Hamilton is now considered a Delta Hotspot. What does that mean for us, what do hotspots signal to the rest of the province as restrictions ease, and is the provincial government responding appropriately? Meanwhile, NACI has new recommendations for your second dose: just get Pfizer or Moderna.

GUEST: Dr. Ahmad Firas Khalid, Health Policy expert.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan was censured on Thursday after a majority of votes in the House of Commons condemned him over his handling of three files in his portfolio, including military sexual misconduct.

The motion, put forward by Conservative defence critic James Bezan, was passed by a vote of 169-151. The Bloc, NDP and Tories mostly voted in favour of the motion to censure, with Liberals voting against it.

Bezan had put forward a motion to censure Sajjan for his handling of allegations of sexual misconduct within the Canadian Forces as well as his handling of the court case against Vice-Adm. Mark Norman, the former chief of the defence staff, and Sajjan’s handling of the mission against ISIS. The motion also accuses Sajjan of “misleading Canadians about his service record” but does not provide specific examples.

GUEST: MP James Bezan

GUEST: Christian Leuprecht, Professor at both the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University, and a Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute

The Founder of Moderna says Canada must become a biotech hub in preparation for future pandemics.

GUEST: Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University.

Tony "Wolfe" Sibbald, owner of Feel Fully Alive Again regales the pandemic hardships on his business and the benefits of Reiki and other healing energies at this point in time.

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The city’s general issues committee (GIC) voted 9-6 on Wednesday to negotiate a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Metrolinx, regarding a 14 kilometre LRT line from McMaster University to Eastgate Square. City Council must still ratify GIC’s decision next Wednesday. Another vote will eventually be needed to approve the MOU, once it has been negotiated and presented to councillors.

GUEST: Hamilton Mayor Fred Eisenberger

While Ontario eases into reopening, Waterloo region has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases – a spike that is driven by the Delta Variant, which is becoming the predominant strain in the community. Is Waterloo a red flag for the rest of the province or an outlying case, and how big of a threat does the Delta Variant (and other strains of the coronavirus that cuases COVID-19) pose to Ontario? 

GUEST: Dr. Timothy Sly, Epidemiologist and Professor Emeritus in the School of Population and Public Health with Ryerson University.

Annamie Paul held onto her position as leader of the Federal Green Party. Now she is firing back at what she described as a “small group of councillors” who she says were behind a push to dethrone her on Tuesday night. The big question amidst the all this strife is, what is going on in the Green Party?  

GUEST: Tim Powers, Chairman of Summa Strategies and Managing Director of Abacus Data

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