Scott Thompson Show

How are Ontario’s labs and lab workers being affect by the surge in COVID-19 tests that need processing? What can we do for ourselves and one another to healthily cope with the pandemic, and what can we expect from people? Doug Ford may be getting a lot of heat from a lot people across the political spectrum but a new Leger poll says that Ford might be doing alright for himself. The federal government revealed its expanded pandemic aid offerings yesterday. What does the Canadian Federation of Independent Business think? A new Ipsos poll shows that Canadians think Justin Trudeau has not been good for goodness sake and belongs on Santa’s naughty list, along with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. And how did other leaders fair? We take at least one last look at COVID-19 here in 2021, and how Canada’s approach to countering the Omicron wave compares to that of the United States of America’s, as numbers rise. Guests: Michelle Hoad, CEO of the Medical Laboratory Professionals’ Association of Ontario Randi E. McCabe