Marissa Lennox is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by David Crombie, former Mayor of Toronto, and Toronto City Councillors James Pasternak for Ward 6 York Centre and Paula Fletcher for Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth.

According to the latest Liaison Strategies poll, Josh Matlow and Mark Saunders are tied for second place underneath front runner Olivia Chow as the race for mayor continues to develop. Also, according to the City of Toronto, advanced voting which started on Thursday June 8th and ended on Tuesday June 13th, saw 129,745 eligible voters went to the advanced polling stations to vote--that's an 11.9 per cent increase from those who voted in advanced voting from the last election that totaled 115,911 voters in October of 2022.

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RUSSIA-CANADA RELATIONS COULD SEVER...OVER A PLANE 

Marissa Lennox is joined by Dr. Maria Popova, Associate Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair at McGill University.

Canada and Russian relations could get a whole lot worse.  Moscow says that ties with Canada are "on the verge of being severed" after learning that the Trudeau Liberals have seized and are forfeiting a Russian cargo plane that's been idling at Toronto's Pearson International Airport since February of 2022. Dr. Popova explains how it all unfolded.

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PMO AND MINISTER'S OFFICES KNEW ABOUT BERNARDO TRANSFER MONTHS IN ADVANCE 

Marissa Lennox is joined by John Capobianco, Senior Vice President & Senior Partner, FleishmanHillard HighRoad

The PMO's office knew about the Paul Bernardo transfer to a medium security facility months before it happened. And, we also learned that staff for Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino knew about the transfer months before too and didn't tell him before the transfer was actualized. How could this have happened? And, is it just us or does this feel like part of a larger problematic.

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