Grey Matter

Retired fighter pilot Anthony Ledsham uncovered some unexpected pension controversy

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Retired Fighter Pilot Anthony Ledsham have a conversation about the journey he’s taken to become a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, some of the turmoil he’s faced during the length of his career, and how he stumbled into some controversy surrounding his pension.
Anthony Ledsham is a former military officer who served for 20 years as a RCAF fighter pilot. He has since retired from the Air Force and has since been flying commercial for Air Canada. Ledsham stumbled into some high level corruption in an organization he was a member of. After the events that transpired he decided to take legal action and is representing himself in a lawsuit that claims fraudulent misrepresentation.
Four Wing Cold Lake is the busiest fighter base in Canada. It provides general purpose, multi-role, combat capable forces in support of domestic and international roles of Canada's Air Force. 4 Wing Cold Lake is, without question, the home of the fighter pilot. It not only hosts Canada's world-class tactical fighter force training, but also deploys and supports fighter aircraft at a moments notice to fulfill the domestic and international roles of Canada's Air Force.
The conversation between Grey and Ledsham starts off seemingly innocuous but quickly falls down an unexpected rabbit hole. The cover some of the history of the Royal Canadian Air Force, what the scoop is with the controversy he stumbled upon, and how he’s working to uncover the truth.
This episode’s recommended reading:
Fall of an Arrow - Murray Peden
https://amzn.to/3ShDEcG
Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot - Richard Restak M.D.
https://amzn.to/3vyhBoi
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Brian Jean is passionate about fixing our health care system

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Brian Jean have a conversation about some of his campaign promises and how he intends to fulfill them, where the Alberta Sovereignty Act plays a role in achieving those goals, and how we can get involved in the process of improving Alberta's health care system.
Brian Jean is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of the Legislative Assembly for Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche since March 16, 2022. He was leader of the Opposition and the last leader of the Wildrose Party from 2015 to 2017 before its merger into the United Conservative Party. Jean was a member of Parliament with the Conservative Party from 2004 to 2014 before entering provincial politics. Brian Jean is also a father, a grandfather, and a husband. He is a proud Albertan and a huge defender of our energy industry. He has lived in Alberta almost his entire life, moving here from BC as a small child. The youngest of eleven, Brian grew up doing the sorts of things that boys do in rural Alberta and he became an accomplished outdoorsman, hunter, and athlete.
Jean worked as a lawyer in Fort McMurray for 11 years before he was elected to Parliament, where he represented Athabasca from 2004 to 2006 and Fort McMurray Athabasca from 2006 to 2014, when he resigned from the House of Commons. He returned to political life in February 2015 when he announced that he would seek the leadership of the Wildrose Party. He was elected party leader on March 28, 2015. Jean has a Bachelor of Science degree from Warner Pacific College in Portland, Oregon, and Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Laws degrees from Bond University in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. He also attended the law school at the University of Calgary, where he received qualification to be admitted to the Law Society of Alberta. This allowed him to practice law for 11 years in Fort McMurray prior to his political career.
Brian is a UCP party leader candidate in the upcoming elections and had a lot to say about how he intends on improving the Alberta Government. He shares his ideas on climate change policy and how that’s affected our economy, what the main issues facing Albertans are and what his plan is to help create positive outcomes for all Canadians, and how his leadership will make changes to our systems to improve our Healthcare System.
To find more from Brian Jean you can visit: www.BrianJean.ca
This episode’s recommended reading:
Moment of Truth - Jack M. Mintz
https://amzn.to/3pEx7Mh
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Allison Pejovic explains her role in the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Allison Pejovic have a conversation about some of the cases she is working on and how she hopes they turn out, her role in the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms and the impact they are having, .
Allison graduated from law school at the University of Ottawa in 2003 and was Called to the Bar of Manitoba in 2004. She articled and practiced in the litigation department of a large full-service law firm in Winnipeg for 5 years. In 2008, Allison moved to Toronto to pursue a Masters’ degree in Environmental Law and Policy from the University of Toronto. Allison wrote her Masters’ thesis: “Freshwater, Law, and Game Theory: Strategies for Navigating the Troubled Waters of a Canada / U.S. Bulk Water Export Conflict” and it was published in the peer-reviewed Queen’s Law Journal in 2010. After completing her Masters’ degree, Allison was called to the Bar of Ontario in 2009 and spent a year at a leading national law firm in Toronto.
After some time in Toronto Allison returned to Winnipeg in 2011, and spent the next nine years as a Crown counsel arguing Charter motions and other constitutional legal issues before every level of court in Manitoba, and the Canada Labor Board. Allison joined the Justice Centre in 2020, and is excited to advocate for justice and the protection of personal rights and freedoms.
Founded in 2010 as a voice for freedom in Canada's courtrooms, the mission of the Justice Centre is to defend the constitutional freedoms of Canadians through litigation and education. We fight for Canada to become and remain a free society, where the equality of all Canadians and their individual freedoms are celebrated and respected. As a public interest, non-partisan law firm and registered charity, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms provides legal representation free of charge, to protect the rights and freedoms of all Canadians, which are guaranteed under our constitution. Since their founding in 2010, they have been involved in more than 84 legal files with a small but dedicated legal staff.
Allison shares her motivations for becoming a part of the Justice Center for Constitutional Freedoms, how she plans to continue her work with them, and some of the things she plans to do to ensure a promising future for generations to come.
To find more from Allison Pejovic you can visit: www.JCCF.ca
This episode’s recommended reading:
The Origins Of Totalitarianism - Hannah Arendt
https://amzn.to/3up3CAL
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What’s with all the Crypto hype? Max Freeman explains...

