Three men were convicted of murder Wednesday in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was running empty-handed through a Georgia subdivision when the white strangers chased him, trapped him on a quiet street and blasted him with a shotgun.

The February 2020 slaying drew limited attention at first. But when video of the shooting leaked online, Arbery's death quickly became another example in the nation's reckoning of racial injustice in the way Black people are treated in their everyday lives.

Now the men all face a mandatory sentence of life in prison. The judge will decide whether their sentences are served with or without the possibility of parole.

GUEST: Dexter Voisin, Dean of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work with the University of Toronto

With the cost of housing seemingly on the rise each day, what are the rights of homeowners buying pre-construction to avoid a situation like this?

GUEST: Wendy Moir-Archeson, CEO and Registrar of the Home Construction Regulatory Authority

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

The Ontario government says it’s trying to reach a deal with the federal government aimed at lowering child-care costs. But so far, there is no deal and no apparent deadline.

Why does Ontario continue to drag its heels?

GUEST: Kerry McCuaig, Fellow with the Atkinson Centre at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education with U of T

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This week in Canadian Politics:

GUEST: Muhammad Ali, Senior Consultant for Crestview Strategies

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The Ontario government is making a big push to get young people to consider careers in the trades, dispatching recruiters to some 800 Ontario high schools and holding large fairs across the province to link students with jobs.

The move is an effort to stave off a looming shortage of workers in the skilled trades, fields that can pay about $100,000 a year with benefits and pensions.

Labour Minister Monte McNaughton and Education Minister Stephen Lecce are in Whitby Wednesday morning to announce details of $90 million in funding for the trades, boosting provincial spending in the area to $1.5 billion over the next four years.

Why aren’t more people working in trades?

GUEST: Monty McNaughton, Ontario’s Labour Minister