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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: we talk about the latest happenings in the city's mayoral race that has been heating up as prominent councillors like Brad Bradford, Josh Matlow and Stephen Holyday all consider runs. And, then there's this dog barking story that has many dog owners fuming at the City: apparently a sign went up at one downtown dog park that stated that "excessive barking will not be tolerated". Needless to say, the sign was taken down after backlash from the public.
DEPUTY MAYOR JENNIFER MCKELVIE JOINS FIGHT BACK
Libby Znaimer is now joined by Jennifer McKelvie, Deputy Mayor of the City of Toronto.
This is the first time Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie has joined our program since former Mayor John Tory announced his resignation last month due to a sex scandal. She talks about her open letter to both the provincial and federal governments calling on them to help fill the $1 billion gap in the city's 2023 budget. Libby also asks her to weigh in on the mayoral race that's heating up as prominent councillors like Brad Bradford, Josh Matlow and Stephen Holyday all consider runs. And, she talks about how she might go about advocating for the city when it comes to getting much needed cash from more senior levels of government--something that her predecessor was really good at getting done.
THE GROCERY CHAIN CEOS HAVE TESTIFIED: NOW WHAT?
Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director of Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University.
This week: The CEO's of Canada's largest grocery retailers have testified in front of the agricultural committee in the House of Commons. The heads of Loblaw and Empire Foods pushed back against allegations that they are profiting from inflation and price gouging their customers. And, remember that price freeze that Galen Weston put on no name products a few months back? Galen brought it up and said that its saved grocery shoppers as much as $45 million at check out during the three months that the deal was in place. Plenty of critics, however, argued that it was simply a publicity stunt. Sylvain weighs in on the latest and whether any actual change will come from the testimony.
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