Episodes

Hi, I’m Peter Shurman. No big baritone announcer today, no theme song today either. Just me. I’m here to give you a piece of news. The Shurman Report began in early August with gusto. I decided to do the show …

Peter features reaction by the Government to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s statement yesterday that Israel’s retaliation for the missile attack last week by Iran would be a gift to humanity if it disabled Iran’s nucl...

Peter discusses the changing face of the Middle East as the inferno keeps on burning and appears to be getting hotter. He also comments on the instability never before experienced in Canada all related to the situation. Steph...

Peter talks about the various positive ways October 7th was remembered around the world. He also, however, shares his concern that we’re all not thinking the same way in the west. Some have seen the inferno of the Middle East...

Andy Stinton with us today…it’s a minor push-and-shove as usual but that’s because he always comes with topics ready-to-eat. Today….do we pay politicians enough to get good people? Wait and listen to what we think Why doesn’t...

Peter & Stephen LeDrew: diminishing trust in our news media; The Debate; Miracle in Israel? In a shortened show today, Peter welcomes Sytephen LeDrew and they discuss: 1. Canadians diminishing trust in our news media; 2. ...

Peter editorializes about Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly speaking to the UN. She uses her podium to slam Israel for “being against a Palestinian state…sound bass-ackwards to me; Melanie Joly cites the Charter of Rights...

Peter is joined by Andy Stinton – we discuss whether the public was better-formed before social media Where are the flying cars? What’s a Dejero? (pertains to camera conversion to clips) Reaction to the death of Hassan Nasral...

Peter and Stephen Ledrew discussing the past week…a private member’s bill in the Canadian Parliament that would make it illegal to downplay or justify the Indian Residential school system. We talk about journalism paid for wi...

Peter interviews Igal Hecht, a film maker who has created The Killing Roads, a new documentary not for the faint of heart. It chronicles the murderous rampage of terrorists as they sought out and killed Israelis on October 7,...

A group of Liberal Members of Parliament have approached the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee with the idea of negotiating with the Palestinians with a view to creating a Palestinian state. These must be incredibly ...

We are visited once again by Ottawa-based Dan Donovan, publisher of Ottawa Life Magazine…he helps us once again with one of those by-elections held last week. Seems the Liberal losers of that one are crying in their beer but,...

The two-state solution for a resolution to Israeli/Palestinian problems is never going to happen. It’s dead. Hear journalist Dave Gordon on The Shurman Report today…he wrote an op-ed piece in The National Post explaining why ...

Stephen Ledrew joins Peter to offer his thoughts on our Immigration Minister’s confidence in the system…really? Send over some of what he’s smoking. What’s Mark Carney up to? And just how badly can a charming Justin Trudeau b...

Lisa McLeod joins The Shurman Report today…she’s the MPP for Nepean and a former Ford Government Cabinet Minister in two different portfolios…but she’s done after 19 years and won’t run again. She’ll be another regular contri...

Andy Stinton would never vote for Donald Trump but Peter would. They talk about it and walk away still friends! Are Bank of Canada officials going to have a good hard look at dropping the overnight bank rate by another …

Montreal and Central Winnipeg held by-elections last evening. While Elmwood-Tascona in Winnipeg remained NDP as it has historically been, the plurality was cut from about 10000 over their nearest rival the Conservatives, The ...

The big Canadian news today is that people are voting in Central Montreal and Central Winnipeg to pick new Members of Parliament. The Montreal seat was Liberal and once held by Prime Minister Paul Martin. Has that changed? In...

Some highly placed Sikh people say that since they all use the name Singh, Poilievre’s nickname “Sellout Singh” is out of order. Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan even calls it racist. Do you tip at fast food restaurants? Should y...

Peter delves into whether the “eating dogs and cats story could have any fact behind it…it can! He revisits the unanswered question “are we better off now than four years ago?”. And he examines a column in today’s National Po...

Peter reviews the Presidential debate and discusses why he believes it was not anyone’s shining moment. Most of it looked like Harris baiting Trump and Trump taking it every time…will it change anything? Probably not. Canada ...

Peter reviews what the Trump/Harris debate may mean, especially since the two candidates have never met and even more especially since there may be no more debates. Later in the program, we look at why swing states matter and...

Peter takes editorial positions on a variety of subjects that have evolved over the weekend. Former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney is with the Liberal Caucus in Nanaimo talking finance and the economy. Carney’s name has ...

Peter has a chat with Melissa Lantsman, MP for Thornhill and also Deputy-Leader of the Conservative Party. We discuss the Singh method for disconnecting from Prime Minister Trudeau, Conservative readiness, and what we can all...