The Andrew Carter Morning Show (Monday November 18, 2024)

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The best of the city's best morning show in a small package. This is the Andrew Carter podcast. It's a part of the year to make business the entire foot traffic, but apparently people aren't spending a lot of money. So, consumers making more purchases, but each purchase has been a little smaller. Pasquale P.C. is a head of business development at Monares. Good morning.

morning. Good morning, Andrew. So what is this reflective of? Are we talking about the people just have less money and they're being more careful about what they buy? Yeah. So let's get just that. It's really important that for our listeners that they know that Manner's process is one in three transactions for businesses of all sizes and industries across Canada. And so the information that the data is very strong. It's statistically important.

And with over 5 billion transactions processed every year, Andrew, that's over 800 transactions per second. So heading into the holiday season, we can really see based on previous year's spend, what we anticipate is going to happen. Sales are starting a lot sooner. And we take a look at the volume as you see that the transaction count is really driving the increase. Transaction counts were up through most of the year, hitting a high of 13 plus 13%.

year over year in February. Meanwhile, transaction size has been down most of the year as low as minus 6% year over year in March. So based on the most recent data, we think we're sliding into the holidays. Transaction counts in September are in line with last year. Maybe they've been unchanged. Meanwhile, transaction size is still below last year at negative 3%. As a result, the holidays, which typically drive higher spend, will be particularly important this year for businesses.

So hopefully they'll end the year on a high note. I'm looking at Minairs. I'm sorry. No, go ahead. Go ahead. I was going to say looking at Minairs data from last year gives businesses an idea of what they expect this season.

Okay, well, it's interesting because we're told that prices have been going up, so this means that people are really not spending as much. If everything costs more, yet the total volume in terms of the dollar amount is down, this must be even more magnified. No? Yeah, well, Canadians and Quebecers are shopping more often.

but the transaction sizes are lower. So what that means is, you know, we're hitting the grocery stores more often, we're going to retailers more often, but we're not spending as much on transactions. However, if we look at the numbers as an example, Quebec specifically, we saw a moderate increase in total spend last year, up 4%. That increases driven, you know, by lift and transaction count. And Quebec is really, you know, we are doing a lot more transactions. We're up 12% year over year.

But the dollar amount is down. Now, if this trend continues, this would not bode well for retailers into Christmas, no? Well, again, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Andrew, the data is really clear. Quebecers have a preference. That is Black Friday. It's the clear winner. And if we look at the 2023, the total spend was up 23%.

week-over-week across Canada, in Quebec specifically, double digit growth at plus 31 percent week-over-week due to a large increase in transaction count and a moderate increase in transaction size. I guess what I'm trying to ask you, Pasquale, do you think that Black Friday and heading into Christmas, this is going to save the retailers who are getting less money coming in now?

Yeah, so we definitely like this is this is the important season. This is the important time for retailers. We've seen a busy shift from Black Friday.

uh... to just before christmas but this is really going to be important for retailers uh... especially this year as the you know the transact the you know that the transaction count and uh... the sizes continue to be an important significance okay pascal i wanted a pascal you could see is with the business development of monares now it's so you say you do one in three transactions in this country that's right through monares so when i go with that's correct

Okay, so I'm always fascinated when I'm buying stuff at Christmas or even on a regular day and everybody's buying at the same time. Like, what kind of warehouses full of computers do you guys have to process all this stuff? Like, what does this look like?

It's incredible. We really take transactions seriously like that. That's the core of our business. And so Maneris has state-of-the-art equipment and is able to process these transactions. Again, five billion transactions annually. As I mentioned, that's over 800 transactions per second at peak. It takes a lot of

data and heavy computing to be able to process that, and we're really proud of that. What does it look like though, Pestqually? Is it like seven football fields full of computers? How does it look like?

they're why i actually haven't seen them myself and uh... is there don't know that we are you must have heard legends uh... about it though i have i have i've heard legends but you know they're obviously top-secret legends oh i see that makes sense they would be top-secret okay they say no more pascal you understand understand you have a great day thanks very much for your time

Thank you so much, Andrew, and wishing all your listeners an amazing holiday season and happy shopping. The Andrew Carter Morning Show, CJAD 800. Tom Wellen is in for a Trudy Mason with Trudy's takeaways. Some look at some of the commentary in this morning's newspapers. This is important information right here. It's got Alan from St. Bruno said, craft peanut butter 577 for the one kilogram size at IGA.

