Talking About a Green Future, Matriarch Resistance, Homelessness on the Rise, and YOLO Spending

Annamie Paul is on the campaign trail and on What She Said this week. As you might expect from the leader of the Green Party of Canada, she has strong opinions about the environment, but Annamie also shares her thoughts on women’s rights, the economy, the timing of this election and more. In this week’s RBC’s She’s The Boss we’re profiling Red Girl Rising and the Matriarch Resistance. Ivy Richardson and Lisa Kenoras founded their business on empowering Indigenous women and femmes through sisterhood relations, connection, and movement. It's time to pick up your medicine and collectively hold each other up in our strengths and power. Anne Brodie has new entertainment this week starting with Together starring James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan which takes a close look at a marriage with too much togetherness during the pandemic, The Lost Leonardo, a thriller documentary which Anne has declared one of her favourites of 2021, and the diminutive but mighty Marie Kondo is back on Netflix with Sparking Joy. York Region is one of the wealthiest regions in Canada, so it was surprising to hear that the area could see an expansion of its homeless ranks over the next year at 75 times the national average. Alina Turner from help seeker.org joins me to share what their AI found across the country but specifically for York Region, Ottawa, and Surrey. Spending like there’s no tomorrow may not be the wisest idea. Stephanie Chabot from The Finance Diaries, joins me to discuss YOLO spending, what it is, how to do it smartly, and where to put away for the future. Finally Aly Pain, our expert on all things to do with teenagers joins me to discuss The Four Horsemen of relationships and how to avoid these pitfalls with your teens so you can end baffling blowups and painful disconnection from your teens to create respectful relationships without giving up or giving in.

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