Show Segments

8:30 – Is there a potential downside to Canada’s massive support program for out-of-work Canadians and students? National Post Columnist John Ivison is concerned that the benefits package offered by Ottawa could lead some to avoid returning to work in order to keep collecting the benefits. Ivison says Ottawa should consider making the CERB payment include a condition that recipients return to work as long as pay and conditions are not worse than they were before COVID-19, and he joins Gormley to discuss the risk of the government’s safety net becoming “a summer hammock.”

LIVE: John Ivison, National Post columnist.

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

10:00 – WTF

Lise Gasmo, Founder of Socialite Media.

Tenille Lafontaine, Feisty, Frugal & Fabulous.

11:00 – With the CFL season postponed, and the NHL, NBA, and NLL seasons suspended, will there be any sports to keep us entertained this summer? Green Zone host Jamie Nye joins Gormley to discuss the plans the various leagues have for potentially returning to play, and what options fans will have to stay entertained in the meantime.

LIVE: Jamie Nye ‘The Sports Guy.’ Host of The Green Zone on CJME and CKOM.

12:00 – Saskatchewan has a new online program which allows U of S researchers and the Ministry of Health to monitor ticks and inform the public of potential health risks. The new program, eTick, lets Saskatchewan residents take photos of a tick and upload them to an online database, where researchers will identify the tick within 24 business hours. The platform also provides an interactive map to track where ticks are found in the province. Dr. Maarten Voordouw, a faculty member at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, joins Gormley to discuss eTick and its advantages over the previous mail-in programs.

LIVE: Dr. Maarten Voordouw, Assistant Professor with the Department of Veterinary Microbiology at the U of S.