THE ZOOMER SQUAD

12:00-12:30

Marissa Lennox is joined by Bill VanGorder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Policy Officer of CARP, Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP and Peter Muggeridge,  Senior Editor of Zoomer Magazine.

Five Premiers from Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are calling for a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and asking Ottawa to extend the carbon price exemption to all types of home heating and not just home heating oil. Meanwhile, an Alberta CPP exit panel has been launched to hear directly from Albertans about whether they should part ways with the Canada Pension Plan. Earlier in the year, an Alberta government funded study found that the province could save as much as $5 billion if it pulled out of the CPP and entered a different scheme. And, Toronto is seeing a rise in hate related crimes: In recent weeks amid the Israel-Hamas war. Does Toronto have a plan to address this issue effectively?

AN UPDATE ON THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

12:30-12:45

Marissa Lennox is now joined by Lidar Grave-Lazi, ILTV’s News Host and Editor-in-Chief based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Lidar gives us the latest update on the war between Israel and Hamas. Israel has been in contact with staff at Al-Shifa hospital staff in Gaza to arrange for the safe evacuation of patients and staff. The IDF said that it provided as much as 300 jerry cans of fuel to the hospital for medical operation purposes but that Hamas has prevented the hospital from accepting the fuel. Meanwhile, Israel explains that there is major Hamas terrorist infrastructure underneath the hospital. And, tensions continue to escalate on Israel's Northern front with Lebanon where Iran-backed Hezbollah has been firing anti-tank missiles on communities in Israel. And, the Israeli embassy in Washington is arranging for a screening of the footage of the horrific massacre of Israeli civilians by Hamas on Oct. 7 to members of U.S. congress.

DISGRACED FASHION MOGUL PETER NYGARD FOUND GUILTY

12:45-1 PM

Marissa Lennox is now joined by Toronto-based criminal defence lawyer, Ari Goldkind.

Over the weekend, disgraced Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was found guilty on 4 counts of sexual assault at his Toronto court trial. A sentencing hearing is set for November 21st. His son, Kai Nygard, was at the verdict and said this of his father:  “It hurts me to see all of these things. I knew a different man. I got a different version of him and for me, that bond was real, those moments were real...Something evil in there...There’s something perverse.” Ari reacts to the latest.