The Canada Revenue Agency has begun issuing formal collection letters for CERB repayment to recipients who may or may not have been eligible for the payments they received.

Doug is here to tell us what we need to know.

GUEST: Doug Hoyes, a Licensed Insolvency Trustee and co-founder of Hoyes Michalos and Associates, one of Ontario’s largest personal insolvency firms

The NDP say they’ll continue to fight for universal pharmacare, universal childcare, and will call on the federal government to take profits out of long-term care.

Currently, the NDP say they are fighting against the Liberals clawbacks on the CERB for the self-employed and artists.

ALSO: Jagmeet reacts to O'Toole's comments on residential schools. 

GUEST: Jagmeet Singh, Leader of the New Democratic Party

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Hamilton’s Lime Ridge Mall says it will be extending hours in anticipation of visitors coming from lockdown zones to finish up their Christmas shopping.

In a note to retailers on Monday morning, the shopping centre said the change would be in effect between Dec. 14 and the new year.

GUEST: Esther Pauls, Ward 7 councillor

GUEST: Elissa Freeman, PR & Pop Culture Media Expert

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One in four Canadians are still feeling moderate to extreme levels of anxiety and are binge drinking — trends that continue to alarm mental health experts as the country heads into a lonelier than usual holiday season.

The results, released Tuesday, come out of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s (CAMH) sixth and last survey in 2020 on Canadians’ mental health with data collection company Delvinia, where people from coast to coast were consistently asked about their mental health levels since May.

GUEST: Dr. Hayley Hamilton, Senior Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research (IMHPR) Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Every Canadian deserves a safe and affordable place to call home. The COVID-19 crisis has made it clear that affordable housing is key to Canada’s recovery as major cities across the country including Hamilton, are dealing with the devastating impacts of rising levels of homelessness and housing need.

Today, the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Labour and Fred Eisenberger, Mayor of the City of Hamilton, announced details of the $10.8 million Rapid Housing Initiative allocation for the City of Hamilton.

This funding will play a crucial role in achieving greater housing accessibility, by providing 45 homes, across four locations, for many Canadians, including individuals at risk of homelessness, Indigenous people, women, and seniors.

With $1 billion allocated through the RHI, our Government will support the construction of up to 3,000 permanent, new affordable housing units across the country to help address urgent housing needs for Canadians, especially our most vulnerable.

GUEST: Filomena Tassi, Minister of Labour

It’s been dubbed “COVID brain fog” — a common term used to describe worrisome cognitive symptoms, signalingalling something might be going wrong inside the brain. These warning signs can include dizziness, memory loss, confusion and difficulty finding words.

GUEST: Dr. Simon Graham, Senior Scientist with SunnyBrook Research Institute

The country enters its second day of vaccine rollout but some are still hesitant in Ontario’s LTC homes: Dr. Arya has some things to say about that. 

ALSO: Province orders Ontario company to take over Etobicoke long-term care home with COVID-19 outbreak

GUEST: Dr. Amit Arya, Palliative Care Physician specializing in long term care

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The government has confirmed that coronavirus vaccine manufacturers are protected from liability when it comes to issues with their doses — but the feds say this is par-for-the-course and has no bearing on vaccine safety.

Rachel Gilmore, National Online Journalist for Global News

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What are the security risks during Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination inoculation?

The federal government says upgrades are necessary to Canada’s vaccine-tracking technology because of the “complex and fragile nature” of the COVID-19 vaccine, but it can’t explain why it started looking for a solution just weeks ago.

The first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived in Canada on Monday. But the Public Health Agency of Canada, in a letter to industry, says there are still “mission critical” upgrades needed to their existing computer systems to manage the largest inoculation campaign in Canadian history.

ALSO: U.S. Treasury, Commerce Depts. Hacked Through SolarWinds Compromise.

GUEST: David Shipley, 640 Toronto Cybersecurity Expert, CEO of Beauceron Security