Heat Wave Warning for Ontario

Fight Back with Libby Znaimer

THE ZOOMER SQUAD: HOW MANY ONTARIANS MOVED TO LTC HOMES NOT OF THEIR CHOOSING? Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Rudy Buttignol, President of CARP, Anthony Quinn, Chief Community Officer of CARP, and John Wright, Executive Vice President, Maru Public Opinion. This week: a discussion about how heat waves can impact older Canadians, and the extent to which some alternate level of care patients at Ontario hospitals are ending up in a long-term care home not of their choosing. HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT IN ONTARIO: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Jane Brown is now joined by Dave Phillips, Senior Climatologist at Environment Canada. Here is what you need to know about the heat wave affecting Ontario and which segments of the population are especially vulnerable. UOFT PROFESSOR EXPLAINS THAT ANTI-ISRAEL ENCAMPMENT DEMANDS TO DIVEST FROM ISRAELI COMPANIES IS "IMPOSSIBLE" A major demand by the anti-Israel encampment at UofT is for the university to divest from Israeli companies, but according to Rotman School of Management professor Rami Elitzur, who is also a serving member on the University of Toronto Governing Council, such a move would mean losing a lot of the technology we rely on in our daily lives and it would be impossible to do so. This segment originally aired on Fight Back on June 3rd 2024.