Friday July 4, 2014 – 11am
Posted Jul 4, 2014 01:57:49 PM.
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11:00- Dan Ahlstrand, Morning Anchor at News 95.7 in Halifax
The Canadian Hurricane Centre has issued tropical storm warnings in an area from Digby to Yarmouth to Halifax counties in Nova Scotia. Tropical storm watches remain in effect for the remainder of Nova Scotia, as well as all of P-E-I and parts of southern and eastern New Brunswick as Hurricane Arthur moves up the U-S east coast. The Category 2 storm could hit southwestern Nova Scotia tomorrow morning at near hurricane strength.
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11:15- Alexandra Elliott, Intern at Achilles, Custom Orthotics & Footcare
Achilles, Custom Orthotics & Footcare is trying to collect 1000 pairs of shoes for people in need in Waterloo Region! She says shoes will go to the Cambridge Shelter and they’re given themselves a deadline of Labour Day.
@Achilles_Foot
11:30- Bacchus Barua, Senior Economist Centre for Health Policy Studies at The Fraser Institute
Health care in Canada is not “free.” Canadians often misunderstand the true cost of our public health care system. This occurs partly because Canadians do not incur direct expenses for their use of health care, and partly because Canadians cannot readily determine the value of their contribution to public health care insurance because there is no “dedicated” health insurance tax. In 2014, the estimated average payment for public health care insurance ranges from $3,592 to $11,786 for six common Canadian family types, depending on the type of family. For the average Canadian family, between 2004 and 2014, the cost of public health care insurance increased about 1.5 times faster than average income, 1.3 times as fast as the cost of shelter, 1.6 times as fast as clothing, and more than three times as fast as food.
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