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Amy Bell is our guest host today.As Canada's two-month tax holiday sets to end on February 15, Restaurant Canada's Mark von Schellwitz and the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses' Ryan Mallough joins the show to discuss the impact it has had, as we ask our audience if they took advantage of it.On the eve of Valentine's Day, Robin Ducharme, CEO of Real Love Ready, joins the show to discuss what effort should be put into relationships.
Liz chats with Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist, Kate Von Schellwitz in this juicy episode. Kate shares her wealth of knowledge about all things pelvic floor recovery and how important pelvic floor health is for our overall quality of life. She's also a mom to two boys so gets it and encourages you to prioritize sleep over kegels - but to remember that it's common, not normal to leak pee. Liz also does a kegel live on air with Kate's expert guidance! Very Important Episode Links:Book an appointment with Kate Kate on Instagram Body Full of Stars Everyone and EverythingKeep Up With Your Girls:Katie on InstagramKatie on TiktokKokomo's WebsiteLiz on InstagramLiz's Website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Thomas Davidoff, UBC's Sauder School of Business associate professor, speaks with guest host Amy Bell, about B.C.'s main parties ahead of the Oct. 19 election. Then, our guest Mark von Schellwitz, Vice President, Western Canada discusses the impact of recent cuts by the federal government to Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker program.
In this interview, Mark von Schellwitz, VP Western, Restaurants Canada, discusses how many restaurants in Canada are on the brink of closing because they can't meet the repayment deadline of January 18 for the Canada Emergency Bank Account loan. PRESS RELEASE With just days remaining until the Federal Government enforces the Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) loan repayment, Restaurants Canada is urgently calling for a last-minute extension to prevent the devastating consequences facing the food service industry. Despite the best efforts made by Restaurants Canada, the Federal Government has declined to extend the CEBA loan repayment deadline of January 18th, 2024. This decision leaves our members, representing thousands of restaurants across the country, with limited options to avoid bankruptcy and recover from the ongoing financial challenges that arose during the pandemic. A startling survey of the industry reveals that 1 in 5 restaurants with a CEBA loan are now on the brink of closing one or more of their locations. The food service sector has been disproportionately affected by the pandemic lockdowns, enduring the longest lockdown period in North America, which has led to a significant accumulation of debt. Additionally, the foodservice industry operates on traditionally low profit margins, rendering it further vulnerable to external pressures. Recovery in the food service industry has been painfully slow because of several factors beyond the control of restauranteurs, including record-high inflation, the rising cost of food, and labour shortages. We are not asking for a hand-out; we are asking for more time. Currently, a staggering 53% of restaurants are operating at a loss or barely breaking even compared to 10% pre-pandemic, underscoring the obvious connection to this unique and devastating period in our industry and the urgent need for further support and assistance. Kelly Higginson, President, and CEO of Restaurants Canada stated, “People understand that restaurants are part of our social fabric, they are gathering spots to celebrate life's milestones and achievements and the place where friends come to reconnect.” Higginson continued, “Your favourite mom and pop restaurant and local gathering place is at risk. If what the industry is telling us comes to fruition, Canadian communities will lose something very special, simply because of an arbitrary deadline.” Restaurants Canada strongly urges the Federal Government to reconsider their decision and provide an extension to the CEBA loan repayment deadline. Immediate action is essential to prevent further closures and ensure the long-term survival of this critical sector, which contributes significantly to the nation's economy. In the face of these challenges, Restaurants Canada stands firmly with our members and encourages them to visit our website at restaurantscanada.org for guidance on how to navigate this difficult period and learn about available resources. Mario Toneguzzi is Managing Editor of Canada's Podcast. He has more than 40 years of experience as a daily newspaper writer, columnist, and editor. He was named in 2021 as one of the Top 10 Business Journalists in the World by PR News – the only Canadian to make the list About Us Canada's Podcast is the number one podcast in Canada for entrepreneurs and business owners. Established in 2016, the podcast network has interviewed over 600 Canadian entrepreneurs from coast-to-coast. With hosts in each province, entrepreneurs have a local and national format to tell their stories, talk about their journey and provide inspiration for anyone starting their entrepreneurial journey and well- established founders. The commitment to a grass roots approach has built a loyal audience on all our social channels and YouTube – 500,000+ lifetime YouTube views, 200,000 + audio downloads, 35,000 + average monthly social impressions, 10,000 + engaged social followers and 35,000 newsletter subscribers. Canada's Podcast is proud to provide a local, national and international presence for Canadian entrepreneurs to build their brand and tell their story.
