Mayor Fred Eisenberger says Hamilton police are investigating after "defund the police" protesters left a coffin, on Monday night, in front of his home. Now, the mayor hopes officers "throw the book" at them. It follows a week-long protest that led bylaw officers to tear down the group's tents outside of Hamilton's city hall and hand out trespass notices in the morning after demonstrators occupied the space for seven days. The coffin, between five and six feet in length, was left open with three naloxone kits sitting on a bed of flowers.

GUEST: Mayor Fred Eisenberger

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Canadians are preparing to make some big changes to their holiday plans this year, with a new poll showing that nine in 10 are planning to either modify or cancel this season’s events amid the country’s rising surge of new coronavirus cases.

GUEST: Darrel Bricker, CEO IPSOS Polling

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Canada's federal government will spend $100 billion to kick-start the country's post-pandemic economy. It is "the largest economic relief package for our country since the Second World War", Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Monday. The spending will bring the deficit to a historic $381.6 billion by March 2021. The wide-ranging plan includes targeted relief for hard-hit business sectors, investments in long-term care homes and distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Guest: Pierre Poilievre - Finance Critic, Conservative MP for Carleton

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The federal government is unveiling a new round of financial support to respond to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, as the latest projections show the national deficit is projected to hit a new high: at least $381.6 billion this fiscal year.

Guest: Filomena Tassi, Minister of Labour, MP for Hamilton-Dundas-Ancaster

Feed Ontario’s annual hunger report was released yesterday and it says that food bank usage was already increasing in the year leading up to COVID-19 and now there’s a surge in demand. 

Guest: Carolyn Stewart, Executive Director, Feed Ontario

Be More Than A Bystander: Forge FC joins the Hamilton Bulldogs and Hamilton Ti-Cats in the Be More Than a Bystander initiative. Why is this initiative more important now than ever?

Guest: Matt Afinec. President and C.O.O. of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Forge FC 

Guest: Nancy Smith, Executive Director of Interval House

A battle is brewing against Hudson’s Bay and the landlords of the buildings it’s renting from.

Guest: Ian Lee. Sprott School of Business. Carleton University

Moderna has released it’s final bit of data, and is now asking US and European regulators to okay it’s shots. As well, they’ve addressed where Canada sits on the wait list, saying that the country is ‘not at the back of the line’.

Guest: Chris Bauch: Research chair in the Department of Applied Mathematics who has done extensive research into SARS and the 2009 pandemic influenza and is a specialist in mathematical and computer modelling of infectious disease outbreaks, vaccination, and social distancing measures at the University of Waterloo

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Everyone is watching Ottawa today as the fiscal update is expected to be released. Is there any inkling as to what will be in it? And it’s Chrystia Freeland’s first update as Finance Minister – will she veer far from the path Morneau had set up?

Guest: Christopher Waddell. Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University. Expert in political journalism.

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Feed Ontario’s annual hunger report was released today and says that food bank usage was already increasing in the year leading up to COVID-19 and now there’s a surge in demand.

Guest: Carolyn Stewart, Executive Director, Feed Ontario