Jane Brown is joined by David Crombie, Former Mayor of Toronto, Karen Stintz, CEO of Variety Village and Lauren O'Neil, Senior News Editor of BlogTO.

Today: we reflect on 25 years since the City of Toronto was amalgamated and whether the City improved because of it. And we talk about Mayor John Tory's announcement of plans to increase the police budget by nearly $50 million this year. Also increasing are TTC fares --by 10 cents-- and the City is going to provide the transit system with more money to hire 50 additional police constables especially since violent crime has gone up on buses and subways including deadly attacks on women. Our panel weighs in on the latest.

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BOLSTERING SECURITY ON THE TTC

Jane Brown is now joined by Stuart Green, Senior spokesperson for Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and Shelagh Pizey-Allen, Executive Director of TTC Riders.

Our guests weigh in on the TTC's decision to increase fares by 10 cents and on top of that security will be bolstered on the transit system, as discussed in the previous segment, to combat the rise in security incidents that have taken place--some even deadly.

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GALEN WESTON'S CHICKEN BREAST

Jane Brown is now joined by Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University.

A local Toronto woman was shocked when she spotted a 5-piece pack of chicken breast for $37.03 at Loblaws. When she posted the photo of the product on social media, people complained about it and described it as "price-gouging".  When the woman, a journalist, reached out to Loblaws for an explanation, they said the price was justified on the basis that the poultry was from their premium line. Sylvain weighs in on this and on the criticism that the large grocery retailers engage in "Greedflation".

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