Fight Back with Libby Znaimer

ZOOMER SQUAD: ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASH HAS LEFT PEDESTRIANS INJURED & SCAMS TARGETING SENIORS Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, President of CARP; Liz West, Host of the Afternoon Express; and David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies. A car crash has left three pedestrians with injuries as well as the driver...a man in his 70s..who has been charged with impaired driving. The incident oc...

Today on Free For All Friday: listeners react to the assassination of Charlie Kirk and political violence in the U.S., as well as the Ford government's position on speed cameras.

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: THE WAVE OF VIOLENCE IN TORONTO & PREMIER FORD'S POSITION ON SPEED CAMERAS Libby Znaimer is joined by Toronto City Councillor James Pasternak for Ward 6 York Centre and former Toronto City Councillors Karen Stintz and Rob Davis. The Ford government has weighed in on the issue of speed cameras. The Premier is promising to get rid of them if cities don't do it first. Just this pa...

THE MEDICAL RECORD:  IT'S SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY & DANGEROUS FALLS AMONG OLDER ADULTS Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer; Dr. Fahad Razak, general internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto; and Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family docto...

RECOVERING POLITICIANS: $15 DOLLAR MILKSHAKE, A $145 APPLE WATCH AND OTHER EXPENSES MADE BY SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES  Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier; Cheri DiNovo, a former NDP MPP; and Lisa Raitt, a former Deputy Leader of Conservative Party of Canada. We discuss the latest in how Ontario Education Minister Paul...

ZOOMER SQUAD: REFLECTING ON CANADIAN ICON KEN DRYDEN'S LEGACY   Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, President of CARP, Bob Richardson, a Public Affairs Consultant and David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies. Today: we remember the iconic Ken Dryden and reflect on his remarkable legacy both on the ice and in political life. Dryden passed away a few days ago. He was 78. Meanwhile, our...

Today on Free For All Friday: listeners weighed in on the recent concerning trend of violent home invasions in the GTA, the issue of repeat offenders and some callers even said that they want to see changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act.  

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: THE HONDA INDY MOVES TO MARKHAM & JOHN TORY'S SON WANTS TO GET INTO POLITICS Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Toronto City Councillors Jon Burnside, Ward 16 (Don Valley East), James Pasternak, Ward 6 York Centre and former Toronto City Councillor Rob Davis. The roaring sounds of the Honda Indy will no longer grace the Lakeshore Toronto area...t...

THE MEDICAL RECORD: NEW HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE TREATMENT & THE TREND OF CAFFEINE POUCHES  Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family doctor practicing in Toronto; Dr. Eyal Golan, an intensive care doctor in the GTA; and Dr. Aaron Schimmer, the Director of Research at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre as well as a staff physician and a senior scient...

Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Richard Robertson, Director of Research and Advocacy at B'nai Brith Canada.  We get reaction to last week's horrific attack in Ottawa where a Jewish woman was stabbed while shopping at a grocery store. The case has been classified by police as a hate motivated crime and the suspect, Joe Rooke, is currently in custody. How did we ge...

RECOVERING POLITICIANS: CHRIS MOISE PROMOTES HIMSELF ON SIDEWALKS IN STICKER CAMPAIGN Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier; Cheri DiNovo, a former NDP MPP; and Lisa Raitt, former Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Toronto City Councillor Chris Moise has caused...

THE ZOOMER SQUAD: CARP SUBMITS FEDERAL BUDGET PRIORITIES Jeremy Logan is filling in Libby Znaimer, and is joined by Anthony Quinn, President of CARP; Bob Richardson, a public affairs consultant; and David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies. CARP has submitted its priorities ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney's federal budget and is calling for Old Age Security to not be affected by cuts. M...

Today on Free For All Friday: listeners reacted to a policy that Southwest Airlines is planning to implement that would require plus-size customers to purchase two seat tickets on flights. What say you about this idea? 

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: REACTION TO ONTARIO EDUCATION MINISTER FLOATING IDEA OF GETTING RID OF SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES Libby Znaimer is joined by Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East) and former Toronto City Councillors Karen Stintz and Rob Davis. Premier Doug Ford wants federal and municipal workers to go back to the office full-time, and he weighs in on the school boards after hi...

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: REACTION TO ONTARIO EDUCATION MINISTER FLOATING IDEA OF GETTING RID OF SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES  Libby Znaimer is joined by Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East) and former Toronto City Councillors Karen Stintz and Rob Davis. Premier Doug Ford wants federal and municipal workers to go back to the office full-time and he weighs in on the school boards after hi...

MEDICAL RECORD: LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE & FORD GOVERNMENT GOES AFTER SCIENTIFIC TESTING OF DOGS Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer; Dr. Fahad Razak, general internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto; and Dr. Alisa Naiman, a famil...

RECOVERING POLITICIANS:  MORE REACTION TO PM CARNEY'S VISIT TO EUROPE Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier; Cheri DiNovo, a former NDP MPP; and Lisa Raitt, a former Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Does Canada still matter on the world stage? Our panel reacts to Prime Minister Mark Carney's trip to...

ZOOMER SQUAD: A TAX ON SPARE BEDROOMS OF SENIORS TO SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS?! Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, President of CARP; Liz West, Host of the Afternoon Express; and David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies. Australia is proposing the concept of taxing spare bedrooms in the homes of older people as part of a strategy to deal with the housing crisis? And, as you might expe...

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: TORONTO GRAPPLES WITH SENSELESS VIOLENCE  Libby Znaimer is joined by Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East) and former Toronto City Councillors Karen Stintz and Rob Davis.  Our panel reacts to the senseless violence in our city as of late including an 8-year-old boy who was shot dead by a stray bullet while he was in his bed in his North York home. And, Kar...

THE MEDICAL RECORD: ANOTHER AREA IN WHICH OZEMPIC IS HELPING DIABETIC PATIENTS: THE KIDNEYS Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family doctor practicing in Toronto, Dr. Jamie Spiegelman, an Internal Medicine and Critical Care Physician at Humber River Hospital and Dr. Keith Stewart, Vice President, Cancer and Director of the Princess Margaret Cancer Program at the University Health Netw...

RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL:  PIERRE POILEIVRE IS BACK IN PARLIAMENT AFTER WINNING FEDERAL BYELECTION IN CALGARY Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre Health minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, a former NDP MPP and Janet Ecker, a former Ontario PC MPP and finance minister. He's back: Pierre Poilievre returns to Parliament as a Conservative MP a...

ZOOMER SQUAD: SENIORS HOUSING IS HOT & SHOULD OAS BE REFORMED? Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, President of CARP, Liz West, Host of the Afternoon Express, and David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies. Today: Our panel discusses the Calgary federal byelection that Pierre Poilievre is running in. But even if he returns to Parliament, he'll have to face the reality of Zoomers who mov...

Today on Free For All Friday: listeners weighed in on TIFF's controversial decision to cancel a screening of a documentary about October 7th and then how it walked back that decision only after plenty of public backlash, and the reality that motorized vehicles have been taking over bike lanes in Toronto. 

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: WHAT ARE MOTORIZED VEHICLES DOING IN BIKE LANES? Libby Znaimer is joined by Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East) and former Toronto City Councillors Karen Stintz and Rob Davis. Libby talks about seeing motorized vehicles taking over bike lanes in Toronto, the City of Mississauga going after "nuisance gatherings" at Ridgeway Plaza and other municipal news...

THE MEDICAL RECORD: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS SPREADING IN CHINA Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer; Dr. Fahad Razak, general internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto; and Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family doctor prac...