The Rundown

The human cost of the opioid crisis is devastating. But there are also real economic and social costs to this health emergency. Cam Guthrie is mayor of Guelph, and the current Chair of Ontario's Big City Mayors caucus, which collectively represents almost 70 per cent of the population of this province. He joins us to discuss this issue.

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Ontario went from zero cannabis stores to almost 1,500 in just over three years. Is this oversaturation? With us to explain:
Mitchell Osak, president of Quanta Consulting, which specializes in the cannabis and psychedelic industries.

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According to the latest coroner's report, Northern Ontario saw the highest mortality rate from opioids of anywhere in the province during the pandemic. And in addition to that terrible loss of life, there are the daily realities of the toll that addiction takes on everyone. How are public health and the respective communities dealing with this issue?

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Would more private health care help alleviate the problems within Ontario's health-care system and give Ontarians more, and faster options?

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Steve Paikin talks to Danielle Martin, perhaps Ontario's best-known family doctor, about his recent experience with the health-care system and why it's so difficult to navigate.

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Inflation helped draw attention to problems that emerge when when sectors of the economy rely on just a few big companies. It can have consequences for prices. And, according to a new think tank, it can mean broader problems too. To explain, we welcome Robin Shaban, co-founder and senior economist of Vivic Research and co-founder and director of the newly created Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project.

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King Charles III is Canada's new head of state. What happens now? Three experts on international and crown affairs discuss next steps, protocols, and expectations.

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Stephanie Kloostra, a farmer at Copperwood Acres, makes the case for buying meat, dairy, and produce straight from small farms across the province.With inflation hitting hard, Ontarians are looking into high quality, pasture-raised meat, while supporting small businesses.

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What does Pierre Poilievre mean for the direction of the Conservative Party of Canada? And for conservatism in Canada? And is there such a thing as Poilievree-ism? Ginny Roth and Andrew Coyne discuss the results of the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race.

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Sanctions, companies fleeing, the jailing of journalists and the shuttering of independent news outlets. How has six months of war changed Russia? Is it no longer an authoritarian country, but a totalitarian one? Is Vladimir Putin stronger or weaker than when the war began? We looks inside Russia today and considers the current state of the war in Ukraine.

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