Hello, hello, hello Antoine Fuqua Tell him to look at his DMs. Why he's the director of the Michael Jackson That's gonna be coming out. Why why'd you do mom? I want to be in the film Are you Michael Jackson? No, I don't want to play Michael. He slept with him.  It's of Corbin. It's true. I'll be the little ball For those of you don't know it is true. I have slept with Michael Jackson with Michael Jackson Just not in the way you think I slept. No, it's definitely the way you think Anyways You saw the title for this are very exciting. Uh, Shea Capors new series, uh farzy Farzy, yeah farzy farzy. Yeah, which fakes. I think it's what it translates to means Yeah, it's interesting because when you say the word farzy, I think of the language. I think, uh Fassey That's how we'll start each video. Okay. Fassey. Fassey. Farzy. Anyways, uh, but obviously his new series dropped, uh, you know the language farzy, right? Farzy. Yeah, it's farcy. Yeah, it's farcy.  But when you say it fast, it's because you're racist No, right, sir. Uh, both of those times 12 times 12 We are very excited about this because shea core one is my best friend and it's true. I'm an actor Uh, and but it also has a great dancer vj in it. Uh, and kk menon is also in it and it's directed by roge and dk uh from family man and um We've been waiting for this for a long time. Yeah, a lot of hype for this. I hope as always Like we say when we get in the car to go to a movie, please be good We really are rooting really for one anything to be bad. I'd be shocked. I'll be shocked I will be utterly. I will be utterly shocked if this doesn't meet expectations Yep, and you know the creative team Those are two good things. Yes, uh to have right off the bat But obviously if you're seeing this on youtube, uh, this will be very cut up I can probably use about five minutes of each episode Uh for on youtube if you like the full uncut versions of each episode I think there's about eight episodes You can head over to patreon the full uncut versions that will be over there for you to check out Yep, but the uncircumcised version of this is over there and uh this first episode called the artist Great movie by one annoying thing about netflix and amazon It auto-train it auto does english dubbed Like it like the language options. Yeah, it auto picks english dubbed english dubbing. That's that's what it's a sacred game So if you just turn it on english yep, it did that was sacred games Just turn it on it's going to be english going to be english dubbed over the hindi with subtitle And so I did we have a word for that in hindi called Anyways, but I so i've changed it. It's obviously now hindi with the english subs, which is what can get it right netflix and this is amazon Um, they both do it. They both do it. It's super annoying Um honor the original language. Here we go. Very excited job Oh They copied leo. Yeah, that looks exactly like leo.  Thank you, sir Oh Already liking the camera work of this. Yeah, I was gonna say that yeah Really expensive 27,000 That's the fire that's always in his eye She's uncomfortable. She does not want to be here. Yep I just don't need to say a quick hello. Yeah.  Yeah. Yeah, of course. You know club velocity I don't think this relationship is going to work out. Yeah He's not wrong Oh It's like Tron the background music very synthy. Yes, synthy 80s. I love it I I'm guessing he's going to use the printing presses for the counterfeit. I assume so You know that I come I don't know that the charity features on the Indians. Oh, no, no, sorry. No clue I feel KK coming or BJ. I'll know right when they step KK. Yeah. Yeah, how exciting Sir He would play an amazing joker Yes, he fitters and the big-time counterfeiters. It's obviously they're gonna try to Hire him. Yeah, somehow some way these worlds get linked People Not see that coming. I did not actually shoot him for the shot. I'm in the leg or something No, nice. No, nice. No, great great ending. Obviously always good to keep him on a cliffhanger. He's not dead Nice first episode. It's this oh, it's very hard to establish The first episode of a team. Yeah, because you have to set up the world you have to And you have to do it without doing a lot of like exposition Oh, it's hard writing's really hard. You have to set up that world So there almost has to be some type of exposition to explain the background or whatever Obviously, you try to do with good writing and I believe this was done with very well Written a dialogue without being like here's this. Here's that. Here's that right. This is very hard The first episode of a new series Of any any first episode, but when you're premiering a show that pilot pilot Presentation crazy crazy hard. Yeah, because it also it can make a break your show All the pressures all the pressures on that episode people aren't interested. Yep. And if because obviously With how people consume Entertainment now they want pay off pretty fast And you never get a second chance to make a first impression And with series it's it's it's different as well people might give you some grace like two episodes Right, but if they're not interested after two episodes, you're you're kind of pretty much People aren't going to invest in a no forget 24 like it used to be Yeah, I'll I'll watch a series based on a recommendation by somebody and if we don't like the first episode first episode We will watch a second episode But if it doesn't hold us we're done Yeah And if we don't know a show first episode first episode is the deal breaker, man If we don't know anything about it and we're watching great example We didn't know anything about the movie you people most people don't even most people don't even know anything about it I heard it was pretty darn good We only turned it on because we were watching our friends dogs and we were in the house spending time with the dogs On time with the dogs their netflix was on and it showed it We turned it on because we know some of the cast that's in it julia louis dryfus and jonahill and eddie murphy eddie murphy Five minutes in it's kind of cute 15 minutes in we said Let's watch this for another 15 minutes 15 45 minutes later. We're still watching pause it and sing pause it and said let's finish this tonight at dinner Watch the whole thing. Yeah, it was good. I've heard a lot of that's because it's it's well written I've heard a lot of people say that yeah, and it's gone on the way. I haven't seen yet So but yeah, very good for a very good obviously It's what I expect in terms of the actors in it. Um Everybody was really really good and the creative team obviously involved. Yeah, and it's almost um It's it's evident when there's an there's an actor who is Even above the rest in terms of everybody else. Everybody in this is really good, but like when kk steps on screen Yeah, he has that weight of when pankaj or vj ras or earphone. Yeah step on screen You're like there's something about this man If he wasn't when they were creating this if kk wasn't in their mind creating it I'm sure he was in the chair. He was in the top three of people. They were thinking of in terms of We don't want anybody else to play this character, but you I could see him being like this on hinge I mean, we've seen it before he plays a great villain Great gray kind of character Um, and it's definitely a vj ras character for sure. He he he he can fill those shoes too. Yeah, but and um It's almost a very it's different subject matter, but like it's not like a foreign concept so far of like, um It's all the breaking bad started out this way. Yeah, it's very they needed money Yep, uh, and they guys they start something that they know that's kind of in the realm of of obviously criminal In their world the money, right? And they take what they know and they use it for this because they're so desperate to help their family That kind of story has been around for a while for a long time Because obviously people needed money. It's a relatable thing. It's like, what would you how far would you go? To right, you know help the ones that you love or to get out of your exact. This is obviously it has a very anti capitalist, right, right Mindset, it's talked about in the loans and class Yeah Very relatable If it's all around the world the rich stay rich the poor stay poor and Yep, that's kind of how the world works It's been around since been around since before they said let them eat cake Yep, it's been around a long time long time. Um, but I'm I'm I'm already hooked.  I think he's dead.  I think he is and I said he used the press Well, I guess he doesn't need him anymore if kk wants him That's why he said shoot why he's because he doesn't need him. He needs the artist It isn't he doesn't need the guy who runs the printing press. He needs the guy who does the designs So I think he's dead And ever since ever since ever since game of thrones The beautiful thing is series now are free to kill anybody they want whenever they want um Interesting in the whole dynamic obviously they have history of kk and vj. They obviously have some type of Well, and what's cool is In the back of your mind if they turn out to be having a partnership and that partnership works How much of a grudge is he gonna hold for killing his best friend his best friend?  