Federal MPs in Ottawa Get A Big Raise Today
THE ZOOMER SQUAD: THE CARBON TAX GOES UP TODAY\n\nLibby Znaimer is joined by Rudy Buttignol,\xa0 President of CARP and Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP, and John Wright, Executive Vice President of Maru Public Opinion.\n\nToday: our Zoomer Squad reacts to the Ford government's plan to put $2 billion into homecare as per their latest budget. And, the federal carbon tax goes up today. How will that impact the pocket books of Canadians?\n\n\n\n\nWHO MADE THE SUNSHINE LIST + HIGHLY PAID CANADIAN MPS\n\nLibby Znaimer is now joined by Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.\n\nFranco weighs in on the latest Sunshine List out of Ontario--which now includes more than 300,000 people! Franco also reacts to the news that starting today, PM Trudeau is giving federal MPs a big raise making them the second highest paid elected officials behind their U.S. counterparts.\n\nSOLAR ECLIPSE STATE OF EMERGENCY\n\nLibby Znaimer is now joined by\xa0Jim Diodati, Mayor of Niagara Falls in Ontario,\xa0and Natalie Preddie, Travel Expert and Travel Freelance Writer.\n\nThe Niagara Region local authorities have declared a state of emergency over the expectation that as many as a million viewers will descend upon the Niagara Falls to watch the Solar Eclipse on April 8. But, really...is that necessary?