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Quebec MNAs must swear an oath to the King if they want to sit in the National Assembly; Want a blue check mark on Twitter?  There’s a price for that;  Time to HIT GO!
Time Codes:
01:44 - What do you want to learn more about when it comes to poverty and hunger?04:48 - Should Quebec MNAs be forced to swear an oath to King Charles lll?07:07 - Could Francois Legault be the smartest politicians in Canada?
12:53 - Erin thinks Legault and Elon Musk are both "evil geniuses"!13:20 - Who's going to pay $8/month to subscribe to Twitter?
16:32 - Netflix will charge you less. But there’s a catch.
23:22 - Today on The Daily Brief - A week after the municipal elections here in Ontario, the Toronto Region Board of Trade is hoping to ramp up its HIT GO campaign. The plan is meant to ignite a sluggish economy. It’s a must, if we’re going to have all the infrastructure and service we will need to support the GTHA in the coming years. We’re joined by Lindsay Broadhead Sr. VP of Communications and Public Affairs at the TRBOT.
BTW!  Fill the inboxes of ALL the MPs sitting on the Agriculture and Agri-foods committee.  https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/AGRI/Members
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The Ford government is passing legislation to force a contract on education workers. The education minister says the province is prepared to invoke the Notwithstanding clause to make it stick. How does anyone think this leads to harmony in the schools?
Will British Columbia’s new plan to pay family doctors work? 
And you asked what you can to do make a difference when it comes to poverty. We have the answer.
Time Codes:
01:47 - Negotiating in the media is never a good idea
03:36 - What’s the end game with the CUPE battle? Anybody?
13:10 - BC takes a step in the right direction on Healthcare and paying Docs.
30:07 - Today on The Daily Brief - We meet Captain Brianna Ricketts. A pilot with Air Borealis in Happy Valley Goose Bay Labrador
35:39 - How you can make a difference when it comes to poverty
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Elon Musk takes over twitter.  How did the first weekend go? The Ontario government has figured out how to prevent a strike by education workers. Doug Ford did some math on social assistance; what did he get wrong?
Time Codes:
00:23 - Are they ready for Hallowe’en in Eastern Passage?
02:11 - Becky’s voice is back(ish)
04:18 - Elon Musk’s first weekend as “Chief Twit”
11:36 - Marjorie Taylor Greene - Speaker of the House???!!14:15: - Who is the adult at the Cabinet Table at Queen's Park?
21:22 - Sixty bucks a month is nothing for people on ODSP
23:58 - Today on The Daily Brief -  Andrea Hatala. (Who co-wrote the ODSP piece in the Star) 30:52 - We’re pretty excited about what we’ve got coming up next week.
Check out our friends at the RCAF Foundation  https://rcaffoundation.ca/
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Hello Now and Next'ers!
Following up on our (my) food security rant on our Thursday show, we thought you'd appreciate this episode from The 2030 Project. The series is produced for The Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto.
In this episode, we explore the direct and immediate connection between government action or inaction and vistis to food banks.
Enjoy!
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Among the values expressed by the Daily Bread Food Bank is the commitment to pursue, create and support evidence-based solutions. So, to that end, new research from the University of Calgary draws a solid, direct line between food bank visits and specific government policy.
The report found that the number of food bank visits directly rises with increases in rent and falls with increases in minimum wage or disability benefits available to individuals requiring social assistance.
The studied was penned by Margarita Wilkins and Rob Kneebone. Professor Kneebone is here to walk us through the research.
Among other things, Professor Kneebone tells us governments across Canada should be using monthly food bank visits as a key economic indicator as they navigate the post COVID recovery and economic reckoning.

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Staggering new numbers about how many Canadians go hungry every day; The latest numbers from Food Banks Canada suggest there were 1.5 million food bank vists in March of 2022. New resaerch from the Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto make it clear, food bank visits are a real time economic indicator. So, why are governments ignoring them?
And there are low hanging solutions to ease stress on our healthcare system. HINT: It doesn't mean spending more money.
