Do Mask Mandates Effect Childrens Speech, What Did We Fail To Learn From SARS & $10-a-day Childcare

Missed the show? No worries, we've got you covered with the ON Point podcast. On this episode, Alex is first joined by Allyson Grant, a Speech-Language Pathologist &  Professor with the University of Ottawa Faculty of Health Sciences' Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Program to discuss if the masking mandates that have been so heavily enforced are creating delays in speech development for children.
Next, Alex and Mario Passamai, a pandemic planning expert, forensic investigator and senior advisor to Ontario’s SARS commission examine a report commissioned back when SARS was dealt with, and how much of the advice in the report was flat ignored by federal and provincial governments.
And finally, Alex and Kris Sims, the BC director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation breakdown the expected $10-a-day childcare that the province says its close to signing with the feds, and why it wont help many families that actually need it.

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