THE MEDICAL RECORD: A SAFE HOME TEST TO CHECK FOR HPV

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Dr. Alisa Naiman, Family Physician and Founder and Medical Director of The Medical Station in Toronto, Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and Dr. Jamie Spiegelman, Internal medicine and critical care physician at Humber River Hospital.

It’s Wednesday time to talk about your health. Following yesterday’s economic update there are questions about what is not there. There was nothing about an expansion of the dental care program, something that would be critical for many Zoomers and also not a word about Pharmacare, even though the agreement with the NDP states explicitly that that file must be Acted on by the end of this year. Also, Zoomer women will remember the very uncomfortable routine of regular Pap smears. Canada is moving away from them and there is apparently a safe and effective home test to look for HPV.

ISRAEL’S HOSTAGE AGREEMENT WITH HAMAS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Dr. Amos Guiora, Professor of Law at the University of Utah and a former Legal advisor to the IDF in Gaza.

The truce and hostage release between Israel and Hamas is set to take place tomorrow. Families still do not know exactly who will be released but the first group of about 50 will be mostly children and women.

REACTION TO OTTAWA’S FISCAL UPDATE

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Bob Richardson, Senior Council, National Public Relations, and Jason Lietaer, Conservative Strategist, President at Enterprise.

This week, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland released Ottawa’s fiscal update. Our panel reacts to the highlights and what it did not include!