The History of Giving Tuesday

RECOVERING POLITICIANS: PM MARK CARNEY'S CABINET SHUFFLE & THE LATEST ON THE EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LRT Libby Znaimer is joined by George Smitherman, former Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre, Health Minister and Deputy Premier; Lisa Raitt, former Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada; and Peggy Nash who was an NDP MP for Parkdale-High Park. Today: we discuss Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet shuffle in the aftermath of Steven Guilbeault's resignation from cabinet & the latest on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. WHAT'S THE HISTORY OF GIVING TUESDAY? Libby Znaimer is joined by Bruce MacDonald, President & CEO of Imagine Canada; Sharon Avery, President and CEO of the Toronto Foundation; and Monica LaBarge, Assistant Professor at The Smith School of Business at Queen's University. What's the history behind Giving Tuesday? And, how important are the six weeks leading up to the end of the year for Canadian charities to raise money? We hear the latest from our panel. TRAGEDY IN SCARBOROUGH: GARBAGE TRUCK DRIVER STRUCK AND KILLED BY HIS OWN TRUCK THIS MORNING Libby Znaimer is joined by Dylan Reid, Co-Founder of WalkTO. We discuss the tragic news of a garbage truck driver being struck and killed by the truck he was operating this morning in Scarborough and we widen the conversation to truck safety and the threat posed to pedestrians and cyclists.