Fight Back With Libby Znaimer

ZOOMER SQUAD: THE LATEST ON THE FEDERAL ELECTION RACE  Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of CARP, Liz West, Host of The Afternoon Express on Zoomer Radio and David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies. This morning, we look at the latest polling and what it says about the Conservatives versus the Liberals in this federal election race. And, what are Zoomers seeing as the key issues lately?  U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S GLOBAL TARIFFS STRATEGY: WHAT'S THE END GAME?  Libby Znaimer is joined by Inu Manuk, a fellow for trade policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and an expert in international political economy. What exactly is U.S. President Donald Trump thinking with his global tariffs strategy? And, will the state of the markets sway him to change his mind about it all? THE STATE OF THE MARKETS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Libby Znaimer is joined by Allan Small, Senior Investment Advisor of the Allan Small Financial Group with IA Private Wealth and Gordon Pape, Editor a

Today on Free For All Friday: listeners called in about their thoughts regarding both Mark Carney, leader of the federal Liberals and Pierre Poilievre, leader of the federal Conservatives, and also U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs. 

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: CONGESTION FROM GARDINER CONSTRUCTION & FLOODING IN TORONTO DUE TO STORM Libby Znaimer is joined by Taylor Scollon, Co-Founder of The Peak, Ana Bailao, a former Toronto City Councillor and Mayoral Candidate, and Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East). We take a closer look at the plan for Gardiner Expressway construction and we examine the aftermath of the ice storm that hit the GTA and caused road closures and flooding. Also: Toronto City Councillors voted in favour of a 25 percent salary increase. THE DAY AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S "LIBERATION DAY" Libby Znaimer is joined by Lana Payne, National President for UNIFOR followed by Jesus Ballesteros, Partner in BDO's Strategy, Value Creation & Analytics practice and the National Manufacturing and Distribution Advisory Leader.  It's the day after U.S. President Donald Trump's Liberation Day announcement. How was Canada impacted?  THE LATEST ON THE FEDERAL ELECTION RACE: CONSERVATIVES DROP A FOURTH CANDIDATE Li

THE MEDICAL RECORD: THE LATEST ON THE MEASLES OUTBREAK IN ONTARIO  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 practicing in Toronto. We discuss the latest pertaining to the measles outbreak in Ontario, supervised injection sites in the province, the search for a new medical officer of health for Toronto and what a new study tells us about cooking oils.  NEW DOCUMENTARY "OCTOBER 8" ON THE RISE OF ANTISEMITISM Libby Znaimer is joined by Wendy Sachs, Director of the documentary film "October 8". This powerful movie takes a look at the explosion of hatred and antisemitism that took place following the attack on October 7th. AN INTERVIEW WITH TPA PRESIDENT CLAYTON CAMPBELL Libby Znaimer is joined by Clayton Campbell, President of Toronto Po

RECOVERING POLITICIANS: LIBERAL CANDIDATE PAUL CHIANG DROPS OUT OF THE RACE AFTER CONTROVERSY  Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, former NDP MPP and Will Stewart, a Conservative Strategist and Senior Vice President with Enterprise Canada. Paul Chang, the Liberal candidate for Markham-Unionville is no longer in the race. Our panel also weighs in on the latest in the federal election race. CANADA'S BOOK INDUSTRY WANTS NO PART IN CANADA-U.S. TARIFF WAR Libby Znaimer is joined by Jack Illingworth, Executive Director of the Association of Canadian Publishers, Ben McNally, founder of Ben McNally Books and Rania Husseini, Senior Vice President, Print at Indigo. Canada's book industry wants no part in a tariff war between Canada and the U.S. and it's asked Ottawa to keep books out of any tariffs. TARIFFS ON PHARMACEUTICALS COULD LEAD TO SHORTAGE OF CANADIAN DRUGS IN U.S. Libby Znaimer is joined by Mina Tad

ZOOMER SQUAD: HAVE THE FEDERAL CONSERVATIVES LOST THE PLOT? Libby Znaimer is joined by Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of CARP, Liz West, Host of The Afternoon Express on Zoomer Radio and David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies. The latest polling by Liaison strategies shows the federal Liberals continuing to lead (now by five points) against Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives. Have the Conservatives lost the plot when it comes to their messaging? One prominent Conservative strategist is saying that they need to pivot or else risk losing the election. HOW ONTARIO’S AUTO SECTOR WILL BE HURT BY PRESIDENT TRUMP’S TARIFFS Libby Znaimer is joined by Moshe Lander, Senior Lecturer of Economics at Concordia University in Montreal and Charles Bernard, Lead Economist with the Canadian Automobile Dealers' Association. This week, President Trump's 25 percent auto tariffs are expected to be implemented (set for April 3rd). So what ramifications will that have exactly on Canada's local auto sector. FEDER

Today on Free For All Friday: listeners phoned in to talk about how they will be voting in the upcoming federal election, Prime Minister Mark Carney's phone call with President Trump, and the proposed raise for city councillors.

