Ontario Today Phone-Ins

The province has tabled new legislation aimed at making it easier for municipalities to crack down on encampments of homeless folks. Some cities are on side, others are not. What about you? The head of the Big City Mayors Association, Marianne Meed Ward - the Mayor of Burlington hears your stories. Also joining the show, Kaitie Burkholder Harris, the executive director of the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa.

We hear from callers about how tariffs on the auto industry are affecting their lives and we hear from Greg Layson, digital editor with Automotive News Canada.

Ontario Veterinarian Cliff Redford hears your stories about saving animals. Dr. Redford is featured in a new documentary premiering on TVO this weekend about his adventures in wildlife rescue in India with his daughter Emily. We also hear from Sandy Donald, director of Ontario Wildlife Rescue.

We hear your thoughts about adult daytime sleep and speak with a sleep expert, Dr. Michael Mak, a sleep medicine specialist and psychiatrist at CAMH in Toronto.

A reality check on the rental housing market which has seen average rates in this province go down in many communities. Housing researcher Carolyn Whitzman says the decline does not show how affordable rentals are still out of reach for many renters. Whitzman is an adjunct professor and senior housing researcher at the School of Cities at the University of Toronto. Her book is called: Home Truths: Fixing Canada's Housing Crisis

Victoria Day weekend is one of the busiest times of the season for gardeners. Our expert gardener, Paul Zammit, takes your questions. He is a professor of horticulture and environmental studies at Niagara College.

Bee Quammie, author of Book of Possibilities: Words of Wisdom on the Road to Becoming, joins callers for an inspiring conversation about solo parenting. 

We hear your stories planning for end of life care and comfort and we hear from Dr. Daniel Kobewka an internal medicine doctor at the Civic Hospital in Ottawa and a researcher with the Bruyère Health Research Institute and we hear from Rabbi Dr. Rena Arshinoff, a hospital chaplain with Baycrest in North York and expert in palliative care. 

Your stories and insights from Donna Kellway, a former defence lawyer now Crown attourney and president of the Ontario Crown Attorneys’ Association and Tonya Kent, a Toronto-based criminal defence lawyer. 

The sexual assault trial of former Canadian world junior hockey players centres on the issue of consent, a concept experts say is still not well understood. We flip the mirror on our own lives, and hear your stories grappling with what sexual consent really entails in your life. Our guests include Kaitlynn Mendes, Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender at Western University, and David Garzon, a director with White Ribbon based in Toronto.