AUGUST 9: Ontario mayors urging more funding for homelessness, addiction and mental illness. Security planning for large scale music events, like a Taylor Swift concert & The Toronto International Film Festival is catching the eyes of younger audience.

Greg Brady (@GregBradyTO) focuses in on Ontario mayors urging the federal government to pay up and provide more funding to tackle homelessness, addiction and mental illness. Marianne Meed Ward (@MariannMeedWard) is the Mayor of Burlington, Ontario and Chief of Ontario’s Big City Mayors and has been outspoken on the issue.

Next, Michelle Tessier, former deputy director of Canada’s spy agency (that’s CSIS) from 2018 to 2023 about security planning for large scale music events, say a Taylor Swift concert, and whether our venues are vulnerable to attacks.

Lastly, Peter Howell (@peterhowellfilm), movie critic for the Toronto Star and we were talking about the Toronto International Film Festival catching the eyes of younger audiences and why the film festival is making a shift in target demographics.

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