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Max Freeman have a conversation about all the hype surrounding Crypto Currency, all of the possible opportunities and challenges that are present with a new monetary system, and why it's important to continue the evolution of how we exchange goods and services.
Max is a Stanford alumni, an author, a finance and crypto/blockchain expert, and a podcaster. He's had the privilege of interviewing such notables as Saifedean Ammous, Robert Breedlove, and Mark Cuban. In September 2019 the founders at Epic Cash looked at the technologies in place for cryptocurrency transactions and saw the opportunity to enhance the “Future of Money” evolution. EPIC claims to provide a fully secure, decentralized platform, entirely controlled by the end-users for payment transactions.
The EPIC CASH project has taken a little more than two years of preparation to finally introduce this privacy blockchain to the world. Mr. Freeman started EPIC in his Stanford dorm room. That company now runs on its own with over 200 employees in 70 countries. Cryptocurrencies in general, and Bitcoin (BTC) in particular, have proven to be massively successful when it comes to maintaining a store of value. Despite all the volatility in the dollar price, the overall trajectory has been quite clear. We expect this trend will continue as more people recognize the inflationary threat inherent in fiat currencies.
Mr. Freeman shares some insights from the front lines of the Crypto wave. He has endeavored to create a financial environment that takes the best of anonymity while also maintaining security through the practical use of cryptocurrency. During the conversation Grey & Freeman explore how all this fits into our ever changing society.
To find more from Max Freeman you can visit: www.epic.tech
This episode’s recommended reading:
Cryptocurrency - Gavin S. Finney
https://amzn.to/3OTCdyh
Letters of Marque - Marque dePlume
https://amzn.to/3BvLSbg
The End of Freedom - John Thore Stub Sneisen
https://amzn.to/3d74Gn3
Behind the Curtain - John Hamer
https://amzn.to/3PWOYcC
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Maxime Bernier explores the future of Canadian Leadership

