The Evan Bray Show - Open Lines - December 3rd, 2024

The holidays are right around the corner and holiday party season is in full swing for gatherings of friends, families and coworkers. Julie Blais Comeau, etiquette expert, joins Evan to revisit the dos and do-nots of holiday party season etiquette and take your questions!

A new study from the Fraser Institute is finding that Canada is lagging behind in doctors, hospital beds and MRIs. Bacchus Barua, director of health policy studies with the Fraser Institute, joins Evan to discuss the study and why we might have fewer resources and longer wait times.

Evan welcomes federal NDP leader, Jagmeet Singh, to the show after the announcement and vote last week to table a GST holiday for Canadians over the next couple of months.

HIV diagnosis rates are on the rise in Canada, making Canada one of the worst G7 countries when it comes to reducing new cases of the disease each year. Saskatchewan leads the provinces for the most new cases. Evan is joined by Roxanne Ma, vice president of national awareness programs…

Last week's news of a potential ceasefire being explored by Israel's Netanyahu against Hezbollah could have significant implications on the resolution of the war between Israel and Palestine. General Rick Hillier, former Canadian Chief of the defense staff, joins Evan to discuss and to take calls and questions from listeners…