Guelph Politicast

Open Sources Guelph is a political and current affairs discussion show that airs every Thursday at 5 pm on CFRU. The show mixes punditry and conversation about topics in the news, and interviews with leading newsmakers from around Guelph and the greater region. You can download the podcast version of Open Sources from the Politicast channel on Monday.

Open Sources Guelph Playlist

September 18, 2025 – Perth-Wellington MPP Matthew Rae
September 11, 2025 – Ward 1 City Councillor Dan Gibson
August 28, 2025 – Tim Gray, executive director of Environmental Defence
July 31, 2025 – Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife
July 24, 2025 – Chief Todd Cornelius from Oneida Nation of the Thames
July 17, 2025 – Ward 3 City Councillor Michele Richardson
July 10, 2025 – Ward 5 City Councillor Leanne Caron
June 26, 2025 – Guelph MP Dominique O’Rourke
June 19, 2025 – Ward 4 City Councillor Linda Busuttil
June 12, 2025 – Former Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus
June 5, 2025 – Ward 2 City Councillor Rodrigo Goller
May 29, 2025 – David-Alexandre Brassard, Chief Economist of Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada
May 22, 2025 – Andrew Aloe, Occasional Teacher President at Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
May 15, 2025 – Ward 5 City Councillor Cathy Downer
May 8, 2025 – Former Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield
May 1, 2025 – Ward 3 Councillor Phil Allt
April 24, 2025 – Conservative candidate Michael Chong (WHHN), Canadian Future candidate Yurii Yavorskyi (Guelph), and People’s Party candidate Syl Carle (WHHN)
April 17, 2025 – NDP candidate Janice Folk-Dawson (Guelph), Green Party candidate Anne-Marie Zajdlik (Green) 
April 17, 2025 – Liberal candidate Dominique O’Rourke (Guelph), Marxist-Leninist candidate Elaine Baitz (Guelph)
April 10, 2025 – People’s Party candidate Jeffrey Swackhammer (Guelph), Green candidate Liam Stiles (WHHN), and Liberal candidate Sean Carscadden (WHHN)
April 3, 2025 – Centrist Party candidate Ian Smith (WHHN), NDP candidate Andrew Bascombe (WHHN)
March 13, 2025 – Ward 1 Councillor Erin Caton
March 6, 2025 – Guelph MPP an Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner, Kitchener Centre MPP and Green Party deputy leader Aislinn Clancy
February 20, 2025 – PC Party candidate Robert Coole, Liberal candidate Mustafa Zuberi, and New Blue candidate Carina Fraser
February 13, 2025 – NDP candidate Cameron Spence
February 6, 2025 – Green Party candidate Mike Schriener
January 30, 2025 – David Lepofsky, chair of the AODA Alliance
January 23, 2025 – Federal Green Party candidate for Guelph Dr. Anne-Marie Zajdlik
January 16, 2025 – Ward 6 City Councillor Ken Yee Chew
January 9, 2025 – Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield
December 19, 2024 – Remegius Cheeke, president of Canadian Union of Postal Workers Local 546
December 12, 2024 – Ward 1 City Councillor Dan Gibson
December 5, 2024 – Feed Ontario executive director Carolyn Stewart
November 28, 2024 – Ward 3 City Councillor Michele Richardson
November 14, 2024 – Ward 2 City Councillor Rodrigo Goller
October 31, 2024 – Brampton City Councillor Rowena Santos
October 24, 2024 – Ward 5 City Councillor Leanne Caron
October 17, 2024 – Justin Gniposky, organizer from Unifor National
October 10, 2024 – Ontario Place for All chair Norm Di Pasquale
October 3, 2024 – Transport Futures founder Martin Collier
September 26, 2024 – Guelph MPP and Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner
September 19, 2024 – Feed Ontario executive director Carolyn Stewart
