Brian Crombie Radio Hour

Brian Crombie Radio Hour

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.

Episodes

June 16, 2025 47 mins
Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews Eliot Pence. Eliot is the Chief Business Officer of Osmo, a Lux Capital, Google Ventures backed deep tech company. From 2022-2024, Eliot was the Chief Commercial Officer of Cambium, an 8VC Build company that develops advanced materials for aerospace and defense. He discusses how drones have become a critical component of modern warfare and highlighted Ukraine's production capabili...
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Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian discusses transit. As we wrap up our week focused on key municipal issues in Mississauga and the GTA, we turn our attention to one of the most vital components of a thriving city: transit. In our final episode of the week, we explore the future of transportation across the GTA and the exciting potential it holds for shaping our urban landscape. Join us as we discuss where we are, what’s in m...
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Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews Arthur Lam. Arthur Lam of Nexus Strategic Consultants talks about his provocative article: “In clinging to the dying era of free trade, Canada has lost its edge”. Arthur writes: “Canada urgently needs to abandon outdated free trade strategies for a managed trade approach. Canadian businesses need an active government that facilitates commerce, not just negotiates agreements that s...
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Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews Brad Butt, Mississauga City Councillor for Ward 11, and Chair of the Budget Committee. Together Brian and Brad discuss the Mississauga budget, tax increases, spending, Peel Police budget, who’s to blame, and the future of our city. 
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Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews George Tavares. George has a diverse background in Political Science, Canadian Indigenous Studies, Electronic Engineering Technology, Smart City Design, and Business Management, including International Business. He is well-versed in city governance. He has run for Mayor twice and is actively involved in municipal politics. George shares what he thinks of his experience, the by-ele...
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Brian interviews Saad Baig. Saad is a Director in StrategyCorp’s Public Affairs group. He currently provides strategic advice to clients navigating government relations challenges in a variety of sectors including housing, infrastructure, land use planning, gaming, manufacturing, and professional regulation. Saad served as a senior advisor to cabinet ministers in the Government of Ontario including Minister of Finance, economic dev...
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Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews David Tsubouchi and Marc Kealey.  "How did you get where you are today?". At public speaking events, this is the most frequent question young professionals ask former Ontario politician David Tsubouchi and governance and communications consultant Marc Kealey. The answer: it is impossible to succeed alone. David  has served as the Honorary Consul General of Mongolia. His book, "Gam...
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Tonight on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews Don Wright. Don is a senior fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute and senior counsel at Global Public Affairs. He previously served as deputy minister to B.C.’s premier, cabinet secretary and head of the public service. Don talks about his article: "The Canadian Promise is Broken.” He writes: “Canada’s performance in terms of generating steady, year-over-year increases in real wages f...
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Today on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews David Perry. David is the President and CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, an independent, non-partisan international policy think tank, where his research focuses on Canadian defense spending and Procurement. David touches on Canadian National Defense, the 2% of GDP target which might be doubled, what we should spend on, Golden Dome, jets, recruitment, how war has change...
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Today on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews Christopher Coates. Lt.-Gen. (Ret’d) Christopher Coates is director of national defence and foreign policy at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. His contributions to the Canadian Institute for Arctic Security are informed by a 34-year military career in which he served in senior leadership roles alongside Canada’s allies and defence partners, including NATO, the United Nations, and NO...
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Today Brian Crombie interviews Peter Dickinson. Peter is the editor of the UkraineAlert blog at the Eurasia Center and the publisher of Business Ukraine and Lviv Today magazines. Born in the United Kingdom and a permanent resident of Ukraine for nearly twenty years, Peter has worked to develop awareness of Ukrainian current affairs and issues in English-speaking countries. He established himself as a journalist and media manager in...
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Today on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews Sandra Venere. Sandra is the author of "7 Keys to Unlock Your Dream Life", and the book which we are highlighting today called “Pain To Power". She is a wellness and business coach who runs her own online coaching business, where she helps individuals discover their vision and make decisions that guide them toward their goals and dreams. Sandra also created a digital course called U...
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Today on The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews Dora Konomi. Dora is a dynamic lawyer, radio host, and community advocate known for her strategic mindset and passion for litigation. With a focus on civil and commercial litigation—including construction disputes, fraud, debt enforcement, and condominium law—Dora has earned a strong reputation as a trusted advocate in complex legal matters. She is committed to education and profess...
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In today's episode of The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews John Pasalis. John is the President of Realosophy Realty, a Toronto real estate brokerage which uses data analysis to advise residential real estate buyers, sellers and investors. As a specialist in real estate data analysis, John's research focuses on unlocking micro trends in the Greater Toronto Area real estate market. His research has been shared with the IMF and ci...
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On today's episode of The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews Bryce Tingle. Bryce is the N. Murray Edwards Chair in Business at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law and a member of the Alberta Securities Commission. He is the author of several books, most recently, "Hard Lessons in Corporate Governance". Bryce highlights his article: "Everything is on fire: why corporate governance in Canada is such a mess—and how it’s harmi...
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On today's episode of The Brian Crombie Hour, Brian interviews Laurent Carbonneau. Laurent Carbonneau is the Director of Policy and Research at the Council of Canadian Innovators. He previously worked in federal politics in legislative, policy and issues management roles for a senior MP and in the NDP leader’s office as well as on a national central campaign. Laurent Carbonneau talks about Prime Minister Mark Carney's mandate lette...
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Brian interviews Donna Besel. Donna is the author of “The Unravelling” a brave, riveting telling of the destruction caused by sexual assault within a family, and the physical, psychological, emotional, financial, and legal tolls survivors often shoulder. It’s the antithesis of why a wedding should be memorable. In 1992, at a sister’s nuptials, Donna Besel’s family members discovered that their father, Jock Tod, had molested their y...
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Brian interviews Journalist Kathleen Lippa. Kathleen has written "Arctic Predator: The Crimes of Edward Horne Against Children in Canada's North". After years of research, Kathleen has written about the shocking crimes of trusted teacher Ed Horne who wrought lasting damage on Inuit communities in Canada’s Arctic. In the 1970s, a young schoolteacher from British Columbia was becoming the darling of the Northwest Territories educatio...
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Brian interviews John Ruffolo. John is Founder & Managing Partner of Maverix Private Equity. He says: now that 6 months of elections (US, Ontario, Canada) are now over, I don’t know about you, but I am exhausted. I would hope that the post-election ranting and cheer-leading end so we could get down to business with what really matters to Canada. Like I have repeatedly said many times, the shenanigans in the White House are a di...
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Brian welcomes on two guests.

Tim Welsh is author of "Ley Lines". This book is a fascinating exploration around the mythos of the gold rush and southern Canada’s— and the world’s—fascination with the North. Set in the waning days of the Klondike Gold Rush, Ley Lines begins in the mythical boom town of Sawdust City, Yukon Territory. Luckless prospector Steve Ladle has accepted an unusual job offer: accompany a local con artist to the...
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