The Current for Dec. 14, 2021
Today on The Current:
Defence Minister Anita Anand, Gen. Wayne Eyre and deputy defence minister Jody Thomas apologized on Monday to the women and men whose lives were scarred by sexual assault and discrimination in the military. We discuss the apology and changing the culture within the Canadian Armed Forces with Leah West, who served as an armoured officer for a decade and is now an assistant professor at Carleton University; and Maj. Donna Riguidel, the co-founder of Survivor Perspectives Consulting Group.
Then, to work from home or to work remotely? That's the question employers and employees will be grappling with in the coming weeks. But a new study by the Conference Board of Canada and Carleton University's Sprott School of Business suggests there's no one one-size-fits-all approach. Prof. Linda Duxbury tells us about the study.
Also, as the omicron variant takes hold, there are growing calls for expanded access to COVID-19 booster shots. Epidemiologist Dr. Prabhat Jha talks about the best way to curb the spread of the variant leading up to the holidays.
And cows are significant contributors to climate change thanks to their burps and farts, which emit methane. But a type of seaweed feed might help block some of that gas and fight climate change. Federal scientist Karen Beauchemin explains how it works.
