Fight Back with Libby Znaimer

The Saturday edition of the Best Fight Back, from the week that was, with Jane Brown

Interviews with:

- The Zoomer Squad with David Cravit, Bill VanGorder, and Peter Muggeridge on new COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care

- Dr. Adam Kassam on the OMA's calls for mandatory vaccination of healthcare workers

- The Strategy Panel, with Karen Stintz and Charles Sousa discuss the challenges to the leadership of federal Green Party

- An exclusive interview with the federal Green Party leader Annamie Paul

- And the best calls of the week!

On today's Free For All Friday we discuss the threat of a fourth COVID-19 wave fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant and the segment of the population that remains unvaccinated.

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The Sunday edition of the Best Fight Back, from the week that was, with Jane Brown

Interviews with:

- Senator Salma Ataullahjan, Michal Schlesinger, and Simon Granat discuss the Antisemitism and Islamophobia summits being held

- Rocco Rossi and Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati discuss the latest news on US/Canada border restrictions

- Dr. Peter Juni breaks down the latest surrounding vaccine passports

- Zabeen Hirji, David Cravit, and Dr. Rick Hackett react to studies suggesting senior managers in the workforce are at the breaking point, post-pandemic

- And the best calls of the week!

The Saturday edition of the Best Fight Back, from the week that was, with Jane Brown

Interviews with:

- The Zoomer Squad with David Cravit, Bill VanGorder, and Peter Muggeridge on new COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care

- Dr. Adam Kassam on the OMA's calls for mandatory vaccination of healthcare workers

- The Strategy Panel, with Karen Stintz and Charles Sousa discuss the challenges to the leadership of federal Green Party

- An exclusive interview with the federal Green Party leader Annamie Paul

- And the best calls of the week!

Whatever in the news has you talking, Libby is ready to take your calls.

Should COVID vaccines be mandatory for healthcare workers? This is among the questions this week that got the phones ringing at Fight Back. Premier Doug Ford has so far said no, but he's also said he's listening to the health expert and will take his guidance from them.

And in fact, this week, the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario wrote to premier Ford and asked him to make COVID vaccinations mandatory for healthcare workers. And the head of the RNAO, Dr. Doris Greenspun, told Libby that she is always reassured by Premier Ford who says he's listening to her and taking her guidance.

There was another proposal for provincially issued vaccine passports or certificates this week, this time from members of Ontario's Science Advisory Table. In fact, the scientific director of the table Dr Peter Juni told Libby this is the way to go so that we don't get a mish mash of private businesses trying to issue vaccine passports.

And what about the U.S. border closed to Canadians for non essential travel now until at least August 21st? Is that messing with your plans, or are you waiting to head stateside anyway?

The Tokyo Olympics are set to open officially tomorrow and, as if they were not sufficiently plagued with problems, this morning the director of the opening ceremonies was fired for inappropriate jokes about the Holocaust. Libby is joined by Canadian Olympian Dr. Jane Thornton, Dr. Michael Naraine, and Dr. Alon Vaisman to discuss the issues surrounding the Olympic Games amidst a pandemic.

Later, Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table has come out in favour of vaccine passports. The table published a 21-page brief saying vaccine certificates could be useful in reopening higher-risk settings in the province sooner, places like indoor dining, bars, gyms, and cultural and sports events.

Libby is joined by Dr. Peter Juni and he says the only way to deal with this is to make a distinction between vaccinated and unvaccinated.

Finally, yesterday the Liberal government announced that fully vaccinated Americans will be able to come here as of August 9th, but the Biden administration did not reciprocate and we will be barred from the states until at least the 21st.

Libby is joined by Rocco Rossi, and Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati to discuss the business of the border.