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This Matters

The world is changing every day. Now, more than ever, these questions matter. What"s happening? And why should you care? This Matters, a daily news podcast from the Toronto Star, aims to answer those questions, on important stories and ideas, every day, Monday to Friday. Hosts Saba Eitizaz and Ed Keenan talk to their fellow journalists, experts and newsmakers about the social, cultural, political and economic stories that shape your life.

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26:59

How do you want to spend the final years of your life?

This Matters ·

2022/11/07

Guest: Moira Welsh, investigative reporter The devastation faced by Ontario’s long-term care residents during the pandemic may have fuelled a reckoning and a collective question: how do you want to spend the final years of your life? That’s the focus of The Third Act, an ongoing series produced by the Star in collaboration with Toronto Metropolitan University and the National Institute on Ageing, which aims to explore real world solutions that could make a genuine difference to Canadians as they

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20:45

How did the manufacturing sector suffer so many COVID...

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2022/11/04

Guest: Sara Mojtehedzadeh, investigative reporter, Toronto Star Never-before-seen fatality reports filed to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board from the start of the pandemic’s to the end of 2021 were accessed by the Star’s Sara Mojtehedzadeh. These reports show that the manufacturing sector in Ontario suffered more fatalities than any other industry. Star investigative reporter Sara Mojtehedzadeh explains. This episode was produced by Saba Eitizaz, Paulo Marques and Alexis Green.

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16:56

The good books: Star recommends your holiday reads

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2022/11/03

Guest: Deborah Dundas, Toronto Star books editor Once again, it’s award season for books in Canada and also a great time to curl up cozily with your favorite book or audiobook over the upcoming holidays. Canada’s prestigious literary award, the Scotiabank Giller Prize has announced its shortlist and will be announcing a winner as soon as next week. Some awesome titles have also been released this fall along with all these Giller nominees. Star books editor Deborah Dundas talks about the Giller big

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18:14

CUPE vs. the province: Schools, the notwithstanding...

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2022/11/02

Guest: Kris Rushowy, Queen's Park reporter for the Star. This week has seen some unprecedented action in the labour dispute between CUPE and the provincial government. Ontario is passing back-to-work legislation and invoking the notwithstanding clause to get the bill through, which many feel tramples on workers’ rights. CUPE is now planning a walkout on Friday, with their workers facing potentially massive fines in penalties. At the moment, both sides are negotiating, but this is a situation that

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20:49

The Drug User Liberation Front: Selling drugs to try...

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2022/11/01

Guest: Eris Nyx, cofounder of the Drug User Liberation Front Death from drugs has become an epidemic in Vancouver, so the Drug User Liberation Front is a group that has decided to buy, test, package and then sell drugs to people who are at high risk of fatal overdoses. While it’s currently being run under the auspices of a health research project, it is illegal, but something that they feel is necessary to try and help at-risk people in the community. This episode was produced by Brian Bradley, Sean

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21:52

Toronto’s homeless shelter system is stretched to the...

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2022/10/31

Guests: Dreddz, a community worker and an advocate for homeless issues who is currently in the shelter system; A.J. Withers, who is the Ruth Wynn Woodward Junior Chair in Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University Toronto’s homeless shelter system is at capacity, and hundreds of people seeking shelter every night cannot be accommodated. It’s a desperate situation as the number of people seeking help is growing every month and it’s likely only going to worse as the weathers

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21:52

Ontario’s new housing plan: construction targets,...

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2022/10/28

Guest: Robert Benzie, Queen's Park bureau chief The Ontario government unveiled its massive new housing plan this week, with sweeping changes and housing targets for municipalities across the province, all to get to the goal of building 1.5 million homes in the next decade. Critics are already concerned about density, availability of tradespeople to build the homes, impacts on affordability and the environmental considerations, but also, without penalties for not hitting targets, how is the

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25:53

‘Don’t take my emotion as weakness’: Patricia...

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2022/10/27

Guest: Patricia Jaggernauth, former CP24 broadcaster Former CP24 broadcaster and Toronto television personality Patricia Jaggernauth has spoken out about an allegedly systemic pattern of racism, sexism and discrimination and filed a human rights complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC). Her announcement comes as the CP24 parent company, Bell Media, has been in the news over the treatment of employees at sister network CTV News. “This Matters” reached out to Bell Media for a

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26:40

Grocery store price freezes backfire

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2022/10/26

Guest: Jim Stanford, director at the Centre for Future Work The Competition Bureau is investigating if the Canadian grocery industry is contributing to skyrocketing food prices. Coming on the heels of the news that Loblaws and Metro are freezing prices on their in-house brands as part of a goodwill gesture to consumers, there are reports pointing to corporate profiteering leading to higher prices. This is colloquially referred to as “greedflation,” and if it’s happening, the bigger question is what,

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21:39

City hall’s new faces, tight races and Toronto’s...