That should be, that should be your lead story. That's a good deal. Well, these days it is a good deal. I'm not, you know what I mean? I'm not being facetious. No, I know. I know. I know. It's, it's, it's okay. Uh, editorials this morning. Let's start off with, uh, Richard Martino and the journal de Morielle. Will the real Quebec solidarity please stand up?

Well, he's talking about Quebec Solidair, having their convention this weekend as well as the PQ. But he's just, he said on the ground, he said, bring on a number one candidate. Gabrielle Nado Dubois, what's your party's priority? He said to put bread and butter on the table of Quebecers, we're a pragmatic party. And then he goes on to

Everything seems to be contradicting itself in Quebec Solidair is basically what he's saying here. And he's just says basically, next week you'll have to guess who the real nationalist is, a PQ voter who's against sovereignty in a black Quebec YMP who works to improve the lot of Canadian retirees. He's just upset with the state of politics in Quebec City.

uh... leopress reno brusar universal is not synonymous with public health care yes he said this is supposed to be the promise and the foundation of uh... our public health care system that the fact that it's universal but uh... he says in kebec hospitals the median patient in the emergency room stayed five hours and thirteen minutes last year that's an increase of forty two minutes over the past five years

He says nearly 11,000 Quebec patients have been on surgical waiting lists for over a year, representing as many risks of additional complications, and he's calling for everybody to be respected and universality for all in the healthcare system.

Interesting take it with us an op-ed opinion piece in the Montreal Gazette from Caroline Asmond White. Yeah. She's a resident, a surgical resident at McGill University. Says forcing new doctors to stay in Quebec would demoralize them even more than they already are.

Well, and she really makes a good argument here. She talks about the language problems with sending people from the office and the long process into surgical theaters at Santa Cabrini. And then she goes on to talk about just how much she is paid to do her job. And she says, the health ministry

recently asserted in contract negotiations that she is a mere learner because she hasn't finished her residency yet. So they say she's still a student and doesn't deserve a great deal of... So how much does she get paid? Listen to this. As she works long hours, I would assume, right? Yeah. So based on the hours she worked last week, she made $6.74 an hour.

That was good money when I was in university. Well, you weren't drilling holes in people's hands. That's true. I was sorting mail at the Bank of Montreal mailroom. There you go. And not even doing a good job doing that. $6.74 an hour. Yeah, she outlines here, I have completed 10 years of post-secondary education, three university degrees.

And the pay for my life-saving work is far less than the minimum wage of 1575 an hour, not to mention that medical residents in Quebec are the lowest paid in Canada. And then she says, now you add to all this, the fact that they want to tell us where we should practice, it's just not a...

not a good situation uh... globe male op-ed let kids play street hockey we've heard this how many times about you know scruges somewhere saying uh... you know there there are kids out front of my house and i can't get out of my driveway and uh...

Anyhow, in Mississauga, the simple act of practicing a wrist shot or kicking a ball or swinging a cricket bat. I don't know where the cricket bats, anyway. On a suburban cul-de-sac is just not de-rigger anymore on the face of it. It doesn't make the city of west of Toronto an outlier such rules limiting childhood fun.

are in place in municipalities across the country, and the editor goes on to say that, you know, there's a study. Hi, I'm Naomi Kyle, host of This Week in Gaming Podcast. Big thanks to our partner's CTV news shopping trends and Amazon Canada for making this show possible. Starting November 21st, Amazon's Black Friday deals are here, and I'm here to help you with holiday savings.

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He's all over the place saying that children have to have less screen time. They have to have more activity that children are becoming obese. And, you know, the fact that there are a couple of people out there complaining that kids are standing in the middle of the street with their hockey net yelling car, upsets them. And this should be, should not happen.

