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It is Budget Day in Ontario

2024/3/26
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Fight Back with Libby Znaimer

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THE ZOOMER SQUAD: A LOOK AHEAD TO THE PROVINCIAL BUDGET

It’s budget day in Ontario.

Libby Znaimer is joined by former Ontario NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo; former Ontario Liberal Cabinet Minister George Smitherman; and former Ontario PC MPP and finance minister Janet Ecker to discuss.

ONTARIO HOSPITALS AND LTC HOMES SPENT ALMOST ONE BILLION DOLLARS ON  AGENCY STAFF LAST YEAR

According to a Ministry of Health document, Ontario hospitals and long-term care homes spent nearly $1 billion last year to fill shifts with nurses and personal support workers from private staffing agencies.

Libby Znaimer is joined by Lisa Levin, Chief Executive Officer of AdvantAge Ontario; and Jane Meadus, staff lawyer and the Institutional Advocate at the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly to discuss this contentious issue.

A NEW REPORT IDENTIFIES THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WITH THE MOST PESTICIDES

A new report has identified the fruits and vegetables with the most pesticides.

Libby Znaimer is joined Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University; and Nicole Boudreau, Biologist at the Organic Federation of Canada to discuss 2024’s ‘Dirty Dozen’.