Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Aaron Schimmer, the Director of Research at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre as well as a staff physician and a senior scientist, Dr. Fahad Razak, General Internist at Unity Health Toronto and Dr. Alisa Naiman, Family Physician and Founder and Medical Director of The Medical Station in Toronto.

Experts in the field of Alzheimer's have introduced a seven point rating scale for doctors to use when diagnosing patients with the brain disease. The numerical scale is proposed guidance that was unveiled at the Alzheimer's Association conference in Amsterdam and is similar to the system used for cancer diagnoses. Speaking of Cancer, the Canadian Cancer Society has introduced a new strategy to collect data on Cancer in Canada. This strategy aims to better inform healthcare policies targeted to cancer patients across Canada. Our medical experts weigh in on the latest.

OTTAWA TARGETS TECH EXPERTS THROUGH IMMIGRATION PROGRAM

Libby Znaimer is joined by Guidy Mamann, a Toronto immigration lawyer and Partner at Mamman, Sandaluk & Kingwell LLP Immigration Lawyers and Jack Kim, A corporate immigration lawyer at Fragomen’s Toronto office.

Ottawa did a soft launch offering Canadian open work permits to highly skilled professionals in the IT field who already employed on H1-B specialty visas in the U.S. The program lasted less than 48 hours and met the cap of 10,000 applicants. Our immigration lawyers weigh in on how these open work permits will work, and what benefit the government hopes it will have for Canada.

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CANADIANS ARE ALTERING THEIR TRAVEL PLANS DUE TO INFLATION, AIRLINE DELAYS 

Libby Znaimer is joined by Doug Wallace,  Editor & Publisher TRAVELRIGHT.TODAY and  Natalie Preddie, Travel Expert and Travel Freelance Writer.

According to a new Leger Survey from July that included 1,526 Canadians, a third of us are cancelling or altering our travel plans in response to high inflation and airline delays.

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