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. 

Today's full show includes interviews about women on boards, millennials and real estate, childcare tax breaks, and conversations with Alberta's new liberal leader, and Gord Gillies.

David Khan, the new leader of the Alberta Liberals, talks about his plans moving forward. 

Two guests joined the show to talk about how to handle dementia in the family, and to talk about the financial hardships that elders face. 

Lee Cardwell, a family caregiver and the author of Dementia in the Family

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Nadia Graham, is an accredited credit counsellor, at the Credit Counselling Society

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. 

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.

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

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. 

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