Show Segments

8:30 – Three days after the worst mass shooting in Canada’s history, there are still many unanswered questions. While the gun control debate looms large politically, the RCMP hasn’t told the public what weapons the shooter used. At the RCMP’s media conference Monday, Tim Bousquet of the Halifax Examiner raised questions about the RCMP’s communication with the public during the shooting, asking why the RCMP used Twitter to inform residents rather than the emergency alert system, and calling attention to incorrect information released on Twitter. Bousquet joins Gormley to tell us what he’s been learning about the case and discuss some of the still-unanswered questions.

LIVE: Tim Bousquet, Editor and Publisher of the Halifax Examiner.                        

9:15 – Prime Minister Trudeau gives an update on the COVID-19 outbreak. [LIVE COVERAGE]

10:00 – According to economist Philip Cross, economists and policy-makers have greatly underestimated the costs of Canada’s COVID-19 strategy when it comes to jobs, income, and Canada’s long-term debt. Cross, writing for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, argues that economic forecasts are often low in their early estimates of shocks like the 2008 financial crisis, and COVID-19 is no different. According to Cross, the oil and gas sector and small business will be the most greatly affected, and he joins Gormley to discuss the real economic impact the pandemic will have in Canada.

LIVE: Philip Cross, Munk Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, former Statistics Canada economist.

11:00 – RCMP in Saskatchewan recently uncovered a series of online romance scams, which saw women losing as much as $2-million to strangers they met online, primarily through game apps. After initiating a relationship, the men would pretend to fall ill or experience a financial crisis and ask for money. According to RCMP Sgt. Kim Stewart, who led the complex, cross-country investigation, the women in question were intelligent and educated, not unsophisticated like many victims of confidence scams. Stewart joins Gormley to discuss the case and how you can protect yourself from similar cons.

LIVE: RCMP Sgt. Kim Stewart, lead investigator on major romance scam.

12:00 – Many MPs are donating their recent pay increase to charities, but Aaron Wudrick, federal director with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, says our federal representatives should go a step further and reduce their pay. Leaders in Hong Kong, New Zealand, Japan, and India have cut their own salaries by as much as 30 per cent, and Wudrick says it’s important to see our leaders leading by example as so many Canadians face huge financial hardships due to COVID-19. Wudrick joins Gormley to discuss why he thinks our MPs should sacrifice part of their paycheques.

LIVE: Aaron Wudrick, federal director with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.