Fight Back With Libby Znaimer

THE MEDICAL RECORD: THE PROVINCIAL PICKLE OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer; Dr. Fahad Razak, general internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto; and Dr. Iris Gorfinkel, family physician and founder of PrimeHealth Clinical Research to discuss the latest health care news of the week. ONTARIO PLACE: LATEST PLANS REVEALED Libby Znaimer is joined by Ann-Elisabeth Samson, co-Chair of Ontario Place for All; leader of the Green Party of Ontario, Mike Schreiner; and NDP MPP for Spadina-Fort York, Chris Glover for reaction to the latest plans for Ontario Place released this week by Premier Doug Ford's government. WHAT’S IN A NAME? Libby Znaimer is joined by Jason Lietaer, President at Enterprise, for a conversation about the Toronto District School Board's school-naming saga, and more.

RECOVERING POLITICIANS: CANADA'S ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT & TORONTO'S POOL-GATE Libby Znaimer is joined by Lisa Raitt, former Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada; George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier; and social democratic commentator Tom Parkin, to talk PM Carney in Europe, Toronto's Pool-Gate, and more. INVESTMENT IMPLICATIONS OF THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST Libby Znaimer is joined by Gordon Pape, editor and publisher of the Internet Wealth Builder and Income Investor newsletters, for a conversation about the investment implications of the war in the Middle East. AN UPDATE ON THE MIDDLE EAST WITH SHOSH BEDROSIAN For an update on the conflict in the Middle East, Libby Znaimer is joined by Shosh Bedrosian, a reporter based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

ZOOMER SQUAD: HEAT ILLNESS AND THE PASSING OF JOHN McCALLUM Libby Znaimer is joined by David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies; host of The Afternoon Express on Zoomer Radio Liz West; and Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer at CARP, to discuss the signs of heat illness amid our current heat wave, the passing of John McCallum, and more. ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH KING AND CHURCH ALREADY? Libby Znaimer is joined by Toronto City Councillor for Ward 19 Beaches-East York Brad Bradford, to talk about his plan to ease some of the downtown gridlock grief. MIDDLE EAST UPDATE WITH VIVIAN BERCOVICI Libby Znaimer is joined by former Ambassador of Canada to Israel Vivian Bercovici, for an update on the escalating conflict in the Middle East. HOT ENOUGH FOR YA? Libby Znaimer is joined by Senior Climatologist at Environment Canada David Phillips; and Laura McQuillan, Senior Communications Advisor for the City of Toronto, for a conversation about the current heat wave we are experiencing.

While there was a lot on our listener's minds today, the hot topics were the renaming of Toronto's Sumach-Shuter Parkette (aka Stinky’s park), and the possibility of former Toronto mayor John Tory running in next year's municipal election. Listen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: MAYORAL MULLINGS IN TORONTO Speculation is swirling around potential mayoral candidates for the City’s next municipal election, and ongoing gridlock grief at King and Church. To discuss these municipal matters and more, Jane Brown is joined by Taylor Scollon, Co-Founder of The Peak,  Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East) and Karen Stintz, a former Toronto City Councillor. AN UPDATE ON THE RECENTLY UNVEILED STATUE OF SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD AT QUEEN’S PARK The public can once again see the statue of John A. Macdonald outside Queens Park. Steeped in controversy, the statue had been surrounded by wooden hoarding for the past five years after being vandalized. Jane Brown is joined by the Honourable Donna Skelly, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for an update since the statue's unveiling last week. Later, Jane is joined by Dr. Patrice Dutil, professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University and a c

THE MEDICAL RECORD: CANADA'S TOP DOCTOR STEPPING DOWN + ALBERTANS HAVE TO PONY UP FOR COVID VACCINES Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam is leaving her position at the end of this week, and Premier Danielle Smith has Albertans on the hook for the cost of COVID-19 vaccine shots. Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer; Dr. Fahad Razak, general internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto; and Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family doctor practicing in Toronto to discuss these matters and more. THE ONGOING ISRAEL-IRAN CONFLICT Libby Znaimer is joined by Vivian Bercovici, former Ambassador of Canada to Israel for an update on the crisis in the Middle East. ALMOST 60% OF CANADIANS FEAR THEY WILL NEVER RETIRE  According to a new survey from the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), nearly 60% of working Canadians believe they

RECOVERING POLITICIANS: THE G7 SUMMIT & DOUG FORD'S BOSTON 'LOVEFEST' Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier; Cheri DiNovo, former NDP MPP; and Lisa Raitt, former Deputy Leader of Conservative Party of Canada. The G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta and Ontario Premier Doug Ford's "lovefest" in Boston - together, Libby and the Panel discuss these matters, and more. ARE OVERTOURISM COUNTER-MEASURES AFFECTING YOUR TRAVEL PLANS? Last year's anti-tourism protests drew global headlines. This summer, the tensions are back – but so are ideas to fix the system. Libby Znaimer is joined by Martin Firestone, President of Travel Secure Inc.; and Richard Vanderlubbe, President of tripcentral.ca, as we ask the question: are overtourism counter-measures affecting YOUR travel plans? STRAWBERRY-GATE! What's the deal with produce prices in the summer?  Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Ana

