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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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21:04

Unpacking the Toronto Police's report revealing...

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2022/06/16

Guest: Wendy Gillis, crime and policing reporter On Wednesday, the Toronto Police Service unveiled a landmark report that made clear there is systemic discrimination in their policing. Including use of force statistics from 2020, the results show that many racialized people face over policing, in particular, Black and Indigenous people. This comes as no surprise to many of Black and Indigenous communities, but now the police have acknowledged the problem with their own data and say they have started

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20:27

Angry Young Men: How youth workers are trying to stop...

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2022/06/15

Guest: David O'Brien, youth worker and director of mental health for ETA It is evident that violent attacks committed by angry young men, regardless of the ideology behind them, are increasing. Whether motivated by white supremacy, incel subculture or other extremist belief, the path toward radicalization usually starts online and can end in violence. ETA is a GTA-based service that tackles hate and extremism in young people, often working with people who other agencies often refuse — or are

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18:38

Is the ride over for ActiveTO?

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2022/06/14

Guest: David Rider, City Hall Bureau Chief The fate of ActiveTO is up for discussion at City Council this week. Established in April 2020 at the start of the pandemic lockdown, the program shut down major roads to let people ride their bikes and exercise while remaining physically distanced. As with anything that affects traffic in this city, it had its detractors, but for a long while, was held up as a success. Now, with complaints from high profile business-types like Toronto Blue Jays CEO

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16:21

Waves of power creation: How tidal energy is the next...

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2022/06/13

Guest: Steve McKinley, Halifax bureau There is an interesting project off the East Coast involving tidal energy that has accomplished something that no previous one has. Sustainable Marine’s floating tidal turbine platform PLAT-I 6.40 has connected to the Nova Scotia grid, converting the power of the world’s largest tides into electricity. With looming deadlines requiring more green energy from renewable sources, reporter Steve McKinley of the Toronto Star Halifax bureau joins “This Matters” to talk

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21:57

A tale of two communities struck by climate disasters

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2022/06/10

Guest: Alex McKeen, reporter Last June, a wildfire decimated the small town of Lytton, B.C. after three days of record-breaking heat. Months later, floodwaters drowned the farming region of Abbotsford, B.C. and left four people dead and the B.C. interior cut off for months. Canada is warming twice as fast as the world average and will no doubt experience a greater number of climate disasters in the coming years. After the ash settles from a fire or the water from a flood drains away, do we rebuild

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19:55

Rights wronged: How police are violating people’s...

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2022/06/09

Guests: Rachel Mendleson, investigative reporter at The Star and Steve Buist, investigative reporter at The Spec A recent Torstar investigation found over 600 cases where a judge found police forces committed serious breaches and violations of people’s Charter rights. As well, nine forces were found to have systemic breaches of not respecting these rights. It is a national problem. The consequences of this are criminal cases being thrown out with alleged suspects walking free as some innocent people

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20:52

What the Hoggard verdict highlights about consent and...

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2022/06/08

Guest: Alyshah Hasham, courts reporter Warning: Contains graphic content. After six days of intense deliberations and being deadlocked twice, a jury has found Canadian rock star Jacob Hoggard guilty on one of three charges. Despite similarities between the accounts of his accusers, jurors were “really internally struggling” over Hoggard’s charges and Hoggard was found guilty of sexually assaulting a young Ottawa woman but not guilty of raping and groping a teenage fan. Alyshah Hasham, courts

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22:03

Why Conservatives are embracing conspiracy theories

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2022/06/07

Guest: Justin Ling, Freelance Investigative Reporter As the Conservative leadership race continues, several leadership hopefuls are embracing conspiracy theories in order to win support. For instance, some are engaging in theories like the idea that the World Economic Forum is a deep state illuminati that runs the world. It remains to be seen whether it is a politically savvy move that helps them win this race, or a move that could blow up on them, but what is clear is that there are Canadians who

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18:26

Tow truck wars, York Region and why high-profile...

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2022/06/06

Guest: Jeremy Grimaldi, crime reporter at Yorkregion.com With other 200 charges and 20 suspects, last year’s Project Platinum was hailed as a successful operation led by York Regional Police. Now, several of those charges have been dropped. It’s not the only high profile case in the region that has fallen apart. From organized crime to drugs and gambling, we take a look at why and how some criminal activities have ended up unprosecuted.

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23:52

What’s in Canada’s new gun control bill and is it...

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2022/06/03

Guest: Stephanie Levitz, politics reporter for The Star In the shadow of mass shootings in the U.S., and another grim look at America’s lack of gun laws, Canada made a move to tighten its own. Earlier this week Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Bill C-21, which would place a national freeze on handgun sales as part of the latest move to tighten gun laws. We take a look at the content and context surrounding the new law.

