Alan Carter

The word of the day is Nepotism. We're seeing a lot of it in Ontario at the moment. On the show today, Alan is joined by Catherine Brown, Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility and Marketing for Aviva, Stewart Lyons, CEO of Bird E-Scooters, and Shannon Tebb of Shannon in the City.Swipe right people.

Alan is thinking about BBQs, Summer, and meat, meat, meat. China... you can't give up our ham, just admit it. Alan is joined today by Global Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Travis Dhanraj, Bylaw Enforcement Manager Rose Burrows, UFCW's Pablo Godoy, IPSOS own Darrell Bricker, and Parenting Network's Doone Estey.

Permits, Permits, Permits. Alan continues on his quest for more sense in permits by turning up to get a fishing license... and getting denied. He drowns his sorrow by airing it on the air. A little Roti helps too, as he's joined by Randy Kangal of Randy’s Roti to talk about food truck permits in Toronto. Also on the show, Global's Caryn Lieberman gives the latest on the Dr. Barwin trial, The Globe and Mail's Josh O’Kane gives background to the Sidewalk Labs increasing scope, and writer Roy Osing helps us get noticed at work.

Alan's got the news, lots o' news, to impart to you all. He is helped by his guests Global reporter Kamil Karamali, professor in the McGill School of Urban Planning David Wachsmuth, Personal Finance Journalist Rubina Ahmed-Haq, Global News Crime Specialist Catherine McDonald, and his very own producer Rebecca Coutts.

Alan does a focus on the opioid crisis today. He speaks with several experts on the subject; Dr. David Juurlink- Head of head of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre at the University of Toronto, Alison Danta- CEO of the Canadian Chiropractic Association and Chair of the Coalition for Safe and Effective Pain Management (CSEPM), as well as Global's 'Wait There's More' podcaster Tamara Khandaker who's episode tonight centers around opioid safe supply. Also on the show, Alan checks in with The Star's Martin Regg Cohn and Global's Travis Dhanraj on the appointments and rescinding of appointments by the Ford government. And then he walks the road to the end of the show with Q107's Fearless Fred, who is about to embark on a 24 hour treadmill visit to raise money for Children's Wish Foundation.