September 12, 2024 – Kitchener Centre MP Mike Morrice
September 5, 2024 – Manager of the Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy Jean Hopkins
August 29, 2024 – Ward 4 City Councillor Linda Busuttil
August 22, 2024 – Alfred Lowrick, spokesperson for the Fight for Farmland Group, and Kevin Thomason, vice-chair of the Grand River Environmental Network
August 1, 2024 – Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Jenna Sudds; Ward 3 City Councillor Phil Allt
July 25, 2024 – Colleen MacLeod, the bargaining team chair for OPSEU workers at the LCBO
July 18, 2024 – Ward 2 City Councillor Carly Klassen
July 11, 2024 – Elsa Lam, editor of Canadian Architect magazine
July 4, 2024 –  ACORN Hamilton organizer Taylor Korolenchuk
June 27, 2024 – Chief Gord Cobey, Deputy Chief Steve Gill, and Inspector Andrew Goody from the Guelph Police Service
June 20, 2024 – Kitchener Centre MPP Aislinn Clancy
June 13, 2024 – Kevin Costain from the Small Ownership Landlords of Ontario (SOLO)
May 30, 2024 – John McInally, a Scottish-born London resident, retired labour organizer and political activist
May 9, 2024 – Cindy McMann, the public educator of Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis
May 2, 2024 – Ward 6 Councillor and Federal Liberal candidate Dominique O’Rourke
April 25, 2024 – Ward 1 Councillor Erin Caton
April 18, 2024 – Federal NDP candidate Janice Folk-Dawson
April 11, 2024 – Kit Andres, workers advocate from the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change
March 28, 2024 – Ward 5 Councillor Cathy Downer
March 21, 2024 – Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre spokesperson Jeff Horncastle
February 29, 2024 – Fae Johnstone, a trans activist, executive director of the Society for Queer Momentum
December 21, 2023 – Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield
December 14, 2023 – Ward 5 Councillor Leanne Caron
December 7, 2023 – Kitchener Centre MPP-elect Aislinn Clancy
November 30, 2023 – Humberto Carolo, executive director of the White Ribbon campaign; Kitchener Centre MP Mike Morrice
November 23, 2023 – Ward 4 Councillor Linda Busuttil
November 16, 2003 – Ward 2 Councillor Rodrigo Goller
November 9, 2023 – Wellington County Councillor and Social Services Chair Dave Anderson
November 2, 2023 – Ward 2 Councillor Carly Klassen
October 19, 2023 – Ward 3 Councillor Michele Richardson
October 12, 2023 – Kitchener Centre Liberal candidate Kelly Steiss
October 5, 2023 – Craig Pickthorne from the Ontario Living Wage Network
September 21, 2023 – Ward 5 Councillor Cathy Downer
September 14, 2023 – Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward, chair of Ontario Big City Mayors
September 7, 2023 – Ward 3 Councillor Phil Allt
August 31, 2023 – Annick Forest, Canadian Media Guild president
August 24, 2023 – Jean Hopkins, manager of the Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy
August 17, 2023 – Geordie Dent, executive director of the Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations
July 20, 2023 – Ward 6 Councillor Ken Yee Chew
July 13, 2023 – Kitchener Centre NDP Candidate Debbie Chapman
June 29, 2023 – Dr. Catherine Varner, deputy editor of the Canadian Medical Association Journal
June 22, 2023 – Guelph MPP and Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner
June 15, 2023 – Ward 1 Councillor Erin Caton
June 1, 2023 – Drew Spoelstra, vice president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture
May 25, 2023 – Kitchener Centre Green Party Candidate Aislinn Clancy
May 18, 2023 – Jaymi and Kale, labour organizers from a Starbucks in Waterloo
