ZOOMER SQUAD: PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGING FOR COVID-19 VACCINES

12:00-12:30

Marissa is joined by Bill Van Gorder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Policy Officer of CARP, Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP and Bob Richardson, Senior Council to National PR.

We compare the highly effective public health messaging campaigns during the rollout of the first COVID-19 vaccines earlier on in the pandemic vs those around the new COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna for the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant that is now the dominant strain in Canada which some argue hasn't been very well promoted. And, we remember Matthew Perry, a Zoomer and beloved Canadian who died in his home at the age of 54.

THE LATEST IN THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR, ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTS AT HOME & A MOB THAT ATTACKED A PASSENGER PLANE OF ISRAELIS IN DAGESTAN

12:30-12:50 PM

Marissa is joined by Lidar Gravé-Lazi, the Editor-in-Chief of ILTV based in Israel and Michael Mostyn, CEO of B'nai Brith Canada.

We discuss the latest in the war between Israel and Hamas, the mob of hundreds who swarmed a plane carrying Israeli passengers in Dagestan and chanted antisemitic slogans and the local anti-Israel protests taking place in Toronto.

OTTAWA CRACKING DOWN ON INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SCAMS AND "BAD ACTOR" COLLEGES IN CANADA

12:50-1 PM

Marissa Lennox is now joined by Daniel Lee an Immigration lawyer with Fasken Law.

Ottawa's immigration minister says it has put together a plan of reforms to address international student scams here in Canada and any "bad actor" colleges. Daniel explains.