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Maxime Bernier have a conversation about the inherent corruption that exists in our current political system, how he intends to make a difference in Canadian politics, and the role current policy plays in our economy.
Maxime Bernier is a Canadian politician who is the founder and leader of the People's Party of Canada. Bernier was formerly a member of the Conservative Party and left the caucus in 2018 to form the PPC. He was the member of Parliament for Beauce from 2006 to 2019 and served as a Cabinet minister in the Harper government. Prior to entering politics, Bernier worked in law, finance and banking. He was first elected to the House of Commons as a Conservative in the 2006 election in the same riding his father, Gilles Bernier, had represented from 1984 to 1997.
Bernier held a number of portfolios in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Cabinet. Bernier ran for the Conservative Party leadership in the 2017 leadership election. After leading eventual winner Andrew Scheer through 12 rounds of voting, he came second with over 49 per cent in the 13th round. Fifteen months later, in August 2018, Bernier resigned from the Conservative Party to create his own party, the right-wing populist People's Party, citing disagreements with Scheer's leadership. Bernier was born in Saint-Georges, Quebec, the son of Doris (Rodrigue) and Gilles Bernier, a well known radio host, who represented the riding of Beauce from 1984 to 1997, first as a Progressive Conservative and then as an independent.
For 19 years, Bernier held positions in law, several financial and banking fields, such as working as a lawyer at McCarthy Tétrault, rising up to become branch manager at the National Bank, the office of the Securities Commission of Québec as Director of Corporate and International Relations, an adviser (handling fiscal reform) from 1996 to 1998 in the office of Bernard Landry, and Standard Life of Canada as the Vice-President of Corporate Affairs and Communication. On August 23, 2018, Bernier announced that he was leaving the Conservative Party with the intention of founding a new political party.
He held a press conference at which he declared that the Conservative Party was "too intellectually and morally corrupt to be reformed", and was afraid to address important issues or articulate a coherent philosophy. Bernier is strongly critical of public health measures undertaken, having traveled to anti-lockdown protests throughout the country in 2021. On April 17, he spoke to several hundred people in Barrie, Ontario, despite being discouraged from doing so by the mayor and the area's city councilor.
Bernier & Grey explore the future of Canadian Provincial leadership, how federal interference in provincial policy decisions is making things more complicated than necessary, and why today's leadership is trying to avoid discussing “western alienation”.
To find more from Maxime Bernier you can visit: www.MaximeBernier.com
This episode’s recommended reading:
The Constitution of Liberty - F. A. Hayek
https://amzn.to/3SwjGuO
Mises Institute
https://mises.org
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Peter Holle on how important ”Think Tank’s” are in influencing policy

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Peter Holle have a conversation about how he came to organize a powerful "Think Tank", some of the work he has been doing to help evolve the system of Government, and why it's so important to challenge the status quo.
Peter Holle is the founding President of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, an award-winning western Canadian based public policy think tank. Since its founding in 1997, Frontier has brought a distinctive and influential Prairie voice to regional and national debates over public policy in areas such as core public sector reform, housing, poverty, aboriginals, consumer-focused health care performance, equalization, rural policy and much more.
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy is an independent, western Canada based public policy "think tank"​ with offices in Winnipeg, Regina and Calgary. Their mission is to develop and popularize policy choices that will help Canada's prairie region live up to its vast but unrealized economic potential. Of the nearly 100 recognized think tanks in Canada, Frontier is one of only 5 to make the 2008 global “Go-To Think Tanks” list published by the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program of the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia.
Mr. Holle has worked extensively with public sector reform and has provided advisory services to various governments across Canada and the United States. His publications have appeared in various newspapers and journals including dozens of newspapers, the National Post and the Wall Street Journal. Peter has a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is a member of various organizations including the Mont Pelerin Society, an international organization of classical liberals.
Holle & Grey have a conversation about the evolution of government systems, why it's important to have a group of educated minds working to solve complex problems, and what he has done as a policy maker.
To find more from Peter Holle you can visit: https://fcpp.org/
This episode’s recommended reading:
How to Think Seriously about the Planet - Roger Scruton
https://amzn.to/3z9G2cU
State of Fear - Michael Crichton
https://amzn.to/3PMe0eE
Yes Minister - James Hacker
https://amzn.to/3S70QtV
Knowledge And Decisions - Thomas Sowell
https://amzn.to/3cNpSyf
Green Murder - Ian Plimer
https://amzn.to/3OCLhqX
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Carl Trueman shares his thoughts about gender roles and sexuality in the modern world

