A Closer Look At What Is Happening to Canadian Charities
Marissa Lennox is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Dr. Alisa Naiman, family physician and the founder and medical director of The Medical Station in Toronto, and Dr. Malcolm Moore, a medical oncologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Dr. Amol Verma, a staff physician in General Internal Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.\n\nToday: Canadian pharmacists are concerned about a lack of data for prescription management especially in the aftermath of thousands of doses of the obesity drug Ozempic being mailed out to customers in the U.S.\n----\nONTARIANS ARE ABOUT TO GET CHEAPER ELECTRICITY\n\nMarissa Lennox is now joined by Peter Tabuns, NDP MPP for Toronto-Danforth and energy critic and Paul Acchione, Senior management consultant with over 48 years of engineering and management experience in the nuclear and fossil power generation industry.\n\nResidents in Ontario are about to pay a reduced electricity rate. But, there's a catch. Our guests explain.\n----\nTHE 2023 GIVING REPORT: CHARITIES GRAPPLING WITH STAFF BURNOUT\xa0\n\nMarissa Lennox is now joined by Duke Chang, President and CEO of CanadaHelps.\n\nClose to 3,000 Canadian charities were surveyed and the results are concerning. As many as a third of them have faced a substantial drop in revenue and half can't meet the demand for their services. In addition to concerns about the high rate of inflation, staff burnout has been a major concern as well. Duke shares more details of the survey and the challenges our charity sector is facing on a day to day basis.\nListen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!