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Canada's Top Doctor Leaving the Post

2025/6/18
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Fight Back with Libby Znaimer

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THE MEDICAL RECORD: CANADA'S TOP DOCTOR STEPPING DOWN + ALBERTANS HAVE TO PONY UP FOR COVID VACCINES

Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam is leaving her position at the end of this week, and Premier Danielle Smith has Albertans on the hook for the cost of COVID-19 vaccine shots.

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 Naiman, a family doctor practicing in Toronto to discuss these matters and more.

THE ONGOING ISRAEL-IRAN CONFLICT

Libby Znaimer is joined by Vivian Bercovici, former Ambassador of Canada to Israel for an update on the crisis in the Middle East.

ALMOST 60% OF CANADIANS FEAR THEY WILL NEVER RETIRE 

According to a new survey from the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), nearly 60% of working Canadians believe they’ll never be able to retire, and it is weighing on their mental health.

Libby Znaimer is joined by Jennifer Rook, Vice-President of Strategy, Global Intelligence and Advocacy at Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP); and Adam Chapman, certified financial planner and founder of YESmoney to discuss this startling information.