A petition has been signed by thousands of people over classroom sizes once the school year resumes. Kelly Iggers started the position and joins Bill.

Guest: Kelly Iggers, teacher-librarian for the Toronto District School Board and started the petition

Concerns about evictions continue to come up with the eviction ban lifted. In Hamilton, landlords had applied to evict hundreds of tenants over unpaid rent during the State of Emergency from the pandemic.

Guest: Tom Cooper, Director, Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction

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Dr. Theresa Tam says that social distancing measures such as masks and the social circles could last longer than the pandemic and could be in place for 2-3 even with a vaccine.

Guest: Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Staff Physician, General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, University of Toronto

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What are pandemic pods? Some parents are taking education into their own hands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But what exactly are they, how do they work and what are the benefits?

Guest: Rachel Marmer, parent who is doing a pandemic pod for education.

The former student trustee for Hamilton’s public board who came forward with allegations of racism joins Bill Kelly to share what she encountered and what school boards need to look into moving forward, as well as whether other student trustees across the province should also step forward.

Guest: Ahona Mehdi, former student trustee with the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board

Students are concerned about how they’ve had to pay rent during the pandemic despite not being able to live in their vacant units. How do we proceed from here, especially with evictions looming in Ontario.

Guest: Caryma Sa’d, Lawyer & Notary Public (Can talk on landlord/tenant issues, criminal law, cannabis and marijuana law)

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Are conspiracy theories not helping in the public health crisis the pandemic has caused. Are they creating a public health crisis all unto themselves. A study done last month found that the more people rely on social media for their information, the more they are exposed to misinformation.

Guest: Eric Merkley, PhD Postdocteral Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto.

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Mental health advocates are working on an alternative to police intervention when there is someone in a mental health crisis. What is their alternative right now?

Guest: Rachel Bromberg, co-founder, Reach Out Response Network

Clips of an interview done with Axios are going viral on twitter over how the US president handles the COVID-19 numbers. Jared Yates Sexton joins Bill to chat about how the pandemic has been handled in the US, and whether the tactic by the president and his administration needs to change.

Guest: Jared Yates Sexton, political commentator and American author of  the  book (now available for pre-order) “American Rule: How A Nation Conquered The World But Failed Its People”