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  • Free For All Friday - April 10 2026

    Free For All Friday - April 10 2026
    Apr 10 2026
    Today on Free For All Friday: Guest host Dean Hollin, guests and listeners weighed on the latest floor Crossing of a Conservative MP to the Carney Liberals. Dean was joined by Diane Francis, an author, commentator and Editor-at-Large for The National Post as well as Janet Ecker, a former Ontario PC Finance Minister.
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  • Another Conservative MP Crosses the Floor, Will this Backfire for the Liberals?

    Another Conservative MP Crosses the Floor, Will this Backfire for the Liberals?
    Apr 9 2026
    TUNE INTO THE TOWN: NEIGHBOURHOODS HIRING PRIVATE SECURITY & LONGEVITY IN POLITICS Libby Znaimer is joined by Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East), Mike Colle, a Toronto City Councillor for Ward 8 Eglinton-Lawrence and Deputy Mayor of North York as well as Lorne Bozinoff, Founder and President of Forum Research. Let's talk longevity in politics as 88-year-old Milton Mayor Gord Krantz seeks re-election. Meanwhile, neighbourhoods in Toronto are turning to private security firms amid a surge in crime. Also, Toronto Police have arrested Mohamed Mahdi in connection to the shooting of a Jewish-owned restaurant on Avenue Road. ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE CROSSES THE FLOOR: WILL THIS BACKFIRE FOR LIBERALS? Libby Znaimer is joined by Will Stewart, a Conservative Strategist and Senior Vice President with Enterprise Canada and Bob Richardson, a public affairs consultant. Another Conservative MP, Marilyn Gladu, has crossed the floor. Will this one backfire for the Carney Liberals? AIRFARE FOR CANADIAN TRAVELLERS SET TO GO UP + AIR CANADA’S NEW PILOT PROJECT Libby Znaimer is joined by John Gradek, a Faculty Lecturer in the Aviation Management Program at McGill University and a former Air Canada executive and Patrick Sojka, Founder of Rewards Canada. Air Canada has launched a pilot program pertaining to customer disputes and airfare for Canadian travelers is set to increase: here's what you need to know about it all.
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  • The US-Iran Ceasefire and Another Conservative Floor Crossing

    The US-Iran Ceasefire and Another Conservative Floor Crossing
    Apr 8 2026
    THE MEDICAL RECORD: A MAJOR SPIKE IN ER VISITS AT A TORONTO HOSPITAL Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer; Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family doctor practicing in Toronto; and Dr. Jamie Spiegelman, internal medicine and critical care physician at Humber River Hospital. We discuss a major spike in ER visits at a Toronto hospital, a pill to treat baldness and other healthcare news this week. THE US-IRAN CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT & PRESIDENT TRUMP’S WAR OF WORDS Libby Znaimer is joined by Christian Leuprecht, Professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute. After President Donald Trump's war of words with Iran, the US has struck a two week ceasefire agreement with Iran. Where does this leave the conflict and what are the implications for Israel? ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE CROSSES THE FLOOR AND POILIEVRE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR QUITS Libby Znaimer is joined by John Milloy, former Ontario Liberal MPP who served as a cabinet minister under the Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne governments. One must wonder what Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is thinking right now as yet another Conservative MP has crossed the floor to the Carney Liberals. Oh, and his communications director just quit. Where does that leave things for the Conservatives? HERE’S HOW MUCH COST OF GAS AT THE PUMP COULD DROP BY THIS FRIDAY Canadians for Affordable Energy President Dan McTeague joins Libby Znaimer to detail the price drop that Canadians could see at the gas pumps this Friday.
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  • Pierre Poilievre's Branding Strategy and Toronto to Use AI at Certain Traffic Lights

