Danielle Smith

A new approach to childcare tax breaks is needed in order to relieve the financial stress caused by the increasing costs of raising young children, finds a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. Alex Laurin is the director of Research at the C.D. Howe Institute. He is also co-author of the report. He joins the show. 

Deborah Rosati, corporate director, co-founder and CEO of Women Get On Board, joins the show to talk about Women Get On Board, their mandate, their community and national expansion with their launch event in Calgary today. 

Peter Kinch, mortgage and investment advisor, with Vine Wealth, joins the show to talk about millennials and the home buying process. 

Why sterling could see a major wobble as U.K. election results come in. Luke Graham, digital journalist for CNBC, joins the show. 

Today's full show includes interviews about dementia, financial hardship, a nurses conference in Calgary, the U.K. election, and landfills. 

Martin Ortiz, landfill operations team leader, joins the show to talk about landfills in Calgary and to address complaints from some people. 

Several nations have cut diplomatic ties to Qatar, why? Rolf Holmboe, former Danish ambassador to Syria, and fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, answers these questions, and more. 

On the weekend, Tareq Hadhad, founder of Peace by Chocolate, was the keynote speaker for the University of Calgary Conference. Hadhad now has a successful chocolate shop open in Antigonish, Nova Scotia after having to leave the family business in Damascus due to the conflict in Syria.

Hundreds of nurses from across Canada, are taking part in a national nurses' union conference in Calgary. Linda Silas, is the president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, she joins the show.