Libby Znaimer is joined by Charles Sousa, The former minister of finance for Ontario and MPP for Mississauga South, Lisa Raitt, former deputy leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Howard Hampton, former leader of the Ontario NDP.

The Ford government is set to announce a cabinet this Friday. The panel weighs in on who might be chosen as cabinet ministers. Also, Andrea Horwath, who stepped down as leader of the Ontario NDP in the aftermath of the last provincial election, has hinted at a run for Mayor of Hamilton. Meanwhile, in Ottawa, MPs get panic buttons to enhance their personal security. It comes after Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino revealed he got death threats across social media recently. Our panel weighs in on all of this and more.

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OTTAWA TO BAN SINGLE-USE PLASTICS BY YEAR'S END

Libby Znaimer is joined by Olivier Bourbeau, Vice President, Federal and Quebec of Restaurants Canada, Court Desautels of The Neighbourhood Group of Companies, which operates  4 restaurants in Guelph and 1 in Kitchener and Annette Synowiec, Director of Policy, Toronto Solid Waste Management Services.

This week: Ottawa announced that it is banning the domestic manufacturing and import of single-use plastics like plastic bags and takeout containers by year's end. So, how will this impact the restaurant industry? All of Court's restaurants do takeout and one does 50 percent of its total sales in takeout. And, while we're on the topic of plastic, it's time to have a chat about recycling. There always tends to be confusion about what items really should be recycled and then how our recycling is processed at the landfill. Annette clarifies how it all works and explains what the City is doing to guide local restaurant businesses to make more environmentally friendly choices.

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