Brian interviews Sara Adami-Johnson. Sara is with Private Wealth with BMO. She has an LL.B., University of Milan, Italy (major in European Anti-Trust Law); LL.M. in European Business Law (major in European Securities and Banking Law)- PALLAS consortium of European Universities; LL.M in US Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, Mason University, Virginia, USA.; a Ph.D. in International Business Management, with a thesis in the field Behavioural Economics, Positive Organizational Behavior on the topic of Employee Engagement from the International School of Management, Paris, France. Accredited TEP, CFP, CSC, PFPC, CSA and Options & Derivatives Qualified Trader. Fluent in English and Italian with working knowledge of French, Sara studies, writes, lectures and publishes papers on art law and planning, global economic, legal, digital assets and wealth planning topics. Sara is passionate about people, art and all that can be discovered by a curious and inquisitive mind.

Brian interviews Charles Burton. Charles talks about the return of the two Michaels to Canada, Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei to China and what it all means to Canada - China relations. Charles Burton is the Senior Fellow Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, European Values Center for Security Policy. Department of Political Science at Brock University specializing in Comparative Politics, Government and Politics of China, Canada-China Relations and Human Rights, 1989-2020. Counsellor at the Canadian Embassy to China between 1991-1993 and 1998-2000.

Brian interviews Alex Vezina. Alex is CEO of Prepared Canada, an emergency preparedness company and expert in emergencies and how to respond. We discuss some calls for health care to be removed or restricted for those that chose to not get vaccinated. Should scarce ICU beds be equally provided to those that have COVID-19 or other issues between people that have gotten two vaccines and anti vaccers that have chosen to not yet vaccinated?

We talk about hair stylist prejudice against curly or “Black Hair”, ethnocentric concepts of beauty and how Toronto needs to be more accepting of its diversity. My panelists:

Michele Bonnick, Owner, Head Stylist Amani Hair Salon, Toronto. Topic: Why for years she traveled down south to US in order to broaden her styling repertoire, hair weaving, human hair extensions, braids, relaxers, liquid keratin treatments, etc.

Solange Ashoori, Founder & Owner Ziba Style Bar Inc, Toronto. Topic: Stylist’s business sets new standard for what hair/beauty care is in Toronto, one of the world’s most culturally diverse cities.

Brian interviews Sarah Milroy. Sarah is Chief Curator at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and we discuss Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment. She joined the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in September 2018 as Chief Curator. Previously she was Chief Art Critic for the Globe and Mail from 2001 to 2011 and, from 1991 to 1996, editor and publisher of Canadian Art. In recent years, she has worked with Ian Dejardin on ground-breaking exhibitions of Emily Carr, David Milne and L.L. FitzGerald, and has just opened her survey exhibition Early Days: Indigenous Art at the McMichael.

Brian interviews Tasha Kheiriddin. Tasha is one of Canada’s best-known strategists, political analysts, and media commentators about the federal election, it’s outcome and why, what it means for the different leaders and what the Conservative party needs to do to win. She is a principal with Navigator Ltd., Canada's leading high stakes advisory and communications firm. She is the national political columnist for the Postmedia chain of newspapers where she writes weekly on political and current affairs issues. She also lectures at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and serves as Vice President of the Canadian Centre for the Purpose of the Corporation.

Brian interviews Judy Mi Cha Williams about looking for and getting a new job. Judy is a career coach and resume writer, leveraging her experience in HR to help clients throughout their job search process. Some of the issues we discuss:
* Building and maintaining the right mindset and motivation
* Creating daily habits and goals for a more structured job search
* Creating a resume that is focused on your achievements with measurable results - not the day-to-day tasks
* Preparing for interviews early in the job search process
* Leveraging personal and professional connections to tap into the hidden job market
* Experiencing rejection is inevitable, but how we respond to it makes a difference.

Brian interviews Matthew Andrews, the Director of Academic Affairs at the International School of Management (ISM) in Paris, France. ISM offers masters and doctoral degree programs to working executives around the world. Matthew grew up in the US but has lived in France for the past 20 years. He has published research on knowledge management and organizational learning in technology companies. We discuss:

• How has COVID impacted the school and your students?
• How has COVID impacted your teaching?
• What are your thoughts about the future of education regarding COVID?

I reconvene our popular political panel to discuss the current state and the last few days of the federal election, with some very surprising conclusions. My panelists are:

Sara MacIntyre a corporate strategy and communications consultant and CEO at VUCA-SERA. She was a press secretary for former prime minister Stephen Harper and a director of communications for B.C. Premier Christy Clark. She recently was part of a major article in Forbes Magazine “Leading Experts Weigh In On Growing Canada's Economy In 2021”.

Marc Kealey is the President of K&A Inc., a Canadian public policy, research and management consultancy. K&A has clients throughout Canada and globally. Over the past several elections he has provided in-depth research riding by riding and his research has led to interesting outcomes that far and away reveal more than even some of the main stream polling companies. He has also worked for a former Prime Minister, John Turner.

Brian interviews author and former journalist Leah Eichler. Leah launched her writing career as a journalist working for the Jerusalem Report. Her first break came when she found a Palestinian spy willing to go public with his story of collaboration with the Israelis. Her success in the Middle East led to a fifteen-year career at major news agencies in which she interviewed the famous and infamous alike, including Salman Rushdie, Henry Morgentaler and the Nazi-hunter, Simon Wiesenthal. Leah spent seven years as a weekly, national business columnist for the Globe and Mail. Her fiction is published in the Jewish Literary Review.