Today on NOW and NEXT:

I'm hooked on the World Cup tournament. The Canadian women are poised to move onto the next round and I'll probably be up for the 5am ET start on Monday!
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/worldcup/soccer-womes-world-cup-canada-group-stakes-1.6919678

Trudeau's cabinet shakeup includes a lot of new faces and experiences to the table. But what does it mean for the progress of the new Canada Disability Benefit?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/who-are-new-ministers-in-cabinet-1.6918557

The Ford government will be auditing the books in Toronto, Brampton, Mississauga, Caledon, Newmarket and Peel Region to figure out how or if the province is going to make the muncipalities whole now that Queen's Park has canceled developer charges intended to pay for infrastructure in new build housing communities.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-audit-municipalities-1.6919177

An exclusive report in the Toronto Star says the Ford government commands 41 per cent of popular support among Ontario voters based on the latest numbers from Abacus Data. That's the good news. The shaky news for Ford? "The survey found 54 per cent of respondents think Ford’s “decisions have been primarily about what’s in the best interest of his friends and supporters.”
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/a-bad-sign-for-doug-ford-s-future-majority-of-ontarians-think-his-decisions-benefit/article_9343bf58-642b-53fe-8962-d46a055b10a4.html?

And it's Feed Drop Thursday. We feature episode 10 of The NEXT NORMAL, (originally posted September 8, 2021), we confront ageism – particularly in the workplace. Lisa Taylor, President at Challenge Factory debunks two myths about older workers. Whatever we call our ageing workforce, Lisa shudders when we refer to it as the “grey tsunami”.