ZOOMER SQUAD: WHY OLDER WOMEN FACE HIGHER RISK OF POVERTY THAN MEN

Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Peter Muggeridge, Senior Editor of Zoomer Magazine, Bill VanGorder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Policy Officer of CARP and Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP.

In the news: this morning we saw a number of high profile candidates rolling into City Hall to register for the mayoral by-election including former Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders, city councillors Brad Bradford and Josh Matlow and Liberal MP Mitzie Hunter. We then discuss a concerning reality that women Seniors face a higher risk of poverty than men and the National Institute of Ageing is pushing for better affordable housing options in the community. And, then we look to our rural communities where according to a new study, agricultural communities are facing a retirement crisis.

NO MORE CARS IN HIGH PARK?

Jane Brown is now joined by Faraz Gholizadeh, a member of the Car Free High Park Coalition and Dr. Shoshanna Saxe, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto and the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Infrastructure.

The City is set to make a final decision on whether to ban cars from High Park with a town hall on the matter happening tonight. It comes after months of community consultation. What do you think about this? Do you think it’s fair? Our panelists weigh in.