How well is City Council doing at lowering the impending tax hike? Are we prepared for the next pandemic if/when it comes? & The book about financial literacy that's for everyone
b"Hamilton City Council is continuing budget talks in an effort to lower the tax hike. How have these talks been going?\\nGuest: John Best, Publisher, The Bay Observer\\n-\\nAs the world leaders plan and prepare how to respond to a worldwide pandemic akin to COVID-19, there is a lot of talk as if another one on that scale is coming rather than might. Are pandemics more common than we realize? How prepared are we to act if/when it the next one comes?\\nGuest: Dr. Dawn Bowdish, Executive Director of the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health and a Professor in the Department of Medicine with McMaster University\\n-\\nFinancial literacy is something that's sorely lacking in our world and though the government is set to introduce kids to it as a subject in school, that doesn't mean it's something only kids can learn. Luckily enough, a book has been written to help us all on this exact topic and it's author is someone you might know.\\nGuest: Karen Cummings, Former CHCH Reporter and Author, \\u201cThe\\xa0Wealthy Martian: An Out-of-this-World Guide to\\xa0Financial Literacy for Parents, Teens and Other Earthlings\\u201d"