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GUEST: John Best, Publisher of The Bay Observer

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised China’s “balanced position” on the Ukraine war, though he conceded Beijing had “questions and concerns” over the invasion, in what appeared to be a veiled admission of their diverging views over the protracted military assault.

Putin made the comments when meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in person for the first time since the invasion at a regional summit in Uzbekistan, days after Russia suffered a series of major military setback in Ukraine. Russian troops are retreating en mass, having lost more territory in a week than they captured in five months.

GUEST: Thomas Hughes, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Canadian Defence and Security Network

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It started to look as though the Green Party of Canada might claw its way out of the rabbit hole it dug when Annamie Paul, one of its top assets — and the first Black Canadian and first Jewish woman to lead a federal political party in Canada — was essentially chased out of its ranks.

In the latest news, a misgendering incident during a Zoom event reveals just how hopelessly deranged the party has become, consumed by the most toxic tendencies of modern progressive movements.

How did a zoom meeting propel Canada’s green party into another meltdown?

GUEST: Peggy Mash, Former NDP Finance Critic, and author of Women Winning Office: An Activist’s Guide to Getting Elected available May 2022

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Ontario hospitals will be able to temporarily enroll elderly patients in long-term care homes they did not choose within a 70-kilometre radius from their preferred facility in Southern Ontario – and a 150-kilometre radius in Northern Ontario – while charging those who refuse to leave a $400-a-day fee.

The new details come from a government statement, released on Wednesday, summarizing just-filed regulations meant to give force to the government’s new health care legislation, known as Bill 7. The province says the legislation, fast-tracked through the legislature last month, is needed to free up hospital beds and address the overcrowding in its buckling health care system.

GUEST: Colin D’Mello, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief for Global News

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Right-wing extremism is becoming increasingly mainstream, with the COVID-19 pandemic serving as an accelerant to that process, Canadian and international experts warned Tuesday.

Experts also emphasized that with right-wing extremists organizing across borders through the internet, efforts to combat such extremism must also be international in nature.

GUEST: Phil Gurski, President of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, Distinguished Fellow with the University of Ottawa’s Security program, and former CSIS analyst

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Should LIV Golf player’s be able to play at the Ryder Cup? Joe Callaghan joins us to discuss The debate.

GUEST: Joe Callaghan, Journalist for The Toronto Star and The Guardian 

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The Trudeau-Poilievre showdown begins as Canada, like many countries around the world, struggles with decades-high inflation that has followed the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

But are these leaders letting the dislike for each other get in the way of what’s right for Canadians?

GUEST: Justin Ling, Freelance Investigative Journalist

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Groups representing thousands of public sector employees will be going up against the Ontario government in court this week as the two sides argue over a law that has capped wages for workers.

The groups are challenging the constitutionality of Bill 124, a law passed in 2019 that limits wage increases at one per cent per year for Ontario Public Service employees as well as broader public sector workers, including nurses and teachers.

The provisions of the bill were to be in effect for three years as new contracts were negotiated, and the Tories had said it was a time-limited approach to help eliminate the deficit.

Critics have long called for the bill to be repealed, saying it has contributed to a severe nursing shortage.

GUEST: Mike Schreiner, Leader of the Ontario Green Party and MPP for Guelph

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Ontario’s courts have ruled that Colleges COVID-19 vaccine mandates are very legal and enforceable. What could this entail?  

GUEST: Andrew Furgiuele, Lecturer with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto

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Pierre Poilievre’s landslide win of the Conservative Party of Canada leadership demonstrates not only his well-run campaign but suggests a newly unified party and an appealing platform.

Poilievre’s victory is striking for its uniformity and scope. Winning the first-ballot support of more than two-thirds of Conservative Party memebers, the candidate received a plurality of votes in 330 of Canada’s 338 federal ridings.

So what could his leadership mean for the parties future?

GUEST: Sam Routley, PhD Student of Political Science with Western University

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Ontario is rolling out Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccines, starting with residents considered the most vulnerable, including those aged 70 and older, long-term care residents and health-care workers.

The province said bivalent vaccine appointments could be booked as of Monday morning through its online booking system, with the first appointments also available the same day.

What’s a bivalent vaccine and why should people take them?

GUEST: Hermona Kuluberhan is an Ottawa-based writer currently completing a master’s in journalism at Carleton University

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Economists say Canada’s real problem is not job losses, it’s actually the rush of Canadians retiring. What could this mean for our economy and how can we fix it fast? 

GUEST: David Macdonald, Senior Economist with The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

GUEST: Johnny Avello, Director of Race and Sportsbook Operations for DraftKings

GUEST: Elliot Tepper, Emeritus Professor of Political Science with Carleton University