2022 Provincial Election – The Ontario Liberal Platform
2022-05-19
In keeping with our coverage to date of the Ontario Provincial Election, here is Joel and Roland’s take on whatRead More …
Lies, Damn Lies, and Election News
2022-05-10
The election season stories are underway – in this case study we look out how the NDP managed to grab a bunch of column inches smearing Lisa MacLeod for not doing anything out of line at all, and Ontario’s media just … went along with it.Read More …
The 905 Round-Up: Elections Season is Here, So Off My Lawn!
2022-05-05
Joel and Roland take a look away from the Ontario election beginning and focus on the municipal candidates declaring their candidacy for this falls election. Why is there such ridiculousness around the public property not being used for campaigning? It is publicly owned and are we not smart enough to know a campaign when we see it? Read More …
The 905 Round-Up: A Mayor’s Response and COVID’s Unfinished Business
2022-04-28
Coming off our coverage of the fall of Burlington City Council’s decision to reprimand Councillor Shawna Stolte we look at the very public and lengthy response to the situation from Mayor Marianne Meed-Ward. Then we examine the rising cases of COVID-19 in Hamilton as well as the province at large. It seems that people are eager to ignore that a pandemic is still happening. While lockdowns have grown to be unnecessary in the current wave, there have emerged other problems that are not being addressed.Read More …
The Party Leaders Speak: Steven Del Duca
2022-04-26
In the second of our interviews with Ontario party leaders, this week we are joined by Steven Del Duca, leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. The extent to which Del Duca can make an impact with Ontario voters over the next few weeks will be crucial in deciding whether the OLP and NDP split the progressive vote, or one of them is able to unite the public behind them enough to prevent a second term for Doug Ford.Read More …
The 905er Asks the Leaders the Tough Questions – Mike Schreiner
2022-04-19
We bring you our episode with Mike Schreiner of the Green Party of Ontario. Mike is the first Green Party MPP elected to the legislature and currently represents the riding of Guelph as of 2018. He is of course looking to expand his party’s seat count in the legislature and has his eyes on the 905 as a region that would respond well to his party’s policies. Read More …
The 905 Round-Up: The Downside of Nomination Meetings
2022-04-19
The NDP made news this week when sitting MPP Kevin Yarde in Brampton was ousted by his own riding association in a nomination meeting for Sandeep Singh. In Brampton North, approximately 150 people were able to over rule the voice of 100,000 people before the provincial election this June. What does it say about our democracy when so few people in a riding association are able to decide the candidates to represent so many people in our places of power? Read More …
The 905 Round-Up: Fewer Masks & Why Can’t Parties Get Along More Often?
2022-03-24
Milton Reporter, Laura Steiner returns to The 905er to share her insight on 905 politics, as we discuss the Liberal/NDP federal agreement and its implications for the proviincial election. And something, something, the pandemic is over, right? Yeah, right.Read More …
905 Round-Up: Patrick Brown wants out of Brampton; and is the 905er anti-Urbanist?
2022-03-10
Patrick Brown wants to run for the federal CPC leadership, while his actions in Brampton see his mayoralty face huge questions.
Were we tough enough on Mayor John Taylor on Tuesday? Is the Affordability Task Force Report “good” for Urbanists?Read More …
The 905 Round-Up: Pride and Progressive Housing
2022-01-27
HCDSB does the right thing; the province’s Housing Affordability Taskforce has some big ideas, and Hamilton City Hall turfs the homeless of its doorstep.Read More …