Fight Back with Libby Znaimer is a live, current affairs, call-in talk show airing daily on Zoomer Radio (AM740 and FM96.7 between 12 pm and 1 pm EST). Have your say about the headlines that have you talking and get trusted, expert advice on your health, wellness and finances. Call into the show: (416) 360-0740 or 1 (866) 740-4740 or email us at [email protected]. You can also follow us on Twitter at @fightbacklibby.
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Join host Libby Znaimer as she brings you the latest Zoomer Headlines from around the world and shines a spotlight on the key issues affecting you. You’ll also get the freshest perspective from CARP and Zoomer Media experts on health, wellness and living the good life!
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Host Libby Znaimer brings listener’s special features on all topics of interest to the baby boom generation. Covering everything from health and wealth, to leisure and volunteerism and coming from the special vantage point of the generation that has changed society in its wake.
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It's the last Free For All Friday before election day on April 28. In a highly engaging conversation, our listeners weighed in with their thoughts on Pierre Poilievre versus Mark Carney.By Zoomer Podcast Network
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April 27 2025-How a Papal Conclave Works & What's Hot in Ontario Cottage Real Estate?
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21:25April 27 2025-How a Papal Conclave Works & What's Hot in Ontario Cottage Real Estate? More than 200 Cardinals from around the world--including five from Canada--have gathered in Rome preparing for the Conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis. We’ll take a look at what may happen behind closed doors. Guest host Kathy Hyde speaks with Father R…
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: HOW TORONTO CITY COUNCILLORS ARE SPENDING TAXPAYERS' MONEY Libby Znaimer is joined by Taylor Scollon, Co-Founder of The Peak, Rob Davis, a former Toronto City Councillor and mayoral candidate and Councillor James Pasternak for Ward 6 York Centre.We have some head scratching details on how Toronto City Councillors are spending ta…
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A Preview of This Year's Cherry Blossoms in Toronto
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51:28THE MEDICAL RECORD: AI WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM AT THE HOSPITALJane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer, Dr. Fahad Razak, General Internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics…
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A One-on-One with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre
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52:41RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: PIERRE POILIEVRE FINALLY MAKES HIS CASE TO OLDER VOTERS Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, former NDP MPP and Lisa Raitt, a former Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.This week: Conservative leader Pierre P…
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre Addresses CARP
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1:26:24ZOOMER SQUAD: PIERRE POILIEVRE MEETS WITH CARPLibby Znaimer is joined by Liz West, Host of The Afternoon Express on Zoomer Radio and Nik Nanos, Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research. Today: Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre addresses CARP members in Toronto. Meanwhile, have you voted yet? Elections Canada reported a record 2 m…
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April 20 2025-Cancer Research in Jeopardy and the Rising Tide of Book Bans
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20:12Cancer Research in Jeopardy and the Rising Tide of Book BansCanadian cancer researchers received over 40 million in US funding last year for their life-saving work. Now, amid Donald Trump’s tariff war, seven-in-ten Canadian cancer researchers are concerned about the impact on both this year’s funding, and the future of collaborative projects with U…
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Today on Free For All Friday: listeners phoned in to discuss the recent federal election debates, and to let us know who they will be voting for as the election approaches.By Zoomer Podcast Network
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Travel Slump Could Cost U.S. Economy Billions
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52:40ONTARIO PLACE BOMBSHELL: FORD GOVERNMENT DUPEDLibby Znaimer is joined by Ana Bailao, a former Toronto Deputy Mayor, City Councillor and Mayoral Candidate, Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East) and Taylor Scollon, Co-Founder of The Peak.A bombshell NYT report exposes the Ford government’s billion-dollar blunder with Therme’s On…
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NEW CMAJ GUIDELINES PRIORITIZE MENTAL HEALTH, PERSONALIZED CARE IN YOUTH OBESITY TREATMENTLibby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Fahad Razak, General Internist at Unity Health Toronto, Provincial Co-Lead General Medicine, Dr. Alisa Naiman, family doctor practicing comprehensive primary care in Toronto and Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Mar…
