Should physical distancing rules be lifted now that most places in the province have moved to stage 3 and there seems to be less cases emerging in the province?

Guest: Dr. Anna Banerji (ban-er-ji), O.Ont MD MPH FRCPC DTM&H, Faculty Lead, Indigenous and Refugee Health, Post MD Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

According to a survey, 8 million Canadians are rethinking retirement plans and their finances due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guest: Douglas Hoyes, Hoyes, Michalos & Associates

Bill Kelly spoke with Mayor Ken Hewitt of Haldimand about the protests in Caldeonia.

 Guest: Ken Hewitt, Mayor of Haldimand

A new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information, one in nine newly admitted residents of Long Term Care facilities could’ve remained at home with supports. This data, which was done pre-COVID-19, is based from several provinces.

Guest: Tracy Johnson, Director, Health Systems Analysis and Emerging Issues, Canadian Institute for Health Information.

The Ontario Premier has been defending the plan for education in our province ahead of the school year. He says when it comes to classroom sizes, he’d prefer it to be 5 kids, but ‘in saying that, we have the lowest amount of kids in JK in the country…so we’re doing pretty good, let’s give this a shot atleast”.

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

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Canada has signed a deal with Pfizer/Moderna on their vaccine candidate to combat COVID-19. But what does that mean, who gets it first?

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

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A mother went to take her daughter to a Disney Store in southern Ontario this week. Her daughter is on the autism spectrum and had been fidgeting with her masks. Despite warning the store staff that she was on the spectrum and that mask fidgeting may occur and being reassured, the store kicked the family out. Sara is the girl’s mother and joined Bill to discuss what happened.

Guest: Sara Baillargeon, mother of Ruby