ONTARIO FARMERS FACE TARIFFS ON THEIR FERTILIZER

Marissa Lennox is joined by Ryan Koeslag, Executive Director of Ontario Bean Growers , Peggy Brekveld, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture, and then engineer Chris Grossman.

Today: It's been tough for farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic as it is. But, now, as Ottawa continues efforts to punish Russia for its war on Ukraine, Ontario farmers are saying that they along with consumers are the ones being punished. As of March, a tariff was put on fertilizer coming in from Russia as an example. And, Koeslag and other farmer groups are calling on Canada to reconsider such measures. Meanwhile, engineer Chris Grossman  discusses a made-in-Canada technology solution to help farmers reduce nitrous oxide and maintain usage of fertilizer to deliver the same output.

THE STATE OF THE HOUSING MARKET

Marissa Lennox is now joined by Steve Jelenic, Toronto Real Estate Agent with Chestnut Park Real Estate.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has relisted his Etobicoke home for $400 k less as the real estate market continues to weaken. It is now going for $2,800,888. Meanwhile, a  report from this month from Strata, a Toronto-based real estate platform, reveals that cancelled listings for condos across the GTA have increased by 643 percent. Steve weighs in on the latest news.

ROGERS-SHAW MERGER BEING DELAYED

Marissa Lennox is now joined by Technology analyst and journalist based in London, Ontario.

As Ottawa continues to investigate the network outage at Rogers and execs at the telecom giant face questions from the House of Commons industries committee, the company delayed its deadline to finalize a merger with competitor Shaw until the end of the year. Meanwhile, the company is saying that it will spend as much as $150-million on compensation to its customers and is promising to invest billions towards strengthening the resiliency of its networks. But, is all of this enough? Carmi weighs in on the latest news.