Today, the C.D. Howe Institute is releasing its Municipal Fiscal Accountability Scorecard for 2020, in which they grade the budgets of Canada’s 31 biggest cities and regions on clarity, timeliness and comprehensiveness. Hamilton has scored a C- this year, up from a D- last year.

GUEST: Bill Robson, CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute

GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political science, Carleton University

Canada will receive zero Pfizer vaccine deliveries during last week of January

GUEST: Mike Le Couteur, Parliamentary Correspondent in Ottawa for Global National

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It appears optimism over the timeline to get the coronavirus pandemic under control is dwindling among Canadians, with 47 per cent of those surveyed expecting a summer reprieve, down from 58 per cent in mid-December 2020.

However, more than two-thirds of Canadians surveyed are still confident that the pandemic will be under control by the end of the year and nearly eight in 10 are confident vaccines will help limit the spread of the virus.

GUEST: Darrel Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs

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GUEST: Dave Scholz, Executive VP of Leger

As health workers wait to be vaccinated, the wealthy are jumping the queue to get jabs on "vaccine holidays" in places like Dubai and Goa.

This week, a wealthy couple will fly from London to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. They’ll be picked up at the airport in a Bentley or a Range Rover, and taken to a luxury villa.

The following day, the same car will take them to a private health clinic, where they will be given the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine of their choice, with offerings from Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Sinopharm on the table. Three weeks later, they will return to the clinic from their villa and have the second shot.

GUEST: Oscar Rickett, Freelance Journalist for Vice, The Guardian