TUNE INTO THE TOWN: VISION ZERO AND NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

Jane Brown is joined by David Crombie, Former Mayor of Toronto, City Councillor James Pasternak for Ward 6 York Centre and Ana Bailão, a former Toronto City councillor and deputy mayor of the City up until 2022.

Today: How well is Toronto’s Vision Zero working? Meanwhile our panel guests weigh in on their respective new years resolutions and the objectives of city council moving into 2023.

ELLEN ROSEMAN RECAPS BIGGEST CONSUMER TRENDS OF 2022

Jane Brown is joined by Ellen Roseman, consumer advocate and journalist.

The year reaches its end and with that our guest today has prepared a list of what she thinks were the biggest consumer trends of the year including air travel and passenger rights, the rise of inflation, the Rogers network outage, the decline in demand for housing and the increase in demand for rental housing.

THE 2022 NAUGHTY AND NICE LIST BY CANADIAN TAXPAYERS FEDERATION

Jane Brown is joined byFranco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

To end the show, we do a recap of this year’s naughty and nice list as compiled by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. The list contains those who spent a lot of taxpayers’ money and those who were more…responsible.

Topping the list this time around is federal finance minister and deputy PM Chrystia Freeland, Governor General Mary Simon, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem and others. Meanwhile, the nice list includes Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux. Franco explains the rational on how these individuals made the cut.