| Date | Featured Guest | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2003 | Manitoba Monday | A full-length business special from Winnipeg. Guests include: Jim Carr, CEO, Manitoba Business Council; Hartley Richardson, president & CEO, James Richardson & Sons Inc.; Sanford Riley, president & CEO, Richardson Financial Group; Dr. Gary Glavin, deputy director, National Microbiology Laboratory; Nicholas Hirst, editor, Winnipeg Free Press; Ron Diduch, CEO, Jazz Golf Equipment Inc. |
| Jun 27, 2003 | Financial Friday | The heavy-hitters are back on Bay Street Week tonight. Noah Blackstein, Portfolio Manager, Dynamic Mutual Funds, Andrew McCreath, Portfolio Manager, Synergy Mutual Funds and Columnist Brian Milner with The Globe and Mail. Plus, our small cap spotlight with Raju Khatra, Analyst, Morningstar Canada and Peter Ogden, V-P Research and Industrial Analyst, LightYear Capital. |
| Jun 26, 2003 | The Hot Seat | Solo Sailor Derek Hatfield is in the Hot Seat on The Bottom Line with Michael Vaughan. Hatfield, Skipper of The Spirit of Canada finished third in the Around Alone sailing race -- the longest race on Earth for an individual in any sport. The course spans 27,000 miles of the world's roughest and most remote oceans! Call in with your questions. The toll free number is 1-877-667-6288, in Toronto, 416-957-8199 or email us at thebottomline@robtv.com. Stay tuned for our next Hot Seat guest -- Thursday nights on The Bottom Line with Michael Vaughan. |
| Jun 25, 2003 | Waffling Wednesday | Politics & Business. Environment Minister David Anderson discusses new initiatives with the U.S. to fight smog. Our lively politics panel is back in session: Mike Duffy, Parliamentary Correspondent, CTV News; John Ibbitson, Political Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail; Amanda Lang, Host, "AM Business" Report on Business Television; Dan McTeague, Liberal MP, Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge. Dr. Dana Hanson, President, Canadian Medical Association will discuss how government can better work with doctors on health crises like SARS. Plus, it's only rock n' roll, but Dennis Mills, Liberal MP, Toronto Danforth likes it...enough to find federal funding for a Rolling Stones concert in Toronto this summer. |
| Jun 24, 2003 | Tech Tuesday | We'll bring you the latest from BIO 2003 in Washington, DC. Cameron Groome, Managing Director, Biotech and Healthcare Investment Banking, National Bank Financial co-hosts the show with Michael Vaughan. In Washington, William Haseltine, Chair, Human Genome Sciences joins us with an overview of the conference and all the latest on BioDefence and U.S. President George W. Bush's Project BioShield plan. Plus, Katherine Bowdish, President, Alexion Antibody Technologies, Michael Werner, V-P of BioEthics at BIO and Dr. Michael Arbige, Sr. V-P, Genincore International join us. We'll cover everything from stem cells and ethics to cancer and infectious diseases. |
| Jun 23, 2003 | Media Monday | Summer Leisure Business Special. We'll survey what cottages cost across the country with Pamela Alexander, CEO, RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada. Next, a look at how the gardening business has bloomed in Canada with Mark Cullen, Gardening TV Host & Author; Liz Primeau, Gardening Author & Editor. Allan Poole, President, Saga Yachts discusses the ups and downs of the sailing industry. Plus golf-course architect Doug Carrick of Carrick Design Inc. describes the process of desinging great courses. |
| Jun 20, 2003 | Financial Friday | Linda Hasenfratz, President and CEO, Linamar Corporation joins us for our CEO spotlight. Plus, another outstanding Bay Street Week with Veronika Hirsch, Chief Investment Officer, BluMont Capital and Columnist Brian Milner with The Globe and Mail. Plus, our small cap spotlight with Paul Gill, Head of Institutional Sales & Trading, LightYear Capital and David Mason, Chair and CEO, Augen Capital Corp. |
| Jun 19, 2003 | Hot Seat | Pamela Wallin, Canadian Consul General in New York is in the Hot Seat on The Bottom Line with Michael Vaughan. Join us for an update on the state of Canada-US relations and much more. Call in with your questions. The toll free number is 1-877-667-6288, in Toronto, 416-957-8199 or email us at thebottomline@robtv.com. Stay tuned for our next Hot Seat guest -- Thursday nights on The Bottom Line with Michael Vaughan. |