May 11, 2023 – Camille Labchuk, executive director of Animal Justice
May 4, 2023 – Galya Bravo, board member of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada
April 27, 2023 – Ward 5 Councillor Leanne Caron
April 13, 2023 – Ward 6 Councillor Dominique O’Rourke
April 6, 2023 – Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield
March 30, 2023 – Paul Kershaw, founder of Generation Squeeze
March 23, 2023 – Ward 2 Councillor Rodrigo Goller
March 16, 2023 – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Medical Officer of Health Dr. Nicola Mercer
March 9, 2023 – Kitchener Centre MP Mike Morrice
February 23, 2023 – Ward 1 Councillor Dan Gibson
February 9, 2023 – Alex Neve, Commissioner from Ottawa People’s Commission
February 2, 2023 – Ward 5 Councillor Cathy Downer
January 19, 2023 – Ward 3 Councillor Phil Allt
January 12, 2023 – Environmental Defense  executive director Tim Gray
January 5, 2023 – Ward 6 Councillor Ken Yee Chew
December 15, 2022 – Guelph MPP and Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner
December 8, 20222 – Ward 4 Councillor Linda Busuttil
December 1, 2022 – Ward 3 Councillor Michele Richardson
November 24, 2022 – Ward 2 Councillor Carly Klassen
November 17, 2022 – Ward 1 Councillor Erin Caton
November 10, 2022 – Mayor Cam Guthrie
November 3, 2022 – Outgoing Ward 6 Councillor Mark MacKinnon
October 27, 2022 – Outgoing Ward 3 Councillor June Hofland
October 20, 2022 – Mayor candidates Danny Drew, Shelagh McFarlane, and Cam Guthrie (2022 Guelph Municipal Election Candidates)
October 13, 2022 – Mayoral candidates William Albabish and John Edward Krusky (2022 Guelph Municipal Election Candidates)
October 6, 2022 – Craig DiSero, Ward 6; Luc Cousineau, Ward 3; Elia Morrison, Ward 2; and Sam Elmslie, Ward 3 (2022 Guelph Municipal Election Candidates)
September 29, 2022 – Michelle Bowman, Ward 1; John Bertrand, Ward 3; Dallas Green, Ward 3; Michele Richardson, Ward 3; and Cathy Downer, Ward 5 (2022 Guelph Municipal Election Candidates)
September 22, 2022 – Rodrigo Goller, Ward 2; Hersham Genidy, Ward 5; Carly Klassen, Ward 2; Chetna Robinson, Ward 6′ and Justin Van Deale, Ward 4 (2022 Guelph Municipal Election Candidates)
September 15, 2022 – Mark MacKinnon, Ward 6; Morgan Dandie, Ward 2; Adrian Salvatore, Ward 4; Ken Yee Chew, Ward 6; and Leanne Caron, Ward 5 (2022 Guelph Municipal Election Candidates)
September 8, 2022 – Linda Busuttil, Ward 4; Chidi Nwene, Ward 1; Raymond Sartor, Ward 2; Hitesh Jagad, Ward 4; and Phil Allt, Ward 3 (2022 Guelph Municipal Election Candidates)
September 1, 2022 – Dan Gibson, Ward 1; Kevin Bowman, Ward 3; Denese Renaud, Ward 5; Erin Caton, Ward 1; and Dominique O’Rourke, Ward 6 (2022 Guelph Municipal Election Candidates)
August 25, 2022 – Lawyer and citizen journalist Caryma Sa’d
August 18, 2022 – Don Valley East MPP Dr. Adil Shamji
July 28, 2022 – Ontario Nurses Association elected president Cathryn Hoy
July 21, 2022 – Mayor Cam Guthrie
July 7, 2022 – Wellington County Warden Kelly Linton
June 23, 2022 – Voices of National Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Guelph
June 16, 2022 – Ward 2 Councillor James Gordon
June 9, 2022 – Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner
May 26, 2022 – Liberal candidate Raechelle Devereaux; None of the Above candidate Paul Taylor (2022 Provincial Election Candidates)
May 19, 2022 – Green candidate Mike Schreiner; NDP candidate James Parr (2022 Provincial Election Candidates)
May 12, 2022 – Communist candidate Juanita Burnett (2022 Provincial Election Candidate)
