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The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Guest Host Rick Zamperin:

As Canadians across the country continue to roll up their sleeves for their COVID-19 vaccines, employers are slowly starting to remind staff that office life will return — and soon.

But for some companies, there’s a catch: you might be required to be vaccinated before going back to work.

Google. Facebook and Netflix have announced their plans to require vaccines for their on-site employees in the United States. The development has Canadians asking — could our companies be next?

GUEST: Andrew Furgiuele, Lecturer with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto

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The long-standing tradition of the Governor-General acceding to Canadian prime ministers’ requests to dissolve Parliament will practically push Mary Simon to accept a plea from Justin Trudeau to call an election, a constitutional law expert said Wednesday.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has asked Simon to refuse any request from Trudeau that would send voters to the ballot box, noting that the fixed-election law states that every general election must be held on the third Monday of October four calendar years after the last one.

Singh said in a letter to the newly installed Governor-General that the law allows for an early election if the government has lost the confidence of the House, but the Trudeau government has won every confidence vote it has faced including on the speech from the throne and the budget.

Will the new governor general agree to a Trudeau request to call a fall election?

GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University

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Ontario’s back-to-school plan will be announced early next week, Premier Doug Ford announced Wednesday.

Improved air quality was one of the recommendations of the province’s advisory group of science experts, who also called for schools to remain open in all but the most catastrophic scenarios.

Ontario has had the longest interruption to in-person classes in Canada.

What is the HWDSB hoping to see in this plan?

GUEST: Dawn Danko, Chair of the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board

In Tokyo, Penny has won silver in the 4x100m women’s relay and bronze in the 200m women’s freestyle, tying Cindy Klaasen and Clara Hughes for the most medals of all-time by an Olympian. That's during both the Summer and Winter games. 

Penny also:

-Fourth in the women’s 100 freestyle

-Fourth in the women’s 4x200m relay

-Will go for the all-time Canadian medal (7) record Sunday in the 4x100 women’s medley 

GUEST:  Penny Oleksiak, 6x Olympic medalist

The Bill Kelly Shoe Podcast with Guest Host Rick Zamperin:

Women at the Tokyo games so far have won all of Team Canada’s medals.

Why is it important for this success to translate into opportunities post-Olympics? Has success at the Olympics translated into opportunities for female athletes in the past comparable to men? 

GUEST: Allison Sandmeyer-Graves, CEO of Canadian Women & Sport

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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on Ontario’s provincial and municipal governments to get their fiscal houses in order in the wake of a report that shows the two levels of government collectively won’t balance their budgets for at least the next 74 years.

In a new report, the Parliamentary Budget Officer forecasts that the provincial and municipal governments will be in deficit territory indefinitely. Collectively, Ontario governments will not balance the books for a single year of the Budget Officer’s 74-year forecast.

GUEST: Jay Goldberg, Interim Ontario Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

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Fully vaccinated Canadian travellers have been left out of plans to ease quarantine restrictions for entry to England and Scotland.

The United Kingdom countries announced Wednesday that travellers who were fully vaccinated in the United States or Europe will not have to quarantine upon arrival.

The changes are set to go in place at 4 a.m. on August 2.

The English and Scottish governments did not provide a reason why Canada was not included in the new quarantine exceptions.

GUEST: Thomas Tenkate, Professor at the School of Occupational & Public Health with Ryerson University

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast w/ Guest Host Rick Zamperin:

John Atkinson joins Rick Zamperin to speak about the team's success so far at the Tokyo Olympics.

Topics Iclude: Penny Oleksiak, Maggie Mac Neil, overall team success, team dynamic, impact of the pandemic, expectations and Simone Biles.

GUEST: John Atkinson, High Performance Director and National Coach with Swimming Canada

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Simone Biles will not defend her Olympic title.

The American gymnastics superstar withdrew from Thursday’s all-around competition to focus on her mental well-being.

USA Gymnastics said in a statement on Wednesday that the 24-year-old is opting to not compete. The decision comes a day after Biles removed herself from the team final following one rotation because she felt she wasn’t mentally ready.

The organization said Biles will be evaluated daily before deciding if she will participate in next week’s individual events.

What kind of toll has the pandemic made on athletes mental health?

GUEST: Dr. Carla Edwards, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences with McMaster University and High-Performance Mental Health Advisor for both Swimming Canada & Cycling Canada

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How to eliminate a return to “presenteeism” in the post-pandemic workplace

GUEST: Dr. Matthias Spitzmuller, Professor of Organizational Behaviour with the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University