Ontario Morning Podcast - Thursday October 22, 2020 - a podcast by CBC Radio

Jan Janssen,Simcoe County's Director of Child and Community Services, outlines how they will be expanding their program to accommodate those experiencing homelessness in local motels; Our Queen's Park reporter Mike Crawley talks about the provincial government's decision to attach two controversial pieces of legislation to an omnibus bill that was intended to address issues pertaining to the pandemic; Two years ago, Kingston City Council voted in favour of using a ranked ballot system. Councillor Mary Rita Holland supported the change. She offers her reaction to the province passing legislation to prevent municipalities from adopting alternatives to the 'first-past-the-post' system; We talk with editor Sarmishta Subramanian about this year's edition of 'The Best Canadian Essays'. Mia Rabson, national politics reporter for The Canadian Press discusses yesterday's confidence vote in the House of Commons; Family doctor Peter Lin explains the importance of contact tracing in controlling the spread of the coronavirus; Political scientist, Niambi Carter of Howard University in Washington, D.C., previews tonight debate between American presidential candidates; Bracebridge hockey player Zac Bell has attracted a big audience for online videos of his trick shots.

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