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: ARE TORONTO CITY COUNCILLORS ABOUT TO GET A MAJOR PAY RAISE? Libby Znaimer is joined by Taylor Scollon, Co-Founder of The Peak, Ana Bailao, a former Toronto Deputy Mayor and mayoral candidate, and Rob Davis, a former Toronto City Councillor. Are Toronto City Councillors about to get a major salary increase? And we get reaction to Toronto City Council's plans for responding to the Trump administration's tariffs. FEDS PUT FREEZE ON TESLA REBATE PAYMENTS + LAUNCH INVESTIGATION Libby Znaimer is joined by Huw Williams, National Spokesperson for the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association and Daniel Breton, President and CEO of Electric Mobility Canada. Ottawa has placed a freeze on EV rebate payments to Tesla, the car company owned by Elon Musk. We take a closer look at why that happened and what it means. TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING AUTO TARIFFS Libby Znaimer is joined by David Adams, President, CEO, Global Automakers of Canada followed by Brampton Mayor Patrick Br

THE MEDICAL RECORD: THE LATEST ON MEASLES OUTBREAK IN ONTARIO 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 practicing in Toronto. What is the latest on the measles outbreak in Ontario? And, south of the border, how are President Trump's policies affecting the National Institutes on Health (NIH)? Our panel looks at the latest healthcare news of the week. CONSERVATIVES MAKE PROMISES TO OLDER CANADIANS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Libby Znaimer is joined by Jason Lietaer, Conservative Strategist and President at Enterprise and John Milloy, former Ontario Liberal MPP who served as a cabinet minister under the Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne governments. Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives have made two big announcements targeting older Canadians.

RECOVERING POLITICIANS: WHERE LEADERS ARE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, former NDP MPP and Lisa Raitt, a former Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. It's day two of the federal election campaign and the Liberals are now ahead in the polls. And, we're already hearing pledges from both the Liberals and Conservatives on bread and butter issues including tax cuts. 23ANDME FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOUR PRIVATE DATA? Libby Znaimer is joined by Carmi Levy, a technology journalist and Dr. Kerry Bowman, a bioethicist at the University of Toronto. The genetic testing company has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. The burning question, of course, is what will become of the data of customers? THE CAA COMMENCES  ITS ANNUAL WORST ROADS CAMPAIGN Libby Znaimer is joined by Teresa Di Felice, Assistant Vice President, Government and Commun

ZOOMER SQUAD: THE FEDERAL ELECTION IS NOW UNDERWAY Libby Znaimer is joined by Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP, Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of CARP and Eddie Sheppard, Vice President of Insights at Abacus Data. On Sunday, Prime Minister Mark Carney triggered a snap election and Canadians will be voting at the polls on April 28. We get reaction to that and more. AN UPDATE FROM KAREN STINTZ ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL    Libby Znaimer is joined by Karen Stintz, the Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Eglinton-Lawrence. With a snap election triggered by Prime Minister Mark Carney,  Karen Stintz gives us an update from the campaign trail. Karen opened her campaign office last Tuesday with guests including Toronto-St. Paul's Conservative MP Don Stewart in attendance. So, what does she see are the big priorities for voters in this election cycle? THE LATEST ON THE FATE OF HUDSON'S BAY Libby Znaimer is joined by Bruce Winder, a retail analyst and author and Donna Smith, Director of the Scho

Today on Free For All Friday: listeners weighed in on who they would vote for ahead of a looming federal election call here in Canada and other news of the week. 

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: THE LATEST ON THE CITY'S APPROACH TO ITS COYOTE PROBLEM Libby Znaimer is joined by Toronto City Councillor Jon Burnside,  City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East), Taylor Scollon, Co-Founder of The Peak and Will Stewart, a Conservative Strategist and Senior Vice President with Enterprise Canada. Is Toronto seriously considering the idea of purchasing FIFA tickets for the 2026 games and then reselling them at a greater cost to help with recouping the costs of co-hosting? The answer is yes. Shouldn't the City be prioritizing our taxpayer dollars on fixing services that keep Toronto functioning instead? And, does Toronto have a problem with its approach to dealing with Coyotes in our neighborhoods? We discuss these topics and more.  NEW ONTARIO PC CABINET AND A LOOMING FEDERAL ELECTION Libby Znaimer is joined by Warren Kinsella who writes for the Toronto Sun and Janet Ecker, a former Ontario PC MPP and Finance Minister. There is plenty going on this week in both provincial and fe