May 5, 2022 – Ward 4 Councillor Mike Salisbury
April 28, 2022 – Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Helena Jaczek
April 14, 2022 – Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield
March 31, 2022 – Ward 5 Councillor Leanne Caron
March 24, 2022 – Guelph NDP Candidate James Parr
March 17, 2022 – Ward 3 City Councillor Phil Allt
March 10, 2022 – Father Andrij Figol, pastor, Holy Protection of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church
March 3, 2022 – Guelph PC Candidate Peter McSherry
February 17, 2022 – Guelph MPP and Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner
February 10, 2022 – Ward 6 City Councillor Mark MacKinnon
February 3, 2022 – Communist Party of Ontario leader Drew Garvie
January 27, 2022 – Ward City Councillor Rodrigo Goller
January 13, 2022 – Guelph Ontario Liberal Candidate Raechelle Devereaux
December 16, 2021 – Mayor Cam Guthrie
December 9, 2021 – Ward 5 City Councillor Dominique O’Rourke
December 2, 2021 – Ward 2 City Councillor James Gordon
November 25, 2021 – Guelph MPP and Green Party leader Mike Schreiner
November 11, 2021 – Ward 5 City Councillor Cathy Downer
November 4, 2021 – Teresa McKeeman from Guelph Campaign School
October 28, 2021 – Ward 1 City Councillor Dan Gibson
October 21, 2021 – Kitchener Centre MP-elect Mike Morrice
October 14, 2021 – Ward 5 City Councillor Leanne Caron
October 7, 2021 – Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield
September 30, 2021 – Ward 3 City Councillor Phil Allt
September 16, 2021 – Liberal candidate Lloyd Longfield; Conservative candidate Dr. Ashish Sachan (2021 Federal Election Candidates)
September 9, 2021 – NDP candidate Aisha Jahangir; Green candidate Dr. Michelle Bowman (2021 Federal Election Candidates)
September 2, 2021 – Animal Protection Party candidate Karen Levenson (2021 Federal Election Candidate)
August 26, 2021 – Communist Party candidate Tristan Dineen (2021 Federal Election Candidate)
July 29, 2021 – Mayor Cam Guthrie
July 22, 2021 – Ontario’s Official Opposition leader Andrea Horwath
July 15, 2021 – Ward 2 City Councillor Rodrigo Goller
July 1, 2021 – #CancelCanadaDay march organizers
June 17, 2021 – Ward 6 Councillor Mark MacKinnon
June 10, 2021 – Harvey Bischof, President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF)
June 3, 2021 – Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca
May 20, 2021 – Ward 4 Councillor Mike Salisbury
May 13, 2021 – Guelph MPP and Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner
April 29, 2021 – Kitchener Centre MPP Laura Mae Lindo
April 22, 2021 – Wellington-Halton Hill MP Michael Chong
April 15, 2021 – Ward 6 City Councillor Dominique O’Rourke
April 1, 2021 – Ward 5 City Councillor Cathy Downer
March 18, 2021 – Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield
March 11, 2021 – Ward 2 City Councillor James Gordon
March 4, 2021 – “Climate Change Hero” Dr. Pierre Fogal
February 4, 2021 – Deputy Green Party Leader Dianne Saxe
January 28, 2021 – Graeme McNaughton, journalist with the Guelph Mercury Tribune
January 21, 2021- Guelph Police Services Chief Gord Cobey
December 10, 2020 – Peter Smith, journalist with the Canadian Anti-Hate Network
December 3, 2020 – Ward 1 City Councillor Dan Gibson
November 26, 2020 – Lesley Wood of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
November 12, 2020 – Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner
November 5, 2020 – University of Guelph researcher Jess Haines
October 22, 2020 – Ward 3 City Councillor Phil Allt
October 1, 2020 – Ward 5 City Councillor Cathy Downer
