The Current for June 9, 2020
Today on The Current:
Two Toronto city councillors are calling for a reduction to the police department budget. Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam discusses what that means for the movement to defund the police — and we hear from Tom Stamatakis on how the Canadian Police Association is responding.
Then, should you bubble with family, or hang out with your neighbours? We hear from University of Oxford Professor Per Block about his research into easing COVID-19 restrictions, and what strategies might work best.
Plus, the Globe and Mail's health columnist André Picard argues that lifting long-term care lockdowns should be part of COVID-19 reopening.
And as the world awaits a vaccine for COVID-19, the New Yorker's Jill Lepore takes a look back at how the polio vaccine changed the course of history. She joins Matt Galloway to discuss her new podcast, The Last Archive.