Cabinet Shuffle, Age Limits for Public Office, and Metro Grocery Strike

Published: July 31, 2023, 5:54 p.m.

THE ZOOMER SQUAD: CABINET SHUFFLE AND AGE LIMITS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE\n\nJane Brown is joined by Peter Muggeridge, Senior Editor of Zoomer Magazine; Bill VanGorder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Policy Officer of CARP; and John Wright, Executive Vice President, Maru Public Opinion.\n\nTogether, Jane and the Squad dive into such topics as the federal cabinet shuffle including Seamus O\u2019Regan taking over the seniors\u2019 portfolio; Ontario\u2019s recent byelection results; and the tricky question of whether age limits for senators should be on the table.\n\nMETRO GROCERY STRIKE\n\nAs the strike by Metro grocery workers continues, experts say the job action is part of a larger trend of lower-wage earners pushing back against employers for better pay in industries that have seen huge gains in profits in recent years.\n\nJane Brown is joined by David Macdonald, Senior Economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives; and Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director of Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, to discuss this issue.