27. Let’s start the holidays on a good note this year
2020-12-03
As we wind down each year, we tend to reflect on what has passed. Let’s face it though, 2020 hasRead 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 …
Episode 13: A Lack of Integrity in Hamilton – Part 2, Joey Coleman
2020-10-15
Joey Coleman, editor of The Public Record, joins us for part 2 of our examination of the reasons and justifications for Hamilton Council launching an Integrity Commissioner investigation into a citizen volunteer on an advisory committee.Read More …
One of the great things about living in the 905…
2020-09-09
Our co-host Joel MacLeod, gave his editorial viewpoint from this week’s episode with Audra Williams and Haritha Gnanaratna of Ninetyminutesfrom.com.Read More …
Episode 6: Who runs our cities? Burlington’s Official Plan and the struggle to control local government.
2020-09-01
This week we discuss the provincial background to how our cities are run with Zac Spicer, Director of Research at the Institute of Public Administration in Canada. Zac provides a wealth of insight, based on his years as a researcher into Ontario’s municipalities, about the background context which shaped how Burlington’s controversial OP was written and then rewritten, and how debates in other 905 cities are taking shape.Read More …
Episode 5: Crisis and Community: Can Hamilton’s hospitality industry innovate itself back to health?
2020-08-25
This week we speak to Jason Cassis, founder and partner of Equal Parts Hospitality Inc which owns some of Hamilton’s best known eateries, about the experience of having to shut down operations almost overnight as Covid hit, and his new venture Mamma Rossa Italian Kitchen (mammarossa.ca) – a new type of restaurant that has no physical location and sells exclusively through Uber Eats.Read More …
Episode 3: 10,000 statements that Black Lives Matter
2020-08-11
On June 4th, an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 people marched in Burlington in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protestsRead More …