September 17, 2020 – Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield
September 10, 2020 – Ward 2 City Councillor Rodrigo Goller
September 3, 2020 – Cognitive theorist Christopher DiCarlo
August 27, 2020 – Ward 6 City Councillor Mark MacKinnon
August 13, 2020 – Ward 4 City Councillor Mike Salisbury
July 9, 2020 – Ward 2 Councillor James Gordon
May 28, 2020 – Federation of Canadian Municipalities President Bill Karsten
May 14, 2020 – Mayor Cam Guthrie
April 30, 2020 – Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca
April 23, 2020 – Marty Williams, executive director of Downtown Guelph Business Association
April 16, 2020 – Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield
April 9, 2020 – Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner
February 27, 2020 – Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development Maryam Monsef
January 30, 2020 – Ward 5 Councillor Leanne Piper
January 23, 2020 – Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner
January 16, 2020 – Ward 2 Councillor Dominique O’Rourke
December 19, 2019 – Your Downtown Guelph Friends
December 12, 2019 – Leadership Candidates for the Ontario Liberal Party
December 5, 2019 – Ward 3 City Councillor Phil Allt
November 28, 2019 – Ward 2 City Councillor Rodrigo Goller, and Guelph Police Chief Gordon Cobey
November 21, 2019 – Fredericton MP Jenica Atwin, and Ward 1 City Councillor Dan Gibson
November 14, 2019 – Robert McCabe of Recovery Speaking, and Matt Galllagher the director of Prey
October 17, 2019 – Liberal Candidate and Incumbent Lloyd Longfield (2019 Federal Election Candidate)
October 10, 2019 – Independent Candidate Kornelis Klevering; Green Party Candidate Steve Dyck (2019 Federal Election Candidates)
October 3, 2019 – Christian Heritage Party Candidate Gordon Truscott; People’s Party Candidate Mark Paralovos (2019 Federal Election Candidates)
September 26, 2019 – NDP Candidate Aisha Jahangir (2019 Federal Election Candidate)
September 19, 2019  – Communist Party Candidate Juanita Burnett (2019 Federal Election Candidate)
July 18, 2019 – Mark MacKinnon, Ward 6 Councillor
June 20, 2019 – Mike Salisbury, Ward 1 Councillor
June 13, 2019 – Cathy Downer, Ward 5 Councillor
April 18, 2019 – Mike Schreiner, MPP for Guelph and Green Party of Ontario leader
April 4, 2019 – Lloyd Longfield, MP for Guelph
March 7, 2019 – James Gordon, Ward 2 Councillor
February 7, 2019 – Phil Allt, Ward 3 Councillor
December 20, 2018 – Ward 2 City Councillor Rodrigo Goller
November 15, 2018 – Outgoing Ward 6 City Councillor Karl Wettstein
November 8, 2018 – Ward 6 City Councillor-Elect Dominique O’Rourke
October 18, 2018 – Council Candidates: Usha Arora, Mark Gernon, Rodrigo Goller, Jamie Killingsworth, and Jonathan Knowles (2018 Municipal Election Candidates)
October 18, 2018 – Mayoral Candidate Cam Guthrie (2018 Municipal Election Candidate)
October 11, 2018 – Mayoral Candidate Aggie Mlynarz (2018 Municipal Election Candidate)
October 4, 2018 – Council Candidates: Phil Allt, Stacy Cooper, Mike Salisbury, Matt Saunders, and Patrick Sheridan (2018 Municipal Election Candidates)
September 27, 2018 – Council Candidates: Indu Arora, Jason Dodge, Mark MacKinnon, Barbara Mann, and Mary Thring (2018 Municipal Election Candidates)
September 20, 2018 – Council Candidates: Cathy Downer, Alex Green, Anshu Khurana, Steve Petric, and Eli Ridder (2018 Municipal Election Candidates)
September 13, 2018 – Council Candidates: Charlene Downey, James Gordon, and Dominique O’Rourke (2018 Municipal Election Candidates)
August 16, 2018 – Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield
