TUNE INTO THE TOWN: IT’S BEEN 100 DAYS OF MAYOR OLIVIA CHOW-HOW HAS SHE PERFORMED?

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Marissa Lennox is joined by David Crombie, Former Mayor of Toronto, Councillor Paula Fletcher, Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth and Karen Stintz, CEO, Variety Village.

A couple of days ago marked 100 days since Mayor Olivia Chow took office. So, how has she performed so far? In provincial news, the Ford government has reversed its decision to make numerous municipalities expand their municipal boundaries and earmark thousands more hectares of farm land for potential development.

SHOULD IT BE EXPANDED TO THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES?

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Marissa Lennox is joined by Dr. Jitender Sareen, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at University of Manitoba.

Should Canada expand MAiD to those suffering from mental health illnesses? Ottawa plans to implement the expansion as early as March. Dr. Sareen and a group of psychiatrists have personally written to government officials expressing concern about such an expansion. Dr. Smith argues it is discriminatory to exclude these people from the legislation. Meanwhile, according to a Health Canada report, MAiD deaths in Canada jumped by as much as 30 per cent in 2022 compared to the year before: Since 2016, there have been a total of 44,958 MAID deaths in Canada.

FAMILY PHYSICIANS ON THE VERGE OF QUITTING

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Marissa Lennox is joined by Dr. Nadia Alam A family doctor and anesthetist in Georgetown Ontario.

She’s only 15 years into her career as a family doctor in Ontario and Dr. Nadia Alam is just about ready to quit. She joins Fight Back with Marissa Lennox to explain why she’s reached a breaking point.