The Deb Hutton Show

  What does the head of a major food bank think about this plan? How do you navigate different politics in relationships?   GUESTS: Shachi Kurl - President of the Angus Reid Institute Gilles Ghershon - President and CEO of the Toronto Region Board of Trade Neil Heatherington - CEO of Daily Bread Food Bank  

  Deb talks with one of the federal ministers about today’s major announcement. Avi Lewis begins NDP leadership amid pushback from some party branches.   GUESTS: Gregor Robertson - Federal Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Erin Morrison - Vice President of Texture Communications  

  How do we keep kids from developing social media addictions? The Blue Jays kick off their Home Opener tonight.   GUESTS: Dr. Nina Mafrici - Clinical Psychologist and Co-Director of the Toronto Psychology & Wellness Group Jerry Agar – host of The Jerry Agar Show Richard Crouse - co-host of the podcast Entertainment is Broken

Deb talks with their president. What’s happening with the International Languages school program?   GUESTS: Martha Hradowy - President of OSSTF Markus De Domenico - Former TCDSB Chair, now Ward 2 Trustee

Deb talks to a doctor about what he’s seeing. Have you had terrible wedding anniversaries?   GUEST: Dr. Mark Greenberg - Consulting Staff, Department of Psychiatry - working in Addiction Medicine at Sunnybrook    

Why you might have to pay after being rescued. Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial  

Economist  Charles Lammam , contributor at  The Hub , joins  The Deb Hutton Show  to argue Ontario needs bold tax cuts and reform to stay competitive as economic pressure from the United States grows. Deb then opens the phones on whether graduation ceremonies should stay strictly apolitical—or if students have the right to speak their minds. The hour wraps with columnist...

Ontario Finance Minister  Peter Bethlenfalvy  joins  The Deb Hutton Show  to explain the province’s temporary HST rebate on new homes and whether cutting the tax will truly make housing more affordable or simply drive prices higher. Deb also hears from callers and  Mike Moffatt , economist and head of the  Missing Middle Initiative , on whether the plan will del...

What does the turnout look like? The dream of home ownership in Canada isn’t dead, but maybe it should be.   GUEST: Siobhan Morris - CTV Toronto Queen’s Park Reporter

Is Ford focusing too much on Toronto? Do you want an “ICE Canada”?   GUEST: Mark Mendelson - Newstalk 1010 Crime expert and former homicide detective  

Deb weighs in. Ontario legislature is back.   GUESTS: Stephen McNeil - former Premier of Nova Scotia Siobhan Morris - CTV Toronto Queen’s Park Bureau reporter

Deb talks to the person in the viral video Ontario will make Billy Bishop Airport 'special economic zone'   GUESTS: Daniel Tate - executive director of IntegrityTO John Tory - former mayor of Toronto  

  Deb weighs in. How to talk about difficult news stories with your kids   GUESTS: Alexis Dawson - trustee for Ward 9 Davenport Dr. Michele Foster - psychologist and co-founder of the Toronto Psychology and Wellness Group Phil Gurski - former senior strategic analyst at CSIS, and President/CEO of Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting  

Do you support this move? Olivia Chow says she doesn’t want ICE at the World Cup   GUESTS: Stan Cho - Ontario Minister Tourism, Culture, and Gaming Richard Crouse - host of the podcast Entertainment is Broken  

  Should some businesses not be impacted by algorithmic factors? John Moore had quite the experience on the TTC.  

Is this smart political strategy? What should the ultimate fate be of 24 Sussex?   GUEST: Beatrice Vaisman – CP24 reporter

What can police do about this? Mark Carney is travelling more than other Prime Ministers GUESTS: Rochelle Direnfeld - Senior Criminal Counsel with the Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism Edward Ngai - contributor to The Hub

Is this giving vandals a free pass? Why did police knock on a woman’s door over a social media post? GUESTS: Donna Skelly - House Speaker at Queen’s Park Brian Lilley - Toronto Sun columnist Dr. Eyal Cohen - Program Head of Child Health Evaluative Sciences at SickKids

We break them all down. Should everyone get to use HOV lanes? GUESTS: Ian Scott - former Director of the province's Special Investigations Unit Siobhan Morris - CTV Toronto Queen’s Park Bureau Reporter Lyndsay Morrison - CTV Weather Specialist

Deb has continuing coverage all afternoon as reaction comes in. We take your calls on the report.   GUEST: Chris Lewis - CTV Public Safety Analyst and former commissioner of the OPP

Communities react to the decision. Inside today's inflation data.  GUESTS: Bill Sinclair - the President and CEO of the Neighbourhood Group Community ServicesAndrew DiCapua - Principal Economist, Canadian Chamber of CommerceDave Trafford  -  Chief Executive Producer at Story Studio Network and the Host of On the Ledge your Ontario politics podcast

A look at the ongoing debate. Do we want 'virtual gated communities'? GUESTS: Dan Delmar - Managing partner at the comms firm TNKR Media and contributor to CJAD 800 Montreal Jerry Agar - host of The Jerry Agar Show 

Deb gets live reaction. What are weird habits your pet has? GUESTS: Heather Exner Pirot - director of energy, natural resources and environment with the Macdonald-Laurier InstituteRichard Crouse - host of the podcast Entertainment is Broken 

What does this mean for transparency? Have you gone to your elected official about an issue and gotten results? GUESTS: Stephen Crawford - Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and ProcurementAnthony Perruzza - Councillor for Humber River-Black Creek

Deb looks at new data Do kids still get grounded anymore? GUEST: Nik Nanos - Nanos Research founder and chief data scientist