Libby Znaimer is joined by David Crombie, former Mayor of Toronto, Councillor James Pasternak, Ward 6 York Centre and Councillor Paula Fletcher, Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth.

Today: the Toronto mayoral race continues with Olivia Chow polling as the front runner. And, Toronto taxpayers will be footing the bill for the 2026 world cup event taking place here after a deal was struck between City staff and the MLSE without being made known to the City's actually elected officials. What's the deal with that? Our panel reacts.

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THE MINDEN HOSPITAL ER CLOSURE: WHY IT MATTERS  

Libby Znaimer is joined by NDP MPP France Gélinas (Nickel-Belt) and Health Critic as well as Bob Carter, Mayor of the Township of Minden Hills

Residents of Minden are deeply concerned over the closure of their local hospital's ER and are asking the province for a one-year moratorium on the matter with a petition of over 17,000 signatures. Listeners of Fight Back have been calling in about this very topic in the past two weeks. Our guests react to the latest.

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NEW CANADIAN PASSPORT OMITS KEY CANADIAN HISTORICAL EVENTS  

Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Wilson-Smith, President and CEO, Historica Canada.

Ottawa unveiled Canada's newest passport and it's been raising a lot of eyebrows. The new one will no longer be paying homage to the great chapters of our history including the Vimy Ridge Memorial or Terry Fox. Instead, as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre commented, it now features a picture of a squirrel eating a nut! The passport will also include polar bears, and other nature pictures. This captures the “spirit of who we are as Canadians,” according to Families, Children and Social Development Minister Karina Gould. Do you feel the same?

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