Open Sources Guelph #436 - July 27, 2023

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're a four quadrant success. We're going local, provincial, national and international with the news this week, and this is what we're talking about in no particular order: There's a new map of Guelph and you may not like it in the south end, patronage is back in Ontario, the prime minister hopes that new cabinet faces will solve all his problems, and Florida Man is still being Florida Man.

This Thursday, July 27, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:

Shuffle My Feathers. Rumour control said that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was going to reshuffle his cabinet this week. Probably a good call since at the time of this writing at least three cabinet ministers have announced that they won't be seeking re-election. But between election interference, the Bernardo transfer, transportation problems, the dock strike in B.C., and ongoing problems with housing and affordability, how much can one shuffle solve?

Counsel Culture. It's been a pretty quiet summer for all things Doug Ford, but there's always controversy brewing underneath Queen's Park somewhere. While people are still trying to get to the bottom of the skulduggery around the Greenbelt, and express concerns around the growing privatization of healthcare, Ford decided to whip out a good, old-fashioned patronage scandal by naming Caroline Mulroney a King's Counsel, a position that no one's filled for 40 years. Why Doug?

Indict Club. By the time you're reading this, Donald Trump may have been indicted for a third time and even if he hasn't, it's only a matter of when. And then there's a fourth indictment coming sometime in the near future... So given all this, why is Trump still the frontrunner for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2024? We will look at Trump's mounting legal troubles, and why none of his competitors, including Ron DeSantis, seem unable to catch him.

Map Battle. Last week, the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission for Ontario released their new maps for Ontario, and there was a surprise for Guelph: We're no longer one riding. Now that's not necessarily a surprise, the maps are unchanged from the proposed maps released last fall, but it now leaves Guelph in a position it's never experienced before, being separated by federal boundaries. Will this have an effect on city business, and why does this make our job harder?

*Programming Note: Open Sources Guelph will be taking the next two weeks off. Repeat episodes will air in the usual Thursday afternoon time slot with new episodes returning on Thursday August 17.

Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.