| Jun 18, 2003 | Waffling Wednesday | Politics & Business. John McCallum, Minister of National Defence discusses Canada's participation in a North American missile defence system; Glen Murray, Mayor of Winnipeg lobbies the federal government for more tax transfers to municipalities. Plus the politics panel: Mike Duffy, Parliamentary orrespondent, CTV News; John Ibbitson, Political Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail; Patrick Gossage, Communications Consultant. |
| Jun 17, 2003 | Tech Tuesday | We'll bring you the latest from the Bio-Logical Futures Conference in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with conference organizer Ron Kehrig, President, BioProducts Saskatchewan Inc.; Gord Surgeoner, President, Ontario Agri-Food Technologies & Professor, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph and Randall Goodfellow, CEO, BioProducts Canada. Plus, the 60-second pitch with bioprocess pitches. Tonight's entrepreneurs include: Peter Rzazewski, Co-Owner & Managaing Director, Waste Oil Refining Technology, Altene Canada Inc.; Michael May, President, CEO, Director & Co-founder, Rimon Therapeutics Ltd.; and Dennis Hodgkinson, President, Bio-Terre Systems Inc. Tonight's VCs include Kelly Holman, Managing Director, Genesys Capital Partners. And, we'll get the latest on the 6-million dollar leg with Benoit Cote, President, Victhom Human Bioinics. |
| Jun 16, 2003 | Media Monday | A full-length special from the Banff Television Festival. Guests include: Steve Smith, Actor, "The Red Green Show"; Colin Mochrie, Actor, "Whose Line is it Anyways?"; Jay Switzer, President & CEO, CHUM Ltd.; Slawko Klymkiw, Executive Director of network programming, CBC Television; Richard Stursberg, Executive Director, Telefilm Canada; Jacques Bensimon, Government Film Commissioner & Chair, National Film Board of Canada; Janet Yale, President & CEO, Canadian Cable Television Association; Laszlo Barna, President & CEO, Barna-Alper Productions; Jamie Brown, Executive Producer & CEO, Frantic Films; Gavin McGarry, Creative Producer, Awkward Films; Ken Goldstein, President, Communications Management Inc.; Pat Ferns, President & CEO, Banff Television Foundation. |
| Jun 13, 2003 | Financial Friday | The heavy-hitters are back on Bay Street Week tonight. Our panel includes: Andrew McCreath, Portfolio Manager, Synergy Mutual Funds, Laura Wallace, Managing Director, Coleford Investment Management and Columnist Brian Milner with The Globe and Mail. Plus, our small cap spotlight with Dave Skarica, Editor, addictedtoprofits.com and Al Budai, Pres. and CEO, Canstock Information Services. Plus, Management Consultant Pamela Divinsky joins us to review the winners & loosers of this year's National Business Book Award. |
| Jun 12, 2003 | Hot Seat | While Michael Vaughan continues to cover the Banff Television Festival in Alberta, one of Canada's top automotive journalists, Jeremy Cato, gets behind the wheel to host tonight's edition of The Hot Seat. This week's guest: Hendrik von Kuenheim, Pres. and CEO, BMW Group Canada. Call in with your questions. The toll free number is 1-877-667-6288, in Toronto, 416-957-8199 or email us at thebottomline@robtv.com. Stay tuned for our next Hot Seat guest -- Thursday nights on The Bottom Line with Michael Vaughan. |
| Jun 11, 2003 | Waffling Wednesday | John Fisher, Director of Advocacy, EGALE Canada on Ottawa's response to the legalization of gay marriages in Ontario. The politics panel returns: Mike Duffy, Parliamentary Correspondent, CTV News; Jane Taber, Parliamentary Reporter, The Globe and Mail; Dan McTeague, Liberal MP, Pickering-Ajax-Uxbridge; Amanda Lang; Host, "AM Business", Report on Business Television. Dr. Graham Sher, CEO, Canadian Blood Services discusses their plan to keep the blood supply safe from the West Nile virus. Plus, Drew Fagan, Editorial Page Editor, The Globe and Mail on the Middle East violence threatening Bush's roadmap to peace. Guest-hosted by Eric Reguly. |
