There has been a bit of a snowball effect following Prime Minister Trudeau’s comments about COVID-19 being a chance for a reset and “accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to re-imagine economic systems that address global challenges like extreme poverty, inequality and climate change.” Now there is talk of a so called “great reset” and all manner of concerns around it. 

Guest: Rachel Gilmore, Global News National Online Journalist

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In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, more than 3.9 billion people worldwide have been atold to stay at home. But that does not really work for a third of the world’s urban dwellers. 

Guest: Carolyn Whitzman, Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography, Environments, Geomatics, at the University of Ottawa 

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University Hospital outbreak in London and Vaccine hesitancy. 

Guest: Ahmad Firas Khalid, medical doctor and health policy expert.

Mayor's Town Hall with Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger.

Topics include DefundHPS protests, COVID-19, Red Zone and more.

The province’s Auditor General has released her report on the Ontario government‘s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and it does cast things in a positive light. 

Guest: Travis Danraj, Globals queen's park bureau chief  

Guest: Richard Brennan, retired journalist with the Toronto Star. Covered Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill.

Brad Clark joins Bill to discuss the complicated matter of the Chedoke Creek cleanup.  

Guest: Brad Clark, Ward _ City Councillor, City of Hamilton

The DefundHPS protest continues in the forecourt of City hall. Demonstrators are demanding that a significant portion of the Hamilton Police Services budget be divested into housing initiatives. Former Mayor Larry DiIanni joins the show to discuss the feasibility of cutting into the police budget, as well as if it makes sense to take the money from the HPS. 

Guest: Larry DiIanni. Former Mayor, Lobbyist, City of Hamilton.

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Prime Minister Trudeau is trying to temper Canadians’ expectations about a COVID-19 vaccine, reminding the country that we will not be the first to get it. However, even once Canada does see a vaccine rollout, it will not be a quick fix. 

Guest: Rachael D’Amore, National Online Journalist with Global News.

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Halton’s mayors and the board of Conservation Halton are calling on the province to scrap planned changes to the Conservation Authorities Act, which many say will drain conservation authorities of their ability to protect the environment. 

Guest: Chris McLaughlin, Executive Director of Bay Area Restoration.