2022 provincial election – The 905er

905 Round-Up: Ontario’s Election is Missing, Presumed Dead

Roland Tanner — Tue, 31 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000

This is not going to be anybody’s election for the ages, unless something very unexpected happens on Thursday. W, as the the saying goes, TF? And talking of unbelievable, Councillor Terry Whitehead, Hamilton’s regular challenger in the crowded field of challengers for ’worst councillor in Ontario’, really went off on one last week, in a manner that rekindled concerns for his wellbeing. But in the current climate of political self-immolation, does being the living definition of a loose cannon actually harm Whitehead’s chances of re-election?

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Lies, Damn Lies, and Election News

Roland Tanner — Tue, 10 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000

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.

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The 905 Round-Up: Elections Season is Here, So Off My Lawn!

Roland Tanner — Thu, 05 May 2022 21:10:02 +0000

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?

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2022 Provincial Election – The NDP Platform

Roland Tanner — Tue, 03 May 2022 11:08:00 +0000

Following our interviews with the leaders of the Greens and Ontario Liberals in the last two weeks, we take a look today at the NDP's platform for the election which gets properly underway on Thursday. The NDP are first out of the gate with their full platform, and we choose the things we think are good and not so good from the NDP's program for government.

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The 905 Round-Up: A Mayor’s Response and COVID’s Unfinished Business

Roland Tanner — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 18:52:25 +0000

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.

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The Party Leaders Speak: Steven Del Duca

Roland Tanner — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 16:07:34 +0000

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.

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The 905er Asks the Leaders the Tough Questions – Mike Schreiner

Roland Tanner — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 18:32:54 +0000

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.

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