It could be it could be I think you shot him in the head I think they would show that though. I think they would they're going to when we come into this episode Do you think so I think I think so. I think he's dead Yeah, anyways, uh fantastic first episode. Yeah, really good, uh, rodgin. Uh, dk Know how to make Good shows man. Uh, we've seen it and it was family man and uh They weren't involved in No, no, they were involved in that film. Oh, they produced that little film about the people Yes, in a bondi a bondi. They were involved with that. Can we see another show of theirs? I don't I don't remember. Was it just family man season one's family? I thought it was family man season one and two It's good to see it kind of I mean it still has the cop element here, obviously It's good to see it kind of going a little uh different direction of Um, it's John that's just another cop story. Mm-hmm, but I would expect I don't know if they're going to do that because obviously family man. They always had that one shot each season of This insanely long one action shot. I'm very excited. I love kk Well, I'm so excited. We have such good Clearly good actors and good characters and good casting and I think it's going to stay that way because every single person in this Is so kk is now now got his His role in an ott series. Yep So now vj and vj does no, no, but we need vj ross. Oh, oh, yeah He's the like he like he's gotten them, but they've never been long enough He has a small sporting in made in heaven or right. I need him to be the antagonist or the main person In a series All right, so we can watch obviously All those people at and mino's The people I consider at his level in terms of like his contemporaries of like their great actors I know I know somebody put together a series that will put in the main leads Vj ross and radica opto. Yeah Just make a prequel of his character in deli belly Because it was so good so good It's like one of my least favorite least favorite moments in sacred games is spoiler alert if you haven't seen sacred games, but Radica leaves way too soon. Oh, yeah, it's so sad Anyways fantastic first episode looking forward to the next episode. Yeah Once again, if you're watching this on youtube, obviously we had to cut it up Heavily five minutes of basic very very cut up footage of an hour long episode So there's a lot. I mean a lot of it's just us watching But if you'd like to watch along with us, you can see all the episodes on patreon uncut there I will put the link in description and then the pinned comment so you can check it out and On to the next episode


So this next story is so unbelievably outrageous that there is a high likelihood that my head might actually pop off of my shoulders and explode once it hits the ground.  I don't even know how to process this level of absurdity, but Mitch McConnell, the individual who helped create the late-stage capitalist society that we all currently live in, he's now questioning whether or not large multinational corporations have too much power in our political system. The guy who for decades has argued that there should be more money in politics who literally wrote a legal brief in favor of Citizens United when it was being argued in front of the Supreme Court is now mad because corporations have too much power in our political system. Unbelievable. So as Bergus Everett of Politico explains, in the wake of the cancellation of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Georgia over new election laws there, McConnell flashed frustration that companies appear to be taking direction from democratic complaints about the law. Our private sector must stop taking cues from the outrage-industrial complex. Americans do not need or want big business to amplify disinformation or react to every manufactured controversy with frantic left-wing signaling McConnell said in a lengthy statement on Monday. Corporations will invite serious consequences if they become a vehicle for far-left mobs to hijack our country from outside the constitutional order. The cozy relationship between Republicans and business is no secret in Washington. The party's last major legislative achievement was a tax cut bill that focused on shaving down the corporate tax rate, but that relationship has shifted in the early weeks of the presidency of Joe Biden. So I find this hilarious. And when I say hilarious, I mean insufferable. Because he's pretending as if he doesn't know the way that large multinational corporations operate. And in the article, they quote him as saying that they're being woke and that the problem with them is that they're too woke. I think that someone who's a capitalist knows the way that corporations operate. These large corporations, they don't have a cohesive political ideology. Every action that they take is going to be a way that they increase their profits. So when they donate to politicians in both parties, it's not because they think that Democrats and Republicans have really stellar ideas and they want to support these politicians out of the goodness of their hearts. They donate to these politicians in both parties because they are doing that to foster goodwill with both parties. So that way, when power changes, they still have people in power to advocate on their behalf, opt for less regulations, opt for more tax cuts for them. So they don't have a political ideology. They're not woke. They might virtue signal and take aside when it comes to cultural issues. But them doing that is nothing more than marketing because they try to cultivate goodwill, not just among lawmakers, but among the general public who they need to buy their products to survive. And to the extent that large corporations end up denouncing legislation produced by politicians that they donated to will be because it is a bad look. The optics are bad. It's a PR issue and they want to correct that. Now AP reported that corporations gave $50 million to lawmakers in Georgia that supported the racist voter suppression legislation that was recently passed. And now these companies are facing pressure to stop supporting said politicians and even publicly denounce them because this is bad for business, right? So companies like Coca-Cola, Delta, they denounced Georgia's voter suppression law, which in turn led to Trump calling on conservatives to boycott these companies. Now the whole reason why they're speaking up is not because ideologically they disagree with this, but it's a business decision. But to Trump's call to boycott companies like Coca-Cola, I've just got to ask, how's that working out for you? Because in this photograph shared on Twitter by white supremacist Stephen Miller, it looks as if you're not necessarily participating in the cancel culture that you are promoting. So how's that, how's that Coke boycott working out Donald Trump? But here's the thing. We live in a democracy. So theoretically, if we want to affect change, we should be able to pick up the phone, pressure lawmakers organize. I mean, you can't really do too much in person political activities during a pandemic. But in theory, we should be able to just directly impact our lawmakers. But since we live in a late stage capitalist society, thanks to individuals like Mitch McConnell, we can't just do that. It's not so simple. We actually have to use proxies to affect change. We have to put pressure on large corporations so that way they'll in turn put pressure on politicians because that's the only way that we will actually make a difference. And as Hasan put it, incredibly scary state of affairs when we need Coca-Cola to step in against restrictive legislation because people virtually have zero power to make politicians do anything through direct action. And that's the issue here. The issue is that we know nothing is going to get done. Nothing that we want will be accomplished unless corporate America says do it because when corporate America tells politicians to jump, they ask how high. But when Americans ask politicians to do something, they don't hear us. And if you look to a 2014 Princeton University study that Dr. Gillens and Page produced, they found that special interests and business elites, they have a really significant impact on policy outcomes. But normal Americans have a statistically insignificant impact on policy outcomes. So this is why people are now putting pressure on Coca-Cola, on Delta, companies based in Georgia. This is why we are trying to pressure the Israeli government to stop oppressing the Palestinian people by opting for boycott, divestment and sanctions because when capitalism reigns supreme around the world and in the United States, really you have to hit them where it hurts and that is in their wallets. So if they think that we're not going to buy their products if they don't speak out or if they're not woke enough, for example, then that will encourage these large multinational corporations to take action. And again, I just want to stress here that these corporations don't have a political ideology. Their ideology is to increase profits, increase shareholder value. That's the only thing that they care about. And that explains why you can have companies like Walmart, for example, put out pro-gay advertisements saying, oh, well, we respect the LGBTQ community. We support LGBTQ pride. But on another hand, donate thousands of dollars to anti-trans lawmakers in Arkansas, for example, who end up passing bills that ban gender-affirming care for trans youth. I mean, not necessarily very woke if you're funding anti-gay and anti-trans politicians, but at the same time, you speak out in favor of pride. I mean, to them, it's all about the money.  Nobody believes that when Xbox changes their logo to the pride flag that they're doing it because they genuinely care about gay people. It's virtue signaling because this is marketing to them.   That's why they do it. It's marketing. Someone who's a capitalist like Mitch McConnell, he knows this, but he's lying to you. He's being disingenuous. He's trying to make it seem as if, well, look, this is just the woke mob. And so he's trying to trigger the opposite backlash that these companies are expecting, right? Because they know that if they support politicians who keep passing anti-trans bills or voter suppression bills, then that might lead to blowback. But what Mitch McConnell is trying to do is trigger the opposite effect where it leads to conservative blowback, right? That's what Trump is trying to do as well. But ultimately, in the grand scheme of things, what these corporations do will be dictated specifically and exclusively by what is going to make them the most money. If it became financially acceptable for them, it would increase money and value and be a good marketing tactic for them to sign on to a ban on interracial marriage. They would do it like that because they don't care about our political issues. They care about money. But Mitch McConnell, of all people, he never has the right to complain about the amount of power that corporations have. You are the one who created this dystopian hellscape that we're all currently living in.  Everyone sees right through what you're doing. It's not that you think they have too much power. It's that the corporate power that you gave to large multinational corporations doesn't always benefit your party.


