Topics Include: Dr. David Fisman resigns from Ontario's Science Table, fall modeling, fourth wave, and more

GUEST: Dr. Peter Juni, Director of Ontario’s Science Table and a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Toronto

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Topics Include: Dr. David Fisman resigns from Ontario's Science Table, fall modeling, fourth wave, and more

GUEST: Dr. Peter Juni, Director of Ontario’s Science Table and a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Toronto

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On Monday, August 23, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce will launch a campaign that speaks to why concerns related to Ontario business need to be front and centre during this federal election.

President and CEO Rocco Rossi joins us to discuss the federal election, mandatory vaccine requirements for businesses, and growing concerns from Ontario’s business community related to the public consultations on modernizing privacy in Ontario.

GUEST: Rocco Rossi, President and CEO of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce

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The Taliban will not extend the 31 August deadline for the current evacuation mission, a spokesman has said.

The 31st was a red line, Suhail Shaheen said. He said President Biden had said troops would be out by that date, and extending it meant extending Afghanistan's occupation. He warned of consequences if that were to change.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been expected to use an emergency G7 meeting on Tuesday to ask President Biden to delay the US troop withdrawal to allow more time for evacuations from Kabul airport.

Thousands of Afghans and foreign nationals are still scrambling to get on flights out of the country.

GUEST: Chris Alexander, Former Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Canada's first resident Ambassador to Afghanistan

It's time for Tech Talk with Adam Oldfield!

Topics Include: robotic dogs, Hackers are getting smarter, Tesla upgrade & more.

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The top issue among Canadians in the early days of the federal election is improving affordability and cost of living, cited by 28 per cent of polled Canadians as one of their top two concerns, according to a new poll from Maru Public Opinion.

That was followed by preserving the environment, reducing greenhouse gases, and reversing climate change, cited by 23 per cent of respondents.

The priorities the respondents chose could favour the NDP and the Conservatives, as opposed to the Liberals, according to the company.

It said in a press release the “two parties most likely getting the most resonance fresh out of the starting blocks” are the NDP, who have “banged the cost of living and affordability drum the loudest,” while the Conservatives have been campaigning on jobs, the economy and taming the deficit.

ALSO: O'Toole says pro-choice position can square with pledge to protect health workers' conscience rights

GUEST: John Wright, Executive Vice President of Maru Public Opinion

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Unvaccinated employees at the University Health Network could be forced to take a leave of absence during the fourth wave of COVID-19, as the health system considers new measures to convince vaccine-resistant workers to take the shot.

The change in strategy comes after Ontario Premier Doug Ford authorized a new health directive impacting thousands of employees in health care and education, requiring proof of vaccination, a medical reason for remaining unvaccinated, or mandatory COVID-19 testing to weed out the virus.

GUEST: Dr. Brad Wouters, Senior Scientist and Executive Vice-President of Science and Research with the University Health Network

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It will be “almost impossible” to get many people out of Afghanistan in the coming weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned reporters on Thursday.

That’s because the Taliban is continuing to block access for Afghans wishing to leave the country, he said.

The admission comes just after the Liberal leader announced that two Canadian planes will be making regular flights to and from Kabul to help evacuate people from the region. Canadian troops have also arrived on the ground to help international partners with the evacuation efforts, Trudeau said.

Still, he cautioned, there are lots of hurdles hampering these efforts.

GUEST: Randall Hansen, Canada Research Chair in Global Migration and the Director of the Centre for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy with the University of Toronto

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Canadians won’t be able to drive into the United States for vacation for another month, Global News has learned.

A spokesperson with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Global News on Friday that America’s land and ferry crossings with Canada and Mexico will be closed until at least Sept. 21.

The U.S. land border with Canada, which has been closed for non-essential travel since March 2020, was set to lift on Saturday but has been extended before. The U.S. has been dealing with a fourth wave of COVID-19, driven by the Delta variant.

GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News