Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Alisa Naiman, Family Physician and Founder and Medical Director of The Medical Station in Toronto, Dr. Malcolm Moore,Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and Dr. Jamie Spiegelman, Internal medicine and critical care physician at Humber River Hospital.

If you’ve been buying over the counter meds in the hope that they will unstuff your stuffy nose - you’ve been wasting your money. The U.S. authorities have ruled that the main ingredient - phenylephrine - does not work. It replaced an older ingredient in 2006 and it is in up to 250 medications. So my big question for the panel is: do these pills do anything else? Anything useful? Also a disturbing study that finds that older people bear the biggest burden of the opioid crisis.

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DINE-INS AT TORONTO RESTAURANT ESTABLISHMENTS ARE ON THE DECLINE

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Tracy Macgregor, Vice President, Ontario, Restaurants Canada andAnita Thompson, Founder and owner of Zitto Zitto, an Italian restaurant on College Street in Toronto.

According to data from OpenTable (a reservation system), Toronto restaurant establishments have been seeing a major decline in dine-in patrons for three straight months. So, why is that happening? And, Libby has a bone to pick with OpenTable.

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IT WILL TAKE 20 YEARS FOR ONTARIO AND OTTAWA TO BREAK EVEN ON EV SUBSIDIES

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Yves Giroux, the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

According to a report from Mr. Giroux, it will take 20 years for Ontario and the feds to break even on $28 billion in government subsidies in electric vehicle plant subsidies in St. Thomas and Windsor. He breaks it down for us.

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