Murray Wood: They Fly You Buy
Murray Wood breaks down how much Saskatchewan taxpayers are putting up to subsidize flights to the U.S.
WITH GUEST HOST TAMARA CHERRY
8:30 – Crime and public safety continue to be top concerns for many Canadians, with debates over bail reform, repeat offenders and community safety dominating political discussions. Arpan Khanna, Conservative MP and Justice critic, took this discussion to a town hall in Regina. He joins guest host Tamara Cherry now to share what concerns they heard from residents and what his party says needs to change.
Listener Question: Do you feel safe in your community? Why or why not?
9:00 – From global conflicts impacting gas prices to some people turning to “buy now, pay later” programs just to put food on the table, many Canadians continue to feel the pinch at the grocery store. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, food distribution and policy professor at Dalhousie University Agri-Food Analytics Lab and visiting scholar in food distribution and policy at McGill University, joins Tamara to help make sense of the latest trends shaping Canadians’ grocery bills.
LQ: Are high costs changing how you shop at the grocery store?
9:30 – Open phones – Tamara goes to the phones to chat with listeners about what’s on their minds today. Call 1-877-332-8255.
10:00 – George Takach, author of Inspired by Taiwan and Cold War 2.0, joins Tamara to discuss China’s recent ballistic missile test launch, including what it means in the context of Canada’s sub deal and NATO’s push for five per cent defence spending by 2035.
10:30 – Last week on the show we talked about the decline in long-term care beds despite the province’s rapidly growing senior population. It generated a lot of listener interaction, including a call from the next guest. After struggling to find care for her own mother and raising a son with significant disabilities, Joanne Brooks, founder & lead care specialist at Bee Home Companion Care, turned her lived experience into a business dedicated to helping vulnerable people remain independent in their own homes. She joins Tamara for this discussion.
LQ: What gaps do you see in this province when it comes to elder care?
11:00 – Tech journalist Carmi Levy joins Tamara to talk through all the big tech stories of the day.
11:30 – Researchers at Toronto’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have launched a major study to see if a simple blood test can detect microscopic traces of cancer left behind after treatment. If successful, it could allow doctors to identify a cancer recurrence long before it appears on a scan. To talk about this potential breakthrough, Tamara is joined by Dr. Lillian Siu, medical oncologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and Scientific Lead of the Peter Gilgan Centre for Early Cancer Detection Research.
12:00 – Tamara revisits his conversation with Arpan Khanna, Conservative MP and Justice critic.
