Orillia

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Suzanne Shear in Aurelia, Ontario.

I just finished your book, Off the Record, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Thank you.

Yeah, I'll keep it brief because, you know, we all can't look at the amazing creations she makes.

But Shanna Gallagher has a nice, cute coffee and baked goods shop on your way out of town, going down Highway 12 to Orillia or Coldwater.

You'll come by this spot.

I've been there a few times.

So we're asking people, especially on these streets that we're piloting, to start at 4 p.m.

That includes Bill Griffin Street in Orillia, Ontario where homes will have treats waiting at the curb.

It's not just candy but we also hand out little toys for people who can't have candy.

We aim to get a thousand of those streets happening by 2030 with the goal of when a child leaves their home on Halloween there's a street close by

I am a registered social worker, but I am the founder of MarshaCare and MarshaCare is a practice where we focus on the mental health and well-being of moms and women I'm very passionate about perinatal mental health and that's from like preconception straight through pregnancy postpartum parenting beyond and now perimenopause as well we support with that as well so my team are psychotherapists social workers we're here for the people that may not know you know what's going on or why you don't feel like yourself but that's our job to help you figure that out So that's what we do.

We've got offices in Barrie, Orillia, and virtually we support people across Ontario.

Yeah.

And I think you've done such an incredible job at really understanding the demographic of like sort of the millennial mom, or I would say like, you know, the next gen moms who are, you know, dealing with a lot of, of those mental health issues and obviously mental health in the last couple of years have taken center stage and thank goodness it has because women like you who are incredibly well-versed in supporting all sorts of different types of walks of people, walks of life of people, really can benefit from mental health experts like yourself.

It just occurred to me.

And so I went into him one day and I said, Ron, I am going to go to Orillia or someplace, and see if I'm any good at this.

And I remember it was wintertime.

I thought, I'll give myself a few months, and if I'm no good or I don't get a job, I'll go back to golf.

Are you seeing a rise in anti-immigrant sentiment? And where are you seeing it? 1-888-817-8995.

I want to go right to the phone lines, and we have Jennifer, who is in Orillia.

Jennifer, go ahead, tell us your story again.

Are you seeing a rise in anti-immigrant views, and where is it happening?

So we've had actually the Dominion Society in Orillia recently this summer.

Our mayor had gone ahead and put the Champlain statue back despite there still being ongoing issues about design and implementation and ensuring Indigenous voices were heard.

And they used it as their opportunity to come into our community and do some rallies and also hand out pamphlets.

and it has caused division and whenever you speak out against it it's like you're shut down but I also think that when we think of it just as immigration like they've targeted any marginalized community and in particular in Orillia they've targeted Crystal Brooks which is an Indigenous woman currently running for council And in running for council, she's been told to go home, that she shouldn't be here.

And yesterday, we wrote about a dealer selling cars in all 50 states.

Mark Shivers, general manager of Subaru of Orillia in Ontario, Canada, is making the absolute opposite bet on his own town.

He says community beats any ad you can buy, and we'll ask him to prove it.

And as a reminder, we're streaming live across all CDG social media platforms.

As he grows his organization with all the great brands he has, how's he thinking about solving for this? Because that is a problem.

People can't wait 12 minutes.

So, but first, let's go to Mark Shivers, GM Subaru of Orillia, north of the border in Canada, on Orillia, Ontario, Canada.

Mark, welcome to the show.