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I just wanted to make a few personal remarks about Tom McCabe. As you are aware, Tom passed away on Sunday. Tom McCabe had a unique place within this Parliament. He was our first elected MSP and he was the Parliament's first ever Minister for Parliamentary Business. Tom was a good decent man and like erbyn amddai gyd yn ysgolwladol. Felly, nid oes yn ysgolwladol i fyf ysgolwladol i'r gwaith, i ddielfynodol, a i'n gŵr amddai'n gwybod. Fy gyd yn ysgolwladol, i'r llefio'r ffasilau busnes, i'r ffasilau busnes, i'r nameu Jofix Patrick, ymgyrch ar y Ffasilau busnes. Fy gyd yn ysgolwladol, i'r llefio'r ffasilau busnes, i gael i'r moysg How many members wishes to speak against the motion? I thank the member who wishes to be open. Do members ask to speak against the motion. Therefore, I now put the question to demonstrating to the members it is that motion number 12973osit the name of Joffith Potrick to ingredient and be agreed to. Are we all agreed? Question 1 and to the next sections of business is torf yangrif to tada the two submission I say you to a question. Question one Mr Al Myster. letter to the UK Government regarding the rescue of migrants attempting to enter Europe across the Mediterranean. Cabinet Secretary Fiona Hyslop, the tragic deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean is sadly not just a recent experience. I have persistently raised the deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean since 2013. I raised this issue at the GMS of Europe on 31 October 2014 and my letters of 3 November to David LinkedIn, Minister for Europe, on 20 January to James Brokenshire, Minister for Security and Immigration, both highlighted that abandoning search and rescue is wrong in humanitarian and practical terms and that the current policy has clearly failed. A rethink in both immediate and strategic terms is essential. The UK Government response to my letter of 3 November 2014 focuses on the traffickers, not the victims, as did the Home Secretary's statement on Monday. The agreed 10-point plan from the European foreign ministers is more hopeful and the agreed summit to be held on Thursday a positive development. Humanitarian issues are cross-border and pan-European. Together the EU must prevent the Mediterranean from becoming a watery grave for so many flame conflict, fear and hate. Alison Johnstone, I welcome the cabinet secretary's strong stance on this issue. Poisonous damaging rhetoric on immigration has allowed governments to create a policy where thousands of people drown at sea. The UK Government believes that a search and rescue operation is a pool factor, ignoring the push factor, the persecution, the conflict and the war that causes so many people to leave home and family behind to embark on truly terrifying journeys without any guarantee of safe arrival, let alone a warm welcome. Does the Scottish Government unequivocally reject the concept that drowning people will stop others from making the crossing? I agree very much with that last sentiment, because that was the argument that was being used continuously, that somehow this would avert people from travelling. Quite clearly that policy has failed. However, it is an important point about where we are now and how we go forward. Not only does the EU have to take collective responsibility, which they are starting to do for the issue, instead of leaving the Italians to deal with the issue on their own. One of the concerns is that, because the UK is not a member of Frontex, because they are not part of Schengen, they have not direct involvement in the exercise. Therefore, all they have provided at the request of Operation Triton is two debriefing officers in 2014 and, furthermore, this coming year. Therefore, the rethink has to not just be a rethink on approach to immigration and the value of human life in a dangerous context, where not just adults but children here are drowning in the Mediterranean. They have not just been drowning in recent years. There is an estimated 10,000 people who have died in the Mediterranean over recent decades. We want strategic thinking, but the most important point and the argument that we should be putting forward to David Cameron and the other EU leaders is that they must take a humanitarian approach, first and foremost, as well as dealing with some of the strategic issues that we all need to address. The cabinet secretary will be aware, too, that merchant ships are preventing an even worse crisis that they have rescued approximately 40,000 people in 2014 alone, and everyone expects that number to increase. Does the Government support Amnesty and others' calls for more safe and legal routes to Europe for people fleeing persecution and conflict? As the minister noted, frontex is beyond the control of the European Parliament. Does the Government support more parliamentary accountability for that agency? I encourage Parliamentary and, indeed, not just at European level but also domestically scrutiny of this issue. I think that there is a real concern that so much of the emphasis from the Home Secretary in her statement and, indeed, if you look at the 10-point plan, is focusing on the traffickers and smugglers. Whereas, if you look at the experience of the migrants, most of them have paid for transportation and go on to claim asylum in Europe. I think that the general approach has to be scrutinised further, but in her point about the idea of better management across Mediterranean for merchant shipping and legal routes, I think that that has to be addressed. However, the key issue is where those people fleeing from—many are from Syria, Libya and the overall response of Europe—and, in particular, from our perspective, the UK in relation to Syria has to be addressed, because that is not a problem that is going to be easily resolved. In the meantime, we must renew those humanitarian efforts. Thank you very much, Presiding Officer. Cabinet Secretary, 100 1,400 souls perished since the beginning of this year. We are 101 days into 2015, and we have lost 1,400 men, women and children—not just migrants, not just trafficked people and human beings. I believe that the EU and the UK have an abdication of responsibility and a dereliction of duty when it comes to those people. Can I ask the cabinet secretary if she can provide an assurance to all of us today that she will lobby the next UK Government to reverse the coalition's refusal to support planned search and rescue of those souls who have perished? I appreciate the member's point. Chris McKelvie is the convener of the European External Affairs Committee. She was at the session where the Italian ambassador set out concerns that the Italians had and they are pleased for more co-operation across Europe. Her point about treating people as individuals and the humanity of it most definitely has to be stressed. However critical I have been of the previous Government in its approach to the issue, let us take this opportunity that is provided by the summit on Thursday—a summit to think differently, to act differently. With the encouragement of all parties, I am sure that we can ensure that any incoming Government at the UK level will approach the issue in a different manner and take a different approach. I am sure that, if they did so, they would get support from across the chamber. I am sure that everyone in the chamber was horrified to see the reports over the weekend and the tragedies in the Mediterranean. Those were mothers, fathers, sons and daughters and there were people who were attempting to find a better future for themselves and escaped the terrors of their own home country and the dangers that that was bringing them. As both the member and the cabinet secretary write the highlight, the tactic of cancelling the search and rescue operations last year has failed with horrendous consequences. As the cabinet secretary said, these are complex problems. They will require not just the EU but also the international community to work together and will include the need for humanitarian assistance. I ask the cabinet secretary if the Scottish Government is what contributions they are making and providing to the area at this point in time. In my correspondence to the UK Government in November and in January, we indicated that the Scottish Government stands ready. We have also said to the UK Government in terms of Syrian refugees that we also think that we can play our part in what is required in terms of co-operation in that area. We will continue to make that offer. One of the concerns, and I think that this is why the UK is in a different position than the rest of the EU, but it should not be allowed to abdicate responsibility, is that its non-membership of front-ex should not prevent it from providing that assistance. Similarly, in terms of our reference within the powers of this Parliament, we stand ready to provide our support. Roderick Campbell Cabinet Secretary, when the Italian ambassador gave evidence to the European Committee in October last year, he called for work with countries of origin through the Rabat process, for example, to co-ordinate and aid better and create economic opportunities and jobs in those countries to discourage people from leaving their homes to look for a better future. What can the Scottish Government do to assist in this approach? I referred previously to the Italian ambassador's evidence to the committee of this Parliament, in which he addressed the wider and complex issues. It needs a multi-pronged response, of which I must stress again. The humanitarian response within the seas of the Mediterranean outwith the current borders of Operation Trident must be part and parcel, but also in terms of strategic efforts. We should also be looking at the displacement of millions of people within the sources of the origins from which the original countries, from which those migrants are travelling, and to provide support there for rehabilitation and compassionate treatment of refugees, but also in dealing with the areas of origin. The suggestions that were made by the Italians initially have stood by it on their own. Operation Mario Nostrum was finished in November and was replaced by an operation that has clearly failed, but we must stand by our Italian friends and colleagues. They should not bear the burden of that themselves. In terms of the proposals by the Italian ambassador, it is something that would encourage EU leaders to look at. To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to NHS staff to deal with stress. Our staff are at the heart of our NHS. Their health and wellbeing is something that the Government takes very seriously. The staff government standard for NHS Scotland commits all boards to providing a continuously improving and safe working environment, promoting the health and wellbeing of staff, patients and the wider community. Standards are subject to a framework of local and national monitoring to ensure that measures are in place to achieve and maintain those objectives. She will be aware of the concerns around staff using drugs and alcohol, which has always been a problem but may be increasing. I know that, as an experienced clinician, this can sometimes be a result of stress, resorting inappropriately to drugs and alcohol. Is she also aware of the figures in the latest staff survey, which showed that a quarter of nurses agreed that they did not have enough time to do their jobs? In other words, 75 per cent did not feel that they had enough time, 50 per cent felt that they were too busy to provide an appropriate level of care and 64 per cent felt that they were under too much pressure. Specifically, what individual support is offered to nurses to try and manage