Wednesday August 21st – 3pm

Posted Aug 21, 2013 01:39:30 PM.

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3pm- Mike Moffat, Canadian economist and economics writer. Middle-class incomes are starting to become a thing of the past. Even if you do have a middle-class income, people are constantly worrying about retirement and debt which doesn’t allow them the freedom to enjoy the money. A report has finally been released that was done up the Department of Finance that was given to the minister titled The Economic and Financial Situation of the Canadian Middle Class.

Question: Is the middle class being squeezed?

3:30pm Thor Diakow, Producer/Entertainment Host at City Vancouver Re: new releases on DVD/Blu-Ray this week which include:

Olympus Has Fallen

Epic

Scary Movie 5

Amour

Revolution

Question: What movie are you looking forward to most?

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