Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is in Ottawa This Week

TUNE INTO THE TOWN: TORONTO MAKING A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TOWARDS FESTIVAL SECURITY Tasha Kheiriddin is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by Taylor Scollon, Co-Founder of The Peak, Jon Burnside, City Councillor for Ward 16 (Don Valley East) and Karen Stintz, a Conservative Party of Canada Candidate for Eglinton-Lawrence and a former Toronto City Councillor. In the news: Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is in Ottawa this week to talk about the city's priorities with the new federal government and Toronto is making a financial commitment towards beefing up security at festivals, but is that good enough? ARE YOU BEHIND ON YOUR CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS? Tasha Kheiriddin is joined by Lesley-Anne Scorgie, Founder of MeVest, a leading edge financial education company specializing in money coaching for Canadians. A new report from Equifax Canada highlights the extent to which Canadians are behind on their credit card payments. How can you plan accordingly? FORD GOV'T WANTS TO GIVE MORE POWER TO EDUCATION MINISTER OVER SCHOOL BOARDS Tasha Kheiriddin is joined by Anthony Furey, a former Toronto mayoral candidate and longtime Postmedia columnist and Tamara Gottlieb, founding member of Jewish Educators and Family Association of Canada (JEFA). The Ford government is working towards giving the minister of education more power when it comes to school boards. We break down what that will actually look like and what our guests, who are also concerned parents, feel are the root causes of the issues at the school boards.