stress that they are inevitably going to face whatever resources are provided? First, I say to Richard Simpson that I am aware of the issues that he raises. The staff survey shows that a mixed picture of some areas is improving others, showing that there is more to be done. The issue of drugs and alcohol is an issue for many people in Scotland, working in many professionals. We have to make sure that, where the issue is identified in the workplace, the right support is there to support staff in whatever job they are working in. On the general position of support—I am sure that Richard Simpson is aware that the partnership information network managing health at work is one of a range of HR policies that is agreed nationally in partnership between the NHS employers, the trade unions and ourselves in the Scottish Government. It covers a full range of occupational health matters, including work-related stress and staff wellbeing. What we expect boards locally to do is to set out how they will meet or exceed that national pin policy. That will include making sure that support is there, whether it is for nurses or any other professionals within the NHS, to support them in whatever issues they are dealing with. I am certainly happy to write to Richard Simpson with more detail of that, particularly on the drug and alcohol issue, if he would find that helpful. I thank the minister for her reply and say that I agree with almost everything that she said. My one concern that I wonder if she would agree is that we need to be thinking more proactively about individual nurses and how we advise them. Once they get to occupational health, their stress has been recognised and may have been off sick with that stress, but I wonder whether we cannot, in fact, get Health Improvement Scotland to examine that in a bit more detail and look at how we can support individuals before they get to the point where the stress requires them to go to occupational health. I agree with Richard Simpson that early intervention and prevention has been a lot of work, not just in the NHS but in other workplaces as well, to look at putting in place a range of prevention measures to ensure that we have good mental health in the workplace. We should try to make sure that interventions and support are there at the earliest stages of issues being raised and identified rather than just waiting until it becomes an occupational health matter. I am very happy to look at his suggestion around whether it is his or any other support of some of the organisations that we have in the NHS that could perhaps look at more early intervention support. I am very happy to take away that and get back to Richard Simpson about that. The cabinet secretary will be aware of the recent news that Bremen Medical Group practice in Buxburn, Aberdeen, will close at the end of September due to the number of GPs retiring or leaving and an inability to recruit replacements. Will she agree with me that this example is symptomatic of the crisis regarding GP recruitment and retention as a never-increasing workload combined with reduced resources has led to many GPs to retire early or go to work abroad because of the stresses affecting their working lives? Will she continue to work closely with the Royal College of GPs and the BMA to find an urgent resolution of this problem that could well come to affect patients in many parts of Scotland? I am aware of that particular local issue being well cited on it, but I say to her that we have already been working with GPs, the BMA and the Scottish General Practitioners Committee on the redesign of the contract in order to sustain and support general practice for the future. We have negotiated changes to the current contract that reduce the GP workload associated with bureaucracy, for example, and that is a direction that the redesign contract will continue to take. On the general point, we have seen an increase in the number of GPs, almost 7 per cent increase in the number of GPs. We have more GPs per head of the population in Scotland than in England, and we have invested in GP services by almost £70 million. However, there is more to be done, and I am very keen that we look at the opportunities for the new Scottish-only contract that will come in in 2017. Obviously, we want to begin those discussions soon. We have already had some very productive discussions with the BMA, the Royal College and others on what we can do to make general practice more attractive. There are issues around young doctors not choosing general practice for a variety of reasons. We need to overcome that, and we need to look at how we can change that to get more young doctors choosing general practice. I am keen to discuss with the net mill and others how we can take that forward, hopefully on a cross-party basis.


It is my great pleasure to be here with Comrade Claire Daley.  Yeah. That was a bit more about it. I mean, look at, I think for both of us to be here today, from Greece and from Ireland, to stand in solidarity with the people of Munich, we know that we represent the voices of the people of Europe who are so disconnected from those in power. The people in power are puppets of the military-industrial complex. They're enabling a genocide in Gaza. And it's very clear that the ordinary people in Europe want no part of that. When we were just arriving here, I noticed there was a NATO flag being waived by an anti-demonstration demonstration. And I was thinking to myself, my goodness, don't these people realize that NATO is like the mafia? They create insecurity to sell security. They create threats to sell protection. And in the end, NATO guarantees that Europe is the industrializing. It is falling behind economically, socially, morally. It is becoming geopolitically irrelevant. Absolutely. I mean, to see NATO flags being flown here, when we know that NATO is simply the organization for the advancement of U.S. interest is absolutely pathetic when we have a leadership of the European Union, which sanctions ourselves so positively to undermine the Russian economy, but just succeeds in having the Russian economy becoming the strongest economy in Europe. You know that the lunatics have really taken over the asylum here. And the needs of people in Europe are for cooperation, for enhanced solidarity on all of matters. And it does start with Palestine because they have been hijacked. They have been the mouthpieces of Israeli genocide. And it is so shameful to see that being done in the names of European citizens when it is clearly so not the case. We have a European Parliament election happening in June. Though the European Parliament can never change anything, you have proven with your voice in it that it is important to have a forum, just a podium on which we can tell the truth to Europeans. This is why I'm very much looking forward to us working together to bring about a voice of reason, of peace and shared prosperity, which can never happen in Europe unless we become liberated from NATO, from the military industrial complex, from the banking and financial community. And we need to stand together in this, along with Palestinians, along with Germans, along with Italians. Ireland at least is not in NATO. Thank God for that. Well, not for much of what today our Prime Minister for the first time is here in Munich at the Security Conference, something that has never happened before. They say we're not going to join NATO, but Joseph Borel has made it abundantly clear that European defence now is aligned with NATO, so it may not be a name, but in reality now they are driving all of Europe into NATO. And that's why I absolutely echo your words. It is so important that as we go into the European elections, I don't know if I will be re-elected. I know that those in power in Ireland are absolutely adamant to make sure that that does not happen. But if I manage to pull it off, I sincerely hope that I am joined by you, Janice, from Greece and so many others, speaking against militarism and against peace. It is absolutely what Europe needs. Every day I'm contacted by people from Germany, from Italy, from France, who feel their views are not represented in the parliament. So we need people like you there. We need people like others. We need to break through that domination and to reclaim Europe for the people out of the hands of the lobbyists. And you know what? Let's have some fun, trying. It doesn't matter whether we win. What matters is that we keep up the good struggle, together with all these people. So let's begin with free Palestine before we can free Europe. Absolutely. We say in Ireland, if we fight, we might win. If we don't fight, we've lost already. So that's what we're here to do, to challenge us.


A relatively new but successful society, DC's Anactus travelled to Toronto last month to compete in the Anactus World Cup. I sat down with a society's chair, Jack Kane, and other members of the society to figure out what Anactus is all about. Anactus is an NGO, it's in 36 countries around the world, and basically we're students and we dedicate our free time to help marginalise scripture society basically through social entrepreneurship. Well Anactus run all over Ireland, all over the world and in each university there's Anactus groups and basically once we all work through the year at the end of the year there's a big national competition and each college goes and represents their team and then there is Milton the winner and DC won this year and that's what gave us the opportunity to go to Toronto for the World Cup. Our team presented really well and it was a tough competition because the standard's so high in all the other countries but team I'm in the right. We have four projects at the minute and we decided to choose two of them, we only get 17 minutes to present so we picked two, one is Head Start that we've had now for four years, that is weekly dance, travel, music and art classes for people with intellectual disabilities and it's powered by volunteers and we still run it every Tuesday here in the Class 11 campus with Henry Grapplin, we just go down for two hours and dance and do outplay and stuff and we have loads of fun. The other one was a brand new project from last year, it was called Prison Break where we took a rehabilitated ex-prisoner and we set up for him to run fitness classes for students out in the park and that was just a way to help him reintegrate into society with so many prisoners, just end up on back into the trap and go back into prison. Farmer prisoner Kieran spoke about how Enactus helped him. So it meant that I had actually a few credit for both players and to go to see my kids which was great you know and they only get job seekers and them and some of the other. I've never felt George coming here, never felt George at DCU college and that's a big hurdle to get over and it gives you a lot of confidence and you don't feel that you can be a natural self. The real thing we notice about Enactus is that relatively it's really new in Ireland this is only the sixth year it's been here I just think in comparison this is like the 21st year it's been in places like Kazakhstan so we find that like the competition is really intense between the Irish institutions and then when we go to World Cup like we're the best in Ireland but some of these projects the other countries have been going longer than Enactus has even been going in the country so the next stage really for Ireland is to be able to put projects in place that can run over five six years and through multiple teams so that when they get brought to World Cup they can make a bit more of an impact with the big hitters. Hopefully Enactus can advance even further next year. This is Andrew Burn for DCU TV News.