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LIBERALS HOLD LEAD AHEAD OF KEY DEBATESLibby Znaimer is joined by the Recovering Politicians Panel with Cheri DiNovo, former Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario, George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier and Janet Ecker, former Ontario PC MPP.With the election looming, the two-way race heats…
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FEDERAL ELECTION COUNTDOWN: TWO WEEKS REMAINGuest host Jane Brown was joined by Anthony Quinn, CARP’s Chief Operating Officer, David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies and Bob Richardson, public affairs consultant and former Liberal strategist.With the federal election just two weeks away, CARP is rallying older voters through its A Million …
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April 13 2025-Discovery of Hormone Used in Obesity Medications & The Revival of Vinyl Records
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23:18April 13 2025-Discovery of Hormone Used in Obesity Medications & The Revival of Vinyl RecordsIt may not be a household name yet but a Toronto-based doctor has just won this year’s prestigious Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, considered the Oscars of the scientific community. Dr. Daniel Drucker, along with his colleagues, have been recognized fo…
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Today on Free For All Friday: with the ongoing Canadian federal election campaign on everyone's mind and voting day coming up soon, listeners called in about their thoughts on Liberal leader Mark Carney versus Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre and whether this has become a two party race.By Zoomer Podcast Network
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: CONSTRUCTION IS LEADING CAUSE OF CONGESTION IN TORONTOJane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Taylor Scollon, Co-Founder of The Peak, Rob Davis, a former Toronto City Councillor and Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East).The City of Toronto is pointing to construction as the leadin…
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: A NEW STUDY ON SHINGLES AND DEMENTIA Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer, Dr. Fahad Razak, General Internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto and Dr. Alisa Na…
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's Strategic Visit to Washington
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49:50RECOVERING POLITICIANS: THE LATEST ON THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNLibby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, former NDP MPP and Lisa Raitt, a former Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.This week, we've reached the halfway point of Canada's fed…
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ZOOMER SQUAD: THE LATEST ON THE FEDERAL ELECTION RACE Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of CARP, Liz West, Host of The Afternoon Express on Zoomer Radio and David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies.This morning, we look at the latest polling and what it says about the Conservatives versus the Liberals in this …
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April 6 2025-Navigating The Threat of President Trump's Tariffs & Spring Cleaning Tips for Zoomers
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20:43April 6 2025-Navigating The Threat of President Trump's Tariffs & Spring Cleaning Tips for ZoomersFor many people, Spring is the perfect time to do a purge of all that “stuff” you’ve acquired over the last year. Kristen Wall, Owner and Lead Organizer of Miss Kris & Co gives tips for Zoomers navigating the process. And Tariffs and counter-tariffs co…
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Today on Free For All Friday: listeners called in about their thoughts regarding both Mark Carney, leader of the federal Liberals and Pierre Poilievre, leader of the federal Conservatives, and also U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.By Zoomer Podcast Network
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: CONGESTION FROM GARDINER CONSTRUCTION & FLOODING IN TORONTO DUE TO STORMLibby Znaimer is joined by Taylor Scollon, Co-Founder of The Peak, Ana Bailao, a former Toronto City Councillor and Mayoral Candidate, and Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East).We take a closer look at the plan for Gardiner Expressway c…
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What New Research Tells Us About Cooking Oil
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51:44THE MEDICAL RECORD: THE LATEST ON THE MEASLES OUTBREAK IN ONTARIO Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer, Dr. Fahad Razak, General Internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto and Dr.…
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The Latest on the Canadian Federal Election Race
