Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Ontario Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre who also served as a health minister and deputy Premier, Lisa Raitt, former deputy leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Peggy Nash, who is a former NDP MP for Parkdale-High Park.

Today: we start off with a lookahead to the federal budget being announced in Ottawa later today. We then discuss the latest reporting on allegations of foreign interference. Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to launch a public inquiry on the matter including from now independent MP Han Dong who is taking Global News to court over reporting that he allegedly told the Chinese Consul general in Toronto to hold off on releasing the Michaels. Finally, we take a closer look at the latest wave of violence on the TTC that saw a 16-year-old boy get stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack at Keele Subway station last weekend.

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ISRAEL PROTESTS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Gideon Rahat, Professor and Chair of Political Science at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Yotam Margalit who is a professor of political science at Tel Aviv University. Both our guests are Senior Fellows at the Israel Democracy Institute.

The world has been tuning in to Israel where hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to reform the country's highest court. This week, he fired his own defense minister for calling for a freeze to the reform. Netanyahu responded by firing him. That move intensified the protests at which point Netanyahu decided to delay his push.  So why exactly is Netanyahu trying desperately to make a change in the justice system and what are the implications of it all?

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THE LATEST WAVE OF VIOLENCE ON THE TTC

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Ari Goldkind, a criminal defence lawyer based in Toronto.

Just a couple weeks ago, the Toronto Police Service announced that it was ending its additional patrols on the TTC. However, during the latest wave of violence on the transit system, we're wondering if things need to change and security needs to be ramped up. Just this past weekend, in an unprovoked attack, a 16-year-old male was stabbed to death while sitting on a bench at Keele Subway Station. Yesterday, a man was stabbed on a bus on Keele Street and was left with serious injuries.