Queen’s Park Round-up – Three Stories About the Provincial Government and the 905
2021-03-02
Three stories, all relating to decisions and actions of the provincial government, and all directly affecting our region.Read More …
Sarah Buchanan Defends the Greenbelt from Highway 413
2021-01-26
Our interview today is with Sarah Buchanan, Ontario Climate Program Manager with Environmental Defence (https://environmentaldefence.ca/), one of Canada’s leading environmentalRead More …
25: All the Premier’s Men – Developers, Donations and the Destruction of Environmental Protections
2020-11-26
Joel and Roland discuss the connection between political donations and the policy priorities of the Ford government. If any single subject can be said to encapsulate the priorities of the provincial government since 2018, it must be the efforts to weaken the legislative checks and balances on what can be built where, and who gets to have a voice in shaping development proposals.Read More …
24: Hassan Basit and Janet Sumner – Throwing Conservation Under the Omnibus?
2020-11-24
We are joined this week by Haassan Basit, CEO of Conservation Halton, and Janet Sumner, Executive Director of CPAWS Wildlands League, to talk about the province’s proposed major changes to the powers of Conservation Authorities in Ontario as part of the budget ‘omnibus’ Bill 229.Read More …
23: Seeing Red – Could Stricter COVID Regulations Have Been Avoided with More Foresight?
2020-11-19
Joel and Roland discuss the latest changes to COVID-19 restrictions across the 905 and ask whether we could have avoided reaching this stage with some better planning from the province and less dickering from some municipalities.Read More …
22: Laura Meffen and Jill Davis explain the Forgotten Costs of COVID-19
2020-11-17
Laura Meffen and Jill Davis are not doctors. Nor are they nurses or PSWs. But nobody knows the price to be paid for being on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic better than they do.Read More …
19: How to Win Friends and Influence Premiers
2020-11-07
Roland and Joel discuss their interview with Sean Vanderklis and Karl Dockstader, and in ‘other news’ they look at Whitby’s Canada Christian College and how Charles McVety’s support for Doug Ford could be hastening legistlation to make it a university.Read More …
17: Mayor Meed Ward Makes the Case for Ranked Ballots – and Halton’s Letter to the Public Health Officer
2020-10-29
With last week’s stunning news that the province intended to take away municipalities right to consider ranked ballots, we reachedRead More …
16: Jesse Helmer Helms our Chat on Ranked Ballots
2020-10-27
Jesse Helmer, deputy mayor of London, discusses the province’s decision to ban ranked ballots out of the blue. Why did the province want to take this power away from municipalities? Did the province consult anybody? Did they even speak to anybody in London?Read More …
14: Mike Gibbs Makes Sense of COVID-19 Communications
2020-10-20
Mike Gibbs is a former communications staffer with Public Health Ontario. He has been highly critical of the current Ford government’s handling. We asked him on the podcast to find out why.Read More …