ONTARIO’S BOOSTER SHOT PLAN AND DIRECTIVE ON VACCINE MANDATES AT HOSPITALS

Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Peter Jüni, the Scientific Director of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.

This week, the province announced it’s plan for COVID-19 booster shots.

DOUG FORD DECIDES NOT TO IMPOSE PROVINCE-WIDE COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATE FOR HOSPITAL WORKERS

Libby Znaimer is joined by David Musyj, President and CEO of Windsor Regional Hospital, Dr. Alon Vaisman, Infectious Diseases and Infection Control Physician at the University Health Network (UHN) and Dr. Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO).

In a written statement, yesterday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said that the province won’t get involved in mandating COVID-19 vaccines for hospital workers and will instead continue to allow individual hospitals to enforce their own policy on the matter. Our guests, all of whom work in Ontario’s healthcare system, react to the news.

HOW WILL PROVINCE’S STANCE ON HOSPITAL VACCINE MANDATES IMPACT HOSPITAL STAFF FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE

Libby Znaimer is joined by Puneet Tiwari, Employment Lawyer with Levitt Sheikh Law.

Puneet gives his legal opinion on hospital workers’ legal actions against vaccine mandates being imposed by their employers. For example, we’ve been seeing this with staff from the UHN. And, the impact of the province’s latest decision not to get involved in enforcing a province-wide mandate on COVID-19 vaccines for hospital staff on such court cases and leaving it up to individual hospitals to impose their own policies.

CANADIAN DAIRY COULD SEE PRICE INCREASE AND STATISTICS CANADA’S FOOD INFLATION DATA

Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Michael Von Massow, Associate Professor in the department of food Agriculture and Resource Economics at Guelph University alongside Rosie Schwartz, Consulting Dietitian and Author of The Enlightened Eater’s Whole Foods Guide.

This week, we learned that the Canadian Dairy Commission is recommending an 8.4 percent increase on farm gate milk prices. The increase is expected to take effect by Feb. 1st. Experts on Canada’s food industry are calling for better transparency from the CDC with regards to how it comes up with price increases. Meanwhile, Rosie details ways you can manage eating well amid the rising cost of a variety of different foods at the grocery store.