How have RVs complicated the housing crisis as people have started setting up shop with them around Hamilton? Guest: Matt Francis, Councillor for Ward 5 with the City of Hamilton - While the vast majority of Canadians agree that anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim views are problematic, it would appear that there is some disagreement over the severity. Guest: Mohammad Fadel, Full Professor of Law at the University of Toronto - There are many, many restaurants that are at risk of closing as the CEBA repayment deadline nears closer and closer. Guest: Mark von Schellwitz, Vice President of Western Canada with Restaurants Canada - The Toronto Blue Jays were poised to pick up some exceptional players however that isn't looking like it'll be the case and following the less than stellar performance from last year, what do fans have to look forward to? Guest: Josh Goldberg, Baseball Journalist for TheScore
Women's health has historically taken a backseat to general medical studies. Pelvic floor therapy is often an afterthought with child birth, and other than that completely ignored. Kate von Schellwitz, MPT and pelvic floor therapist, sits down to talk about the importance of understanding, maintaining, and rehabilitating your pelvic floor whether you're an expectant mother, postpartum, or planning to remain child free.Kate's IG: @physio.kateKate's website: gravidaphysio.com
Guest host Syd Smith is joined by Jonathan Wilkinson (minister of resources, Liberal MP for North Vancouver) to talk about the federal government's plans to tackle wildfires across the country. We dive into Pride Month and what it means to the LGBTQIA2S+ community in 2023 with Kristopher Wells (Canada Research Chair (Tier II) for the Public Understanding of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth, Grant MacEwan University).Should we label the dangers of alcohol like we do with cigarettes? We get into it with Patrick Brazeau (Quebec senator). Medical organizations calling on premiers for medical reform with Dr. Alika Lafontaine (president of the Canadian Medical Association). Restaurants across Canada battling high business costs Guest: Mark von Schellwitz, Vice President, Western Canada, Restaurants Canada A Canadian chef feeding the frontlines in Ukraine Guest: Cory Woods, Edmonton chef, Magic Food Army
How are restaurants coping with a lettuce shortage? Guest: Mark von Schellwitz, Vice President, Western Canada, Restaurants Canada
Projectiles suspected to be Russian missiles strike Poland, killing two people Will this trigger Article 5 in NATO or should there be a different response? Guest: Alexander Lanozska, Assistant professor, University of Waterloo and author of “Military Alliances in the Twenty-First Century” The skyrocketing price of lettuce How are restaurants coping with a lettuce shortage? Guest: Mark von Schellwitz, Vice President, Western Canada, Restaurants Canada With bills and high costs stacking up for Canadians, how can we save money at the grocery store? Guest: Abbey Sharp, dietician and CEO of Abbey's Kitchen Inc. Trump officially sets his sights on a comeback in 2024, does his own party want him? Guest: Steven Schier, retired political science professor from Carleton College in Minnesota Macleans interview: State of Emergency: Inside Canada's ER crisis Guest: Dr. Alan Drummond, an emergency room physician, Chair of Public Affairs for the Canadian Federation of Emergency Physicians
Guest: Mark von Schellwitz, Vice-president - Western Canada with Restaurants Canada.
Guest Host Richard Cloutier chats with Mark von Schellwitz, Vice-President Restaurants Canada (Western Canada)
Mark von Schellwitz, Vice-President of Western Canada for Restaurants Canada, discusses the impact we could see on restaurants amid new restrictions throughout the holiday season See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
BC announces new restrictions in effort to curb Omicron spread Keith Baldrey, Global BC's Legislative Bureau Chief breaks down the new restrictions announced by the provincial government. Plus, your calls on how you're feeling just eight days before Christmas. Doctors' group urging the province to expedite booster shots as Omicron moves in Dr. Lyne Filiatrault, Retired Emergency Physician & Member of Protect Our Province BC joins us and urges the province to move quicker on giving out booster shots, a the Omicron variant spreads How will the new restrictions impact restaurants? Mark von Schellwitz, Vice-President of Western Canada for Restaurants Canada, discusses the impact we could see on restaurants amid new restrictions throughout the holiday season Utilizing new technology to reduce ocean debris Chloe Dubois, co-founder of Oceans Legacy joins us to discuss new technologies available in order to clean up ocean debris See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ch.1: After almost three years of arbitrary detainment, Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are finally home. Now, Canada's foreign affairs minister says the federal government's “eyes are wide open” when it comes to China. Guest: Mercedes Stephenson. Global News Ottawa Bureau Chief Ch.2: Doctors in British Columbia are warning that the province could see a nasty flu season this year after the influenza virus all but vanished last season. Guest: Doctor Brian Conway, Medical Director & Infectious Diseases specialist at the Vancouver Infectious Disease Centre. Ch.3: British Columbia has temporarily extended a cap on the fees food delivery services can charge to restaurants. Guest: Mark von Schellwitz, Vice President of Western Canada for Restaurants Canada. Ch.4: Facebook has been fiercely defending Instagram against the news that has come out about how their app is harmful to teen girls. Guest: Raji Sohal, CKNW Contributor Ch.5: Annamie Paul has stepped down as the leader of the Green Party of Canada after expressing that it was the worst time of her life. Ch.6: With the two Michaels, and Huawei CEO Meng Wanzhou home, what happens next? Guest: Ian Young, Award-Winning Journalist, South China Morning Post. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mark von Schellwitz, Vice President, Western Canada, Restaurants Canada
On today's show we have a fascinating discussion on how scientists say a hit song is like an infectious disease, Dora Rosati, a database analyst and lead author of the study, has the details. We also talk shortages of workers for the food-service industry with Mark von Schellwitz, the vice president of Restaurants Canada for western Canada. Plus, could we soon seen the woolly mammoth once again roaming the earth? Ben Novak, the lead scientist with Revive & Restore, discusses how scientists are looking to bring the species back from extinction.
