Patricia Boal is joined alongside CP24 reporter Melissa Duggan, CTV's Jeremie Charron, CFRA's Chris Holski, Ottawa Life Magazine movie critic Keith Whittier, E.Y. Cybersecurity partner Umang Handa, Chef Ric Watson and Virginia Dodsworth from The Ottawa Mission, and Jacob Kirst from the Greater Ottawa Home Builders Association. Plus, we sift through the Top 3 stories and tackle today's Question of the Day.

Patricia Boal is joined alongside CP24 reporter Melissa Duggan, CTV's Jeremie Charron, CFRA's Chris Holski, Ottawa Life Magazine movie critic Keith Whittier, E.Y. Cybersecurity partner Umang Handa, Chef Ric Watson and Virginia Dodsworth from The Ottawa Mission, and Jacob Kirst from the Greater Ottawa Home Builders Association. Plus, we sift through the Top 3 stories and tackle today's Question of the Day.

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Dr. Barry Dworkin has got a case of hockey playoff fever, but that won't stop him from taking your calls and texts!

Dr. Barry Dworkin has got a case of hockey playoff fever, but that won't stop him from taking your calls and texts!

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A cannabis company out of Moncton, New Brunswick says it's time to talk about bringing cannabis into Canada’s public spaces. It comes nearly 8 years after the federal government introduced the Cannabis Act, and on the eve of Monday’s 4/20 celebrations. Megan McCrae is a Senior Vice-President of Corporate Strategy and International Growth at Organigram. She joins Andrew Pinsent on CFRA Weekends.

A cannabis company out of Moncton, New Brunswick says it's time to talk about bringing cannabis into Canada&rsquo;s public spaces. It comes nearly 8 years after the federal government introduced the Cannabis Act, and on the eve of Monday&rsquo;s 4/20 celebrations. Megan McCrae is a Senior Vice-President of Corporate Strategy and International Growth at Organigram. She joins Andrew Pinsent on CFRA Weekends.

CFRA Weekends - Cannabis in public spaces? A Moncton-based company says it's time to have the conversation

Ontario is planning a massive expansion of provincial jails over the coming decades, with the current structure bursting at the seams and jail populations consistently overcapacity. Nearly 6,000 jail beds will be added by 2050, with the plan set to be broken down into three different phases. Phase 1 of the plan, which is already underway, includes 1,170 new beds by 2032 at a cost of $4 billion, although internal government documents indicate that only $2.9 billion has been approved so far. Per the Ministry of Ontario’s Solicitor General, these capacity problems are ‘complex’, with numerous factors contributing to the jail population spike. Andrew Pinsent digs deeper with Mackenzie Plumb, a PhD Candidate in Criminology at UOttawa, and Justin Piché, a UOttawa Criminology Professor.

Ontario is planning a massive expansion of provincial jails over the coming decades, with the current structure bursting at the seams and jail populations consistently overcapacity. Nearly 6,000 jail beds will be added by 2050, with the plan set to be broken down into three different phases.&nbsp;Phase 1 of the plan, which is already underway, includes 1,170 new beds by 2032 at a cost of $4 billion, although internal government documents indicate that only $2.9 billion has been approved so far.&nbsp;Per the Ministry of Ontario&rsquo;s Solicitor General, these capacity problems are &lsquo;complex&rsquo;, with numerous factors contributing to the jail population spike.&nbsp;Andrew Pinsent digs deeper with Mackenzie Plumb, a PhD Candidate in Criminology at UOttawa, and Justin Pich&eacute;, a UOttawa Criminology Professor.

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