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49:38RECOVERING POLITICIANS: LIBERAL CANDIDATE PAUL CHIANG DROPS OUT OF THE RACE AFTER CONTROVERSY Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, former NDP MPP and Will Stewart, a Conservative Strategist and Senior Vice President with Enterprise Canada.Paul Chang, t…
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ZOOMER SQUAD: HAVE THE FEDERAL CONSERVATIVES LOST THE PLOT?Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of CARP, Liz West, Host of The Afternoon Express on Zoomer Radio and David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies.The latest polling by Liaison strategies shows the federal Liberals continuing to lead (now by five points) …
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March 30 2025-How, Where and When to Vote this Federal Election & Michael Kovrig on Execution of Canadians by China
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21:10March 30 2025-How, Where and When to Vote this Federal Election & Michael Kovrig on Execution of Canadians by China It will cost $570 million and create 200,000 short-term jobs. We will head to the polls on April 28 after the shortest federal campaign allowed under Canadian law. And there are more options on when, where and how to vote this time. I…
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Today on Free For All Friday: listeners phoned in to talk about how they will be voting in the upcoming federal election, Prime Minister Mark Carney's phone call with President Trump, and the proposed raise for city councillors.By Zoomer Podcast Network
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Trump Administration's Auto Tariffs and What It Means for Canada
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51:50TUNE INTO THE TOWN: ARE TORONTO CITY COUNCILLORS ABOUT TO GET A MAJOR PAY RAISE?Libby Znaimer is joined by Taylor Scollon, Co-Founder of The Peak, Ana Bailao, a former Toronto Deputy Mayor and mayoral candidate, and Rob Davis, a former Toronto City Councillor.Are Toronto City Councillors about to get a major salary increase? And we get reaction to …
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: THE LATEST ON MEASLES OUTBREAK IN ONTARIOLibby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer, Dr. Fahad Razak, general internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto and Dr. Alis…
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The Federal Election Campaign and the Future of 23andMe
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51:48RECOVERING POLITICIANS: WHERE LEADERS ARE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAILLibby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, former NDP MPP and Lisa Raitt, a former Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.It's day two of the federal election campaign and the Liberals…
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ZOOMER SQUAD: THE FEDERAL ELECTION IS NOW UNDERWAYLibby Znaimer is joined by Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP, Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of CARP and Eddie Sheppard, Vice President of Insights at Abacus Data.On Sunday, Prime Minister Mark Carney triggered a snap election and Canadians will be voting at the polls on April 28. We get rea…
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There is more evidence on the benefits of exercise, especially as we age! A study published in the Annals of internal medicine finds that Zoomers who regularly exercise are less likely to suffer a disability -- and if they do, they tend to recover faster.Researchers recruited more than 1,600 sedentary adults ages 70 to 89. They randomly assigned ha…
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Have you checked the expiry dates on your medications and other products lately? Most people do it infrequently, but it’s a good idea to clean out your medicine cabinet twice a year. After the expiry date, medications start to lose their effectiveness, and so do products like sunscreen - so if you keep taking them you may not be getting the treatme…
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For people with type 2 diabetes, a short walk after eating may help lower blood sugar levels more than exercising at other times of the day, a new study shows.A measurement of blood sugar called postprandial glycemia, which has been linked with heart disease risk, averaged 12 percent lower when study participants took a walk after eating, compared …
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March 23 2025-Amb. John Bolton on US President Trump's Tariffs & Fighting Noise Pollution in Toronto
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21:00March 23 2025-Amb. John Bolton on US President Trump's Tariffs & Fighting Noise Pollution in TorontoLibby speaks with John Bolton, former US Ambassador to the UN and National Security Adviser during President Donald Trump’s first term. Bolton offers some words of advice to Prime Minister Carney on dealing with President Trump. He also reacts to the…
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Today on Free For All Friday: listeners weighed in on who they would vote for ahead of a looming federal election call here in Canada and other news of the week.By Zoomer Podcast Network
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Is Toronto Getting Into the Ticket Scalping Business?