THE ZOOMER SQUAD: REMEMBERING BUZZ HARGROVE Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer at CARP; Liz West, host of The Afternoon Express on Zoomer Radio; and David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies. The death of Buzz Hargrove, Canada's 2025 Walk of Fame inductees and the G7 summit taking place this week in Kananaskis, Alberta - together, Libby and the Squad explore these issues, and more. AN UPDATE ON THE ISRAEL-IRAN CONFLICT Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Amos Guiora, professor of law at the University of Utah and a former legal advisor to the IDF in Gaza; and Shosh Bedrosian, a journalist in the Middle East based in Tel Aviv, Israel, for a conversation about the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. CANADA'S CHIEF LIBRARIAN AND ARCHIVIST ON HUDSON'S BAY’S CHARTER Libby is joined by Librarian and Archivist of Canada, Leslie Weir, to discuss the fate of Hudson's Bay's 355-year-old Charter.

Today on Free For All Friday: listeners phoned in to talk about the Israel-Palestine war, their plans for Father's Day, and much more.

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: IS JOHN TORY GOING TO BE RUNNING IN THE NEXT MAYORAL ELECTION?  Libby Znaimer is joined by Taylor Scollon, Co-Founder of The Peak, Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East) and Karen Stintz, a former Conservative Party of Canada Candidate for Eglinton-Lawrence and a former Toronto City Councillor and mayoral candidate. There's speculation that John Tory could be making a comeback in Toronto's next mayoral election. What do you think about that? We talk about that and other municipal news of the week.  THE TDSB IS TRANSFERRING A MUCH-RESPECTED 82-YEAR-OLD  PRINCIPAL Libby Znaimer is joined by Maryanne Marsh, a concerned teacher who has been at the school for 30 years, witnessing and participating in the building of the arts programming and Sandi Danilowitz, a concerned parent of a student attending Rosedale Heights School of the Arts. Students and parents are protesting the TDSB's plans to transfer 82-year-old, well-respected Principal Barrie Sketchley of Rosedale He

THE MEDICAL RECORD: THE LATEST ON ONTARIO MEASLES OUTBREAK Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Fahad Razak, general internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto, Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family doctor practicing in Toronto and Dr. Aaron Schimmer, the Director of Research at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre as well as a staff physician and a senior scientist. There's a lot happening in the world of healthcare lately: U.S. Secretary of Health RFK Jr. just fired an entire advisory committee on immunization associated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Meanwhile, the Canadian Institute for Health Information is releasing new numbers for wait times regarding priority procedures in Canada and we get reaction to the latest on the measles outbreak in Ontario. CONCERNS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL DEDICATED BUS LANES ON BATHURST  Libby Znaimer is joined by Marco Santaguida, Principal, Santaguida Fine Foods, Davina Winer, Owner of T

RECOVERING POLITICIANS: PM MARK CARNEY'S AMBITIOUS GOALS   Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, NDP MPP and Chris Alexander, a former Canadian ambassador to Afghanistan and Minister of Immigration under Stephen Harper.  Our panel reacts to PM Mark Carney's ambitious defence spending announcement and other Canadian political news of the week. THE COMPETITION BUREAU IS SUING DOORDASH, HERE'S WHY Libby Znaimer is joined by Taylor Scollon, Co-Founder of The Peak and Keldon Bester, the executive director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project (CAMP) and a fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).  The Competition Bureau is suing DoorDash. Our business panel breaks down why this is happening.  A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS GARDINER TRAFFIC HAS WORSENED Libby Znaimer is joined by Mike Branch, Vice President of Data and Analytics at Geotab. Traffic conditions have worsened on the Gardiner E

ZOOMER SQUAD: HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF A LIFE LEASE? AND PM MARK CARNEY MAKES AMBITIOUS DEFENCE SPENDING ANNOUNCEMENT Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of CARP, Liz West, Host of The Afternoon Express on Zoomer Radio and John Wright, a veteran pollster. Prime Minister Mark Carney made an ambitious announcement this morning regarding defence spending. And, have you ever heard of a life lease? We'll get into what that actually is and what happened to seniors in Markham with life leases. LET'S TALK ABOUT TAX FREEDOM DAY Libby Znaimer is joined by Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Let's talk about Tax Freedom Day which was on June 8th. THE BIG STREAMERS ARE FIGHTING THE CRTC OVER CANADIAN CONTENT/NEWS RULES  Libby Znaimer is joined by Carmi Levy, Technology Analyst and journalist based in London, Ontario Key players in the streaming business don't want to have to pay for Canadian content/news in accordance with the CRTC's rules and they

Today on Free For All Friday: listeners called in to give their thoughts on the job that Prime Minister Mark Carney is doing, U.S. President Donald Trump increasing tariffs on imported aluminum and steel and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow calling on the public not to shop at Home Depot. 