June 28, 2018 – Guelph MPP designate Mike Schreiner
May 31, 2018 – Liberal Candidate Sly Castaldi; Libertarian Candidate Mike Riehl (2018 Provincial Election Candidates)
May 24, 2018 – NDP Candidate Agnieszka Mlynarz; None of the Above Party Candidate Paul Taylor; Ontario Party Candidate Thomas Mooney (2018 Provincial Election Candidates)
May 17, 2018 – Communist Party Candidate Juanita Burnett; Green Party Candidate Mike Schreiner (2018 Provincial Election Candidates)
April 19, 2018 – Mayor Cam Guthrie
March 15, 2018 – Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner
December 7, 2017 – Councillors Allt and Downer on the City Budget for 2018
November 30, 2017 – Karl Wettstein, Ward 6 City Councillor
November 16, 2017 – Leanne Piper, Ward 5 City Councillor
October 12, 2017 – Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner, and Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May
September 14, 2017 – James Gordon, Ward 2 City Councillor
September 7, 2017 – Mark MacKinnon, Ward 6 City Councillor
August 31, 2017 – Mike Spicer, General Manager of Guelph Transit
August 17, 2017 – Thomas Mooney, former nominee for Guelph’s 2018 P.C. candidate
August 10, 2017 – Liz Sandals, MPP of Guelph and President of the Treasury Board
July 6, 2017 – Mike Schreiner, Green Party of Ontario leader
June 29, 2017 – Cathy Downer, Ward 5 City Councillor
May 25, 2017 – Phil Allt, Ward 3 City Councillor
May 18, 2017 – Steve Dyck and Anne Gajerski-Cauley for Democracy Guelph
April 27, 2017 – Shayne Ward of Plastic Free Guelph and Susan Carey of Transition Guelph for Earth Day
March 30, 2017 – Lloyd Longfield, Liberal MP for Guelph
January 5, 2017 – Mike Salisbury, Ward 4 City Councillor and Andy Van Hellemond, Ward 2 City Councillor
December 15, 2016 – Mayor Cam Guthrie
December 8, 2016 – Leanne Piper, Ward 5 City Councillor
November 10, 2016 – Karl Wettstein, Ward 6 City Councillor
October 13, 2016 – Marty Williams, executive director of the Guelph Downtown Business Association
September 29, 2016 – Kithio Mwanzia, President and CEO of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce
July 14, 2016 – Mark MacKinnon, Ward 6 City Councillor
July 7, 2016 – James Gordon, Ward 2 City Councillor
June 30, 2016 – Jeff DeRuyter, Guelph Police Chief
June 16, 2016 – Cathy Downer, Ward 5 City Councillor
May 5, 2016 – Phil Allt, Ward 3 City Councillor
April 28, 2016 – Lloyd Longfield, MP of Guelph
April 21, 2016 – Mike Schreiner, Green Party of Ontario leader
March 31, 2016 – Liz Sandals, MPP of Guelph and Minister of Education
March 17, 2016 – Dan Gibson, Ward 1 City Councillor
December 17, 2015 – Frank Valeriote, MP of Guelph (2008-2015)
October 15, 2015 – Conservative Party candidate Gloria Kovach (2015 Federal Election)
October 8, 2015 – Green Party candidate Gord Miller (2015 Federal Election)
October 1, 2015 – NDP candidate Andrew Seagram (2015 Federal Election)
September 24, 2015 – Liberal candidate Lloyd Longfield (2015 Federal Election)
September 17, 2015 –  Communist Party candidate Tristan Dineen, and Libertarian candidate Alex Fekri (2015 Federal Election)
September 10, 2015 – Marijuana Party candidate Kornelis Levering (2015 Federal Election)
June 25, 2015 – Michael Chong, MP Wellington-Halton Hills

End Credits

End Credits is a local movie show for local movie fans featuring discussion of the latest pop culture news, and a weekly review of the newest movies. You can listen live Thursdays at 10 am on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca, or you can download it Friday’s from the Politicast channel.