    Pierre Poilievre's Branding Strategy and Toronto to Use AI at Certain Traffic Lights
    Apr 7 2026
    RECOVERING POLITICIANS: UPCOMING FEDERAL BYELECTIONS, PIERRE POILIEVRE’S NEW AD CAMPAIGN AND THE BIZARRE NDP CONVENTION THAT WAS Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Ontario Liberal Deputy Premier and Health Minister, Cheri DiNovo, a former NDP MPP and John Mykytyshyn, a Conservative Strategist and President of Bradgate Research Group. Our panel reacts to President Donald Trump's escalating war of words with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, the upcoming federal byelections, and the Federal Conservatives new ad campaign. TORONTO IS SET TO IMPLEMENT ADVANCED AI FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT CERTAIN INTERSECTIONS IN CITY Libby Znaimer is joined by Sean Shapiro, a former police officer with Toronto Police Traffic Services who achieved TikTok fame, and who is now a traffic safety advocate. Toronto is set to implement AI for traffic lights at certain intersections in the City. Here's what you need to know about that. TORONTO’S FOOD TRUCK RULES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Libby Znaimer is joined by Rob Davis, a former Toronto City Councillor. Rob reacts to the proposed rule changes around food trucks here in Toronto and whether we can expect to see an actual improvement.
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  • A Canadian in Space and John Bolton Talks Iran

    A Canadian in Space and John Bolton Talks Iran
    Apr 6 2026
    ZOOMER SQUAD: AIRFARE IS SET TO INCREASE + ER VISITS SPIKE AT A TORONTO HOSPITAL Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, President of CARP, David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies and Bob Richardson, a public affairs consultant. We look ahead to the federal byelections. Meanwhile, airfare is set to increase for Canadians, and Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto is experiencing a big spike in ER visits. THE SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSION OF DOWNED AMERICAN PILOTS IN IRAN AND TRUMP'S EXPLETIVE THREAT OVER STRAIT OF HORMUZ Libby Znaimer is joined by John Bolton who is a former US Ambassador to the UN and who served as National Security Advisor for President Donald Trump during his first term in office. A lot of events have been unfolding in the war in Iran since we last discussed it including the daring search and rescue mission of American pilots after their F-16 Strike jet was shot down over Iran's territory and US President Trump's expletive threat to Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTEMIS II MISSION FROM A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE Libby Znaimer is joined by Jim Head, Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences at Brown University who worked in NASA's Apollo Program. We discuss the Artemis mission in space which includes a Canadian astronaut, and why it all matters from a scientific perspective.
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  • Free For All Friday - April 03 2026

    Free For All Friday - April 03 2026
    Apr 3 2026
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  • Rising Gas Prices in the GTA

    Rising Gas Prices in the GTA
    Apr 2 2026
    TUNE INTO THE TOWN: RISING GAS PRICES IN THE GTA & POILIEVRE'S CALL FOR TEMPORARY GAS TAX RELIEF AND POTHOLE MAINTENANCE IN THE CITY. Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Mike Colle, City Councillor for Ward 8 (Eglinton-Lawrence) and Deputy Mayor for North York; Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East); and former Toronto City Councillor Karen Stintz. CELEBRATING EASTER: LEARNING ABOUT THE TRADITIONS OF THE HOLIDAY Jane Brown is joined by The Right Rev. Dr. Kimberley Heath, Moderator of the United Church of Canada, to discuss Good Friday and Easter Sunday traditions, and an Angus Reid survey on the changing face of faith in Canada versus the U.S. ONTARIO'S SUNSHINE LIST OF TOP-PAID PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES Jane Brown is joined by Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director, Canadian Taxpayers Federation, to discuss the recently-released Ontario Sunshine List of the province's top-paid public-sector employees, as well as a pay raise for federal MPs.
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  • Medical Record Reacts to Ontario Budget and New COVID-19 Strain

    Medical Record Reacts to Ontario Budget and New COVID-19 Strain
    Apr 1 2026
    THE MEDICAL RECORD: REACTION TO THE ONTARIO’S BUDGET & NEW COVID-19 STRAIN CIRCULATING Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer; Dr. Fahad Razak, Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto; and Dr. Barry Pakes, Professor at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health and former Medical Officer of Health for York Region. Our Medical Record panel reacts to what the Ontario budget is offering with regards to hospital funding, and a new COVID-19 strain is circulating. Here's what you need to know about it. CELEBRATING PASSOVER: LEARNING ABOUT THE TRADITIONS OF THE HOLIDAY Jane Brown is joined by Rabbi Samuel Kaye, Associate Rabbi at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto. Rabbi Kaye walks us through the meaning of the Passover holiday and the traditions around it. THE PUSH TO SAVE THE OLD ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE Jane Brown is joined by Josh Matlow, Toronto Councillor, Ward 12 Toronto-St. Paul’s and Floyd Ruskin, Co-Chair of Save Ontario Science Centre. We take a look at the effort to save the old Ontario Science Centre.
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