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Carl Trueman have a conversation about gender identity, the role sexuality plays in modern society, and why gender roles are a good thing.
Carl R. Trueman (born 1967) is a Christian theologian and ecclesiastical historian. He was Professor of Historical Theology and Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary, where he held the Paul Woolley Chair of Church History. In 2018 Trueman resigned his position at Westminster to become a full-time undergraduate professor at Grove City College, serving as Full Professor in their Department of Biblical and Religious Studies as of the fall semester of that same year. Carl Trueman is professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania.
He has written more than a dozen books, including Histories and Fallacies: Problems Faced in the Writing of History, Luther on the Christian Life, The Creedal Imperative, and The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution. Historian Carl R. Trueman shows how influences ranging from traditional institutions to technology and pornography moved modern culture toward an era of “expressive individualism.” Investigating philosophies from the Romantics, Nietzsche, Marx, Wilde, Freud, and the New Left, he outlines the history of Western thought to the distinctly sexual direction of present-day identity politics and explains the modern implications of these ideas on religion, free speech, and personal identity.
Dr. Trueman and Mr. Grey unpack the idea of gender identity and the role it plays in western culture, the importance of sexual identity in the way we collaborate as a society, and why it's important to have these roles to forge a future where everyone fits.
To find more from Carl Trueman you can visit: https://www.gcc.edu/Home/Staff-Directory/Staff-Detail/carl-r-trueman
This episode’s recommended reading:
Strange New World - Carl R. Trueman
https://amzn.to/3od3dh5
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self - Carl R. Trueman
https://amzn.to/3ceBkT9
Irreversible Damage - Abigail Shrier
https://amzn.to/3IScXXz
The Genesis of Gender - Abigail Favale
https://amzn.to/3yRlztc
The Gospel Comes with a House Key - Rosaria Butterfield
https://amzn.to/3PIaTUf
I Drink Therefore I Am: A Philosopher's Guide to Wine - Roger Scruton
https://amzn.to/3ySmr0z
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Leon Fontaine shares insights about how to navigate these challenging times

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Leon Fontaine have a conversation about the challenges our society has faced in a post pandemic world, how we can all benefit from aiming to be the best version of ourselves possible, and why God should play a role in what we all do next.
Leon is a conference speaker, author and talk show host; he is the CEO of Miracle Channel, Canada’s original Christian television station; and he and his wife Sally are the senior pastors of Springs Church, one of the fastest growing churches in Canada. Leon Fontaine has studied and lived leadership for over 35 years. His early training as a paramedic forged his desire to help people of all walks of life — physically, mentally, and spiritually — and for the last three decades, he and his wife Sally have done just that from their home base of Springs Church in Canada, one of the country’s fastest-growing churches.
Leon has a powerful and practical teaching style that keeps his audience coming back for more. Using the Spirit Contemporary® style he has made famous, Leon empowers people to be led by Holy Spirit in their everyday lives and, at the same time, gain influence with the people in their world like never before. Leon Fontaine’s passion for a current events commentary that offered an intersection of knowledge and wisdom has been percolating for years. Recent events in Canada and around the globe have propelled the conversation forward. The erosion of freedoms has never been so widespread and the need for unbiased journalism is more important than ever.
Pastor Fontaine opens up about his journey into spirituality and how it has helped him make sense of the world, the importance of finding purpose in our lives and the work we do, and why younger generations are reluctant to participate in traditional religious practice.
To find more from Leon Fontaine you can visit: www.LeonFontaine.com
This episode’s recommended reading:
Servant Leadership - Robert K Greenleaf
https://amzn.to/3IXxIBl
The Spirit Contemporary Life - Leon Fontaine
https://amzn.to/3uZY53Z
The Screwtape Letters - C. S. Lewis
https://amzn.to/3v2W334
Supernatural Promises - Leon Fontaine
https://www.miraclechannel.ca/book
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Andrew Newberg explains the connection between Science and Religion

