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Sarah Jama Ousted From Caucus & Israel-Hamas War Is Straining Friendships

2023/10/24
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Fight Back with Libby Znaimer

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RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: SARAH JAMA BOTH CENSURED FROM LEGISLATURE AND OUSTED FROM CAUCUS 12:00-12:30

Libby Znaimer is joined by Andrew Cash, Former NDP MP, Toronto-Davenport district, Charles Bird, Managing Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies and Lisa Raitt, Former Deputy Leader of Conservative Party of Canada.

This week: Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles made the decision to oust MPP Sarah Jamah from the NDP caucus in the aftermath of her offensive remarks about Israel. The legislature also voted in favour of censuring the Hamilton Centre MPP over the same matter. Meanwhile, in other provincial news, the Ford government has decided to scrap its municipal boundary changes in connection with the Greenbelt landswap scandal.

ARE ANY OF YOUR FRIENDSHIPS STRAINED DUE TO ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR? 12:30-12:45 PM

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Dr. Oren Amitay, a Psychologist based in Toronto.

Is the war between Israel and Hamas putting a strain on one or more of your friendships? Naturally, it is bound to happen as both the lives of Israelis and Palestinians remain threatened during the war. Dr. Amitay explains how we can navigate these strained relationships so that they don't get to a point of no return.

HOW EXACTLY WILL GROCERS STABILIZE THEIR FOOD PRICES & THE LATEST ON BOTH SHRINFLATION AND SKIMPFLATION 12:45-1 PM

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University.

Ottawa is calling on the heads of Canada's big grocers to be transparent about how they plan to go about stabilizing their food prices and we revisit the conversation about skimpflation which refers to when food companies swap out ingredients to reduce costs!