It is Budget Day in Ontario
THE ZOOMER SQUAD: A LOOK AHEAD TO THE PROVINCIAL BUDGET\n\nIt\u2019s budget day in Ontario.\n\nLibby Znaimer is joined by former Ontario NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo; former Ontario Liberal Cabinet Minister George Smitherman; and former Ontario PC MPP and finance minister Janet Ecker to discuss.\n\nONTARIO HOSPITALS AND LTC HOMES SPENT ALMOST ONE BILLION DOLLARS ON\xa0 AGENCY STAFF LAST YEAR\n\nAccording to a Ministry of Health document, Ontario hospitals and long-term care homes spent nearly $1 billion last year to fill shifts with nurses and personal support workers from private staffing agencies.\n\nLibby Znaimer is joined by Lisa Levin, Chief Executive Officer of AdvantAge Ontario; and Jane Meadus, staff lawyer and the Institutional Advocate at the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly to discuss this contentious issue.\n\nA NEW REPORT IDENTIFIES THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WITH THE MOST PESTICIDES\n\nA new report has identified the fruits and vegetables with the most pesticides.\n\nLibby Znaimer is joined\xa0Dr. Sylvain Charlebois,\xa0Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at\xa0Dalhousie University; and Nicole Boudreau, Biologist at the Organic Federation of Canada to discuss 2024\u2019s \u2018Dirty Dozen\u2019.