We tackle two crises facing our country – healthcare and climate change. Host Mattea Roach asks our panelists Riley Yesno, Drew Brown, and Sara Birrell about what we are doing to solve the major problems that exist in our splintered healthcare system and where we are really at when it comes to climate change policy. Does throwing money at the problem actually help?

Host:  Mattea Roach

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Associate Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), André Proulx (Production Coordinator)

Guests: Riley Yesno, Drew Brown, Sara Birrell

Background reading:

Healthcare

• Canadian health-care systems ‘strained, if not broken’ | A Conversation with the Prime Minister 
• More money is a must, but health-care delivery also needs a major rethink, doctors say CBC News

Climate Change Policy

• An activist in office: Steven Guilbeault’s first year as environment minister CBC News
• Trudeau announces $800M for Indigenous-led conservation initiatives CBC News
• ‘Just transition’ bill coming in 2023, natural resources minister says CBC News
• Federal government approves controversial Bay du Nord oil project CBC News

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