ON Point

ON Point

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ON Point episodes

  • Waste Water to Heat Your Home?

    Guest host Rob Fai is joined by Lynn Mueller, the CEO of Vancouver-based SHARC Energy & the man who invented the method of pulling energy out of wastewater. Lynn and Rob talk about how one would go about creating energy from what we throw away, and why it should be explored further in Canada.

    9 min
  • Can You Copywrite Your Tattoos?

    Guest host Rob Fai is joined by Mark Penner, a Toronto-based Trademark & Patent Lawyer & Partner with Fasken Law Offices to talk about why Cardi B could be facing some legal troubles for misusing a man's tattoos to make an explicit mixtape cover.

    11 min
  • Inflation is Slowing But Food Prices are Growing

    Guest host Rob Fai sits down with Jessica Moorhouse, a millennial money expert, speaker, Accredited Financial Counsellor Canada®, and host of the “More Money Podcast”. Rob and Jessica talk about Canada's recent inflation numbers at 6.9% and why it can be down, but food prices are at a 41-year-high.

    11 min
  • Is Taiwan Still in Chinese Crosshairs?

    Guest host Rob Fai is joined by Dr. Scott Simon, senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, is a professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Simon and Rob talk about the developments in the Taiwanese Strait, and if the residents really feel the pressure we are seeing in the media.

    11 min
  • Ageism Towards Our Aging Workforce

    Guest host Rob Fai is joined by Helen Hirsch Spence, CEO and Founder of "Top 60 Over 60" about a disturbing report that shows hundreds of thousands of Canadians are leaving the workforce, and many are retiring. Helen tells Rob how systemic ageism is affecting it, and what needs to change so Canada can avoid a looming labour shortage.

    10 min
  • A Wave of Dementia We Are Not Ready For

    Guest host Rob Fai is joined by Laura Tamblyn Watts, the President and CEO of CanAge, Canada's largest senior advocacy group. Rob and Laura talk about why cases of Dementia and Alzheimers are on the rise, and why Canada needs to do more immediately to prepare.

    9 min

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