Time Codes: 03:55 - Food bank stats aren’t going to improve
05:41 - A note on the media reporting new food bank usage numbers
12:19 - We’ve got a national crisis. Why won’t they declare it?
16:54 - Healthcare’s got a huge problem
20:18 -Today on The Daily Brief…. Canada’s universal healthcare system is more than half a century old and faces increasing pressures. It already consumes about 40% of government budgets across the country and the demands are only going to increase in the coming years with an ageing population.  We explore low hanging solutions.
Bacchus Barua is the health policy specialist at the Fraser Institute.
Danielle Martin is an Academic Family Physician at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, (former the Exec VP and Chief Medical Executive)31:01 - Piper’s first school dance! 
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The Human Rights Tribunal says $20B for First Nations child welfare compensation is still not enough;  Ontario to raise foreign home buyers tax but will it help with affordability? Probably not; The RCMP says it’s running out of officers to protect cabinet ministers from a growing number of threats.
Time Codes:
03:15 - Newsrooms aren’t covering the First Nations child welfare compensation properly.
15:20 - Sure we can build housing but do we have enough tradespeople to get it built?
19:19 - How do they decide which cabinet ministers get security?
23:50 - Today on The Daily Brief - Michael Geist – The Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. The CRTC is hurting more than helping.

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John Tory is just one among a number of other former provincial party leaders running cities in the GTHA; Doug Ford doesn’t want to testify at the emergencies act inquiry; Has Kanye finally ticked everybody off?
Time Codes:
04:09 - Toronto’s growing complaints
04:50 - Will this be a legacy term for Toronto’s Mayor John Tory?
05:35 - How many people voted in Toronto on Monday? (spoiler: not many)09:57 - What's Doug Ford's thinking by fighting a summons to appear before the inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act in response to the Freedom Convoy occupation in Ottawa,
19:11 - Dave’s surprised the Kanye West story has taken so long to be front page news.
26:11 - Competition launches an inquiry into whether competition affects inflation in grocery sector.
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It’s (municipal) voting day in Ontario. How bad will turnout be?  Phishing scams via text are on the rise (and this newest one is timely!)  And Liz Truss is out as Britain’s PM. That was fast!
Time Codes:
01:51 - Dave’s worried about voter turnout.
05:27 - Brampton’s got a last minute election worker staffing issue. (And they saw it coming).
08:34 - Dave got his carbon tax rebate cheque!  Celebrate!
11:54 - Erin thought the CRA was scamming her.
16:24 - "Human Hand Grenade" Liz Truss can say her term as UK PM spanned two monarchies and it comes to an end October 25!
18:39 - Today on The Daily Brief - We highlight The 2030 Project. The pandemic has uncovered more/new vulnerable communities. Dave talks to Jasmine Ramze Rezaee - Director of Advocacy and Communications at YWCA Toronto.
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Engaged voters struggle to find information about municipal candidates; Who’s running Danielle Smith’s communications strategy?  Olympian Katie Weatherston rips Hockey Canada for crappy financial support following her concussion.
Time Codes:
02:07 - Who’s running for municipal office in Mississauga?  Great question.
05:47 - Did Becky find information on who’s running in Fort Erie?
08:18 - What should potential candidates have to do in order to apply?
14:57 - Being over-exposed in the media is a problem.
28:43 - Today on the brief with Dave…Jennie Worden - first time municipal candidate in Toronto’s Beaches-East York Ward.
The full interview with Jennie will be featured Saturday, October 22. It drops into your Now and Next EXTRA feed at 7am.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith just keeps talking and not apologizing;  Was the $54 Million on the ArriveCan App money well spent?  How to report on grocery bills
Time Codes:
02:11 - Happy Birthday Piper04:57 - Who will quit first? Danielle Smith's caucus or her staff?
08:11 - Did we just stumble across a genius business idea?
13:23 - Do we need a committee hearing to look into ArriveCan App’s exploding price tag?
22:50 - Today on the Brief with Dave, Tim Hudak, CEO of the Ontario Real Estate Association on the state of real estate markets.
32:35 - Dave gives credit to the MSM (yes, really!)
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