The Jerry Agar Show

Are there details of the deal announced yesterday between Toronto and Ontario that we should be more cautious about?  Jerry Agar is joined by Toronto City Councillor James Paternak for that conversation   

Jerry Agar is joined by Toronto Star Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Robert Benzie to break down the “historic” deal between Toronto and the province that will see Ontario take over the operation of the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway.

It’s expected that the NHL wont fine a goalie for wearing a custom mask for a Native American Heritage night.  If the NHL doesn’t fine him they are again picking and choosing which players agendas are okay and which ones aren’t.

Conservative shadow minister for Agriculture, John Barlow, joins the show to talk about Bill C-234.

Jim Dunn, a professor at McMaster University and Director of the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative talks about homelessness and the modular housing units opened by the city of Toronto. 

A new report found that TTC ridership is still lagging behind pre-pandemic levels, while Uber highlights an incredible increase in riders after the Scarborough RT derailment. TTC spokesperson, Stuart Green, and Founder of Matrix Cares and  President of the Scarborough Business Association, Shawn Allen, join the show to discuss both sides of the story.

Jamie Lee from Aviva Canada joins the show to talk about how thieves are re-VINing stolen cars and selling them to honest buyers. 

Jerry talks to Sylvain Charlebois about what food insecurity is, and what is actually driving up the cost of groceries.

In a follow-up to a study that says tongue-twisters could be used to gauge alcohol-intoxication levels -- Jerry actually does the experiment and talks to Dan Riskin about the results.

Newstalk 1010 tech expert, Carmi Levy, talks to Jerry about the increasing incidents of cyber attacks on Canadian healthcare institutions.