Newstalk Today

We speak with Bob Fife, The Globe and Mail, about the government's lack of transparency on the process used to award the WE Charity contract. Then...we hear from some "anti-maskers" as mandatory mask rules come into effect. We also talk to Dr. Marla Shapiro, CTV News Medical specialist, and Chris Sky, organizer of the anti-mask protest in Toronto, about mandatory masks.

We talk to Harvey Bischof, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation about the Ontario government announcing their plan to end streaming in Grade 9. We also chat with Dr. Jill McDevitt, sexologist, sexuality educator, coach and consultant about the similarities between mask compliance and condom compliance. Later...Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious disease physician at the Toronto General Hospital, drops by to talk about masks, airborne transmission of COVID-19 and the spikes in the United States.

Evan Solomon talks about his quarantine haircut gone wrong. Then...we speak with Bob Rae, Canada's Ambassador to the UN, about his new role and what he plans to accomplish. We also talk to NDP MP Charlie Angus about the ethics commissioner's investigation into PM Trudeau and the WE Charity contract. We take your texts and calls: Should people be paid to volunteer?

Fewer patients are being hospitalized due to COVID. Does it mean the virus is getting weaker? A former comedy club server says the venues might be one of the last places on the last landscape to catch up with the times. Later, we follow up on yesterday's blockbuster Nortel story, with a former senior intelligence officer.

Also, we wonder how to properly set up a sports team's COVID-19 bubble.

Jim Richards fills in for Bill Carroll...

Should kids go back to school, pandemic be damned?  Later, the RCMP updates the media about the man arrested on the grounds of Rideau Hall.  Plus, Alabama COVID-19 parties are NOT a THING.  So, why is the media falling for it? Also, the woman who 'knows everything' about Jeffrey Epstein's buddies, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been charged in the U.S.

We chat with Lee Versage, TSN 1200, about the NHL hub cities, and take your texts and calls: Would you want the NHL to come to your city? Then...we speak with Natalie Obiko Pearson, Bloomberg Vancouver Bureau Chief, about her investigation into whether Huawei hacked and brought down one of Canada's great tech companies. Then...we speak to a real cowboy, Filipe Masseti Leite, about his journey from Alaska to Calgary on horseback for the Calgary Stampede.

We discuss the security incident and what happened at Rideau Hall this morning. Then...we talk to Jon Erlichman, BNN Bloomberg anchor, about the ad boycott campaign against Facebook. We also chat with Annie Bergeron-Oliver, CTV News, about the security incident at Rideau Hall. Then...we head to Seattle and check-in with Omari Salisbury, journalist with Converge Media in Seattle, about the CHOP being dismantled. Later...we talk about the WE Charity scandal with Duff Conacher, co-founder of Democracy Watch.

We speak with Dick Faden, former CSIS director and former national security advisor to the PM, about Bolton's book and the U.S. foreign policy. Then...we take your texts and calls on your thoughts on Bolton's book. We also hear your thoughts on whether or not the government should provide mandatory masks where they are mandatory. Then...what are your plans for Canada Day? How can you safely celebrate?

We discuss American politics and the Trump administration today. Evan Solomon interviews Ambassador John Bolton, former national security advisor to President Donald Trump. They discuss Bolton's book: The Room Where it Happened, Canada/U.S. relations, the Meng Wanzhou case and Donald Trump. Then...we get live reaction to the interview from Fred Kaplan, national security columnist for Slate.

We talk to Missy Ryan, Washington Post National Security reporter, about the reports that Donald Trump knew the Russians gave bounties to Taliban-linked militants which resulted in the death of U.S. troops. Then...we head to Texas where there is a major outbreak of COVID-19. We speak with Dr. Catherine Troisi, epidemiologist at UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston, about why the outbreak has gotten out-of-control. Then...we chat with Wendell Potter, a former communications vice-president with U.S. insurer Cigna and now the leader of an organization called 'Medicare for All Now!', about the differences between the U.S. and Canada health care systems. Later...we take your texts and calls on how much your partner nags you, because a new study shows excessive criticism may lead to an early death.