Episode 12 : You sunk by battleship!

It’s week six our of social isolation saga and take downs seem to have become the theme of the week.

Whether it’s Richard falling at the hands of the COVID cut, the latest hit on the KED, Derek Sloan’s comments about Canada’s Chief Medical Officer or the hits to businesses during the COVID crisis, battle lines are being drawn.

In the quite possibly the longest lasting game of battleship ever played in our City the KED is back in the spotlight after a backpedaling from the City on the costs of the project. In light of this gaffe, the project has taken another hit and more speculation has been cast about much this project is actually costing Sudburians, how could a mistake like this have happened and how badly has this damaged support for the project, even amongst those who support it. At this point, this project has dragged on for years and caused significant division in our community and the reality is,  the question has to be asked...how many hits will it take to sink this battleship once and for all?

Conservative MP Derek Sloan recently unleashed a public slagging on Canada’s Chief Medical Officer Theresa Tam. Not only did he question her motives and loyalty to Canada he essentially went on to suggest that she is a Communist plant working for China, which leaves the team wondering what it actually takes to get kicked out of the Conservative Party and who bears the responsibility for cutting the cord? Is it the Party or the People? Have political norms changed so much over the years that what was once looked upon as abhorrent behaviour and would have resulted in the resignation (forcible or voluntary) of the Member now become the equivalent of a slight shrug of the shoulders?

The roll out of the Ontario-Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program has begun and Richard and Jeff bring back their slack-down for another round to talk about what the program is actually doing to help businesses, who, if anyone it is actually helping and if it is enough to keep small businesses afloat and able to survive this crisis?

Up next for Sudbury Politics - The Show is the next episode in our Fourth Estate media series and a look into stimulus spending, and how it may change that way budgets look for future governments.