Get back to work Ontario. Doug Ford doesn’t think you deserve the same privileges and about 120 million other Commonwealth residents.
And Burlington has a serious coyote problem. Does the clerk and city manager’s offices have a ‘standing up to the mayor’ problem?Read More …
In the run up to the municipal election on October 24th we want to give our listeners the opportunity to hear directly from candidates in some of the most hotly contested and important races. We’re kicking off today with an interview with Keanin Loomis. Keanin certainly got out of the gate early, and has been up front with policy ideas since day one. Will that be enough to tip the balance towards him and away from names that may be more familiar?Read More …
Back to school and the province wants another fight with the teachers. Because two years on the COVID frontlines says ’pay cuts’, right? Oh and corporate donations were banned years ago. So why are corporate donations still a thing?Read More …
We are joined by André Côté, Head of the Secure and Responsible Tech Policy program at Toronto Metropolitan University, to discuss what exactly is begind the PC government’s proposal to introduce strong mayor legislation for Toronto and Ottawa. Is it an idea with merit? And even if it is, are these proposal well thought out?Read More …
We’re just getting up to full speed with our fall schedule of episodes, and, well, I guess somebody (cough, Roland) hasn’t been updating the website quite as efficiently as he might.
Here’s a quick link dump of our two new episodes from last week. Don’t miss them!Read More …
The Halton Catholic District School Board will not disclose the reasons why it has disciplined two of its own boardRead More …
Rents have jumped in the last year. Why, and what are we doing about it? Gary Carr has announced he is running for Regional Chair again, torpedoing Jane McKenna’s hope of an easy election to be regional chair of Halton. Does McKenna have what it takes to be a serious challenge to Carr? We look for evidence. And Peel District School Board has a racism problem, as trustees resist doing what the province has ordered them to do, and abolish streaming.Read More …
Alan Kan writes the #munipoli matters newsletter, focusing on the news and politics of municipalities not just here in the 905 but across the country as well. Today we talk with him and ask him to share his take on what he predicts will be the more interesting municipal elections in the region.Read More …
Jody Harbour and Sherry Saevil are the two co-founders of Grandmothers Voice, and the first urban Indigenous Center in Halton, but also a new kind of education and wellness centre where a collective of Indigenous Women are providing programs that emphasize healing based on traditional methods, open to all. This includes a Healing/Medicine garden, a Wellness Centre and a Community garden.Read More …
For the first time in a long time home-owners and home-buyers in the 905 are facing the prospect of houseRead More …
