Newstalk Today

We discuss the large house parties happening across the country, including a 500-person party that happened in Alberta over the weekend. We ask you: How can we get people to act responsibly during the pandemic? Then...we turn to the WE Charity controversy. We speak with Marie-Danielle Smith, associate editor with Maclean's, about the Kielburger's testimony and where things could be headed next. We also talk sports with Lee Versage, TSN 1200 host, and discuss the NBA restart, the NHL season and COVID-19 outbreaks among sports teams.

We bring you the latest details out of today's Finance Committee, where Marc and Craig Kielburger are testifying about the government's controversial contract with WE Charity. We carry that live and ask you: What would you ask the co-founders of WE at today's meeting? Then...we turn to some more breaking news out of Nova Scotia...where the Justice Minister says he supports a public inquiry into April's massacre. Stephen Maher, contributing editor at Maclean's discusses the latest details. We also chat with Shuvaloy Majumdar, Program director and Munk Senior Fellow for Foreign Policy at the Macdonald Laurier Institute, about the possible implications of what's going on at the India/China border.

We start today by speaking about some personal news...Jamil discusses how a family member had a heart-attack during yesterday's show. Then...we speak with Jen Gerson, a freelance journalist and co-founder of The Line. She discusses why she started her own media publication and the issues within media institutions. We ask you: Have our media institutions failed us? Then...we turn to today's Finance Committee, where Marc and Craig Kielburger will be testifying about the controversial WE Charity contract. We speak with Kate Bahen, managing director of Charity Intelligence.

We speak with Jenny Wright, organizer of today's rally in Nova Scotia and women's rights advocate, about today's rally pushing for a public inquiry into the N.S. massacre. Then...we head to Texas and speak with Taylor Millard, NBC news radio correspondent in Texas, about Hurricane Hanna. We also chat with David Soberman, Canadian National Chair in Strategic Marketing, about the impact a second wave of COVID-19 would have on our economy. We ask you: Could your business survive a second wave of COVID-19?

We discuss a study out of the U.S. that shows people are afraid to share their political views. Then...we return to the WE Charity scandal and get the Liberal Party's perspective on the issue from Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux. We also talk to Ronald St. John, former head of the federal Centre of Emergency Preparedness, about Canada's Global Public Health Intelligence Network and why it didn't catch the outbreak in Wuhan. The Ontario Liberal government says opening up schools in the fall could cost $3.2 billion. We ask you: Is it worth spending billions of dollars to send kids back to school?

We hear from Colin Furness, an infection control epidemiologist, about the recent surge in COVID-19 cases across Canada. Then...we hear from Ryan Farrington, who lost his mom and stepfather in the Nova Scotia mass killing, about his thoughts on officials announcing a review of the shooting. After... we chat with Ian Mendes, a Canadian sports broadcaster on TSN 1200, on how the Blue Jays will play the majority of their home games in Buffalo and the NHL’s final plans for the Edmonton and Toronto bubbles. Finally…we hear from Tom Sandler, son of Ruth Lowe, about his mother’s life as the pianist and songwriter of Frank Sinatra.

We discuss the latest details on the WE Charity controversy. Brian Lilley, Sun Media columnist, joins us to talk about Conservative leader Andrew Scheer calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign because of this scandal. We also talk to Kate Bahen, managing director of Charity Intelligence Canada, about the lack of transparency coming from the WE organization.  Then… we chat with Errol Mendes, a professor of Constitutional and International Law at the University of Ottawa, about the harassment claims prompting a probe into Governor General Julie Payette’s office.

We discuss the latest details on the WE Charity scandal. Then…we chat with Justin Ling, a freelance investigative journalist, about the WE organization paying for some of Finance Minister Bill Morneau's WE trip with his family. We also talk to Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer about the issue and the calls for Morneau’s resignation.

We hear from Jim Diodati, mayor of Niagara Falls about the city’s plans to enter stage 3 on Friday. Then…we chat with Michael Castner, the morning national news anchor for NBC news radio in Portland about the Mayor being tear gassed by federal agents. Finally… we hear from Kwesi Opoku and Kimani Laqua from the Boys to Men program in a special panel on race issues in the media.

Documents show that a military intelligence unit briefed Canadian Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan on COVID-19 risks. This happened on January 17, several weeks before the WHO declared the virus a global pandemic. How much do you blame the Canadian government for their response to COVID-19? Special guest host Jamil Jivani takes your calls and emails.