No, it makes sense that in some parts of the country they would be playing cricket in the street, and there's a lot of South Asians in Toronto, Vancouver and so on. Let's see, with Trump heading back to the White House, it has many Quebec border towns worried about the possible influx of migrants crossing the border.

Canada saw a spike in people trying to enter the US border following Trump's election in 2016. Now one border town mayor says she's worried about her community becoming known as a crossing point. Carolyn Rossetti is the mayor of St. Armant ordering the state of Vermont. Good morning. Good morning. So we would know this is Phillipsburg, right? Basically. Yeah.

Yeah, they merged together, Phillipsburg and Sonaram, and since 2000. But yes, it was commonly known as Phillipsburg border. Right. So is there a specific spot that you're worried about? Because there is a huge border crossing there, right? Yes, it's a big crossing in Phillipsburg. But then further down the road a little bit, like really in the on St. Harmon's streets, we have streets walking, leading straight to the

U.S. side and it's very well trimmed and very exposed and easily crossable there and there's no border or anywhere that anyone that would be keeping track of that border except for cameras and we do have border patrol in the United States and the RCMP in Canada that does some rounds but still there's no official watching of those crossing places. We have three streets that lead directly into the U.S.

Okay, so but we've we've heard from the the Mounties that they they you know have have more manpower that's been applied towards us. Have you not seen any anybody new? Well, we've seen the equals would there be more vehicles than there used to be? No. Well, I wouldn't say that there is.

But unfortunately, I still think they lack of, there's a big lack of people or of watch that could be done. And I think it's not necessarily their fault. They do have almost 170 kilometers to go through because it's not just in Saint-Armin. It's from Saint-Armin. So they should hear till almost near Untington and things like that. So they have a really, really big

place to watch. And I don't think the affectives are enough. And also they can't be posted there 24 seven and we have people crossing any time of the day, mostly at night also. We do have people that have seen them or that have captured them on their either hunting cameras or just cameras to offer surveillance of their own land. And they've noticed people crossing they've had visitors also

uh, knocking on their door or they've seen vehicles bringing. That's where we are very frightened, where we have vehicles bringing a bunch of people up to the border, dropping them off. And then we can notice that there's another vehicle on the other side waiting for them. That means that it's organized and that is what my citizens fear the most. Okay. So you are noticing an increase in the number of people trying to cross the border illegally.

We've noticed the increase since they closed off Roxanne. Oh, really? OK. Yes. And where are these people normally coming from? Well, we don't necessarily know for sure, but they don't necessarily seem to be Americans. So they would be coming either they crossed over. Most of them in the past year were going into the states. So we've had a lot of people that

we would have presumed mexican that would come here with the accessibility of coming into canada and then they would cross over into the united states because i believe that was somewhat easier for them to do it that way then to try and just go straight into the u.s. so mayor recetti what do you think uh... should be done about this

Well, we've had some some visits this summer. So we're very happy that we've had already set the table. We've had the Minister St. Tombs come. That's our deputy here in our town. And we've had also Mr. Dominique LeBlanc, who was the Ministry of Public Security. They came and they saw and they were down on the field with our citizens and they talked to them. So we were very happy that that was done before the election because we did say that how much we feared whatever could what the outcome could be in November.

which turned out to be. And I know that right now there's been already a committee that's been put into place. I don't think a committee or sitting around the table will help that much. I think we are due for action and we will need to have a lot of reassurance for our citizens. All right. Carole and thank you very much for your time. Good luck with this. You're welcome. A different look at the world of entertainment with John Moore weekday mornings at 720. This is incredible.

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accidentally shot himself in Texas. He was hunting. He had a long gun. Something happened in the vehicle. He was riding in and he ended up taking a bullet in the stomach. He's going to be okay. And I mean, aside from that being a very sad incident, it's also worth noting. I mean, I don't know if you watch the voice. I watch the voice every season. I can't name a single winner. Aren't you glad that you didn't stay up to watch the Tyson Paul fight on Friday night?