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Neuroscientist Andrew Newberg have a conversation about the science behind how your brain responds to religion, how meditation can actually benefit your brain and body, and why he decided to pursue these topics in his new book "Neurotheology".
Andrew Newberg is an American neuroscientist who is a Professor in the Department of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences and the director of research at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, previously an Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies and a Lecturer in Psychology in the Biological Basis of Behavior Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Andrew has been a prominent researcher in the field of nuclear medical brain imaging and neurotheology. In particular, his research has focused on the development of neurotransmitter tracers for the evaluation of religiosity as well as neurological and psychiatric disorders including clinical depression, head injury, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. Newberg graduated from Haverford College in 1988 with a degree in chemistry and then received his medical degree in 1993 from the University of Pennsylvania.
He then completed postgraduate training in Internal Medicine with a Residency at the Graduate Hospital from 1993 to 1996, and then did a Fellowship in Nuclear Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Department of Radiology from 1996 to 1998. Dr. Andrew Newberg has scanned the brains of praying nuns, chanting Sikhs and meditating Buddhists. He studies the relationship between the brain and religious experience, a field called neurotheology. And he's written a book, Principles of Neurotheology, that tries to lay the groundwork for a new kind of scientific and theological dialogue.
Professor Andrew Newberg and Leighton Grey take some time to discuss his studies and early interest in Science & Religion, how he measures the interactions between the brain and spiritual experiences, and why it's so important to have a connection to a higher power.
To find more from Professor Andrew Newberg you can visit: www.AndrewNewberg.com
This episode’s recommended reading:
Neurotheology: How Science Can Enlighten Us About Spirituality - Andrew Newberg|
https://amzn.to/3v2o2jl
Varieties of Spiritual Experiences - Andrew Newberg
(Will Be Released In September 2022)
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Is Hollywood TOO woke now?

In this episode Constitutional Lawyer Leighton Grey and Christian Toto have a conversation about the evolution of Hollywood and it's role in shaping our culture, how the new content coming out of Hollywood has slanted towards a new narrative, and the implications it has on the future of our society.
Christian Toto is a film critic, entertainment expert and founder of HollywoodInToto.com, a comprehensive site covering pop culture from a conservative perspective. In the current political climate it seems that most Hollywood reporters lean to the Left in their content. Christian's aim when founding HollywoodInToto.com is to represent the half of the country that is far too often ignored by the press.
Toto previously served as an associate editor at Breitbart News and features reporter/film critic at The Washington Times. His work has appeared in The Daily Wire, The New York Post, Real Clear Investigations, National Review, The Federalist, Townhall, People Magazine and Newsbusters. Christian boasts more than 15 years experience spanning the web, print publications and magazines Christian has written for The Denver Post, The Washington Times, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, People magazine, Breitbart News and many more outlets and he also covers fatherhood issues on his blogs Daddylibrium.com and ColoradoParent.com.
In this conversation Toto & Grey share their perspective on the recent releases in our theaters and the public reaction to the blatant new agenda, why it's important for Hollywood to have an unbiased narrative in the content they create, and why the biased content they've been releasing has created such an uproar in western culture.
To find more from Christian Toto you can visit: www.HollywoodInToto.com
This episode’s recommended reading:
Virtue Bombs: How Hollywood Got Woke and Lost Its Soul - Christian Toto
https://amzn.to/3aNOQNa
Red Carpet - Erich Schwartzel
https://amzn.to/3cojEo5
Outrage, Inc. - Derek Hunter
https://amzn.to/3uUhbbK
The Truth and Beauty - Andrew Klavan
https://amzn.to/3Pw7asQ
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