Welcome back folks. Dow, Dow investors down 11 Nasdaq's up 30 S&Ps are up four and a half Let's go over to our mam's to Teddy cakes that as we do each in every Wednesday at 20 at 40 past the hour You can reach Teddy every trading day folks at 4x dash trading dash unlock calm Teddy cakes that what's going on? Morning guys pretty interesting saw action the currency markets today. I would say yeah You got some big movements in that hero man. That was a fast move. No doubt, right? Well, you know the ECB not doing anything with rates I think that was probably one of the biggest things that kind of got the move Now if you guys look at the the US dollar Swiss, that's like above parity again And it right now the market's bid at least it was the last I checked at okay, yeah So so right now you have the the US dollars above parity with Swiss That's a nice reason the dollar index is high The euro is selling off but interestingly if you look at the at the sell-off in the euro It was much lower before and now it's coming back Yeah, interesting. Okay, the other ones are still bid now There's I was kind of wondering I'm like why is it looking like that? And then I looked at the euro at the excuse me the euro Swiss and the euro Swiss has been nothing But rallying for the past month So it's pretty interesting to see how the Swiss is falling to the dollar more than the euro actually is today Yeah, that's interesting man So what do you think you know what when I was looking at that it almost looked like the euro Wanted to move higher the last few days Teddy, right and then I'm trying to correlate it with okay Does that have anything to do with Brexit non-Brexit? Do you know what I mean? It's like the euro seemed like it was gonna be happy when Brexit was going out for a year Do you know what I mean then drag you come up with small and says okay? I'm not that happy man You know I want to get to lower price because that euro at that 112 16 is a kind of a dangerous place for it Absolutely, absolutely because it's flirting with that 11 half area Which seems to be the bounce point for them for the market. Yeah, right now, right? So I agree with you. I think that a couple days ago I was looking at the euro and I'm just like wow this really things like this slow creeping little bull May try and extend itself and then of course over the past couple days it fizzled Yeah, no exactly and I think that that has more to do with some of the numbers coming out And then you had the deal from your Brexit supposed to happen Friday, right? You know and now with these ridiculous talks about extending it a year and I actually had an interesting Conversation over the weekend with someone who's off from Switzerland and they actually a trader But they live in Dubai I asked what would be if they just did the Brexit Friday and just said okay It's over, but we're just gonna deal with these things on a day-to-day basis and just address them as they come wouldn't that be a seamless way of moving on and Making everything happen and he said that's what people wish would happen because that would be common sense Okay, the thing is you doesn't want to let go of the UK, right?  Sure, and the thing is that the UK has always maintained the pound So their their ability to leave the EU should be actually a seamless one, you know And it's not being one so that actually I think is also scary for the rest of the EU countries You know which also starts to weigh on the Euro because not coming to a deal Is not good for the EU either because it means that they're not willing to compromise, right? Yeah, right and even inside of the couple of the press releases they put out It seems like the EU is worried that even they give me the extension I don't mess with our business when I give you this extension, you know me for the next year, you know And I'm not quite sure how they can mess with their business, but Well, they get to vote man, they're they're active players, you know, okay, that's what remember the EU for that year Right, that's right. See if we look at the pound dollar right now today with the court with the dollar rally going on It's pretty neutral. It's not doing anything. Right. Right. Oh, yeah I know exactly just laying there at 130 73. Yeah, and it's just like a flat line Just a little range trade, you know, so it'll be interesting if the dollar Swiss stays above parity settles higher You know and can continue over the next couple days Well, then obviously the trend is pretty solid and then there's a bull in place, you know But I think really it's kind of skittish, you know I think it's just little news reaction trying to figure out what's coming out with Brexit that where nothing really is there You know, I mean most of your currencies you got the pound you got the yen You got the Australian dollar and the Canada are basically stuck in range trades Yeah, I just you know, just as you were speaking man I just brought the the Swiss Frank up, you know going back to 2000 and Foa and this thing's been in the same place for what 2011 man, that's us. That's a tight range for that, isn't it? right Wow, exactly So it's just because the ranges have got we're gotten so used to it things look valid over there at now But if you really like you said look at that they haven't been going anywhere Look, so at one point that's amazing actually so at one point they the Swiss was a dollar eighty to the dollar Yep, wow and then 2000 happened, right?  Yeah, holy cow right that's That's men the burgers then must have been worth the fortune. No, no, it's just the opposite, right? So a dollar eighty Is it dollar eighty to a dollar is that stronger a weaker Swiss? That would be weaker. That's weaker. Okay, so so the burgers will so now the burgers are more expensive Right, right. Oh my god. Yeah $50 for a big Mac over there, right? You know, I'm exaggerating a little but you hear the stories the stories the stories are pretty amazing, right, right, sir Sure So what else do you think we should be looking at in the next couple coming weeks? Yeah Actually, I got a trade for you. It's setting up. Yeah, New Zealand dollar. Yeah, US dollar trade If you look at that chart they stamped below a few days ago and then over the past few sessions the past two days They settled slightly higher just a little bit and today It's flirting with just being slightly negative slightly positive Also, if they can get a slightly positive close today and then tomorrow if you look at where they're near those lows If they can take out that low from three days ago with a sell-off which is possible with some numbers They're coming out tomorrow. There could be some action in that market actually all the currencies So if the bears come out and take that out tomorrow, then you're probably looking at an extended bear trend for probably the next week Or so maybe even two weeks So you can really see it take out some heavy support levels that yeah, and I can see Going back there. So it's 67 going back there. What in December of January 65. Yeah That's this whole currency market is so intriguing man. It's a lot of variables. It's always a trade somewhere. Yeah, yeah now The the Chinese won though. That's not tradable, right? Is that because they have such controls over it? Well, no, you can there's there's FX products on that you can trade the wine. Okay. I just curious. Yeah, pretty wild I would I'd stay away from that no for sure I would I just wanted to know more than anything. Do you know me have an inside track in the Chinese government? You know what's coming? No That'd be good, right? That'll be the ultimate listen folks You can check out Teddy every trading day for X dash trading dash unlock calm Teddy You have a great week safe week I'm sure you're later that spring up there. Can I look out like Michigan get a little bit warmer for you? Absolutely. Have a great one man. Have a safe one. Thanks Teddy. Thanks Teddy stay right there folks Tell me I come right back. 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I wrote to him about it. So I had spoken with one of the members there and they had some contact with Nate Malloy, who's the staff person, but really not contact with the committee. So now we're kind of closing the loop on that relationship. It seems like a really good relationship to develop there. I mean, the great alignment of interests and advocacy with big strong labor as the gentleman of the fraternity indicated to us. These are the same folks who went during the snowstorm, Nemo, and dug out the Chestnut Court. So really it was a great evening. It was great to make their acquaintance. It was great to have conversations over dinner with them about kind of the issues of the day. Really great to get their perspective on things. And I really commend them for their outreach to the town to invite us to come there for that. So that is all. Okay, other folks, please. I'll report to Ms. Brewer. Absolutely. It was a great dinner. It was really great being in a purposefully built building. It was built as a sorority, but it's now a fraternity. And aside from that issue, it's not just cramming a bunch of people into a little tiny house. It actually makes sense in terms of the layout and stuff. And so that's nice to see. And they were just all very charming and very helpful in terms of us trying to understand some of their perspectives on things. And I heard over and over again from the members that they were all people who, before they came to college, thought I'm not gonna join a fraternity. Not a fraternity, that's a frat. But instead they joined a fraternity. So they make a big difference between what those two things are. And I should also mention, it is funny with the DAAC situation because they mentioned to us this film that they're bringing, Pie Capify is bringing to town and they wanted to talk to DAAC about promoting it because it's a film about people in wheelchairs using cameras. And it turns out that because a couple of the DAAC members are already heavily involved or employed by Stavros. Stavros is the group that they work with to build the wheelchair ramps. So I mean the circles are