Municipalities Asking for Provincial Help with Homeless Encampments

Published: Aug. 14, 2024, 6:49 p.m.

THE MEDICAL RECORD: UPTICK IN MPOX CASES, HEALTHCARE WORKER BURNOUT & CANCER PROJECTIONS FOR MEN\n\nLibby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and a former head of the BC Cancer Agency; Dr. Fahad Razak, a Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto and General Internist at Unity Health Toronto; and Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family doctor practicing comprehensive primary care in Toronto, to discuss the medical news of the day.\n\n\n\n\nAMO SURVEY ON HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS\n\nThe Association of Municipalities of Ontario is asking the province for guidance on how to handle the growing number of homeless encampments in the province.\n\nLibby Znaimer is joined by Andrea Horwath, Mayor of Hamilton; and Cam Guthrie, Mayor of Guelph to discuss this issue.\n\n\n\n\nCANADA'S POLICE CHIEFS CALL FOR HELP AMID A RISE IN PROTESTS\n\nThe frequency of protests linked to both domestic and global issues is creating an "unsustainable demand" on policing services across the country, and they are asking governments of all levels to provide the "moral and financial support" necessary to meet the demand for service.\n\nCanadian public affairs commentator, consultant, lawyer, policy analyst and writer\xa0Tasha Kheiriddin joins Libby Znaimer to drill down on this matter.\n\n\n\n\nIS CANADA'S FOREIGN WORKER PROGRAM A 'BREEDING GROUND' FOR MODERN SLAVERY?\n\nA recently released report by a United Nations special rapporteur says Canada\u2019s temporary foreign worker program is a \u201cbreeding ground\u201d for contemporary slavery.\n\nLibby Znaimer is joined by Guidy Mamann, Toronto immigration lawyer and Partner at Mamann & Sandaluk LLP Immigration Lawyers to discuss this issue.