The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

The fourth wave has flattened due to a combination of vaccinations and public health measures according to Ontario's Science Advisory Table. 

It says the number of cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions havenot spiked as high as feared. However, it's warning Ontario is in a precarious position as infections rise in 19 out of 34 health units particularly in young children--not yet able to get the shots.

GUEST: Dr. Prabhat Jha, Epidemiologist and Professor of Global Health with the University of Toronto, and Founding Director of the Centre for Global Health Research at St. Michael’s Hospital

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A new poll suggests tensions over COVID-19 vaccines in Canada are high as frictions grow between those who are vaccinated against the virus and those who are not.

The Leger survey, conducted for the Association of Canadian Studies, found that more than three in four respondents hold negative views of those who are not immunized.

GUEST: Jack Jedwab, President of the Association for Canadian Studies

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Restaurant operators across Canada are struggling to find enough staff to run their operations. This labour crisis has been highly publicized by Canadian media as a “labour shortage.”

Prior to the pandemic, Canada’s food service sector employed 1.2 million people, and according to Statistics Canada it currently needs to fill 130,000 positions to reach pre-pandemic levels. That said, the Canadian restaurant industry has been struggling with hiring and retention problems for many years.

Should the chronic hiring struggles of Canadian restaurants be referred to as a labour shortage, or can it be more accurately portrayed as a retention issue fuelled by a lack of decent work?

GUEST: Dr. Marion Joppe, Professor with the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management at the University of Guelph

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

Annamie Paul didn’t resign as Green party leader on Monday. She surrendered, with an extraordinarily vivid description of how it felt to be tormented out of a Canadian political party.

Paul talked of how she staggered, “spitting up blood,” to the finish of the recent federal election, admitting she just didn’t have any fight left for the leadership threats that began even before the votes were counted last week.

No matter how complicated and twisted the back story, the moment will endure as an embarrassment in Canadian political history — not for Paul, but to a cutthroat political culture that took down the first woman of colour to lead a major political party in this country.

GUEST: Susan Delacourt, National Columnist with The Toronto Star

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As Ontario commences the first phase of its mandatory vaccination policy, the Toronto Region Board of Trade has developed a thorough and sector-specific resource to help businesses follow and exceed these guidelines. Click HERE to read the TRBT’s guidelines.

The guide – developed in partnership with Board members, as well as legal and health experts – is a first of its kind resource on the market.

GUEST: Jan De Silva, President and CEO of the Toronto Region Board of Trade

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Canada’s Catholic bishops are apologizing for the church’s role in the residential school system.

In an open letter, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops expressed their “profound remorse” for their participation in the system, which led to the suppression of Indigenous languages and culture.

The bishops are committed to healing, the letter reads, and have pledged to fundraise across the country to support initiatives that will lead the church and Indigenous communities “into a new era of reconciliation.”

ALSO: All Canadians should take Sept. 30 to observe National Truth and Reconciliation Day

GUEST: Dr. Ken Coates, Canada Research Chair with the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan, and a Senior Fellow of Aboriginal and Northern Canadian Issues with the Macdonald Laurier Institute

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:

The whiplash release of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor from Chinese detention hours after Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was allowed to return home could signal a new beginning in the Canada-China relationship, expert say.

But those experts warn the situation is not so simple, with many obstacles in the way of mending fences after years of frosty relations between the two countries.

GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University

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On Friday, Smart Serve® Ontario announced a new learning module that will equip hospitality staff with the education and resources essential to recognize and respond in instances of sexual violence and drug-facilitated sexual assault.

GUEST: Richard Anderson, Executive Director of Smart Serve

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Two highly-respected leaders in Hamilton’s Public Works department are gone. City Manager Janette Smith sent out an email this morning saying that Public Works head Dan McKinnon “informed me that he was going to retire from the City effective immediately.” Then in the early afternoon Smith sent out a second email reading “I wanted to let you know that effective today, Andrew Grice, the Director of Hamilton Water, is no longer with the City of Hamilton.” While no details were released it appears the two departures were linked.

GUEST: John Best, Founder of the Bay Observer

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Steve Stricker hoisted the Ryder Cup, gold and glorious, for all to see. Then, he quickly huddled his young American team together to make sure all 12 players had their hands on it.

Nine of them had never touched the 17-inch trophy in a moment of celebration.

They don't expect this to be the last time.

More than just winning back the Ryder Cup on Sunday, the youngest U.S. team in history handed Europe its worst loss and delivered a message about how serious it is about changing the tone of these matches.

GUEST: Lukas Weese, Freelance Journalist covering the Ryder Cup

It's time for Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield!

EmergConnect is an early-stage health IT startup that has created a first of its kind patient-facing mobile 'front door' for patient's seeking same day care. EmergConnect offers research developed remote triage, clinical direction, individualized ER wait time predictions and more... EmergConnect’s mission is to become the centralized platform for same-day care across Canada and beyond. 

GUEST: Ron Galaev, CEO of EmergConnect