Fight Back with Libby Znaimer Zoomer Podcast Network

Best of Fight Back Sunday May 12 Edition

The Medical Record panel weighed in on arbitration between Ontario's Health Ministry and the OMA regarding physician pay.

Then we speak to our American experts South of the border to give an update on Donald Trump's hush money trial involving porn star Stormy Daniels.

Then on Thursday, our Tune into the Town panel discussed just how much money it will cost the City of Toronto just to maintain its current infrastructure over ten years.

And then we get to our travel experts to discuss the current state of customer satisfaction with Canadian airlines including Air Canada.

Best of Fight Back Saturday May 11 Edition

The Zoomer Squad kicks the week off with discussion about news of Canada Post and the financial hurdles it faces as well as the important role that mail delivery serves for Canada's older demographic.

Then on the show, reaction to commissioner Marie Josee Hogue's report on foreign election interference in Canada.

On Tuesday, among the topics our Recovering Politicians Panel reacted to was the VERY expensive bill that a Toronto Councillor had during an overseas conference they attended.

And, our experts in Israel weighed in on the latest developments pertaining to the Israel-Hamas war.

Today on Free For All Friday: Listeners weighed in on the Toronto Maple Leafs firing head coach Sheldon Keefe, the primary care shortage in Ontario, the Loblaws boycott and more.
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TUNE INTO THE TOWN: THE COST OF MAINTAINING TORONTO

Jane Brown is joined by Alex Blumenstein, Co-Founder of The Peak, Karen Stintz, CEO of Variety Village and Councillor James Pasternak, Ward 6 York Centre.

The cost of keeping the City of Toronto in a state of good repair just keeps on increasing.  We learned this week from a city staff report that Toronto needs 26-billion dollars over ten years just to keep much of its infrastructure in the current condition.

HOW ARE CANADIANS FEELING ABOUT TRAVEL THESE DAYS? 

Jane Brown is now joined by Natalie Preddie, Travel Expert and Travel Freelance Writer, and Martin Firestone, President, Travel Secure Inc. followed by Barry Choi, a personal finance and travel expert.

Our guests detail their experiences of travelling lately and to our surprise, they've mostly had a positive experience! And what you need to know about loyalty reward programs that airlines offer.
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THE MEDICAL RECORD: NEW RESEARCH FINDINGS RELATED TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and a former head of the BC Cancer Agency, Dr. Alisa Naiman, Family Physician and Medical Director of The Medical Station in Toronto and Dr. Amol Verma, a staff physician in General Internal Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.

Today we discuss new research on Alzheimer’s disease and more healthcare news of the week

THE LATEST ON DONALD TRUMP'S HUSH MONEY TRIAL

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Brad Polumbo, a conservative commentator and editor-in-chief  & Co-Founder of BASEDPolitics and Larry Haas, a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and a former White House communications strategist.

This week: an update on former President Donald Trump's hush money trial involving porn star Stormy Daniels.

THE GRIEF ISRAELIS ARE FEELING IN THE AFTERMATH OF OCTOBER 7TH

Libby has reunited with her friend Sara who was a roommate from her days studying in Israel.

Sara and her husband were in Toronto last week for a conference. But they live in Israel. She describes what it has been like there since the October 7th massacre, and how Israelis have been reacting to the global rise of antisemitism including here in Canada.

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LEAD-RECOVERING POLITICIANS PANEL: A TORONTO COUNCILLOR SPENT $16,000 TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE

Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, a former Ontario Liberal Health minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo,  a former NDP MPP and Janet Ecker, a former Ontario PC MPP and finance minister.

On today's panel discussion: a Toronto City Councillor's very expensive trip abroad, Ottawa's affordable housing funding directly to municipalities in Ontario and the latest on Queen's Parks' policy towards wearing the kaffiyeh on its grounds.

THE LATEST ON THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Gershon Baskin, Middle East Director for the International Communities Organization, and Professor Dan Avnon Leon Blum Chair (emeritus) in Political Science at Department of Political Science at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Yesterday, urgent bulletins crossed the wire at the very end of this show saying that Hamas had accepted a ceasefire deal. It turned out it was not the deal that had been on the table and it included an end to the war - which Israel has said it would not accept.  However an Israeli delegation has joined the talks which are ongoing.

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