Yeah, you know what? There's a really interesting piece in the Globe and Mail today by Kathal Kelly, or actually we're supposed to call him Call Kelly. I discovered that that is how it's pronounced. But yeah, he writes about the state of boxing and what that match said. I mean, you got a 58-year-old man.

and a young Turk whose fame is actually owing more to being an influencer and to being online, and then they are boxing. And reflect on Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, all these legendary boxers, what boxing used to be. And instead, it turns into this ridiculous spectacle. And incidentally, Mike Tyson was defeated

in a judge or in adjudication or whatever you want to call it. But what's next? Who does Jake Paul take on next? Or who does Mike Tyson take on next? I see. I don't get the lamenting for a better time in boxing. This happens in the same world where somebody pays $2 million for a watch from the Titanic. I mean, they do this for money. That's it. And we watch because we think that it's great spectacle.

I just keep wondering like, you know, what's the next match? You know, do we just take somebody from a Japan animation production and put them up against an Olympic boxer? I don't know. Sure, why not? John, you have a great day. You're too. John Moore, CJAD Entertainment. Waking you up with a nudge and a smile. The Andrew Carter Morning Show, CJAD 800. Tom Mulcares brought to you by

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In the last two years, our populations grew really fast, like baby boom fast. Increasingly, bad actors like fake colleges and big chain corporations have been exploiting our immigration system for their own interests. So we're doing something major. We're reducing the numbers of immigrants that will come to Canada for the next three years. Today, I'm going to let you in on what happened, where we made some mistakes, and why we're taking this big turn.

Okay, I'm just listening to this, but apparently he's sitting in a big comfy chair and he walks into the room and he's playing the xylophone at the same time for some reason. I have no idea. So that was a seven minute video that the Prime Minister posted yesterday on immigration. And this brings into focus another story this morning about bringing in 12,000 foreign students.

To the very well-known. Yeah, that sounds a little bit fishy, doesn't it?

It sounds exactly the category that Trudeau describes as fake colleges. But I wonder who's been the government for the past nine years and allowed these fake colleges to proliferate. Oh, that would be the liberals. So now he's sitting down in seven minutes and trying to say, forget about the last nine years. I find they got the memo. We've got too many people coming in. And guess what? A lot of this is fake immigration. The one you just referred to is mind-boggling now that the numbers shake down with regard to how many thousands of actually

attended this college called college superior memorial. And it's unbelievable. The same two people, a husband and wife team, they seem to own several other colleges in Quebec. And 12,000 certificates accepting them into Quebec have been issued. And they have thousands of people there. There hasn't been room apparently for all 12,000 of them. But be that as it may. That's a detail. What's really amazing here is this is the CAC government that is swearing up and down that they've been on this for some time.

It's all the federal government's fault, don't you know? And they're the ones issuing these certificates, Andrew. It's pure hypocrisy by the go in his government. Who's behind this? Oh, Joff-Kos, well, there's our favorite. He's now got the immigration file. And he said he's sputtering, oh, well, that's why we want to change the laws. Yeah, but this is not a question of having to change the laws. This is a question of having your eyes open. And you have issued 12,000 certificates of acceptance to what?

To superior what in Montreal? By the way, that's more acceptance than there is to both McGill and the University. Hi, I'm Naomi Kyle, host of This Week in Gaming Podcast. Big thanks to our partner's CTV news shopping trends and Amazon Canada for making this show possible. Starting November 21st, Amazon's Black Friday deals are here, and I'm here to help you with holiday savings.

I've handpicked some top offers on gaming essentials. Visit amazon.ca slash shop slash shopping trends for my recommendations. Don't miss out. Click, save and enjoy. Happy shopping and happy gaming. Is that Justin Trudeau's xylophone? No, that's your that's what we got one for you. That's flated the bumblebee on the xylophone. I just thought, you know, I'm thinking back to the 2015 election and how much you clear your message would have been if you had had a xylophone in the

There you go. You know, you would have got that, you know, that no deficit type thing going. Exactly. What a, what a quaint idea that was. Okay. This is a co seriously. This is a crazy story from front page of the, uh, of global mail. I did not realize that Erwin Kotler had been under RCMP surveillance like they were, they were watching him and, and protecting him for the last year since the October 7th attacks. And, um, apparently Iran planned to assassinate him.

