As case numbers continue to rise in the 905 region. Specifically in Peel region, one doctor has highlighted a glaring gap in the province’s COVID-19 communication strategy. Dr. Amanpreet Brar recently wrote an opinion piece in The Toronto Star highlighting the lack of use of multicultural media in Peel regionContinue Reading
Our listeners have requested this topic of a while, and we thought it’d be a good time to do this episode. Many future political campaigns are a few years away. But it takes time and preparation to do a good job. We talk today about what it takes to beContinue Reading
We are back at it! After a brief break for the holidays, Joel and Roland are back to talk about what’s in the headlines at the start of 2021! Friend of the podcast Shannon Gillies joins us to give a new perspective on the headlines.Continue Reading
‘Tis the week before Christmas and all through the province, the 905 was asking … are we going into a lockdown? The Mayor of Mississauga, Bonnie Crombie has come out requesting that lockdown be extended for all red zones in the 905 to reduce the spread of COVID-19. […] ReadContinue Reading
As we wind down each year, we tend to reflect on what has passed. Let’s face it though, 2020 has been a year most of us would wish we’d forget. We’ll take a moment to do that reflection on a future episode. However, we’ve decided that for the month ofContinue Reading
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?Continue Reading
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.Continue Reading
Our co-host Joel MacLeod, gave his editorial viewpoint from this week’s episode with Audra Williams and Haritha Gnanaratna of Ninetyminutesfrom.com. You can listen to that episode by visiting our subscription page here. You can read the original post by Joel on his webpage here: I like to think that everyContinue Reading
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.Continue Reading
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.Continue Reading