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: TORONTO SEES CONCERNING RISE IN VIOLENT INCIDENTS Libby Znaimer is joined by Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East), Karen Stintz, a Conservative Party of Canada Candidate for Eglinton-Lawrence, and Rob Davis, a former Toronto mayoral candidate and City Councillor.  Toronto has seen a concerning level of violence lately with tow truck turf wars and shootings. Is the City doing enough to address the problem?  THE RESULTS OF CAA'S ANNUAL WORST ROADS CAMPAIGN  Libby Znaimer is joined by Teresa Di Felice, Assistant Vice President, Government and Community Relations for CAA South Central Ontario. The CAA has unveiled the results of its annual worst roads campaign. Eglinton Avenue West got 4th place for worst road in Ontario in 2025. Find out which other roads in the GTA are the worst! AIRLINE PASSENGER SECURES A VICTORY OVER AIRLINE: WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR OTHER TRAVELLERS  Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Gabor Lukacs, President of Air Passenger Rights. Have

THE MEDICAL RECORD: HOW TO PREVENT EXPOSURE TO WILDFIRE AIR POLLUTION Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer, Dr. Fahad Razak, General Internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto and Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family doctor practicing in Toronto. Beware of fake diabetes medications/supplies being pushed online. And, we discuss how potential exposure to air pollution from wildfires can put vulnerable residents at risk. PETITION CALLS FOR CITY NOT TO IMPLEMENT PRIORITY TRANSIT LANES ON DUFFERIN STREET Libby Znaimer is joined by Brynne and Marlon, both residents living on Dufferin Street. The City is considering implementing dedicated transit lanes on a large stretch of Dufferin Street--and on Bathurst street as we reported on extensively in recent weeks. Today, we hear from residents who live right on Dufferin about why such a project worries them

RECOVERING POLITICIANS: PM MARK CARNEY MEETS WITH CANADA'S PREMIERS Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, former NDP MPP and Janet Ecker, a former Ontario PC MPP and Finance Minister. Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Canada's Premiers this week. Did anything substantial come out of that? And, we get reaction to a new OECD report about Canada's economy. NATIONAL CITIZENS COALITION WANTS BUSINESSES TO HIRE CANADIAN Libby Znaimer is joined by Peter Coleman, President and CEO of National Citizens Coalition. The NCC is making the case that businesses should be hiring Canadians rather than relying on Canada's temporary foreign workers program. Peter explains why. TIPPING CULTURE: IS IT GETTING WORSE FOR CONSUMERS? Libby Znaimer is joined by Ellen Roseman, a consumer advocate and journalist, and Barry Choi, a personal finance expert. We revisit the conversation around tipping for the things we buy and the se

ZOOMER SQUAD: THE LATEST REGARDING CANADA POST   Libby Znaimer is joined by Liz West, Host of The Afternoon Express on Zoomer Radio, David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies and Bob Richardson, a Public Affairs Consultant. Our panel reacts to the latest regarding Canada Post and we revisit a report from Royal LePage that highlights the extent to which Canadians nearing retirement are still having to pay off their mortgages. WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR HUDSON'S BAY  Libby Znaimer is joined by Bernadette Morra, a fashion editor and writer and Clarice Michelon, a former employee of Hudson's Bay. Hudson's Bay had its final day over the weekend. So, why did it fail and what does the future hold for this iconic department store? CALLS FOR TDSB NOT TO RENAME THREE SCHOOLS AND ERASE HISTORY  Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Christopher Dummitt, a professor of Canadian history and a contributor to the Canadian Institute for Historical Education. What's the latest regarding the TDSB's efforts to rename

Today on Free For All Friday: listeners weighed in on the news that the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald is being unboxed at Queen's Park in the near future, an Alzheimer's blood test and much more.

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: TORONTO MAKING A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TOWARDS FESTIVAL SECURITY Tasha Kheiriddin is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Taylor Scollon, Co-Founder of The Peak, Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East) and Karen Stintz, a Conservative Party of Canada Candidate for Eglinton-Lawrence and a former Toronto City Councillor. In the news: Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is in Ottawa this week to talk about the city's priorities with the new federal government and Toronto is making a financial commitment towards beefing up security at festivals, but is that good enough? ARE YOU BEHIND ON YOUR CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS? Tasha Kheiriddin is joined by Lesley-Anne Scorgie, Founder of MeVest, a leading edge financial education company specializing in money coaching for Canadians. A new report from Equifax Canada highlights the extent to which Canadians are behind on their credit card payments. How can you plan accordingly? FORD GOV'T WANTS TO GIVE MORE POWER TO EDUCA