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2:05 John Lawford, Public Interest Advocacy Centre. New regulations take effect today, limiting the interest rate charged on

payday loans to 21%...which is still about 700% per anum. www.piac.ca 

Question…should the interest rate on payday loans be pushed down further, or is it buyer beware?

2:30 John Manuel…Baseball America. The Blue Jays are finalizing a deal that will send Roy Halladay to the Phillies, Cliff Lee to

Seattle, and a who's who of WHO? To the Jays. www.baseballamerican.com 

Question…are the Blue Jays heading in the right direction? 

1:05 Mark Warawa, Parl. Sec., to the Minister of the Environment. Ottawa is not amused with fake releases on Canada's Climate  Change stance. www.markwarawa.com 

Question…does this undermine legitimate protests, or is this a legitimate protest?

1:30 Louis B. Hobson….film critic. Golden Globe nominees are out. www.louisbonline.com 

1:45 Bill Brioux, tv critic. Golden Globe nominess are out. www.tvfeedsmyfamily.blogspot.com 

12:05 Irene Harris, Sec-Treas. Ontario Federation of Labour. OFL releases 20-minute video dealing with the STILL real problem of

sexual harrassment in the workplace. www.ofl.ca 

Question…would you report someone you thought guilty of sexual harrassment?

12:30 Niels Veldhuis, Dir. Of Fiscal Studies, The Fraser Institute. "The Generosity Report" is out. Manitobans are the best at charitable

giving. Ontarians are on the podium, barely. www.fraserinstitute.org 

Question..do you still give? Is it hard to open your wallet as wide as you'd like to? 

2:05 Lorna Vanderhaeghe, Canada's Leading Womens' Health Expert & Best Selling Author.

www.healthyimmunity.com 

"Lorna Takes Your Questions and Comments"

1:05 Brian Lee Crowley, author "Fearful Symmetry" The Fall & Rise Of Canada's Founding Values.

www.brianleecrowley.com 

Question…have we drifted from our founding values?

1:30 David Wallechinsky, author, "The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics….The Vancouver Edition."

Question…how do you think Canadian athletes will do at the Vancouver Games?

12:05 Tom Harris, Ex. Dir. International Climate Science Coalition. Tom is attending the Copenhagen Climate Summit and says

no agreement is the best agreement on the table. www.climatescienceinternational.net 

Question..is this what you expected? A massive summit and no agreement?

12:30 Sean Strickland, Regional Councillor. What to do with the plethora of portable signs in the Region? Ban them? Restrict

them? Or…read them? www.region.waterloo.on.ca 

Question…do you find the portable signs helpful or a blight on the landscape?

2:05 Gil Zubrigg, former owner of Sam The Record Man in Kitchener and human wikipedia of all things musical. Christmas music. What are the must-have's, the could haves and the please don't play that in my presence again CD's of seasonal good tidings? Question…what's your favorite Christmas Song…least favorite?

2:30 Louis B. Hobson, wknd movie guru…"Invictus" is the biggie, but Louis says go see "Me and Orson Welles" www.louisbonline.com 

2:50 Paul Fixter, Kitchener Rangers Associate Coach & Asst. GM. "The Coaches Show." Our weekly visit with the Rangers.

www.kitchenerrangers.com 

1:05 Jason Kirby, Sr. Writer, MacLeans Magazine. "The Real Estate Gamble" A Home Is Seen As A Ticket To Retirement. But Is That

Wise? www.macleans.ca Question….downsizing is a major part of my retirement plan. You too?

1:30 Carmi Levy, independent hi tech analyst. Carmi loathes predictions, but what would be a safe bet under the Christmas Tree? Question…what hi tech toy do you want? GPS? Blackberry? I-PHONE? Something else?

 12:05 Lorne Gunter, National Post columnist. Gunter says the best solution to fix the RCMP is start handing out red slips in the front office. www.natinoalpost.com Question….should the RCMP Commissioner clean house?

12:30 Bill Nafziger, Common Front For Retirement Security. www.retirementsecurity.ca It's time to "unlock" locked-in

contribution pensions.

Questions for Bill……

2:05 Sean Simpson, Research Mgr. Ipsos Reid Public Affairs. www.ipsos.ca Half of Canadians re-gift! That means the other half

get used stuff!

Question…do you re-gift? Do you find it offensive?

2:30 HOW IS THE DRIVE GOING? Winter is back, did we figure it out in time? I know one guy who lost a contest with a 150 year old

oak tree… cudos and culprits….who got it right, who hasn't figured it out yet….