ZOOMER SQUAD: AGEISM CONTINUES TO REAR ITS UGLY HEAD 

Libby Znaimer is joined by Peter Muggeridge, Senior Editor of Zoomer Magazine, John Wright, Executive Vice President of Maru Public Opinion, and Bill VanGorder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Policy Officer of CARP.

Today: we kick things off with a much needed discussion about ageism, especially when it comes to women facing it across our society. Not long ago, Bonnie Crombie, Mississauga Mayor and candidate for leader of the Ontario Liberal Party accused Nate Erskine-Smith, another candidate running for leadership of the party, of ageism. Bonnie who is 63 years old, took issue With Erskine-Smith’s remarks that, “we should be thinking of this as what kind of party do we want to build for the next 15-20 years.” But, ageism is not only felt by women leaders in the political landscape. They are also experiencing it in other settings.

NURSES TO GET AVERAGE 11 PER CENT RAISE OVER NEXT TWO YEARS

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Dr. Claudette Holloway, President of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO).

Ontario Hospital nurses will be getting a raise which, according to their union (the ONA), will amount to an average of 11 per cent over two years. The provincial arbitrator justified the decision due to high inflation and the staffing crisis that hospitals are currently facing.

CALL FOR FORD GOVERNMENT TO SET MPAC REASSESSMENT DEADLINE

Libby Znaimer is now joined by Robert Brazzell, a spokesperson for the Greater Toronto chapter of NAIOP, an association representing commercial real estate developers, Raymond Williams, Chair of Tax Policy for the Ontario Chapter of Canadian Property Tax Association (CPTA) and Michael Colle, Toronto City Councillor Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence.

Municipal, business and real estate stakeholders are calling on Premier Doug Ford to get moving on establishing a date for a new province wide property reassessment by the Municipal Property Assessment Corp. (MPAC). Here’s why.