Yes. And so for those who don't know, Erwin Kotler, longtime professor at McGill University, he was my tutor in law school and first in law school. And no, it was a very, that was a quaint thing as well. They, every first year student had a tutor. And I've got to know him. He was fresh out of Yale, just an amazing guy. And I'm on the board. I'm a senior fellow at the Raul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights that he's founded.

So we've stayed close over the years. We stay in constant contact. And he's just one of the most amazing human beings I've ever known. And yes, the government of Iran, which is very upset, of course, after the October 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel, came out strongly and saying that in the past, he has stood up and defended people who are victims of the Iranian government. They've decided to assassinate him. Big story in the Gloman mail, as you say, Andrew, Bob Fife,

extraordinarily respected journalists deep deep sources here again i've never seen him get anything wrong on a story like this and you're right erwin cotler's been under twenty four seven rcmp protection since the the october seventh massacre by mass against israeli citizens so apparently according to story they were just uh... the this plan was about forty eight hours out and when it was stopped by the rcmp uh... the conservative and good work we should we should take the trouble to say ravo to the rcmp and see society soon is in there as well

uh... the conservative party of canada is prepared to bring down the federal government of the next opportunity uh... yeah of course they are yeah this is one of those no news news stories that came out over the weekend that so the theory goes something like this that given the fact that parliament has been essentially shut down for the past four or five weeks because of the shenanigans of it the filibuster of the conservatives the argument goes something like this well then therefore parliament has lost confidence

the government and we should have an election, but that's not how Parliament expresses its will. The will of Parliament is expressed through what we call motions and motions are things that are voted on. It's by a vote of Parliament and the NDP is still supporting Trudeau, so there's a bit of wishful thinking involved here. The Conservatives would love Canadians to pay more attention to their filibuster, which is actually on a very legitimate point, even though most people don't even care or know

that this filibuster is going on that's called inside baseball when you believe your own stuff that everybody's paying attention to the thirty second version. Sustainable development tech funds set up by the liberals turned into a total boondoggle tens of millions of dollars going to be in eligible projects.

tons of conflicts of interest by the people there. Trudeau and his folks shut the thing down, fired the people, and moved the money over to the National Research Council, thinking that would be the end of it. But there was a decision in Parliament to get all of those documents, and Trudeau's refusing to give them. And so that's the fight that's being had right now by the Conservatives. Again, it's the type of thing that interests

nerds who follow politics all day long, but it doesn't have much of an effect in the real world, and it certainly doesn't bring down the government. It does, and the article points that, given opening to Trudeau, drumroll to go for pro-egation, to pause Parliament and see whether or not my prediction, that Trudeau will be stepping aside and asking the Liberal Party to have a leadership-based sort of place, and it comes true.

Uh, Paul Saint Pierre Palomidal, the leader of the parts you get back to our currently leading an opinion poll, sit over the weekend. If they were in power, um, he would, uh, probably what, what was he saying? Get rid of Sante Quebec? This, this new organization. What does that even mean? Yeah. Well, he's playing a bit of a political trick because he's pointing to something that is true politically that Lego is using madam, behold the new head of something, go back.

as a foil. He's using her to bring in a $1 billion dollar cut to the health budget in Quebec, because Quebec is on the border of insolvency, a great article by Aaron Durful over the weekend about that. And that was my article in last Thursday, on mine and Friday in the Jeanette de Marath.

What they, they're so stuck financially. You and I have given example after example, since the beginning of the season of cuts, just blind cuts across the board, cuts by the CAG 569 positions in the La Val cis, the health, you know, the board in La Val 569.

that had already been put online saying these are jobs that have to be filled in particular nurses, they were just eliminated. They just canceled them all overnight. It's not as if they don't still need all of those people. It's just they're not allowed to fill them. And they put it in writing. This is because of the deficit zero. We were told we're not allowed to spend any more money by the CAC. So the province is in much more dire situation than anything that's been put forward so far. There will be what they call a mini budget, an economic update this week.