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52:22TUNE INTO THE TOWN: THE LATEST ON THE CITY'S APPROACH TO ITS COYOTE PROBLEMLibby Znaimer is joined by Toronto City Councillor Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East), Taylor Scollon, Co-Founder of The Peak and Will Stewart, a Conservative Strategist and Senior Vice President with Enterprise Canada.Is Toronto seriously considerin…
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Here's something that may help older adults who are beginning to notice memory problems. It doesn't need a prescription, and you can do it at home... meditation. Researchers randomly assigned volunteers, with mild cognitive impairment, to either twelve weeks of meditation, and other yoga practices, or twelve weeks of memory enhancement training, wh…
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What You Need to Know About Ontario's Measles Outbreak
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51:56THE MEDICAL RECORD: GETTING THE SHINGLES SHOT & LOCAL MEASLES OUTBREAK IN ONTARIO Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of B.C. Cancer, Dr. Jamie Spiegelman, Internal Medicine and Critical Care Physician at Humber River Hospital and Dr. Iris Gorfinkel, Family Physician, Fou…
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Here’s something to think about if you’re considering Botox injections. A new study finds people who receive the treatments to decrease their wrinkles may also lessen their ability to completely feel emotions.A side effect of the popular cosmetic injection is frozen muscles, meaning the face doesn’t as readily display emotion. But scientists have l…
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RECOVERING POLITICIANS: MARK CARNEY MAKES INTERNATIONAL TRIP AS PRIME MINISTERJane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by George Smitherman, former Ontario Liberal Health Minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, former NDP MPP and John Mykytyshyn, Conservative Consultant and President of Bradgate Research Group.Mark Carney …
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Is there a limit to the human lifespan? It’s a subject of vigourous debate – now A study in Nature by Albert Einstein College of Medicine scientists suggests that it may not be possible to extend the human life beyond the ages already attained by the oldest people on record....Canadian babies born today can expect to live more than 81 years compare…
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ZOOMER SQUAD: CARNEY MAKES FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRIP SINCE BECOMING PRIME MINISTERLibby Znaimer today is joined by Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP, Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of CARP and David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies.On Friday, Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada's Prime Minister. This week, he touched down in Europe a…
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Here's a sobering finding that underscores the importance of getting enough sleep. A report, from the US "AAA" Foundation for Traffic Safety, finds that missing just an hour or two of shut-eye nearly doubles your chances of a car crash the next day. And getting behind the wheel after getting only four to five hours of sleep quadruples that risk. Th…
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March 16 2025-The History Of America Wanting To Annex Canada & Be Aware of These Scams
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18:55March 16 2025-The History Of America Wanting To Annex Canada & Be Aware of These ScamsMost Canadians are shocked about US President Donald Trump’s designs on annexing Canada. But there is a long history of those expansionist ideas and a record of both political and military failures in that effort. I reached Dr. Patrick O’brien, an expert in early …
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Today on Free For All Friday: listeners called in about U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs against Canada and Liberal leader Mark Carney officially becoming Prime Minister.By Zoomer Podcast Network
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Travel to the U.S. by Canadians Goes Down Amid Tariff War
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51:17TUNE INTO THE TOWN: THE POLITICS OF POTHOLESLibby Znaimer is joined by Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East), Councillor James Pasternak for Ward 6 (York Centre) and Ana Bailao, a former Toronto City Councillor and Mayoral Candidate.This week: we get right into the politics of potholes in the City, following yesterday's conver…
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U.S. Tariffs on Canadian Aluminum and Steel
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51:38THE MEDICAL RECORD: FIVE YEARS SINCE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC STARTED Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer, Dr. Fahad Razak, General Internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto and Dr…
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Ontario Imposes a Surcharge on Electricity Going to the U.S.
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35:10RECOVERING POLITICIANS: PREMIER FORD'S SURCHARGE ON ELECTRICITY TO AMERICANS AND TRUMP'S RESPONSE Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Ontario Liberal Health minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, former NDP MPP and John Mykytyshyn, Conservative Activist, Political Consultant and President of Bradgate Research Group.Our panel re…
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ZOOMER SQUAD: A DECISIVE VICTORY FOR MARK CARNEYLibby Znaimer is joined by Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP, Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of CARP and David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies.It was a decisive victory for Mark Carney at yesterday's Liberal leadership convention. The former central banker turned politician is now le…
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March 9 2025-How US Tariffs Made The Great Depression Worse & Defining and Diagnosing Obesity
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19:54March 9 2025-How US Tariffs Made The Great Depression Worse & Defining and Diagnosing Obesity Is the Trump trade war deja vu all over again? Economists and experts agree that tariffs made the Great Depression of the 1930’s a lot worse and a lot longer. Libby is joined by Dr. Patrice Dutil, Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administ…
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