THE MEDICAL RECORD: GETTING THE SHINGLES SHOT & LOCAL MEASLES OUTBREAK IN ONTARIO  Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of B.C. Cancer, Dr. Jamie Spiegelman, Internal Medicine and Critical Care Physician at Humber River Hospital and Dr. Iris Gorfinkel, Family Physician, Founder of PrimeHealth Clinical Research. Have you gotten both of your shingles shots? And remember that the interval between getting both shots is 2 to 6 months. Our panel also discusses the latest on the measles outbreak here in Ontario. MARK CARNEY AND HIS ASSETS Libby Znaimer is joined by Michael Barrett,  Conservative MP (Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes) and Shadow Minister for Ethics and Accountable Government. Prime Minister Mark Carney had a testy exchange with reporters earlier this week when they asked him about the details of his assets which he has put into a blind trust. ARE YOU SUPPORTING AMERICA WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD?  Libby

RECOVERING POLITICIANS: MARK CARNEY MAKES INTERNATIONAL TRIP AS PRIME MINISTER Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by George Smitherman, former Ontario Liberal Health Minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, former NDP MPP and John Mykytyshyn, Conservative Consultant and President of Bradgate Research Group. Mark Carney hasn't even been Prime Minister for a week and he's already getting defensive with journalists who asked him questions about his assets and whether there are any potential conflicts of interest. And, we get reactions from our panel about his trip abroad to Europe and then to Iqaluit back home in Canada. THE LATEST ON SANKOFA SQUARE  Jane Brown is joined by Justin Holmes, a columnist with the Toronto Sun. We shift our attention to Toronto City Hall and the ongoing conversation after the renaming of Yonge Dundas Square to Sankofa Square. IT'S TIME TO REVISIT THE DEBATE OVER TORONTO BIKE LANES  Jane Brown is joined by Albert Koehl, a cycling and pedestri

ZOOMER SQUAD: CARNEY MAKES FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRIP SINCE BECOMING PRIME MINISTER Libby Znaimer today is joined by Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP, Anthony Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of CARP and David Valentin, Principal at Liaison Strategies. On Friday, Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada's Prime Minister. This week, he touched down in Europe as part of his first trip abroad. The trip, of course, comes amid the Trump administration's tariff war on Canada. JOHN BOLTON REACTS TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON CANADA Libby Znaimer is joined by John Bolton, a former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and a former National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump during his first term in office. Ambassador Bolton reacts to the USA's tariff policies against Canada, and why he thinks we need not worry about President Donald Trump's "51st State" rhetoric about Canada. He also explains how PM Mark Carney should approach dealing with President Trump. WHAT HAPPENED TO HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY?  Libby Znaimer is

Today on Free For All Friday: listeners called in about U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs against Canada and Liberal leader Mark Carney officially becoming Prime Minister. 

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: THE POLITICS OF POTHOLES Libby Znaimer is joined by Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East), Councillor James Pasternak for Ward 6 (York Centre) and Ana Bailao, a former Toronto City Councillor and Mayoral Candidate. This week:  we get right into the politics of potholes in the City, following yesterday's conversation about the science of how they form. The burning question, of course, is what explains the delay by city workers to fill them all up? PREMIER FORD MEETS WITH U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK IN WASHINGTON Libby Znaimer is joined by Warren Kinsella, a Canadian lawyer and writer and David Tarrant, Vice President, National Strategic Communications at Enterprise. Today: Ontario Premier Doug Ford and federal finance Minister Dominic Leblanc are both in Washington meeting with U.S. Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick. Meanwhile, in an op-ed in the Toronto Sun this week, Warren listed off ten reasons why Mark Carney's Liberals could actually win the next

THE MEDICAL RECORD: FIVE YEARS SINCE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC STARTED    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 practicing in Toronto.  Yesterday marked 5 years since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Our doctors share their personal stories of navigating the early days of it and working on the front lines in healthcare.   U.S. TARIFFS ON STEEL AND ALUMINUM IN EFFECT TODAY AND OTTAWA RESPONDS  Libby Znaimer is joined by Andrea Horwath, Mayor of Hamilton followed by Marty Warren, the Canadian National Director of the United Steelworkers Union which represents 225,000 members in Canada. Today: the Trump administration's 25 percent tariffs on aluminum and steel are in place and Ottawa has responded with reciprocal tariffs.  THE SCIENCE B

RECOVERING POLITICIANS: PREMIER FORD'S SURCHARGE ON ELECTRICITY TO AMERICANS AND TRUMP'S RESPONSE  Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Ontario Liberal Health minister and Deputy Premier, Cheri DiNovo, former NDP MPP and John Mykytyshyn, Conservative Activist, Political Consultant and President of Bradgate Research Group. Our panel reacts to Ontario imposing a 25 percent surcharge on electricity going to the U.S. and President Donald Trump's response of doubling tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel. Meanwhile, we talk about Mark Carney as the new leader of the Liberal party and when we might expect a federal election to be called.  TARIFF LABELS AT LOBLAW? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW  Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. What is the reasoning behind this move by Canadian grocery giant Loblaw amid Canada-U.S. tariffs? Sylvain weighs in on that and what consumers should know.