After a notable career as a family physician, Dr. Jane Philpott was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2015 and served as a cabinet minister in numerous positions including Minister of Health, Minister of Indigenous Services and President of the Treasury Board… until 2019. In February of this year, Dr. Philpott was appointed Dean of the Queen’s University Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of The School of Medicine. On today's pod we’re going to get Jane’s take on COVID preparedness, the tragedy surrounding long-term care in this country, and, we’ll also talk about her time in government and why it wasn’t quite what she expected.

Plus, Jenni Byrne and Scott Reid are back for The Herle Burly Political Panel. We'll debate guns, oil, and not selecting Carolyn Wilkins as Governor of the Bank of Canada.

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SHOW NOTES:
Today on the pod, Jane Philpott spoke about being a part of government while having a disagreement with government policy and referred to the MP for Beaches-East York, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith. Here's The Herle Burly interview with Nate from about this time last year: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/next-generation-liberal-nate-erskine-smith/id1280218816?i=1000439438730.

David asked Dr. Philpott her reaction to Dr. Danielle Martin's assertion on the April 15th podcast that Universal Basic Income is an important healthinitiative. Listen to the interview here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/dr-danielle-martin-the-political-panel/id1280218816?i=1000471588975.

David's Quarantine Book Recommendation this week is Contenders, the Tory Quest for Power, by George Perlin, Patrick Martin and Allan Gregg: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0131713493/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_bBASEbH8CJEQB.

Regarding the Bank of Canada Governor appointment, David referenced Heather Scoffield's May 1 argument in The Toronto Star: https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2020/05/01/justin-trudeau-says-hes-committed-to-gender-equality-he-just-missed-a-chance-to-prove-it.html.