Rob Benzie, the Queen's Park bureau chief for the Toronto Star discusses the Ford government's possible about face on providing emergency sick pay; Billions in new spending to combat climate change were included in Monday's federal budget. Anna Kanduth of the Canadian Institute For Climate Choices discusses what impact this spending might have in reducing our carbon emissions; Political scientist Niambi Carter of Howard University in Washington, D.C. offers her reaction and analysis of the conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd; It's national poetry month and this year's theme is resillience. We speak with Collingwood's poet laureate Claudia Ferraro about how reading and writing poetry has helped her through the pandemic; Finney Cherian of the Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor about how younger students are being affected by the constant change from being in the classroom to virtual learning at home; Kristin Moriah teaches Black Literary and Cultural Studies at Queen's University in Kingston. She tells us about some of the books that have engaged her over the last year; Peterborough city councillor Kemi Akapo and Kingston blogger Tianna Edwards offer their reaction to the guilty verdict found in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd; Sarah Anderson of Queen's University in Kingston tell us about new virtual courses they're offering as part of their Ever Scholar program. .