They're trying to put make up on this thing to try to hide the fact that basically we're more broke than anybody wants to admit. And this is where our friend Pasei Piapla Madon comes in.

saying, I'm going to get rid of something that just serves as a way to protect the government. I don't think that once this thing is in place, you can actually get rid of it. It's going to be a much tougher job to do. No, it sounds a little unwieldy. Thank you very much. Well, the other thing is, too, the last thing we need is another reform of a reform of a reform. Well, this is it. Let's get on with life. Don't miss the two-minute checkup with Dr. Mitch weekday mornings at 7.50. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

now um... a uh... consistent bedtime has huge benefits is so many kids were talking about her everybody well i think it helps every age group but in this case they're looking at the development and behavior of six-year-olds and basically they found that yes it was important that they got enough sleep yes it was important that they have good quality of sleep but in this one hundred forty three number of kids six-year-old kids they found that as long as there was a huge variation in when they went to bed about a twenty minute variability

They were much better at behavior, how they behaved, and impulsivity, how they controlled their impulses. Then kids who had a huge variability, they compared the kids whose time when they went to bed, varied by as much as two hours. And their takeaway from this was, and I'm willing to bet almost every parent out there listening knows this deep down, its consistency, which is probably the single most important thing

in terms of helping kids to grow up healthy and well-balanced and the whole bit. In the initial study, this is a group they've been studying for a while. They took these parents and half of them, they just talked to them about how to be safe with your kids. The other half, they gave them instruction what they called responsive parenting. And the idea here was you'd pick up on your kids' fussiness or whatever and respond

uh... in an appropriate manner appropriate better being acknowledging the existence of this feeling but then using as an opportunity to channel that is something better lo and behold the first three years of life those kids who have this responsive parenting training of their parents were much less likely to become obese and we're just i was a better but they are more grounded is that that's probably a better way of saying it then when they were six

What they did was they put little things on the original, those accelerometers, to tell you how long you're sleeping, the quality of your sleep, when you went to bed. Followed them for a week. At the end of the week, the test, they gave them a nasty, nasty people. They gave them, they let a kid pick a toy, which was their favorite toy. They put it inside a glass cube, locked it, and then left keys on the thing so the kid could get it their toy. But none of the keys worked. And they waited to see how the kid reacted the frustration in the whole bit. I can only imagine.

And then gave them a key that actually did work and opened it up after only four minutes. They got only four minutes. And they also did an activity where they allowed the kid to draw, to paint, to color in a picture frame with their parents, and so how they cooperated. And then to get to the point, the kids whose bedtime was fairly consistent, as I said, varied by as little as 20 minutes over the entire week, had much better impulse control, didn't get as frustrated, were better able to deal with both tasks

co-operated when it came to making the picture and drawing and painting the picture frame with their parents and dealt with the frustration of not being able to open up the box and get it their toy much better. I guess they didn't throw the keys or kick the box or whatever else you might have done if you were really angry and frustrated. And so the key message is about consistency. And I'm willing to bet that almost every parent listening to us right now

probably knows this either consciously or subconsciously.

No kidding. Thanks very much, Dr. Mitch. Pleasure you have a great day. That is Dr. Mitch Schulman. Whenever news breaks, you'll get it here first. The Andrew Carter Morning Show, CJAD 800. It is 8-11. Are you having trouble accessing health care provider? You're invited to visit a free cervical cancer screening clinic at the Herzl Family Practice Center at the Jewish Journal Hospital coming up November 27th.

It'll be open from 48 p.m. First come first serve basis for a 25 to 65-year-olds who haven't had a PAP test in three years. They hope to screen several hundred people. A couple of doctors joining us this morning tell us more about the clinic. Dr. Kristin Schartche is one of the doctors spearheading this year's project. Good morning Dr. Schartche.

Good morning, thank you for having me. And Dr. Laura Elbas, his family physician assistant based at the Goldman Herzl family practice center. Good morning, Dr. Elbas. Good morning. Okay, so start off with you, Dr. Sharche. What is cervical cancer? And I understand that it's particularly hard to detect. Like there are any symptoms, correct? Yeah, so these cancers often present asymptomatically.

um, which ultimately justifies counting super wide net, right? Really attempting to screen everybody, uh, on a, you know, on a almost tri yearly basis. And, um, really ultimately just catching these before they're too late. Uh, Dr. Elbas, um, what are you seeing with it with your patients? Are there, is there some, uh, is there a lack of, uh, access to these types of screenings?