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2022/10/25

Guest: David Rider, City Hall Bureau Chief After a long election campaign, it comes as no surprise to many that John Tory won a third term as mayor of Toronto. What is surprising is the new makeup of council, with many progressive, diverse candidates winning seats. Some won in surprising wards, while a number of other familiar faces easily took their seats as voter turnout was around 29 per cent. The new look at city hall is something that everyone is going to have to get used to, as there are

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21:19

Inquiry into invocation of the Emergencies Act: what...

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2022/10/24

Guest: Alex Boutilier, Global News national reporter The inquiry into the federal government’s unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act during the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests has almost reached its third week. Testimony from civilians, government and security stakeholders have shed new light and heightened tensions after revelations about the response of Ottawa police in handling the crisis. Alex Boutilier, national reporter at Global News, joins “This Matters” to share what we know so far

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17:47

With Jacob Hoggard sentenced for sexual assault, what...

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2022/10/21

Guest: Alyshah Hasham, crime and court reporter Jacob Hoggard, the former lead singer of the band Hedley, has been sentenced to five years in prison for sexual assault. The Canadian rock star was sentenced by a Superior Court justice on Thursday, after a jury found him guilty following a trial that began last May. The case has opened up an important conversation around consent and how it is perceived by the justice system and our society. The sentencing of Hoggard may have larger implications in a

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21:49

Canada’s growing corporate tax gap

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2022/10/20

Guest: DT Cochrane, economist with Canadians for Tax Fairness Canada’s largest corporations avoided paying $30 billion in taxes last year, according to a new report from the non-profit organization Canadians for Tax Fairness. Compared to previous years this was due to record profits and a very low tax rate, and lower than the one stipulated in the tax code. How did this happen? While it all appears to be legal, is it fair? We talk and explain the tax gap and how more information about these

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23:01

The inner workings of hostage diplomacy and prisoner...

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2022/10/19

Guest: Jonathan Franks, crisis management consultant and president of Lucid Strategies Hostage diplomacy is on the rise and some experts believe that more civilians are in the crosshairs of governments using this tactic for their own purposes. Canadians are familiar with the case of “The Two Michaels,” who were imprisoned in China and only freed after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was released from Canadian custody. Many are now watching the case of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Canadian-born Paul

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19:39

Toronto, the not so good. Can’t we do better?

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2022/10/18

Guest: Edward Keenan, city columnist As municipal elections across Ontario enter their final week, the Toronto election has been bereft of interest. Sure, housing and affordability are big issues, but those will require all levels of government working together to tackle. There are a lot of small things that add up to big quality of life improvements when living in a city, and it’s some of those where it feels like the city is dropping the ball. The Star has been exploring these issues in the “Can’t

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21:02

Are we ready to head back to the office? If so, how?

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2022/10/17

Guest: Nora Jenkins Townson, founder of Bright and Early After two and a half years of lockdowns and working from home for millions of Canadians, many employers are expecting workers to return to the office. But according to a recent survey, four out of five Canadians would prefer to continue working from home and human resource experts are warning companies to remain flexible with their back-to-office demands or risk losing employees. Is it even possible to go back to a pre-pandemic work practices

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19:07

Is a recession inevitable? An economist’s view

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2022/10/14

Guest: Philip Cross, senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Many of the country’s top economists are predicting that a recession is coming, and it will hit harder and last longer than previously forecast. The Canadian housing market has been pegged as being one of the most distorted in the world and, while interest rates are rising in order to combat inflation, that has often led to a recession. What would a recession look like now and is it inevitable? Philip Cross, a senior fellow at the

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22:54

Analyzing the current attacks in Ukraine and what...

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2022/10/13

Guest: Judy Dempsey, senior fellow at Carnegie Europe and editor-in-chief of Strategic Europe As Russia rains rockets down on a devastated Ukraine in retaliation for land victories in the Kherson region and for attacking the bridge to Crimea, the war trudged past its eight month with no real sign of diplomatic efforts to come to a peaceful conclusion. As allies try to send more weapons and support to Ukraine, Russia is trying to rally and reinforce its troops by calling up more civilians to join the

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22:14

What you need to know about Bill C-11 and online...

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2022/10/12

Guest: Jon Festinger, adjunct professor at the Allard School of Law The federal government is changing how the internet is regulated in Canada. Bill C-11, also known as the Online Streaming Act, is new legislation that will give the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) the task of regulating companies like Netflix, YouTube and TikTok, similar to what it does with radio and television broadcasting. Many critics point out that internet streaming is very different and

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22:05

Elon Musk finally agreed to buy Twitter. What comes...

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2022/10/11

Guest: Will Oremus, Washington Post journalist Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter in April for $54.20 U.S. a share and, after signing to buy it, proceeded to act like a man who clearly wanted out of the $44 billion deal. Musk and Twitter were set to go to court, but the business giant and tech investor sent word last week he plans to honour the terms of the purchase and close the sale. What happens now? Plenty of employees are fearful for their jobs and some of the moves Musk said he wants to make

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