| Jun 10, 2003 | Tech Tuesday | A look at technology used to trace mad cow disease with David Akin, national technology & business correspondent, CTV News; Julie Stitt, General Manager, Canadian Cattle Identification Agency. The 60-second pitch: technology entrepreneurs pitching real business plans to venture capitalists. This week's judges: John Grant, Managing Director, Equity Private Placement Group, RBC Capital Markets; John Varghese, Managing Director, Skylon Capital. This week's entrepreneurs: Tracey Broadbent, President, Bravo Software Group; Neil Appalsamy, President & CEO, Q2media Group Inc.; Jeff Danzig, CEO, Salescentrix. Plus a preview of Report on Business' new virtual anchor, Bridget King, along with her creator, Dianne Thomson, President, Virtually Human Technologies. |
| Jun 09, 2003 | Media Monday | We'll look at the future of sports specialty networks with John Levy, Chairman & CEO, Headline Media Group; Doug Beeforth, President, Sportsnet. We'll check-in with leading Canadian publishers following BookExpo in Toronto: Douglas Gibson, President & Publisher, McClelland & Stewart; Kim McArthur, President & Publisher, McArthur & Company Publishing Ltd.; Chris Oliveros, Publisher, Drawn & Quarterly. Next, some talking tips from the most qualified public speaker in the world, Gavin Blakey, International President, Toastmasters International. A look at a dazzling hard rock collection with Kimberly Sutch, Director, Diamond Information Centre. Plus, "Broadway" Bruce Sellery, New York Bureau Chief, Report on Business Television reports back from the Tony Awards. |
| Jun 06, 2003 | Financial Friday | Alain Batty, President and CEO, Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd. joins us to talk about Ford Motor Company's 100th Anniversary. Plus, Michael Vaughan test drives one of the first Ford vehicles ever built in Canada |
| Jun 05, 2003 | Hot Seat | Canada's foremost car curmudgeon, Phil Edmonston, is in the Hot Seat on The Bottom Line with Michael Vaughan. For more than three decades, Edmonston has followed the auto industry and now he's promoting his latest two car guides: the Lemon-Aid Used Car and Minivans Guide 2004 and The New Driver's Guide 2004. Call in with your questions. The toll free number is 1-877-667-6288, in Toronto, 416-957-8199 or email us at thebottomline@robtv.com. Stay tuned for our next Hot Seat guest -- Thursday nights on The Bottom Line with Michael Vaughan. |
| Jun 04, 2003 | Waffling Wednesday | Peter MacKay, Leader, Progressive Conservative Party of Canada talks about his controversial victory at the recent PC leadership convention. Ralph Nader, consumer advocate & U.S. presidential candidate discusses his vision for corporate conduct. The politics panel returns: Mike Duffy, Parliamentary Correspondent, CTV News; Jane Taber, Parliamentary Reporter, The Globe and Mail; John Laschinger, Tory Strategist; John Duffy, Liberal Strategist. Plus Drew Fagan, Editorial Page Editor, The Globe and Mail on Bush's trip to the Middle East. |
| Jun 03, 2003 | Tech Tuesday | Highlights from the world of robotics at the 13th annual Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems: Anthony Eyton, President, Director Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS); Paul Milgram, Professor, Dept. Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto; John Zelek, Professor, School of Engineering, University of Guelph. Next, a special edition of the 60-second pitch show from the Technology Venture Challenge in Ottawa. This week's presenters: James Fahey, President, Jivaana Health Care Systems; Gregg Peacock, President, iLumenix; Dragoslav Culum, President, Okulus. Our angel investor judges: Mike Wilson, Gillam Capital; Keith Lue, President, Cardian Enterprises Inc. |
| Jun 02, 2003 | Media Monday | Edward Greenspon, Editor-In-Chief, The Globe and Mail, returns with his regular insight on the stories behind the news headlines. Stephen Williams, controversial author of "Karla: A Pact with the Devil" discusses his recent arrest and public reaction to his book. Two organizers of SARS-related benefit concerts in Toronto explain the work and politics involved in putting these concerts together: Dennis Mills, Liberal MP, Toronto - Danforth; Shane Bourbonnais, senior vice-president, Canada, Clear Channel Entertainment. Plus, Shane Smith, festival director of the Worldwide Short Film Festival and more.... |