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

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05/12/22 • 34 min

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.

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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. 10 - ON Election Coverage, Part 2: The Northern Debate, Platform Overlap and "Strategic" Voting

We're back at it with another campaign update. This week we discuss the northern Ontario leader's debate, some new campaign promises, including the various ways that the platforms overlap (especially the NDP and Liberals). We try our best to make sense of so-called strategic voters and Tim confonts Steve with the polls -- lest we get too excited about the future of our province, god forbid.