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Marissa Lennox is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Bill VanGorder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Policy Officer of CARP; Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP; and Peter Muggeridge, Senior Editor of Zoomer Magazine.
In the news: The National Institute on Ageing has published a new report whereby it took a closer look at the long-term care and home care systems of Australia to get a better understanding of what works well for them and how what they are doing well can be incorporated into our very own systems here in Canada. April also marks Parkinson Awareness Month and we put out the call to you, our listeners, to share your stories about family or friends who have been affected by this disease. And, we discuss RRIFs which is a very hot topic for CARP members.
LOW VOTER TURNOUT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE NEXT MAYORAL ELECTION
Marissa Lennox is now joined by Ben Spurr, Toronto Star's City Hall Reporter.
Today, they discuss the likelihood of low voter turnout at the upcoming Toronto mayoral election and what is needed for a candidate to actually win.
FEDERAL FUNDING RESUMES FOR HOCKEY CANADA
Marissa Lennox is now joined by Dr. Kristi Allain, Canada's Research Chair of Physical Culture and Social Life and an Associate Professor of Sociology at St. Thomas University.
Ottawa has resumed its funding to Hockey Canada, but it comes with a set of conditions with the key being that they want the prominent organization to change its culture and as the federal sports minister Pascale St-Onge said, " tackle issues regarding safe sport, such as the toxic behaviours, the trivialization of sexual violence, and the culture of silence, which has too often made the headlines" in the aftermath of its scandal. Kristi weighs in on the latest news and explains why the culture was so problematic in the first place.
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