Marissa Lennox is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Bill VanGorder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Policy Officer of CARP,  Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP and Peter Muggeridge, Senior Editor of Zoomer Magazine,

We learned late last week that Ottawa is close to striking a 10 year healthcare deal with the provinces and territories that would help address the issues of overcrowding hospitals, the shortage of nurses and physicians,  long wait times in ER, the backlog in medical procedures and other challenges that the healthcare sector is experiencing. Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says a deal could be made within weeks. The provinces have been asking Ottawa to cover 35 per cent of the cost of healthcare compared to the current 22 per cent of funding being made but the federal health minister did not disclose if they would indeed agree to this. Meanwhile, a study by the Ontario Medical Association (OMA), found that patients were not making visits to the ER department of hospitals as a substitute to in person visits to their family doctors during the first year of the pandemic. The conclusion was made after the OMA looked at the records of 7,936 family physicians and family health organizations between April 2020 and March 2021. Finally, do you feel as though the City of Toronto has become an unsafe place to live? Late last week, a woman, in her 70s or 80s was walking on a downtown street when she was pushed to the ground by a man in a seemingly unprovoked attack. She died in the incident. We've also heard of attacks on women on the TTC and what about that latest attack on the TTC operator who was shot at with a BB gun? Our panel has the latest.

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CANADIAN COURT ORDERS THE REPATRIATION OF CANADIANS DETAINED IN SYRIA

Marissa Lennox is now joined by Ari Goldkind, a criminal defence lawyer and Brian Lilley, a political columnist for the Toronto Sun who writes about federal and Ontario politics.

In the news: A Canadian federal court judge has ruled that four Canadian men detained in Syrian camps are entitled to be helped by Ottawa to return home to this country. One of those men is Jack Letts, also known as Jihadi Jack, who is British-born and had links to the terrorist group ISIS. And, lawyer Lawrence Greenspon successfully reached an agreement with the government to bring back 6 Canadian women and 13 children from Syria. So, even though the justice system has ruled that these individuals can be brought back, should we really let that happen from both a moral and national security perspective?

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