Should a Change Be Made to Our Citizenship Ceremony

Published: March 2, 2023, 6:05 p.m.

Libby Znaimer is joined by David Crombie, former Mayor of Toronto, Councillor Paula Fletcher, Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth and Councillor James Pasternak, Ward 6 York Centre.\n\nToday: The Toronto mayoral race is heating up--we've seen Councillor Brad Bradford, for example, set up a rather extensive advisory committee with members from a diverse range of sectors and political stripes including our very own panelist Karen Stintz. He has yet to officially declare that he's running. We've also had familiar names come up like former Councillor Rob Davis who appeared on Fight Back yesterday. The list is growing and we get our panelists' taked on who they see as winning candidates and what priorities need to be looked at to fix the City's problems.\n----\nCITIZEN CEREMONIES TO BE REPLACED BY MOUSE CLICK?\n\nLibby Znaimer is joined by Yaniv Or, Chief Technology Officer at ZoomerMedia Ltd, and Daniel Bernhard, CEO of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship.\n\nToday: Canadian citizens could soon have the option to make an oath on their own through a computer instead of taking part of a citizenship ceremony. Immigration officials justify this saying it would reduce wait times and backlogs. But critics think it's a bad idea. Our guests have the latest and Yaniv shares his own story of becoming a Canadian citizen.\n----\nPROVINCIAL SPENDING IN THE THIRD QUARTER\n\nLibby Znaimer is joined by Peter Weltman, Ontario's Financial Accountability Officer.\n\nThe Province\u2019s Financial Accountability office has released its report for this quarter and once again The Ford OC\u2019s are spending less than budgeted. This has the opposition crying fowl - what do the numbers mean for the rest of us?\n\nListen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!