I think with a lack of access to families, we do see a lot of people coming into our walk-in clinics and meeting services like PAPTIS. So I think this is a wonderful initiative that our residents have taken on for now three years.

Okay. Dr. Sharchay, tell me something when the day, the November 27th from 4 to 8 p.m. Do is there any special way they should be dressed? I mean, do you call ahead? How does it work? So you show up at four o'clock and at that point, we'll be able to give everybody who shows up in an appointment slot, whether that be right away or for later in the evening. And the goal is really to accept anybody. Ultimately, folks with Medicare cards can walk straight up to our clinic.

And folks who don't have Medicare cards are also welcome, and they just pop in the hospital administration and they'll be given a temporary card. Okay. Why is it so hard to detect cervical cancer? That's a good question. Maybe Dr. Albas can you take that? Yeah, Dr. Albas, why is it so hard to... Why is it so... It doesn't present with any kind of symptoms, so... So many, many cancers present asymptomatically, so with no symptoms. And that's where screening comes in. And primary care in general becomes important.

So coming to the doctor to get a regular pap test is one example. And there are other examples such as the colon cancer screening or even mammography. So the goal of screening in general really is to pick up on cancer specifically that do not present with symptoms and where we do have tests that can help us with early detection and ultimately with prevention of

morbidity and mortality associated with you. Yeah, I think that the underlying the elephant in the room here, as far as I'm concerned, is that with the lack of family physicians, that this is problematic for things like this. Yeah, I guess the thinking is really to really make it so that screen tests like these and others are not gate kept by family doctors, right? In theory, these tests are kind of administered based on protocols. The results are followed up.

on, again, based on protocols. And, you know, none of this needs to necessarily be administered by a family doctor. So if somebody is listening, but they can't make it this particular day, what would be their access to? How would they access these types of tests? So currently, our walk-in clinic is actually accessible via clicks update. So in the same way that folks went to book vaccines for flu or for COVID, our clinic is actually accessible by search, also by calling 811.

that would be the kind of best way to find a similar clinic. All right. Other clinics that offer PAP tests to the general population just have to kind of look around and find them. But I think that, you know, family, doctors in general care a lot about access to primary care screening. And our residents clearly do too. And we're very proud of the initiative. Okay. And you're the center where these PAP, these tests will be performed is at the Jewish General Hospital.

Yeah, exactly. So cut their personal family practice center. It would be on the east side of the building. OK. Hey, thanks very much for your time. Appreciate it. Thank you so much. From the bedroom to the bus stop, the kitchen table to the car. Thanks for starting your day with us, the Andrew Carter Morning Show.

Do you have a sweet tooth? But on the other hand, you don't want to indulge too much. The chocolate bars, you hide them in the freezer and they still call to you. You know what I mean? The candy in the cupboard. Is there something you do to curb your desire for sugar? Leanne Phillips and registered nutritionist, author of Eat This. And she's on the line. Good morning, Leanne. Good morning, Andrew. So what is it about sugar that makes us crazy?

It lights up our brain. Unfortunately, like a lot of really heavy drugs do. So it's a similar pathway physiologically. So it's really, really tricky to crave something, to crave sugar. Well, first of all, realize that you're craving sugar and that's why you're going for the brownies or the cookies or the sweet foods.

And to be aware enough not to think that I just need this. Well, what's probably happening is your blood sugar is crashing from depending on the time of day when you typically have your cravings is it actually, let's say in the afternoon, you're like,

I just need something. I need the brownie. I need the cookie. I need whatever. It actually has a lot to do with what you had for breakfast, which is how you ended up in the afternoon, either wanting a nap or just wanting to go through your colleagues' drawers to find something sweet to get you through the next moment. Why is it so bad to eat too many sweets?

