TUNE INTO THE TOWN:  A NEW YEAR OF FINANCIAL WOES FOR TORONTO

Jane Brown is joined by Karen Stintz, CEO, Variety Village, Councillor Paula Fletcher, Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth and Councillor James Pasternak, Ward 6 York Centre.

This week: even after a big deal with the province to help alleviate Toronto's financial woes, the City still has a major budget shortfall of $1.5 billion in 2024. Meanwhile, two Toronto-based churches are having to close their doors by the end of this year to the thousands of refugees they've helped provide shelter for due to the drying up of funds needed to support them. Will this trend only become more widespread?

SHOULD CANADA IMPOSE A BAN ON CIGARETTE SALES TO ANYONE BORN AFTER 2008?

Jane Brown is joined by Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst at the Canadian Cancer Society.

Canadian health professionals are recommending that Ottawa ban the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2008 and have pointed to New Zealand as a role model in this area of health legislation. So, how realistic is this goal? And we revisit the negative impact of cigarettes on our health.

MENTAL HEALTH AT THE WORKPLACE

Jane Brown is now joined by Walter Yoo, a Senior Associate at Monkhouse Law and an expert in mental health issues in the workplace as well as long term disability matters

Are you suffering from a mental health condition and currently working? How supportive is your workplace in helping you get the resources you need when dealing with your mental health? The Toronto Star profiled an individual from Toronto who has been suffering from bipolar disorder and other mental health conditions like anxiety over the past 10 years and says that it has been very difficult for him to get accommodations from his employer which included a very lengthy process and the involvement of a third party. So, just how prevalent is his story and what can companies do to better support their team?