Libby Znaimer is joined by Howard Hampton, Former Ontario NDP Leader, Lisa Raitt, the former Deputy leader of the Conservative Party of Canada,  and Gerard Kennedy, a former Ontario Liberal MPP.

Today: Our panel reacts to the Bill 7 legislation which, as of this past Sunday, requires hospital patients to pay a $400 per day penalty if they refuse to be moved to a long-term care facility not of their choosing. The Ontario Health Coalition has already launched a Charter challenge against the province. Meanwhile, the Emergencies Act Inquiry remains ongoing in Ottawa in which the director of CSIS, Canada's national intelligence agency,  said he supported the government invoking the act to quell the convoy protests since other tools were "just not enough to address the situation." Finally, we get our panel's reaction to the Dr. Kieran Moore participating in a crowded Toronto Life event last week without a mask on shortly after he made a strong recommendation to the general public to mask up in indoor public settings as we face a "triple threat" of viruses.

NDP MPP JOEL HARDEN FACES CRITICISM OVER ANTI-SEMITIC COMMENTS

Libby Znaimer is joined by Michael Levitt, President and CEO  Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies.

NDP MPP Joel Harden has made an apology to the Jewish community for making an "antisemitic stereotype" during an interview he did with the Ottawa Forum on the topic of Israel/Palestine in August of 2021. It is an incident that has left Jewish organizations wondering why MPP Harden is still allowed to remain in the NDP caucus at Queen's Park. Michael weighs in on the latest.

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CHRISTMAS TREE SHORTAGE AND PRICES OF TREES HAVE GONE UP

Libby Znaimer is joined by Shirley Brennan, Executive Director, Christmas Tree Farmers of Ontario

The price of Christmas trees have gone up by around 10 percent compared to last year. And, tree farmers, worried about a shortage of trees, are urging customers to buy their trees early this year!

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