Dr. Thomas Stewart, the CEO of two major hospitals in Ontario, has resigned from several COVID-19 advisory groups after taking a vacation to the Dominican Republic during the holidays.

Canadian Shield

A group of doctors, epidemiologists, public policy experts and business persons - including Dr. Fisman - have released a framework on how to avoid a third wave of COVID-19. In a new report called “Building the Canadian Shield,” they say the alternative – a long lockdown, followed by gradual results-based easing of restrictions – will save more lives and cost less economically in the long-run.

GUEST: David Fisman, Epidemiologist with University of Toronto

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The NDP is calling for:

GUEST: Marit Styles, MPP for Davenport. Education Critic for Ontario’s Official Opposition

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Vaccines finally rolling out in LTC

All long-term care residents, staff in Toronto, Peel, York, Windsor-Essex to be vaccinated by Jan. 21

Ontario hospital CEO who vacationed in Dominican Republic resigns, also resigns from 3 advisory panels, says health ministry

GUEST: Dr. Andrew Boozary, Physician with Inner City Health Associates and Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, founder of the Harvard Public Health Review

Dr. Thomas Stewart, the CEO of two major hospitals in Ontario, has resigned from several COVID-19 advisory groups after taking a vacation to the Dominican Republic during the holidays.

Canadian Shield

A group of doctors, epidemiologists, public policy experts and business persons - including Dr. Fisman - have released a framework on how to avoid a third wave of COVID-19. In a new report called “Building the Canadian Shield,” they say the alternative – a long lockdown, followed by gradual results-based easing of restrictions – will save more lives and cost less economically in the long-run.

GUEST: David Fisman, Epidemiologist with University of Toronto

Georgia voters are set to decide the balance of power in Congress in a pair of high-stakes Senate runoff elections that will help determine President-elect Joe Biden’s capacity to enact what may be the most progressive governing agenda in generations

US President Donald Trump spent more than an hour on the phone to election officials in Georgia, as he continues to try to overturn the result in the state. He made a number of accusations of fraud for which he did not provide evidence.

GUEST: Rachel Sklar, Lawyer and author, CNN contributor

Is the Ontario government’s plan to re-open schools effective? Should there be testing in schools? Do children carry and spread COVID-19? New UK says yes, but Dr. David Williams says no.

GUEST: Harvey Bischof, President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF)

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Ontario’s New Democratic Party is calling on the Progressive Conservative government to restart the legislature immediately in order to address the deadly COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care homes. 

GUEST: Andrew Horwath, Opposition Leader, NDP

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A third of Ontario’s long-term care homes are reporting COVID-19 outbreaks, marking a new record for the province, as advocates say spread among staff has forced some facilities to seek new sources of support to care for residents.

According to provincial data, 207 of the 626 long-term care homes in Ontario are currently experiencing outbreaks of the virus, including 19 new ones reported Sunday.

The CEO of the Ontario Long-Term Care Association, which represents nearly 70 per cent of homes in the province, says the rising number of outbreaks is pushing the system to its limits.

GUEST: Dr. Laura Tamblyn Watts, CEO of CanAge, Canada’s national seniors’ advocacy organization

GUEST HOST: Greg Brady

Elementary & Secondary Staff/Parents Concerned About Return to Class Safety After the break.

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