezuela.

 

GUESTS: John Baird - Former conservative federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and provincial minister of several portfolios

Steve Ryan - CP24 Crime reporter and former homicide detective

David Phillips - Environment ...

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What one vet thinks about ending cat declawing and cropping dog ears.

Plus – A US constitution expert weighs in on Trump’s military operation in Venezuela

 

GUESTS: David Schultz - professor of Political Science at Hamline University

Dr. Cliff Redford - Owner and operator of Wellington Veterinary Hospital

 

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Should we buy them?
Plus - ‘Staged’ collision leads to carjacking in Vaughan

GUEST: Richard Crouse – host of the podcast Maple Syrup For Your Eyes

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January 2, 2026 37 mins

A look at what motivates voters.

Plus – Was Rob Ford right about subways?

GUESTS: Darrell Bricker - CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs and author of Breaking Point: The New Big Shifts Putting Canada at Risk

Reece Martin - Toronto-based transit blogger and advocate

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And will there be an election next year?

Plus - Do you remember where you were during the last Quebec referendum?

GUESTS: David Coletto - CEO of Abacus Data

David Clinton - data analyst and policy analyst

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Tariffs? The Blue Jays? Mark remembers them all.

Plus – Ontario’s solicitor general wants Toronto police to increase their monitoring of hate-related offenses.

GUEST: Bryan Passifiume - Toronto Sun's Ottawa bureau chief

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How one father rescued his daughter thanks to some quick thinking.

Plus – Mark Towhey has a plan to end ticket scalping

GUESTS: Dr. Mitch Shulman – Newstalk 1010 Chief Medical Analyst

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A look ahead to 2026 in politics.

Plus – Is China going to invade Taiwan?

GUESTS: John Wright - CEO Canada Pulse Insights

Christian Leuprecht - Professor in Leadership, Royal Military College and Queen’s University

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Mark Towhey unpacked big tech stories with Carmi Levy — from Instagram’s attempt to win back teens to the rise of AI‑generated “slop,” foreign drone bans, and extremists using voice‑cloning to spread propaganda. Scott Taylor then broke down Canada’s plan for a massive 300–400k Supplementary Ready Reserve, leading to listener calls on whether they’d join such a force — especially if it...

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Mark Towhey is in for Deb Hutto, and this hour we explored what Canadians value most about their country — from everyday safety to shared cultural principles — while inviting listeners to reflect on the biggest news stories that personally shaped their year. The show also examined whether Toronto should adopt a dedicated transit police model, drawing on insights from Metro Vancouver’s Transit Police Chief Suzanne ...

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