Ontario Morning Podcast - Friday August 21, 2020
Publisher |
CBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Aug 21, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:51:22
RBC just released a report on how declining immigration because of the pandemic will further undermine our economy. We get reaction from Christopher Worswick an ecomomist at Carleton University in Ottawa: The Guelph Family Health Study has been following about 250 families since 2014. Their latest round of data looks at how families are faring during the pandemic. We find out more from Jess Haines who one of leaders of study; The federal government has announced a one month extension of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit while planning changes to the Employment Insurance program so that more people will qualify once the CERB has ended. We get reaction from Sheila Block, an economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives; With all of us wearing masks so much of the time, Paula Duhatschek from CBC Kitchener-Waterloo got some advice on personal mask hygene; Mary Kay McCoy is the head of Voice a support group for deaf and hard of hearing children and their families; She explains why mask-wearing will make it harder for kids who rely on lip reading and facial cues to understand what is going on in the classroom; The CBC's Haydn Watters tells us about some of the vehicle licence plates that have been turned down by the province; Dawn Laing owner of The Mustang Drive-In in Prince Edward County talks about their drive in live concerts.

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