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The latest developments at the Congressional inquiry into the January 6th attack on Capitol Hill in Washington has turned up the heat on Attorney General Merrick Garland to indict Donald Trump on criminal charges. Today on the Daily Brief, Hamiline University Professor David Schultz says the evidence and testimony presented over the past couple of weeks makes is clear the AG has very little choice but to charge the former president. At the same time, Schultz acknowledges it will amount to a nuclear option and there's no telling what the fallout may be.  

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We're more than four months into the Russian war in Ukraine. It's been nearly a year since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan. About half of newcomers from those regions are kids and they are struggling with the mental health issues. Kids Help Phone has stepped up and added four new languages to its service to support these young people. Ravina Anthony, Project Manager, Newcomer & Diversity Initiatives at Kids Help Phone joins us to talk about it.  

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We've got a newish cabinet at Queen's Park. It's version 1.5 - not quite 2.0 considering how few changes we see around the table. One exception is the announcement of Michael Ford as Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism. The On The Ledge panel joins this edition of The Daily Brief to talk what's next and what to expect in the next Ford mandate.

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Today on the Daily Brief, you're invited to be part of our series, Every Guitar Has A Story! Let us know if you've got a guitar story you want to share and we'll see if we can include you in the series. We also dive into the hottest issue facing this country today - the cost of living and affordable housing. In this episode we feature a podscast we produced for Habitat for Humanity Canada in the summer of 2018. It focuses on building new, affordable housing on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in southern Ontario.

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As COVID recedes, more of us are considering our new world of work.  And the conversation quickly turns to whether you'll be back in the office. Today, we talk about the lessons learned and the post COVID approach to recruiting new talent and leadership. Anthony Batchelor at Odgers Berndtson joins us to explore the future of work for employees and employers.

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On this first day of Summer 2022, we face some serious challlenges. None more difficult than coping with the soaring cost of living as we stumble our way out of the COVID pandemic. I made a stop to pick up a few items at our local grocery store. Three bags cost more than $100! None of it was fancy stuff. I bought lunch meat, weiners, hot dog buns, a tin of coffee, a bbq chicken and a 6-pack of non-alcoholic beer. That's it. More than $100! So, today on The Daily Brief, I thought it was more important than ever to shine a light on the 2030 Project - the effort to reduce poverty by 50% in the next seven and a half years.

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Remember all the noise from the Ontario government about getting daycare rebate cheques to families in May, after Ford Nation agreed to be part of the national daycare program? Well, no cheques in May. No cheques in June. In fact, there's only one municipality in the GTA that has opened up its application process for daycare operators. There is precious little indication that this program will do much for the families who need the support or for the licenced operators who provide the service.  The promise was to have the $10/day program fully implemented by 2025.  At this rate, the majority of kids who need the daycare now will "age out" by the time the government gets its act together.

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It was a popcorn, appointment tuning event for political wonks, (Present!:) across the United States and around the world. What would we learn about the January 6, 2021 insurrection on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.? Not much really.  Sure there was more graphic detail offered in testimony from security officials and police officers who faced the mob that day. And yes, we heard testimony from members of Trump's team saying there was no evidence of election fraud in 2020. Even Ivanka Trump told the committee she believed former Attorney General Bill Barr's assessment, i.e., Trump lost fair and square. He went so far as to say Trump's claims were "bullshit". So what?  Who's hearts and minds were changed by the prime time show? David Schultz is a Distinguished Professor of political science at Hamline University in Minnesota. He says the Department of Justice and the GOP elites will be two key audiences as these committee hearing play out live in front of the cameras. Both could spell jeopardy for Donald Trump.

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All this talk about a Liberal-NDP merger in Ontario is utter nonsense. Why would the NDP waste any energy or time "merging" with the leaderless Liberals, when they're well positioned to stage a hostile takeover.  A re-energized NDP could easily render the Liberals irrelevant before the 2026 campaign.  Sabrina Nanji at the Queen's Park Observer quotes a pair of party insiders on their thoughts about the party's future. " — JONATHAN SCOTT, longtime operative who ran runner-up MICHAEL COTEAU’s 2020 leadership bid: “[2022] could be an extinction-level event for the party, if the party doesn’t learn the lessons voters are telling us. It’s time to modernize, throw the doors wide open and build a new party from the ground up. It’s time to be respectful and not talk down to people, especially in rural Ontario, and drop any attitude that we know best.” — KELLY FOOTE, veteran organizer and community activist: “The party’s problems can’t be fixed by the same people who presided over them.” Both great points. And both bits of advice should have been acted on 4 years ago.   

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The RCAF Foundation is honouring the next generation of aviation and aerospace innovators. Fifty students from across Canada have been named as the RCAF Foundation Scholarship recipients for 2022. Foundation CEO, Jeremy Diamond, joins the Daily Brief to celebrate this cohort of STEM students determined to change the world!

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