Because it really taxes your pancreas, which is what secretes the insulin. And insulin that secreted from your pancreas then has to find something to do with the sugar in your body.

Now, when you have a lot of sugar in your body, it creates a situation which breaks down the cells. So even when you eat a lot of sugar, you age faster. So you see it on the outside. And when you start to see things like extra wrinkles and dull skin, then we don't really understand because we don't have extra revision about what's going on on the inside.

It is in the longevity arena of speaking about trying to stay healthier for longer. It is in your best interest on many levels to keep the sugar, and that's from drinks, that's from foods. Not so much from an apple versus apple juice, but apple juice is very high in sugar because of the delivery system.

then it really does affect your health, your metabolism, and everything that's going on inside that we're trying to keep healthy so that we feel great as we get older.

Okay, so let's take a look at some alternatives here to reaching for the chocolate or the candy or the cookies or whatever. So one thing I'll say is if you have to, if you just can't put it down, think about when you are eating it. So let's say you've had a really great lunch, a huge salad, some great protein on the side. And you know, half an hour later, like, oh, I still need a little sweet something. That is the best time to have

whatever sugar it is that you're going to have is at the end of a meal that contains vegetables. That's why when you have a breakfast cereal first thing in the morning, it starts you on this up-down roller coaster of mood, energy, focus, concentration throughout the day. So if you have to have something sweet, put it at the very end of the meal. So that's number one.

Number two is try and make whatever it is that you're having better. So for instance in my book called spread right family food I have an amazing chocolate chip cookie with seven ingredients in it and Super high fiber and you still get those chocolate little chocolate chips. I'd suggest you use the mini chocolate chips in it and you make a batch of that and and They're just gone. That just is kind of what happened the moderation goes out the window it seems with those and

So you can make better versions at home, and you also know that what you're eating comes from Whole Foods. So it's not the ultra-processed version that you have when you're buying a package from the supermarket or from the store. And typically, when you bring it to your desk or bring it to the counter, I always suggest just take one and put the rest of it away. Because it's, like you said, about the freezer. It's really hard not to have them calling your name just because they're sitting there in the package.

And then also, it takes a couple of steps to go backwards to see, like I said earlier, when are you crashing? When are you craving this sugar? Is it because you're on the downside of the roller coaster? Or is it because you're emotional? Is it because the energy crashing can also be after a huge stress, not necessarily from food?

So could you sit there and this is going to sound really wacky, but just spend a moment taking some really deep breaths, having a huge glass of water and then just, you know, grounding yourself or give yourself a hug or talk to a friend and see if that emotional craving for the sweet for what you know is your comfort. Maybe ease is a little bit because there's a lot to food, especially to sweet comfort foods for people. Give myself a hug.

Like literally, like, like how we used to do it when we would turn around and pretend like we were making out with someone and they got the arms up and going up and down your back. That's how you hug yourself. That's how you hug yourself. And does it work? I find it. Because it would have saved me a lot of money over the years. Yes, exactly. Yeah. It's, it's best to get a hug from someone else. But if there's no one around, then you can actually hug yourself to give yourself a hug. Yeah. Okay. I'm going to get myself right now.

Yeah, it doesn't feel that great, actually, to be honest with you. No. OK. Well, I mean, you have to be in the mind set of I'm giving myself. I actually think I need it as opposed to discussing it on the radio. It's kind of funny and kind of appropriate because I actually feel like I'm in a straight jacket now. What are you doing? I've decided myself. No, I've heard of this before. I guess you have to work on it.

You got to be in the right mind. Save money on dates, though. That's for sure. You have nothing that you have. Hang on. Hang on. We've gone from cookies to yourself to saving on. Well, go on. You know, that's quite the leap. Go. I could see. I could see going out to fancy restaurant there and just put a mirror across where the other person is. Hey, there. Okay. Now we're going to hold a conversation. Hey, there handsome. How are you? How are you doing? You have a great day, Leanne. Thanks.

That's an important thing, too, though. Leanne Phillipsen is a registered nutritionist, author and host of Eat This. Listen to the Andrew Carter Morning Show Live, Monday to Friday, 5 30 to 9.