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EPISODE · Jul 30, 2025 · 51 MIN

Here's Why Canada is Facing a Shortage of Certain Painkillers

from Fight Back with Libby Znaimer · host Zoomer Podcast Network

THE MEDICAL RECORD: PAINKILLER SHORTAGES AND A NEW STUDY ON LIVER CANCER Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer; Dr. Fahad Razak, general internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto; and Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family doctor practicing in Toronto. We're facing a shortage of certain common painkiller drugs in Canada; the world's largest Alzheimer's conference is being hosted in Toronto this week; a new study details how 3 in 5 liver cancer cases can be preventable. HE MADE DEATH THREATS AGAINST JEWS AND IS NOW ON HOUSE ARREST: WHY? Libby Znaimer is joined by Richard Robertson, Director of Research and Advocacy at B'nai Brith Canada. A Toronto man made death threats to Jews and also threatened to blow up synagogues. His punishment after being convicted: house arrest. It's prompted Jewish advocacy groups to sound the alarm! 600 FOREIGN NATIONALS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS IN CANADA ARE MISSING Libby Znaimer is joined by Guidy Mamann, a Toronto immigration lawyer and Partner at Mamman Sandaluk, and Richard Kurland, an Immigration lawyer and policy analyst based in Vancouver and a member of Lawyers for Secure Immigration. The CBSA has a problem: there are 600 foreign nationals in Canada with criminal records that have gone missing. They are supposed to get deported. How did this happen and just how serious are the crimes committed by these individuals?

THE MEDICAL RECORD: PAINKILLER SHORTAGES AND A NEW STUDY ON LIVER CANCER Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer; Dr. Fahad Razak, general internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto; and Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family doctor practicing in Toronto. We're facing a shortage of certain common painkiller drugs in Canada; the world's largest Alzheimer's conference is being hosted in Toronto this week; a new study details how 3 in 5 liver cancer cases can be preventable. HE MADE DEATH THREATS AGAINST JEWS AND IS NOW ON HOUSE ARREST: WHY? Libby Znaimer is joined by Richard Robertson, Director of Research and Advocacy at B'nai Brith Canada. A Toronto man made death threats to Jews and also threatened to blow up synagogues. His punishment after being convicted: house arrest. It's prompted Jewish advocacy groups to sound the alarm! 600 FOREIGN NATIONALS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS IN CANADA ARE MISSING Libby Znaimer is joined by Guidy Mamann, a Toronto immigration lawyer and Partner at Mamman Sandaluk, and Richard Kurland, an Immigration lawyer and policy analyst based in Vancouver and a member of Lawyers for Secure Immigration. The CBSA has a problem: there are 600 foreign nationals in Canada with criminal records that have gone missing. They are supposed to get deported. How did this happen and just how serious are the crimes committed by these individuals?

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THE MEDICAL RECORD: PAINKILLER SHORTAGES AND A NEW STUDY ON LIVER CANCER Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer; Dr. Fahad Razak, general internist at St....

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