The Good Morning Hamilton Podcast w/ Rick Zamperin:

Canada's Employment Minister says Canadians should not expect to rely on E-I if they lost their job for not being vaccinated.

GUEST: Fiona Martyn, employment lawyer and associate at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP

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The federal government quietly lifted pandemic restrictions on non-essential travel last week.

GUEST: Richard Vanderlubbe, President at TripCentral.ca

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Last week, the Ford government announced it was lifting COVID-19 restrictions on restaurants, bars and gyms.

GUEST: Julie Kwiecinzki, Director of Provincial Affairs for Ontario, Canadian Federation of Independent Business

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Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca told his party’s annual general meeting that he pledges to introduce a ranked ballot system should the party win the 2022 provincial election. 

GUEST: Steven Del Duca. Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party

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Short Supply: Global News has started a series on the supply chain issues. Today is the first edition and goes into the reasons behind the worsening backlogs and how delays are being passed on to consumers. 

GUEST: Erica Allini, National Online Journalist for Money/Consumer affairs  GlobalNews

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A professor at McMaster University is leading a major international study on PTSD and the impact of COVID-19 on health-care professionals.

GUEST: Margaret McKinnon, professor of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences, and the Homewood Research Chair in Mental Health and Trauma, McMaster University