Libby Znaimer is joined by Karen Stintz, CEO of Variety Village, Lauren O'Neil, Senior News Editor of BlogTO and Councillor Joe Mihevc of Spadina Fort-York.

Today: one of the central themes we are focused on is the reality that basic city services are not functioning properly (or at all). We're heading into the winter season soon and we're hearing stories about wards where it took months for some neighbourhood streets to get plowed, we've got overflowing litter bins, and it's not hard to look elsewhere where things are just not getting done. Also, this Thursday, CARP is hosting one of only two Toronto Mayoral debates at the Zoomer Hall which will also be broadcasted live on Fight Back at noon. We ask each of our panelists what they think the top question should be for the candidates.

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ONTARIO HEALTH REPORT: THE CRISIS IN ONTARIO HOSPITAL ERs

Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Stephen Flindall, an emergency doctor in the GTA.

A new report by Ontario Health reveals the severity of the crisis in ERs at hospitals. For example, the report found that hospital stays in emergency departments increased by 15.8 per cent in August compared to the year before Our guest reacts to the latest.

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TECH COMPANIES MADE THEIR OWN ARRIVECAN APP PROVING THAT OTTAWA SPENT WAY TOO MUCH MONEY ON THE ORIGINAL

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Sheetal Jaitly, Founder and CEO of TribalScale.

TribalScale is one of two tech companies that produced their own version of Ottawa's ArriveCAN over the Thanksgiving weekend and it proved that the federal government did not have to spend a whopping $54 million on the mobile app. Sheetal explains.

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