Hour 1: • Jim Cormier, Retail Council of Canada • Don Bureaux, NSCC • Steven Staples, Canadian Health Coalition • Krysta Hanakowski, Canadian Blood Services Hour 2: • It's the Open Hour. Todd takes your calls! Hour 3: • Jake Fuss, The Fraser Institute • Wayne MacKay, Dalhousie University • Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Dalhousie University • Author Janice Landry
In Hour 1, Jim Cormier, Atlantic director of the Retail Council of Canada, explains why the U.S.-China tariff pause could signal good news for Canadians. NSCC President Don Bureaux discusses the fallout of Bill 12- An Act Respecting Advanced Education and Research, and what it means for colleges and universities across the province. Steven Staples, National Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Canadian Health Coalition, says the new federal health minister will have work cut out for them. Krysta Hanakowski, Community Development Manager at Canadian Blood Services, shares how the Canadian Blood Services set its most ambitious recruitment goal ever: one million new donors. In Hour 2, Todd takes your call for the Open Hour. In Hour 3, Jake Fuss, Director of Fiscal Studies at the Fraser Institute, shares how the federal government should reform capital gains taxes to spur economic growth. Wayne MacKay, law professor emeritus at Dalhousie University, gives an update on the trial of the former members of Canada's 2018 World Juniors hockey team. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, shares how Loblaw is warning customers of a tariff-hit product surge. Author Janice Landry joins Todd to share her new book, Every Little Thing: How Small Acts of Kindness Make a Big Impact.