Scott Thompson Show

Paid sick days in Ontario, CAF moving in to help Ontario's hospitals, India's immense battle with COVID-19 & The federal bill to control what you can post online

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Where does Ontario currently stand on paid sick days and with potential change to that stance, what's in store for Ontario's workers? Guest: Myer Siemiatycki, Professor of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University and Co-Ordinator of Ryerson University's Young Workers Rights Hub - Ontario has called in the Canadian Armed Forces to lend some extra help to our hospitals as they get fuller each day. What kind of help do our hospitals need and how will the CAF help? Guest: Dr. Ahmad Firas Khalid, Health Policy expert - India is seeing astonishing numbers of deceased and infected people as a result of COVID-19 despite being one of the major manufacturing hubs of COVID vaccines. Could the over 200,000 deaths have been prevented? Guest: Raji Jayaraman, Associate Professor with the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto - The federal Liberals are tabling a bill that will allow for user generated content (posts by individual people) to fall under broadcasti