Shane Hewitt chats with Mark von Schellwitz about 3rd party delivery apps RUOK with a girl being punished for taking a picture of the crowded hallways in her school? What about taking a plane?
Chapter 1: Visits at Long Term Care homes GUEST: Isobel Mackenzie, seniors advocate Chapter 2: Nanaimo nightclub owner receives harassment as he tries to reopen GUEST: Sebastian Barkovic, nightclub owner Chapter 3: Restaurants can buy wholesale liquor again GUEST: Mark von Schellwitz, Western Canada Vice President, Restaurants Canada Chapter 4: Restaurants buying whole liquor and frontline business update GUEST: Meeru Dhalwala, Owner of Vij's restaurants Chapter 5: Latest on NHL, baseball and Canadian college football player who challenged his coach's pro-Trump t shirt GUEST: Rob Williams, Daily Hive sports journalist
Chapter 1: Commercial rent assistance, as well as the other programs to support small businesses in response to COVID-19. Small business owners are worried because the rental assistance and eviction protections are set to expire at the end of the month with no assurance customers will come back anytime soon. Guest: Mary Ng, Federal Minister of Small Business. Chapter 2: Wild variations in COVID-19 transmission across Canada. Why are Ontario and Quebec still reporting hundreds of new cases of COVID-19 every day? There were 14 new cases announced in BC yesterday, Ontario had over 200, and Quebec had 144. Testing rates in both provinces are much higher than here in BC on a per capita basis, so why are we seeing such a big difference in the number of new cases across the country? Guest: Colin Furness Associate Professor at U of T's Faculty of Information and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Chapter 3: Seattle protest Protesters in Seattle have occupied several blocks outside the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct since Monday. Now at the end of the week, the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone”, otherwise known as CHAZ, remains. President Trump called those occupying the area around the precinct “domestic terrorists” and told the people of Seattle “Take back your city NOW. If you don't do it, I will.” Guest: Hanna Scott, reporter with KIRO-TV in Seattle. Chapter 4: BC records highest number of fatal overdoses in a single month It's the other ongoing health crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic: opioids. Yesterday afternoon BC reported that there were 170 illicit drug deaths in the month of May, the highest number since they began tracking them, and three more than the total number of deaths from COVID-19 to date. Guest: Garth Mullins, host of the Crackdown podcast about drugs and drug policy. Guest: Donald MacPherson, Executive Director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition. Chapter 5: Liberals fail to win support for latest CERB bill on fraud fines The honeymoon period between the federal government and opposition leaders might be over after they chose not to support legislation yesterday in the House of Commons. We've seen unanimous consent for some of the big pieces that brought rent and wage subsidies online quickly, but stonewalling yesterday could signal a shift in that unified front. Parliament has been operating under special pandemic rules since mid-March, and calls for them to get back to business as normal have been getting louder. Guest: David Akin, Global News chief political correspondent. Chapter 6: BC restaurants are no longer limited to 50% capacity for dine-in patron Welcome news for the restaurant industry in BC yesterday as the province unveiled less restrictive guidelines for reopening. We're joined by Mark von Schellwitz with Restaurants Canada to talk about what they're hearing from restaurant owners, and what these new regulations look like. Restaurant Canada Survey shows over half of the restaurants that reopened are operating at a loss right now. Guest: Mark von Schellwitz, Vice President in Western Canada for Restaurants Canada.
Mark von Schellwitz is the Vice President of Restaurants Canada. He says that restaurant owners do not believe their respective businesses will prevail unless they see a reliable long-term financial strategy.
Trudeau government to reject most of the Senate's proposed C-69 amendments Guest: Martha Hall Finlay, president & CEO – Canada West Foundation Child marriage in Canada – still very much a reality Guest: Alissa Koski, Assistant Professor - Department of Epidemiology, McGill University Ottawa wants to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021 – but how will that work? Guest: Mark von Schellwitz, Vice President, Western Canada - Restaurants Canada The risks and unintended consequences of a cyberattack strategy Guest: Ken Barker, professor of computer science – University of Calgary More than 50 years after the band was founded, Calgary's The Stampeders still going strong Guest: Rich Dodson, singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist, vocalist, founding member – The Stampeders
Mark von Schellwitz, VP Western Canada with Restaurants Canada, joins Rob to discuss some of the concerns the restaurant industry has in Alberta, after a recent study showed one-third of restaurateurs have considered closing their doors due to the current labour legislation.
Restaurants Canada launches campaign to reveal realities of restaurants struggling for survival in Alberta and dire need for policy solutions. Mark von Schellwitz, Restaurants Canada Vice President, Western Canada joins the show.