Ontario Morning Podcast - Tuesday November 10, 2020 - a podcast by CBC Radio

David McDonald, a professor of Global Development Studies at Queens University in Kingston talks about his new e-book on access to clean water during the pandemic: "Public Water and Covid-19: Dark Clouds and Silver Linings"; Infection control epidemiologist Colin Furness explains the concept of a 'circuit breaker' lockdown and how it can be used to fight the spread of the coronavirus; We get two perspectives on the continuing outbreak at Simcoe Manor in Beeton, south of Barrie. First from Sandra Mason whose 90 year-old husband is in care there and then from Sharlene Stewart President of SEIU Healthcare, the largest union representing staff in the province's long term care facilities; Wilfred Laurier University criminologist explains his research that he hopes will help Netflix improve the algorithms that attempt to predict what we want to watch; Jordan Press of the Canadian Press discusses Canada's relationship with the incoming Biden administration and the new broadband initiative announced by the federal government; Paul Burn of the Canadian Gaming Association discusses new legislation brought in by the Government of Ontario to regulate online gambling; Joanna Dermenjian of Kingston discusses her research in to the history of Red Cross quilts that were made by volunteers for soldiers and others during World War Two.

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