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Libby Znaimer is joined by David Crombie, Former Mayor of Toronto, Karen Stintz, CEO of Variety Village and Lauren O'Neil, Senior News Editor of BlogTO.
Today: Toronto Mayor John Tory has announced that the City alongside funding partners like Metrolinx will provide $5.4 million to local businesses. And, a number of city councillors are supporting the idea of a commercial parking levy to deal with the city’s budget crunch. Both Ontario’s Integrity commissioner and Auditor Generals are doing separate investigations into the Ford government’s Greenbelt plans. The question remains: did the Premier and housing minister tip off any developers? And, federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh is calling out the big grocery retailers for skyrocketing prices of their products.
THE GREENBELT INVESTIGATIONS: REACTION FROM THE NDP
Libby Znaimer is joined by Peter Tabuns, Interim Leader of the Ontario NDP.
This week, both the province's integrity commissioner and the auditor general have announced that they are doing their own respective investigations into the Ford government's Greenbelt plans. Both the Premier and housing minister have denied tipping off developers as it pertains to the Greenbelt. Tabuns weighs in on the latest.
FOOD INFLATION REMAINS HIGH DESPITE EFFORTS TO COMBAT IT
Libby Znaimer is now joined by David Macdonald, Senior Economist of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
We all know that food inflation is rampant and outpacing overall inflation. And, there is a big debate about whether the large grocers are taking advantage and profiting excessively. After all, some of them have been reporting record profits. The likes of Loblaw Companies and Sobey’s deny this vigorously - not everyone believes them. David has studied where that money is going.
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