U.S. drops mask mandate for travel - Should Canada follow suite? Canada sending heavy artillery to Ukraine & Real Estate industry gears up to fight Ont's open bidding process! - Kostenloses Hörbuch

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:The decision to end the federal mask mandate in the United States -- came with no warning, leaving millions caught off guard. It's facing criticism from some public health experts, and praise from people tired of mandates.Should Canada follow suit?GUEST: Thomas Tenkate, Professor at the School of Occupational & Public Health with Ryerson University-Canada will send heavy artillery weapons to Ukraine as its land battle with Russia intensifies, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday, calling Kyiv's resistance to Moscow's military assault a struggle for liberty and democracy.He said Ukraine had requested heavy artillery because it matches the phase of the war that Kyiv is in now as Russia redoubles its efforts to secure eastern Ukraine.Is Canada's reply enough, and what took them so long? GUEST: Aurel Braun, Professor of International Relations and a Senior Member of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto-The Canadian real estate industry is gearing up to fight Ottawa's plan to ban a common home selling practice known as blind bidding.The Liberal Party's April 7 budget proposed to end blind bidding, in which competing buyers in a multiple-bid situation do not know what others are offering to pay for a home.It has taken some of the blame for out-of-control competition during the pandemic's real estate boom. Winning bids could sometimes be hundreds of thousands of dollars above the next highest offer.But Canada's national real estate association and other powerful industry groups oppose the federal plan, saying that ending blind bidding would not bring down prices and would deprive homeowners of the choice of how they want to sell their homes. Most sellers prefer blind bidding because they believe it can get them a higher price.GUEST: Tim Hudak, CEO of OREA, Former Conservative Party leader of Ontario