connected but just not quite in the way that they could have been. And so strengthening that connection. So some of the people on DAAC knew all about them and some of them didn't. And so it is really fun to be able to keep making those connections all the way around. So thank you for that because I was gonna do that but I knew that Nate was working on it as well. Thank you. In terms of other reports, the community development block grant advisory group met last week and I went to the tail end of their meeting because it was right after the dinner. And, or had started before the dinner really. And they had reports from the various agencies that they funded and they have put out the reports as to what's happening so far with the money that went to those particular agencies. So it was a nice chance for a report back. People to understand what's going on. Of course the big question of the day is what's gonna happen in the future? And so I know they're planning to talk to the town manager about what his vision is for future. Is that we would assume that we're not coming back to being a point off on many entitlement which the theory may be at this point that the state maybe doesn't wanna do many entitlement communities anymore. And if we're going to go for a competitive grant, there was certainly some support on the block grant advisory committee member's part to say if it's going to take us longer to be competitive so to speak for a competitive grant that we might have to skip a year in application that that would be something that they would understand that perspective and that they looked forward to talking to town manager. After we got through town meeting and we found out what the state said this June since we won't have any idea until June for sure what's gonna happen. It's just too unclear what's happening at the state level but then what their role might be. We had obviously discussion last time as I looked toward the table for the petitioner who was here talking about well when we have a social service agency item again which we may or may not ever have again. So just what might they function and so they're just trying to get their arms around what that might look like. And they also have a little bit of money that they may need to reprogram from previous capital expenditures which is always kind of a good problem to have except that it has to be spent quickly. And so they might have, you might see a little bit of information about that out there. And I don't think anything else has happened since last week because it's just been so exciting. We've just met. Although when we were talking about announcements so that I don't lose sight of it there's a thing we were all invited to next week as well associated with this wasn't a particular fraternity this seems sort of like our coffee hour but it's their version of our coffee hour over at UMass next week. Yeah, so there's a student achievement reception and then student achievement awards. I would really like to be able to go to it. It's the same time the awards part is the same time as the warrant review. So I've got to see what the deal is with whether I need to present any articles at the warrant review or not. So I got to be that up, Ms. Stein. That invitation come by email? Yes. And it came to all of us by email, but yeah, we actually got multiples of it. Some of us are so far behind email by the time I find it or miss. We've got a few days still for the RSVP. Right, but what my point was going to be is that behind the fact is a little exciting more and more things we get to go to on the spring. I appreciate they invited us. Also, if there is, if you won't be there to represent us, we always look to you for all the UMass things to let us know so that somebody shows up for this thing because it's on an odd night, a Tuesday night. I think it's Tuesday night, yeah. You have a 23rd, I think it is, yeah. So I'll definitely go to the reception. I hope to get to go to some or all of the awards and I'm not sure, but it really is, it's a good community opportunity to be able to see really the best side of students. I mean, these are their achievement awards. And so again, it gives us new messages to carry to the community about really what students are like in Amherst in the majority. Okay, other liaison reports. Mr. Hayden. It's great, quickly. It's great. Other liaison reports, Mr. Walden. Briefly, to underscore what everyone said about the nice evening with the fraternity and the point that these people said they never thought of joining one, it's not a social fraternity. It's not a drinking club, it's an academic fraternity. Engineering in particular, though not all the members are engineers, so we should underscore that. There are these professional organizations and they really stress academic achievement too. They require people to keep a certain grade point average. They provide assistance for those who need structured study time and so forth. So it's really quite rewarding to be there. And I second everything you said. Just two very brief things. The public arts is this Kickstarter campaign going on to acquire the portal sculpture in Kendrick Park. And I gathered this in issues about how to facilitate or even just arrange at all the transfer of money from that to town coffers. But that effort is underway and I think they really would like people to contribute. And Historical Commission met on April 9th when Ms. Brewer and I were at ACTV, so I was unable to go. But the upshot of that that's most relevant here is that the commission voted unanimously to make a formal request to select board to set up a committee to study the possibility of a local historic district in the Sunset Pleasant Street area. This is something again, an expression of neighborhood concern about deteriorating quality of the area, demolitions and things like that. So that'll be coming our way at some point. But the decision was basically made in November but they wanted to wait until other things were in place like the Dickinson District Committee underway and the North Emmer Study Committee appointed. So that'll be coming to us at some point. What and when the action will be of course is another matter but just so we have that on the radar screen. Okay, thank you. Questions or comments for Ms. DeWalt? Ms. Brewer. And you probably don't wanna tell them what I'll say now which is like, yeah, wait in line because we haven't even started appointing Dickinson group. I mean, the not Dickinson group, the North Emmer's group, we talked about maybe the next time having Dickinson do it. Yeah, it's all important. I'm just not sure how it's all gonna get done. That's also why there may be ways to accomplish some of the same goals more quickly. I don't know as a substitute or as a preliminary step there might be other measures we could put in place that would achieve some protections. But yes, that is an issue of staff time and then just sort of sequencing how long this all takes. So I think town staff which has to carry this out is very aware of that. Other leads and reports. I'll note, campus community coalitions I already said that I did the walk this way thing Saturday night. Great group of volunteers, students, administrators from the university. I'll be doing it again next Saturday. I'm not sure how effective it is, I gotta say. I don't think we were terribly effective in rerouting students at all but I do think it was effective in kind of spreading awareness about, remember when you're in the neighborhoods especially when you're coming home tonight A, try and avoid the neighborhoods but B, if you're in the neighborhoods try and keep quiet, quiet down there are families here, et cetera. And I don't know just kind of having an adult presence out there then kind of felt good and the students, a lot of them thanked us. They thought we were a community watch and they thought we were kind of looking out for their safety and stuff. So it was interesting. We had a whole range of reactions but it was interesting. So they're doing a kind of formal feedback on how this is working or not formal, informal feedback on how we think this is working. The final weekend of it is next week Saturday. I'll be doing it again. Anyone wants to join us? A lot of fun, get a bright green T-shirt. So there's that. Not exactly campus and community coalition related but just part of the UMass stuff is last night I was a judge at a Greek week event. There's a very massive event that happens in Mullen Center. It's first time in Mullen Center. It's been in different places in the past. That is they do a lip sync contest. They call it lip sync. It's actually much bigger than that. It's like a giant choreographed dance routine and lip sync that there were, I think there were like seven teams. Yeah, there were seven teams that must have had 30 to 50 kids each on the teams and fraternities and sororities together in each group. And so it was both that big choreographed lip sync dance routine that was just impressive beyond all ghetto and also what they called the Greek God and Goddess competition afterwards that was answering questions and talent. And it was a lot of fun to participate. And so I was a judge along with an administrator from UMass, someone who works in student, university programming council. I think that's what they work with. And Sam the Minuteman. So that's three of us were judges. So that was a lot of fun. And the green team won. So yes, they were great. So there's that. I think those are all the things lost this week. I'm gonna read my writing. Yeah. So I think that's all we meet again in six days. That is the 22nd of April. So I have no chairs reporting there. This is just all kind of one and the same. When we did all the untimed items, we already talked about the coffee hour. So the public is invited. And again, reminded about the coffee hour for Harrison Gregg on April 29th at 5 p.m. in this room. I think that's all. Anything else we need to talk about before next Monday? Mr. Hayden, we're so glad you're back. And without objection, this meeting is adjourned at exactly 9.30 p.m. Thank you very much.


