Friday August 23rd, 2013 – 2pm

Posted Aug 23, 2013 03:20:32 PM.

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2pm- Aimee Morrison, English Professor at University of Waterloo & Social Media Specialist, Re: 2 firefighteres were recently suspended over comments made on twitter. Other employees have been fired over social media mistakes.

2:30pm- Gilles Bisson, NDP MPP, Re: The provincial government is saying auto insurance rates should be cut by 8 percent by next August. Finance Minister Charles Sousa says the government should have them cut by 15 percent within the next two years. The NDP’s supported this but only if insurance rates were cut by 15 percent in one year and not 8 percent.

Question: Do you think we will ever see a break on our auto insurance rates?

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