GUEST: Brain J. Karem, Political Analyst for CNN, White House Reporter and host of ‘Just Ask the Question’ Podcast

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Sources tell Global News that Premier Doug Ford and his cabinet are debating the implementation of a COVID-19 vaccine “passport” type of certification for Ontario, after months of resisting calls to create such a system.

A government source not authorized to speak publicly told Global News on Friday that members of Ford’s cabinet are currently considering a proposal.

The source said a final decision hasn’t been made and that there is no consensus yet. They said some cabinet members are opposed to a vaccine passport.

GUEST: Sabrina Nanji, Founder of the Queen’s Park Observer

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Canada is set to start negotiations with the Taliban to secure a safe exit for Canadian citizens and Afghan refugees trying to leave Kabul, according to Canada’s foreign affairs minister.

Marc Garneau confirmed such negotiations were set to take place during an interview with The West Block’s Mercedes Stephenson on Sunday.

The dialogue would be happening multilaterally with “many” countries and in the coming days, said Garneau. According to him, the main “priority demand” in the negotiations would be to allow the safe passage of Afghans out of the country.

GUEST: Shuvaloy Majumdar, Foreign Policy Director & Munk Senior Fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and the Former Director of Policy to Canada’s Foreign Minister

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In the wake of the cancellation Friday of a rally featuring Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau over safety concerns due to protesters, leaders on the campaign trail Saturday faced the question: Has the temperature on the campaign trail become too hot, and dangerously so?

And that question led to another: How much are the leaders and their rhetoric contributing to the tension?

GUEST: Dr. David Hofmann, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick

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Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed with new urgency on Friday, a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of people desperately fleeing a Taliban takeover and killed more than 100. The U.S. warned more attacks could come ahead of the looming deadline for foreign troops to leave, ending America's longest war.

As the call to prayer echoed through Kabul along with the roar of departing planes, the anxious crowd outside the city's airport was as large as ever. Dozens of Taliban members carrying heavy weapons patrolled one area about 500 metres (1,600 feet) from the facility to prevent anyone from venturing beyond.

Thursday's bombings near the airport killed at least 95 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops, Afghan and U.S. officials said, in the deadliest day for American forces in Afghanistan since August 2011.

ALSO: What we know about ISIS-K, the group behind the deadly Kabul bombings

Guest: Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, Director of the University of Ottawa’s Security program, and former analyst at CSIS

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The city has provincial approval for a work plan to deal with pollution in Cootes Paradise in the aftermath of a massive sewage spill.

But it will take nearly a year to complete three environmental studies to help determine what projects to pursue to heal the befouled west-end marsh.

The next step following sign-off by the Ministry of the Environment Conservation and Parks is hiring consultants to conduct the studies.

GUEST: Andrew Grice, Director of Hamilton Water

GUEST: Maureen Wilson, Councilor for Ward 1 Chedoke-Cootes

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Mounting calls continue for a province-wide COVID-19 vaccine certificate from local medical officers of health across Ontario who want to see a universal system when it comes to providing proof of vaccination to employers, for events or to gain entrance inside businesses.

A group representing Ontario’s public health units says it is exploring regional approaches to COVID-19 vaccination policies in the absence of provincial direction.

Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, head of the Local Association of Public Health Agencies, says the group wants the province to bring in a vaccine certificate system, which would limit access to non-essential activities to those who are fully immunized.

He says the association has written to the province’s chief medical officer with recommendations on a vaccine certificate system, among other issues. Without provincial direction, Roumeliotis says health units are looking at regional approaches instead. 

GUEST: Ryan Imgrund, Biostatistician