ZOOMER SQUAD: A TAX ON SPARE BEDROOMS OF SENIORS TO SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS?!

Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, President of CARP; Liz West, Host of the Afternoon Express; and David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies.

Australia is proposing the concept of taxing spare bedrooms in the homes of older people as part of a strategy to deal with the housing crisis? And, as you might expect, Australians are not happy about it. Our panel reacts to that and other headlines of the week!

 

PM MARK CARNEY'S TRIP TO UKRAINE: WHAT CAME OUT OF IT?

Libby Znaimer is joined by Christian Leuprecht, Professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University and Editor of the Canadian Military Journal; and Andrew Rasiulis of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Prime Minister Mark Carney paid a surprise visit to Ukraine over the weekend as the country marked its Independence Day. What came out of that visit?

 

OTTAWA PRIDE EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO ANTI-ISRAEL PROTEST DISRUPTION

Libby Znaimer is joined by Artur Wilczynski, a gay man who is Jewish. He is a retired public servant who was the first Executive Champion of the Jewish Public Servants Network and the winner of the career impact award at the inaugural Public Service Pride Awards for his decades long activism for 2SLGBT+ rights. He participated in Capital Pride this year.

The anti-Israel movement disrupted Ottawa's Pride event over the weekend forcing it to shut down. Artur gives us his reaction to the situation.