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

April 30, 2026 36 mins

What do the former mayor and premier think about the education story?

Gord Perks calls it a career in politics

GUESTS:  John Tory - former mayor of Toronto

Kathleen Wynne - former Premier of Ontario

Derek Stevens - owner and CEO of Circa, the D, Golden Gate and Downtown Las Vegas Events Center

Gord Perks - City councillor for Parkdale-High Park

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Deb talks with Paul Calandra and takes your calls.

Do we need cops coming in and immediately removing drug users on the TTC?

GUESTS: Paul Calandra - Ontario education minister

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Deb talks to the president of one of the organisations and takes your calls.

Grocers are making tough calls amid fuel surcharges.

GUESTS: David Mastin - ETFO President

John Tory - former mayor of Toronto

Mike Von Massow - University of Guelph food economist

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April 29, 2026 38 mins

With the new polling, Deb takes your calls.

The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate and is warning of higher inflation. Here’s what you need to know.

GUESTS: Ron Butler - Principal at Butler Mortgage

John Wright - Veteran Pollster, CEO of Canada Pulse insights

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Deb talks with the organizer of the rally on Parliament Hill

King Charles speaks to US Congress.

GUESTS: Sara Austin - founder and CEO of Children First Canada

Anthony Furey - former longtime Postmedia columnist

Christina Blizzard - long time columnist and royal watcher for the Toronto Sun

Guidy Mamman - Managing Partner and Immigration Lawyer at Mamann Sandaluk LLP

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Do you buy these findings?

Why bail denials are up in Ontario

GUESTS: Doug Downey - Ontario Attorney General

Gord Tanner - manager of shelter services in Toronto

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

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Why are they there?

Would you support a nationwide youth ban on social media?

GUEST: Dr. Christine Palmay - Toronto family physician

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Anyone have an issue with this?

‘Senseless:’ $25K reward offered in Fairview Mall shooting as police release video of suspect

GUEST: Steve Ryan - CP24 Crime Reporter

Karen Stintz - political commentator and vice president of finance and operations for the Canadian Council for Rehabilitation and Work

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Should high schoolers have to take a financial literacy test?

How are you dealing with your kids moving home for the summer?

GUESTS: Michael Gingerich - CEO of Mawg Design

Richard Crouse - co-host of the podcast Entertainment is Broken

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Deb gets answers.

Do celebrities like Beyonce automatically have Canadian citizenship under new law? Experts say not so fast

GUESTS: Prabmeet Sarkaria - Ontario transportation minister

Guidy Mamman - Managing Partner and Immigration Lawyer at Mamann Sandaluk LLP

Mark Mendelson - Newstalk 1010 Crime expert and former homicide detective

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Deb hosts our weekly panel.

Don Martin planned a farewell tour across Canada after his cancer prognosis. Then, a faint hope appeared on the horizon.

GUESTS: John Tory - former mayor of Toronto 

Kathleen Wynne - former Premier of Ontario

Ravi Baichwal - anchor at ABC Chicago

Don Martin - former host of CTV Power Play

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Why is the answer always to close the parks at night?

One month since Toronto’s counter-terrorism unit was launched

GUESTS: Jeffrey Kroeker - Chair and Founder of A Better City Toronto

Frank Barredo - Toronto Police Deputy Chief

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Should we have to pay the fees?

What is the best reason to return something?

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

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Have you been in a similar experience?

Why an MPP wants his colleagues to take a new oath of office when sworn in.

GUESTS: Deb Matthews - former deputy premier of Ontario and a Liberal Cabinet Minister including Health

Dr. Adil Shamji - Ontario Liberal MPP for Don Valley East

Dr. Nina Mafrici - Clinical Psychologist and Co-Director of the Toronto Psychology & Wellness Group

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Deb talks to an organizer and takes your calls.

Canada’s military recruitment beats target.

GUESTS: Jonathon Smith - researcher and Master of Psychology student at Trent University
Trevor Jones - Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agri-Business

David McGuinty - Federal Defence Minister

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Should they take the offer?

Man critically injured after shooting at Fairview Mall, police say

GUESTS: Steve Ryan - CP24 crime reporter

Jim Gallant - Negotiator with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers

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Deb talks with her about what happened.

Why are more boys going to Sephora?

GUESTS: Caryma Sa’d - Toronto Lawyer and Independent journalist
Siobhan Morris - CTV Toronto Queen’s Park Bureau Reporter

Michael Lyndsay - President and CEO of Metrolinx

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Deb talks with him about what he wants to see happen in the race.

Doug Ford weighs in on his airplane backtrack.

GUEST: Anthony Furey - former long-time Postmedia columnist and ran for Mayor of Toronto in 2023

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Deb talks with Marit Stiles.

Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz but Trump says blockade ‘WILL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE’.

GUESTS: Marit Stiles - Ontario NDP leader

Dan McTeague - President of Canadians for Affordable Energy

Richard Crouse - co-host of the podcast Entertainment is Broken  

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How do you feel about ‘Air Ford One’?

When it comes to safety, should we be making more arrests of people using drugs on the TTC?

GUESTS: Robert Kokonis - President of AirTrav Inc.

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