Riders rent reduction a 'contractual matter', no legal threat: Reynolds
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The $1.33M rent reduction comes from what the club owed during seasons impacted by the pandemic.
8:30 – The SNC-Lavalin scandal may be getting more attention, but it’s not the only major controversy swirling around Ottawa at the moment. There are allegations of interference in the trial of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, and Friday saw the defense subpoena emails and communications from Justin Trudeau, Gerald Butts, Katie Telford, Michael Wernick, and Harjit Sijan’s chief of staff. Sun Media columnist Mark Bonokoski joins the show now to discuss Norman’s case and the allegations of interference by the federal government.
LIVE: Mark Bonokoski, award-winning newspaper columnist and commentator with Postmedia Network’s Sun Media division.
9:00 – The Hour of the Big Stories… Open Session
10:00 – Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper joins John to discuss local policing issues including the new carding policy, the ongoing fight against illegal cannabis, and the recent manslaughter charges laid against three men accused of dealing tainted drugs.
LIVE: Troy Cooper, Saskatoon police chief.
11:00 – British Columbia is suffering a measles outbreak, even though we have effective vaccines against the disease. Two new cases were reported over the weekend, bringing the total to 13. At the same time, a new poll from the Angus Reid Institute showed a third of Canadians don’t believe the science behind vaccines is clear. Are people putting their conspiracy theories about vaccines ahead of their children’s safety? Should it be illegal to go unvaccinated? Should companies like Facebook and YouTube do more to remove or counter anti-vaccination content? Call in and have your say.
12:00 – The Saskatoon Co-op strike has been getting a lot of media attention, but one academic says both parties are hurting themselves with their tactics. Dionne Pohler, an expert on industrial relations and co-ops, says the Co-op is leveraging the lack of solidarity among the striking workers, while the union tried to take advantage of the Co-op’s democratic structure to oust the board. Pohler joins John now to discuss the strike and what should be done to bring it to an end.
LIVE: Dionne Pohler, assistant professor in the Centre For Industrial Relations at the University of Toronto and fellow at the U of S Centre for the Study of Co-ops.