The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: 

Too many Canadians are going to work sick. Why? Because they’ve got no other choice. 

Bill Kelly and Moshe chat about the economics of paid sick leave: Why the Ontario Government won’t mandate it. How it would look & Who would pay for it?

GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University

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CANADIANS RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR RECOVERY AND WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF LIVE MUSIC IN CANADA.

ALSO: COVID-19 is threatening Hamilton's already dwindling supply of live music venues

GUEST: Patrick Rogers CEO of Music Canada

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Former President Donald Trump is unhappy with his impeachment lawyer Bruce Castor’s opening argument on the Senate floor Tuesday, two people familiar with his reaction told CNN.

Castor, who is representing Trump alongside attorney David Schoen, delivered a meandering argument during the first day of the Senate impeachment trial, including praise for the House impeachment managers for a presentation that he said was "well done."

GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News

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Students are applying to universities in droves, with nursing seeing the biggest change in applications for the 2021-22 academic year out of 24 programs listed on OUAC’s database. And along with biological and biomedical sciences, which saw a 15 per cent jump, other health-related programs have also proved popular, including psychology with 9,292 applicants, up 44 per cent from last year. COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on how students choose and apply to their respective programs of studies, says Glen Jones, professor of higher education studies at the University of Toronto.

GUEST: Glen Jones, is a Professor of Higher Education, and Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto 

Mayor's Town Hall with Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger 

Topic includes LRT, Entertainment Facilities, Commonwealth Games, and more. 

The federal government says a vaccine-tracking system it acquired from Deloitte is up and running – and officials are confident it won’t face the same problems as a similar platform launched by the accounting firm in the United States.

Ottawa has refused to release many details of the new system, including explaining what it will do or what gaps it will address in Canada’s inconsistent vaccine-tracking protocols.

GUEST: Justin Ling, Freelance reporter for the Globe and Mail

A majority of Canadians believe that governments should have acted sooner to reduce the number of coronavirus cases in the country, according to new polling from Ipsos.

Roughly 63 per cent of Canadians, or just shy of two-thirds, said that governments should have put the hammer down sooner with stricter measures including travel bans, curfews and lockdowns, in a bid to slow the spread of the virus.

GUEST: Darrel Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs