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Guest host Arlene Bynon speaks with Kelly Harris, the principal at Harris Public Affairs about Tim Hortons pulling its sponsorship from Hockey Canada, including the World Juniors Championship at the end of December.

The Ontario COVID Science Advisory Table has presented its final report focusing on improving primary health care. Guest host Arlene Bynon brings on a trained immunologist and professor of law & medicine at Ottawa University, Dr. Amir Attaran. Arlene and Amir talk about the science table dissolving and with COVID numbers on the rise, why we need the table just as much as we did during the pandemic.

After it was revealed that the Peel Regional Police's 12 Division recorded part of a constitutionally ensured private call between a man and his attorney, a judge threw the case out. Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by Ryan O'Connor, a partner at Toronto-based Zayouna Law Firm to discuss why this is such a serious breach, and why this may not be the first time something like this has happaned at the 12th Division.

Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by Dr. Mark Tremblay, Chief Scientific Officer, ParticipACTION Report Card, and Senior Scientist with the CHEO Research Institute, Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group. Dr. Tremblay breaks down the recent report card released by ParticipACTION that shows Canadian children and youth have heavily decreased physical activities and have dropped from a D+ in 2020 to a D.

Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by Eric Lombardi, a housing advocate and founder of "More Neighbours Toronto". Eric and Arlene discuss the ongoing housing crisis in the GTA and question if municipalities have a lot of the blame on their shoulders.

Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by Kyle Douglas, a co-owner at the recovery contracting firm CRCS DKI to talk about the Prime Minister's announcement to send $300 million in aid to the Maritimes after a historic hurricane hit last week. Kyle and Arlene discuss how far the money will go, and why more is likely needed to make a meaningful impact.

Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by professor Sun-ha Hong, an assistant professor in the school of communication at Simon Fraser University. Professor Hong and Arlene discuss the recent news of Elon Musk willing to rebuy twitter & his recent poll about what he believes should happen in Ukraine.

It came to light that Hockey Canada had created a second fund to handle sexual assault claims, guest host Arlene Bynon brings back Talyor McKee, an assistant professor in Sports Management at Brock University. Taylor tells Arlene why this is so damaging to the already tarnished reputation, and why he agrees with the Sports Minister calling for the board to resign.

Its another school year that is disrupted by a strike, as thousands of librarians, janitors and other staff in Ontario are negotiating with the province. Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by Maddie Di Muccio, the president of the Society of Quality Education to talk about why this is so disappointing, and why the province and unions need to put selfish interests aside for the betterment of the students.

Guest host Arlene Bynon is joined by Aurel Braun, a professor of International Relations & Political Science at University of Toronto & an Associate of the Davis Centre at Harvard University. Aurel and Arlene attempt to dive into the mindset of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and what it must be like to be caught between an invasion and an ever-watching NATO.