The federal government is making vaccines mandatory for all federal public servants. Vaccines will also be required to travel on airplanes, interprovincial trains, cruise ships and overnight ferries. We hear reaction from Chris Aylward of the Public Service Alliance of Canada; Michael Johns, a visiting professor in the Department of Politics at York University lives in Barrie. He gives us an outline of the history, demographics and political leanings of the community in the context or current federal election; Rejean Grenier from Elections Canada discusses how they hold the vote safely during the pandemic; Rob Benzie, the Queen's Park bureau chief for the Toronto Star comments on reports that the provincial government will be about to introduce new vaccination standards for many people in health care or education; Vrinda Narain teaches law at McGill University in Montreal and is a board member with Women Living Under Muslim Laws an international solidarity network. She shares concerns about the future for women and girls in Afghanistan as the Taliban appears about to seize control of the country; Ryan Maloney, a senior writer with the CBC Parliamentary Bureau updates us on the federal election campaign; According to a new poll conducted by Abacus, for the Broadbent Institute and the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canadan nearly 90 per cent of Canadians support a wealth to aid the country's pandemic recovery. We find out more from Katrina Miller of the Broadbent Institute; 'The Verandah Society' is a new production by the 4th Line Theatre. Megan Murphy and Kate Suhr who wrote and perform the play tell us about it.