I am very happy to be here with the Minister of Infrastructure and Collectivity, Catherine McKenna, and the President of the Bank of Infrastructure of Canada, Michael Sabia. Before we proceed to the announcement today, I would like to take a moment to make a point on COVID-19. In the last few days, COVID-19 cases have continued to rise across the country. The world has seen its highest-ever daily number of cases. Montreal and Quebec City are at their top level of alert. And everywhere, this virus remains a threat. Last spring, we worked together to flatten the curve. I know we can do that again this fall. So please, keep following public health instructions. Wear a mask, wash your hands, and keep your distance. And if you haven't already, download the COVID Alerp app from the App Store or Google Play. It's free. It can text your privacy. And it's another way to keep yourself and others safe. As of this morning, Manitoba has now brought the app fully online, joining Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, and Saskatchewan. And in the coming days, we're looking forward to even more provinces following their lead. So download the app today. Because of the high-ever number of cases, it's very important for everyone to continue to follow public health rules. Wear a mask, wash your hands, and keep your distance. And if you haven't already, download the free, free, alert COVID app. Since this morning, the app is fully functioning at Manitoba, joining Ontario, New Brunswick, and Saskatchewan. We hope that other provinces will take the step. On our side, the government continues to work with provinces and territories to ensure your safety. This week, I called on Prime Minister Ford and Prime Minister Legault to offer my full support when we face this second wave together. We talked about what our government could do more, especially regarding the expansion and support of small and medium-sized businesses. Later today, we will have our 19th meeting with Prime Ministers of provinces and territories. We must continue our efforts together. I think, among other things, of the agreement on the security reliance or at the bottom for a secure school return. These are federal investments that help with all kinds of measures, including the individual protection equipment or the protection of children and school staff. The priority is to help Canadians cross the storm. Last Wednesday, in the speech from the throne, we announced our plan to support Canadians through this crisis as long as it takes whatever it takes. Job 1 remains keeping people safe. And as we do that, we're also going to fight for the livelihoods of every single worker. This spring was tough for a lot of people who either lost their jobs or saw their hours cut. And while many Canadians are back at work, many others are still looking. As a government, there are ways we can help by building on what we've done so far. In the throne speech, we announced a plan to create over a million jobs for Canadians. We'll make this happen by extending the wage subsidy and investing in youth employment. And we'll also look at opportunities in growing sectors, which is what I want to talk about today. This morning, our government is launching a $10 billion infrastructure plan to build stronger, healthier communities while helping Canadians get back to work. In fact, this plan alone will create about 60,000 jobs right across the country. Through the Canada Infrastructure Bank, this three-year growth plan will invest in everything from clean power, zero-emission buses and home retrofits, to broadband and irrigation infrastructure for farmers. This is a win-win. With smart, targeted investments, we can get people back on the job and grow the economy while building a healthy, sustainable future for everyone. Today, I'm announcing that we're launching a $10 billion infrastructure plan to build stronger communities and create tens of thousands of jobs for Canadians. Through the Canada Infrastructure Bank, this three-year growth plan will allow us to invest in several sectors, including clean energy, zero-emission buses, eco-energistic renovation, high-speed internet and irrigation infrastructure for farmers. Through these judicial investments, we can get people back to work, grow the economy and build a healthy and sustainable future for everyone. As we work to build a stronger country, we must ensure that no one is left behind. The last six months have been difficult for everyone, especially for a good number of our seniors. To the seniors, you have worked hard all your life, and it is now our turn to work hard to offer you the best possible support. Our government will stay on the side, and we will stay on the sides to ensure that you have all you need. As we have announced in the Trump speech, we will continue to take measures to protect people in long-term care establishments, while helping elderly people stay at home longer and increasing their passions. Our communities, just like our families, are stronger because of the contributions of seniors. On National Seniors Day and Every Day, let's recognize the people in our lives who helped raise us and who made this country what it is. Finally, I want to end today by recognizing some important news out of the House of Commons. Earlier this morning, our government introduced a bill to end conversion therapy in Canada. It's past time to put a stop to this unacceptable, discredited practice that has hurt far too many LGBTQ2 Canadians. conversion therapy is harmful, degrading, and has no place in Canada. I hope all parties step up, come together, and support this bill.


guys. We have a special treat. Chandler has some cool friends and joining us after the break. Two times Super Bowl champ Pro Bowl or Travis Kelsey. I want to talk hoops, but I really just want to get the scoop on Chandler Travis joins us next when run it back returns. Oh yeah. Two times Super Bowl champ best tight end in the NFL. Travis Kelsey is here. Thank you. I know it's early. I don't care what time zone you're in. It's early. And Chandler. Chandler came through. Look, here's the deal Travis. Chandler lives the life that all of us wish we could live and clearly you're in that lifestyle as well. All he does is play in golf tournaments and then go to the Cabo compound. You guys have been in some tournaments over the past few months Vegas, Mexico. Is he even good at this whole golf thing because he doesn't really share details. Is he even good to live golf live golf is by the offer my guy I'm sure. No, honestly, no funny story. We were we actually were down in Cabo playing in the member guest down there. And man, when I tell you Chan found a way to save my tail. I'm a we went our fleet. We go to the championship rounds from from about 80 yards out. I got a stick one closer. Chandler putt went in and I threw one off a guy's knee in the grandstand and came back across the green about 40 yards and back into the fairway. When I tell you my guys got ice in his veins. He dropped one with a putter the old Texas wedge baby from about 40 yards into the fairway dropped one to about one foot and literally saved our tail in the championship round. So my dog my dog's got it. My dog's got he's not just out here faking it. He's out here actually working. Hey Travis, they basically put us in the middle of 18th fairway right and Travis had 80 yards or something and we had to alternate shots. This man, the wind picks up the winds behind us. He just launches. It goes in stands comes back. It was amazing. But now Travis was the best.  I've never met someone that I've hit it off with like trap. He's my guy. So thank you for coming off. I feel like I'm looking at twins. I mean, this really just feels like some sort of a 23 and me moment for everybody. Look, I have to ask though better cell phone contacts between the two of you. Who is it? I mean, look at Shom trying to pretend like he's on assault. Get out of here. Who has the better side? I'm trying to really see that they're twins. Like I had to get that shot. It might be Shoms. Shoms might have the hottest contacts. Honestly. Well, how are we defining hot? I mean, I think we should sell that right now. Yeah. By the way, you look like an angel with this filter. How do I get that? Or you're just going to blur out the back. Honestly, I did it one time. Don't know how to switch your back dog. So I'm just stuck with it now. Travis, you're playing in the match. You're playing against Steph Curry, Clay Thompson. You're winning that right? Like, where's your level of confidence at right now? Oh, yeah. Well, I mean, me and me and my God, Pat, my homes have never lost in Vegas. And that even dates back to a golf tournament that I met Chan at. And I'll tell you what, it's Pat's going to have to save me on a few shots, but there are going to be some shots that I get close and I come through and hold my own weight. I'm interested to see what the dynamic is.  And I don't know if the baby face of Sasson and Clay Thompson like to yank a little bit. Well, I think Clay gets after it a little bit. But we'll find out. We'll find out on TNT and I believe June 28th, June 28th. Actually, June 29th. Sorry about that. We're going to be watching. I know Chan was going to be in the intersection. So I know you grew up a Cavs fan. They lost the Knicks in the playoffs. What do you see this team needs to do moving forward? Just they need to keep growing. I mean, it's I've been in a position like that. You finally get a good group of like players together and you just got to find ways to win those big games and those key moments. So much focuses on like the playoffs in every single series County, just like in the playoffs and football, every single play counts. And it means everything. And I'll tell you what, man, I think I'm happy with what the Cavs got going right now. Obviously, hate to see how they how they lost to the Knicks in the playoffs. But I know my guy Donovan Mitchell in the gang has got everything carried, got everything covered over there in Cleveland. Trab, is it true that you cried when the Cavs won the championship in 2016? It was tears of happiness and a joy. I might have had a few cocktails, but it's it's always it's always I've been a Cleveland sports fan my entire life, man. So when Brian Kari K love and everybody brought one back for the city, I was I was I was with I was in the crowd at the parade, walking around in the in the in a hot Cleveland summer. And man, it was it was a beautiful thing to see. And I'll remember that day forever, man. No shame. Travis, I got a basketball question to I just have to confess, I'm a Raiders fan. And like, why?  What do you have against you? I love Raiders fans, man. Every time I see you guys, we have a great time, man. It's always the best. Yeah, I bet. I know we don't. I got a tip. I have a tremendous respect for for not only the Raiders and the guys that I play against the Raiders, but or that are on the Raiders. But I'll tell you what, the fan base, you guys don't hold back, man.  