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16:21

What have Canada’s big pensions invested in? It’s...

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2022/06/02

Guest: Christine Dobby, business reporter If you’re a working Canadian, chances are your retirement investments are going into at least one of the country’s big eight funds. But, do you really know where your money is being invested? The country’s eight largest public sector pension funds collectively control about $2 trillion dollars in assets, making them a huge investing force across the world. They say they’re investing responsibly. If they are, why won’t they tell us what they’re investing in

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16:27

Ontario Election: fact-checking the party leaders

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2022/06/01

Guest: Lex Harvey, politics reporter On the eve of Ontario’s election, we take a look at the provincial party leaders and how they fared under The Star’s fact-checking process. While touting their own policies and achievements and attacking their rivals, how honest were Mike Schreiner, Andrea Horwath, Steven Del Duca and Doug Ford? Lex Harvey, Star politics reporter and fact checker, joins us to explain how the did. This episode was produced by Matthew Hearn, Brian Bradley, Alexis Green and Raju

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20:51

There is a big demand for accessible housing in...

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2022/05/31

Guest: Bailey Martens, Toronto Star reporter Despite 2.6 million people in Ontario being disabled, there is no policy mandating barrier-free housing for those who need it. There is not even a mention of housing in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). For many people with disabilities in this province, the search for housing is as challenging as the lack of options. Star reporter Bailey Martens spoke to one family that had to move eight times in eight years to find wheelchair

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22:13

Days after Uvalde massacre, NRA hosts annual summit

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2022/05/30

Guest: Edward Keenan, Washington Bureau Chief Despite calls to cancel, the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting went ahead as planned in Houston this weekend, a mere 482 kilometres away from Uvalde, Texas where just days prior one of the deadliest school shootings in the U.S. in over a decade left 21 people dead (including 19 children). Two weeks before that, 10 people were shot dead at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York in an act called “a hate crime and an act of racially motivated

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18:21

Ontario Votes: Looking at the final days of the campaign

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2022/05/27

Guest: Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief With less than a week until the June 2 election in Ontario, and as most polls point to a Progressive Conservative victory, there are still plenty of questions about how things could shake out. Premier Doug Ford has been campaigning like a front-runner, as the Liberals and NDP put up a good fight. But with plenty of races expected to be close, strategic voting is a card both of those parties will likely try to play.

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20:21

Baby boomers are getting older and want change in...

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2022/05/26

Guest: Moira Welsh, investigative reporter In the middle of the pandemic, when baby boomers hit the milestone age of 75, they awakened to the reality of growing old in Ontario and they’re not going quietly into nursing homes. They want to age with purpose, energy and love. Their message to politicians? Get rid of the medicalized culture of nursing homes. Moira Welsh, investigative reporter and author of “Happily Ever After: Revolutionary Approaches to Long-Term Care,” discusses the future of aging

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13:27

What we know about monkeypox so far

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2022/05/25

Guest: May Warren, reporter for the Toronto Star As of Wednesday, the Public Health Agency of Canada says there are 15 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Quebec, and health officials are investigating more, including four in Toronto. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are about 90 confirmed cases in 12 countries, including Canada. What’s going on? Is it time to worry or are we just hyper anxious since COVID took over our lives? We might not have all the answers yet, but we spoke

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18:31

The Price is Wrong: Grocery store inflation and what...

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2022/05/24

Guests: Sylvain Charlebois is a Canadian researcher and professor in food distribution and food policy at Dalhousie University. A recent Angus Reid poll showed that almost half of Canadians are finding it difficult to feed their families due to rocketing inflation of food prices at the grocery store. In April, food prices rose on average of 9.7 percent, the highest jump in over 30 years. Experts say Canadians might need to prepare for a while for these type of prices for a while, as relief is not

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23:21

Introducing ‘Death in a Small Town,’ a podcast hosted...

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2022/05/23

This Matters would like to let you know about another Toronto Star podcast, ‘Death in a Small Town,’ hosted by Kevin Donovan. We are broadcasting episode 1, Just Another Day. Episode 2 is available at thestar.com/deathinasmalltownpodcast or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Episode 1: Just Another Day Roll out of bed, get the kids to school, then off to work. Just before noon, disaster. A mysterious injury to young Nathaniel McLellan puzzles doctors at two hospitals and sparks what would become

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16:30

Grand Theft Auto GTA: Carjackings and auto thefts soar

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2022/05/20

Auto thefts are soaring in the GTA, which is now punctuated by a carjacking spree that saw several incidents in the past week, including one involving Toronto Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner. There have already been more carjackings in Toronto in 2022 than in all of the previous year, and police warn that some of these are turning violent. By looking at the data, we look at where it’s happening across the city and talk about what you should do if it happens and some potential tips to secure your

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