Ep. 8 - "Sure, Why Not?" Looking at the Federal Budget with Blayne Haggart

04/29/22 • 96 min

It's a long one this week! Tim brought in one of his longtime colleagues and friends, political scientist Blayne Haggart, to explain how Canadian federal budgets work and how this one, specifically, helps (or tries to help) Canadians with housing, affordability, the enviornment and healthcare. He also spends a surprising amount of time extolling the virtues of heat pumps.
The 2022 Federal Budget - https://budget.gc.ca/2022/home-accueil-en.html
Marian Mazzucato's "The Value of Everything" - https://marianamazzucato.com/books/the-value-of-everything

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Ep. 7 - Doug Ford is Bad for Ontario

After a technical snafu, we were forced to improvise this week and thought: what better way to gear up for election season than to detail the many times Doug Ford let Ontarians down?
CBC: 'I regret going': Protester says he spent life savings to support Freedom Convoy
CBC: Ontario's 6th wave of COVID-19: How bad will it get?
CTV: Ontario likely seeing 100K to 120K new COVID-19 cases each day, head of science table says
CBC (Analysis): How the war in Ukraine showed that Canada is ill-equipped to fight a modern army
CP24: Hot poles: Antarctica, Arctic 40 and 30 degrees Celsius above normal
CBC: Police association stands by decision to defy commission order to remove thin blue line patch
"The Barricade" by Lowest of the Low, © Beer, Graffiti Songs, used with permission

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Ep. 9 - Weekly Ontario Election Coverage, Part 1: Platforms and Punditry

The race to the premier's office has begun and we're here to pretend we understand what is going on. This is the first of our four-part weekly election coverage. In this episode, we talk about the major party platforms; the lack of ambition and enthusiasm from the supposedly left-leaning NDP; and the Liberals' half-measures that seem to only help suburban homeowners. We also fret about the popularity of Doug Ford and the polls that seem to indicate we're in for another PC majority. Oh goodie.