ZOOMER SQUAD: NEW TAX BREAK FOR LOW-INCOME SENIORS ON ITS WAY

Libby Znaimer is joined by Peter Muggeridge, Senior Editor of Zoomer Magazine, David Cravit, Chief Membership Officer of CARP, and Bill VanGorder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Policy Officer of CARP.

Today: There are new tax changes that take effect today with more cash coming for low-income seniors and pharmacists will now be able to prescribe treatments for 13 kinds of ailments including urinary tract infections, Herpes and other conditions.

Our panel has the latest.

THE LATEST ON ROGERS-SHAW MERGER STORY

Libby Znaimer is joined by Stephen Zolf, a corporate lawyer with Aird and Berlis LLP who specializes in competition law and Ellen Roseman, a consumer advocate and journalist.

In the news: the Competition Bureau has dismissed a challenge to the Rogers-Shaw deal by the Competition Bureau, and so now it is up to Ottawa to give final approval to the merger which is valued at $26-billion. Key questions remain: what kind of implications will this have for mobile customers in Canada and is it healthy to have even less competition in the mobile market that is already controlled by only a few big telecom giants? Our experts weigh in.

OTTAWA TO REQUIRE TRAVELERS FROM CHINA TO SHOW NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Dr. Kerry Bowman, a bioethicist at the University of Toronto.

Ottawa is going to temporarily require those travelling into Canada from China, Hong Kong and Macao to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before their arrival. This policy will come into effect starting January 5th. According to Dr. Bowman, this move is politically motivated and not one based on science. He explains.