STRATEGY PANEL: PM TRUDEAU TO HAVE FIRST VIRTUAL MEETING WITH US PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to have his first “face-to-face” virtual meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden today. Will this be the start of a much different type of relationship between our two countries in comparison to the more frosty one that existed during the Trump administration? Meanwhile, our MPs voted to classify China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslims a genocide. What implications will this have for our country’s already very strained relationship with China? And, what’s the latest on Canada’s slow and confusing vaccine rollout? Our panel weighs in on the latest.

Libby Znaimer is joined by Karen Stintz,  CEO of Variety Village, Charles Sousa, former Minister of Finance for Ontario and Liberal MPP (Mississauga South), and John Capobianco, Senior Vice President & Senior Partner, FleishmanHillard HighRoad.

PART 2: ONTARIO FAMILY DOCTORS UNCLEAR ON HOW THEIR OVER 80 PATIENTS WILL GET VACCINATED

Ontario family doctors are very unclear about how and when they will be able to start vaccinating their over 80 patients. From the doctors we’ve spoken to, there has yet to be any clear directive from either the province or from Toronto Public Health about what the plan is and how they should communicate that plan to their patients. To make matters even more confusing, Gen. Rick Hillier who is in charge of the province’s vaccine rollout, says that they are working with 34 local public health units. But, if that’s the case, why are we not hearing about the details? Many of our listeners have been calling in with concern about when and how they will be notified and when it will be their turn to get the jab.

Libby Znaimer is joined by family physicians Dr. Robert Kingstone, Dr. Samantha Hill president of the Ontario Medical Association, and Dr. Anna Holland at Prince Edward Medical.