The Jerry Agar Show

Almost the entirety of the Toronto Sun's editorial board have written columns today on the recent uptick in violence in Toronto but Mark Towhey, in for Jerry Agar, asks who is responsible?  Is it the Mayor?  The police?  The federal government?     

Mark Towhey and Christian Leuprecht, professor at the Royal Military College, break down why this visit to North America is essential to Ukraines war against invading Russia, how dangerous this trip is for Zelensky, and if there is more Canada should be doing to aid Ukraine.

York Regional police outline the results of Project Touchdown a joint-forces investigation involving Peel Regional Police, Durham Regional Police, Halton Regional Police, and Canada Border Services Agency and we finally get a good description of how these fob reading devices work that can lead to your car being stolen within 18 seconds.

Is there a general uptick in violence among teens?  Is it significant that these suspects are all young women?  Mark Towhey, in for Jerry Agar, is joined by an assistant professor in education and someone who is involved in a number of youth counseling initiatives to see if any answers can be uncovered.

What reasoning is the casino using to defend their position that they don't have to pay an ontario man his $4,133.50 jackpost?  PLUS: How long do you date someone before they’re are invited to meet the family at christmas?

  Yahoo news Chief Investigative Correspondent, Michael Isikoff joins us to tell us more about a secret phone call Lee Harvey Oswald, Kennedy’s accused assassin, made to the soviet embassy.  PLUS: Why is a man in Philadelphia repairing old payphones to be used for free?  Find out why when he joins the show   

 The leader of the official opposition join Mark Towhey, in for Jerry Agar, live for a year in review interview where we ask him if he thinks he can effectively transition from party attack dog to inspiring world leader.     

GUEST - Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada

CP24's Cristina Tenaglia joins Mark live from the scene of the Vaughan Condo shooting to learn the absolute latest and how local residents are reacting to the mass murder. 

 A survey of 4,163 found that people see their close friends less than they did 2018.  Is it because you edited and cut down your social circles or because you got accustomed to staying in more?  

 People who choose to inhale their substances now have a safe, indoor space to go but Mark Towhey, in for Jerry Agar, is the expansion of safe drug use programs really the answer when it comes to saving the lives of drug users?  

But isn't this a great way to encourage people to depend their travel money within our own province?  And, how are businesses in travel industry reacting?  Christopher Bloore, president and CEO of the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario joined to discuss  PLUS it's Friday so Touchdowns & Fumbles with Communications specialist Bob Reid! 

Branding specialist and host of Chatter that Matters Tony Chapman joined host Mark Towhey, in for Jerry Agar, joined us to talk about the amount of gas stations Shell canada seems to be buying up and what is likely to become in the future.  Car charging stations?  a lot of plugged in cars ripe for the stealing?

  Leamington Ontario is the location of the first 7-eleven convenience store that will have a dine-in restaurants that serves alcohol but there are still people who oppose the idea that 7-Eleven locations should be able to serve alcohol in house.    

Faith & mother Maria Papadopoulos. Faith is 12 and has a condition called Sickle Cell Disease Hunter Kemp joins us. Hunter is aged 15, and has a condition Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia 

Lisa Charendoff  - SickKids Foundation Staff Member. Lisa has been at SickKids Foundation for 16 years and has been deeply involved with Radiothon since arriving at SickKids.  Later we speak to Julie Middleton, mother of Sadie Middleton. Saide is 7 years old and has Leukemia

Mark Towhey, in for Jerry Agar, explains why you will see this plan, that bans the selling of tobacco to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009 will find it’s way to Canada sooner rather than later because politicians will not be able help themselves from using this as an attractive part of their platform.  

Minister of Labour, Monte McNaughton, announced today that Ontario businesses that self identify as "high risk” settings in which opioid overdoses could take place will be required to have a Naloxone kit on-site beginning June 1 but is that  affair requirement of business owners?  Or, is it in line with the health standards already imposed on Ontario businesses of various sizes

Columnist and municipal affairs watcher Matt Elliott theorizes that the big meeting on Mayor Tory’s ambitious housing plan at city council today is a trap.  How?  Why?  Elliott joins Mark Towhey, in for Jerry Agar, to explain.  Mark has a theory of his own…that the trap is actually for the Mayor set by city council!  

Mark's grocery shopping trick saves him money.  Also: CTV News Political Analyst Thomas Mulcair says you should prepare yourself for a federal election in 2023 -- are you ready???

After Mark Towhey watched the Harry & Meghan doc on netflix it occurs to him that you can make this argument. AND:  Exciting ‘scientific breakthrough’ in nuclear fusion?

Everywhere else in Canada has done this forever. Has no one in Ontario ever traveled outside the province? Later: Return-to-office order for federal public servants would be 'egregious violation' of workers' rights, says PSAC

Well, not all.  Condoms will be free at pharmacies in France for anyone 25-years and younger.  Does the move make sense?  Should other countries, like Canada, take up the idea?    

A former Afghan interpreter and ambulance driver the Canadian military is pleading to let his mom, brothers and sister, as well as their children, into the country.  He has a good argument though, the government previously said it would resettle at least 40,000 Afghan nationals but have only welcomed just over 26,000 at this point  

Mark Towhey, in for Jerry Agar, discusses the recent rash of violence in schools and is wondering about a recent article in The New York Times that explored the success of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in schools around the U.S.