The Mayor's Race & Surgery Backlogs in Canada
Libby Znaimer is joined by David Crombie, former Mayor of Toronto, Karen Stintz, CEO of Variety Village and Toronto City Councillor Paula Fletcher for Toronto Danforth.\n\nToday: We look at the latest on the Toronto mayoral race. This week, Councillor Josh Matlow, former Toronto Sun columnist and a current VP at True North Anthony Furey, as well as former police chief Mark Saunders have all announced that they are officially running. Last week we learned that former Toronto Deputy Mayor Ana Bail\xe3o is running too. Could this be the most exciting mayoral race in recent memory?\n----\nJOSH MATLOW IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR\n\nLibby Znaimer is now joined by Josh Matlow, Toronto City Councillor for Ward 12 Toronto-St. Paul's and is now officially running to be mayor.\n\nThe veteran city councillor has thrown his hat in the race this week. He explains his vision for an improved City.\n----\nSURGERY WAIT TIMES INCREASE AS CANADA TRIES TO REDUCE SURGERY BACKLOG\n\nLibby Znaimer is now joined by Tracy Johnson, Director of\xa0 Health System Analytics at CIHI (Canadian Institute for Health Information).\n\nThe surgery backlog is concerning, and the data put out by CIHI justifies that concern. According to their report, there were\xa0 937,000 less surgeries performed in Canada since March 2020. Cataract surgeries and joint replacements made up 24 per cent of that reduction. Only about 50 per cent of patients needing a knee replacement had their surgeries within 6 months versus 70 per cent before the pandemic. So, why do wait times persist and even get worse as our healthcare system works to tackle the backlog?\n\nListen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!