The Current for April 6, 2022
Today on The Current:
The federal government is expanding Canada's temporary foreign workers program, but critics say conditions for low-wage workers need to improve. Matt Galloway talks to Marie-France MacKinnon, vice-president of public affairs and communications at the Canadian Meat Council; Syed Hussan, executive director of Migrant Workers Alliance for Change; and federal Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Carla Qualtrough.
Then, author Bill Hayes tells us about his new book Sweat: A History of Exercise, whether gyms are indeed the fast food of exercise, and what he learned about the joy of swimming from his late partner, Oliver Sacks.
Also, the International Committee of the Red Cross has faced criticism for recent meetings with Russian officials. We discuss humanitarian work and the question of neutrality with Robert Mardini, director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross; and Patricia McIlreavy, president and CEO of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy.
And the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says the world is headed for catastrophe if we do not drastically cut emissions. We talk to former federal environment minister Catherine McKenna about how to get Canada on track.