That makes that makes football in the environment that much more fun to play in, man. So I nothing but love and respect for the Raiders, man. But you know, it's war every time we play. Yeah, I had season tickets when they were in Oakley and I watched you give like your gloves or everything to these two fans in the end zone. And I was like, yeah, we're going to lose 30 today. Thanks. My basketball question. My basketball question is when the Cavs did lose to the Knicks, did you turn your allegiance then to LeBron?  Was it you were you ready to see him win after that? You know it, man. I got I got so much love for LeBron and what he's been able to do, not only on the on the court, but off the court up in Northeast Ohio. He's changed the lives of a lot of people up there and provided a lot of smiles and a lot of happiness for a lot of families, man. And that being said, I wanted to see my guy go after another one and then find a way with even another team that you know, people might have speculated that he wouldn't be able to get this far with. I was I was hoping he could just, you know, power through again. But unfortunately he ran into the Joker, man, that guy is throwing up madness right now. And it didn't come through. But yeah, it was it was still an exciting, exciting run for him this year. And yeah, hopefully you can go and get another one next year. And I know LeBron's good on like he sends congratulations out to you on Twitter and all that. Is that do you guys do like a text behind the scenes? Congrats? Is it mostly public Twitter? How does this work? Not so much. It's just it's just over Twitter. You know, he's kind of been a friend from afar and just I've been able to recognize his career and throughout these these past couple of Super Bowl runs, he's been able to recognize mine. And it's it's pretty cool just rooting for a guy from the same area as you. And yeah, it's always it's always cool seeing seeing the tweet come across. By the way, Twitter, we need to get the update on the ring emojis because all they have is that engagement ring. And that really sort of takes it out of context. You recently threw out the first pitch at a Guardians game. We want to watch it all together. And we want to get your assessment on how you did. That's why your numbers in the 80s. What happened here? It was, you know, those the new baseballs actually have like more stick on them. I can't even I can't even lie. I hadn't thrown a baseball forever. I thought I'd be able to just go up there and wing it. And yeah, you got to go to practice, kids. You got to get there. You got to go to work. You got to get on a mound this year. I honestly, I got on the mound. I walked down the mound and I realized I was way too far away. And then I just needed to send it. I just was like, well, I'm here. So I might as well send it. I'm just glad I didn't I'm just glad I didn't skip one in the same Bieber space right there. These are ace over there. I feel like the stretching really convinced me that we were about to see greatness. Let me ask you this. If they switch it to a ceremonial at bat, can you hit one out? That was my argument. That was my argument. Give me give me a bat in my hands. I was never comfortable on the mound when I played baseball. All right. That was that was the one thing that I was either I was either in the game to throw as fast as hard as I can and just strike fear in the batter's box or I was I was up there. It's just waste time. But I was way way more comfortable in the box with a bat in my hands. So the ceremonial first hit is definitely more of my lane soon. Yeah, people want to know. Are you the best tight end of all time? I'll leave that all the other all the smart people that like you guys, I'll leave that up to you guys and all the critics. I'll tell you what, I have a blast doing what I do. And I know I've had a lot of success in this league. And it's just cool. And it's such an honor to be in the talks with a lot of the greats that have played this game. And yeah, I'll leave that up to you guys on whether or not I'm the best. You're the best. The answer is yes. He is definitely but trap you played basketball in high school, you're athletic, arguably the greatest tight end of all time. If they threw you in an NBA game right now, could you get a bucket? What was the expectations? I'm I'm I'm holding I'm playing my role. And I'm getting some buckets. I'm getting some boards. I'm getting some files, 100% getting some files that will make you earn some buckets, Chan. Other than that, though, I am. I don't know how much I can do on defense other than hack. Guys in the NBA, man, they got crazy moves right now to score in league. I'm just a few buckets. No, I'm glad you said that because Chandler actually on case show a few weeks ago said that if he was in the NFL, he would get a touchdown if he was in one game. I have a hard time with this, Travis. Is this even remotely possible? Can I, can I rebuttal? What do you rebuttal? It was your argument. I think I'm gonna break off like a cornerback and actually get no, I said, if I was on the one yard line, I could do a little quick slant. They could throw I'm six 10 track. I can't go get a jump ball for God's sake. No, we talked about this. We talked about this. And I honestly, I'm kind of with Chan on this. I think it might be easier for Chan to get a touchdown that it is for me to get a bucket. But it's yeah, I would say, I would say Chan could get a touchdown for sure, especially if you throw him on a one yard.  You'd be surprised the kind of athletes that have found their way in the end zone.  I'm sure Chan can find his way in there. I can't even picture this. Man, that's not y'all running KC. That's not y'all running KC. You could get Chandler a nice fade or something like he can. I don't say I could see this usually a touchy subject on both sides of the lines here though. But what NBA players do you feel like could thrive in the NFL? Because a lot of them think they could a lot of Dennis Smith was going to switch sports mid career. Like these guys think they could jump in your sport and do it. Yeah, I mean, there's a there's probably a handful of guys with the toughness that I see on the court.   Guys like that somewhere around like that at 63 to 66 area. I feel like once you get to like 610, you're you're kind of limited to just running a slain on the goal line. But we'll say no LeBron, LeBron Jays man LeBron Jays. Yeah, no, I had to rethink that one now LeBron. I've seen that guy play in in high school. And he was every bit as good on the football field as he was on the basketball court. Yeah, also, how's that going for Dennis Smith? He just said that we haven't heard a peep about it. So I don't know if that Wow, so hateful. He must still be in the lab. He must still be in the lab. A few days ago, Shaq challenged you and Pat to a two game. Jack and Kenny, you and Pat. Are we doubling Shaq in the post? Are you front in the post? I'm just, you know what it is, baby? We go in San Antonio, pop in this style, hacky Shaq baby. He might take me, he might, he might throw me in the rim if I started hanging on him a little bit. So I need to chill out. I don't want to poke that beast man. I don't want to poke that guy. The idea of a two on two game and you making him shoot free throws would be two. So only chance we got man. So only chance anyone ever had. So Travis, I think this is another big question. Who's the Travis Kelsey of the NBA? A couple of years ago, a little while ago, Bobby Portis said it might be a prime Clay Thompson. Who are you buying that? Who's your equivalent in the NBA? You know, it has to be someone a little unorthodox, somebody that's kind of got their own flavor to the game. I've been able to kind of create my own position, essentially. And that obviously, I say I created it, but Andy Reed and the offense here in Kansas City has kind of been able to tweak the tight end position a little bit, as we all know. And it's just, I would say somebody with kind of their own flavor. Obviously, I want to name a big superstar, one of the best in the league.  And you know, on top of that is just a great teammate and tries to do whatever he can to win. I love that. And just a great guy who saves puppies, like things like that. That's what you really want. Exactly. All right. There's been a lot of talk now, especially now, as the Warriors Dynasty is over. I don't know if that's true or not, but let's talk, first of all, is Casey a dynasty? Do you define it as such? And when it's all said and done, which duo will have more championships? You and Pat? Or Clay and Steph? Man, that's a good question. I would say, yeah, the Kansas City has been a dynasty for quite a while now. And obviously, I'm biased to that. But I think that what Coach Reed has done since he's been here in terms of winning in terms of the playoff runs and all the division championships and the AFC title appearances, then obviously the Super Bowls. We're 100% a dynasty. But when you put it up against what the Warriors have done, obviously, we don't have as many championships right now. So we've got some work to do. We're on an uphill battle, especially when you talk about what the Warriors have been able to do. Unfortunately, I've seen quite a few daggers from the Golden State Warriors being a Cavs fan throughout my day. But yeah, Cavs in seven anyways. But I think at the end of the day, Patty Mahomes finds a way to overtake. What is it? They got four championships? Yep, yep. Yeah. So I think Pat Mahomes is definitely going to find a way to get more than four championships. Hopefully, I'm still along for the run by the time he gets there. Oh, I can't imagine they break y'all up. That would be sad. Speaking of people that got broken up with DeAndre Hopkins, free agent. Let's make some news. It's going to be a chief. Let's make some news. Obviously, wherever that guy goes, he's the he's the biggest free agent right now. And one of the best players in the National Football League every time he puts a helmet on. So I'm I'm here to say that I would love to see him in a chief uniform. Obviously, he's got to do what's best for him and his family moving forward. And he had five other quarterbacks on that list outside of Patrick Mahomes. So I'm sure he's got a bunch of people knocking at his door and giving him a ring. Jeff, appreciate you coming on, man. Really looking forward to your season. People that don't know Travis Kelsey is the greatest best personality ever as successful as his career has been. It's even going to be better after he's done playing football. And thank you so much, bro. And we'll we'll get over it. I'm joining you guys next. You guys are awesome. Take all the jobs. That'd be great. Thanks, Travis. This is to beat these five screens. I mean, it's going to be I'll take it. Never leave the house. Never wear pants shows. Enjoy the rest of your week. We will all see you in LA on Monday. But the three of us are not done. We've got big, big dirty secrets to share when we come back. Oh, Chandler.


We used to say on the floor, you know, one day we'll all be, we'll be doing it. We knew the digital revolution was coming and it was like, well, we'll all be, you know, in 20 years time we'll all be sitting on beaches trading. We didn't know that smartphones would exist. We thought we'd have like a laptop on the beach. We used to like joke about it. And of course that is the real real deal now.