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GUELPH POLITICAST #469 – Whatever Happened to “Sunny Ways”? (feat. Mustafa Zuberi)

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The recent federal election was the formal turning of the page from the premiership of Justin Trudeau to the one led by Mark Carney. For long-time political observers, the difference between the two men in both style and substance is stark, but there’s no doubt that the change in leadership in March is at least half the reason the Liberals got a near majority last week. And yet, the question remains: What happened to Trudeau-mania? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #469 – Whatever Happened to “Sunny Ways”? (feat. Mustafa Zuberi)” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #461 – Dispatches From a Quixotic Legislative Quest (feat. Mike Morrice)

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When we talk about the affordability crisis, you sometimes hear the term “legislated poverty”, meaning the state of social assistance rates like Ontario Works and ODSP that assure people can never get ahead because the amounts paid never cover all the real costs of daily life. That’s why Mike Morrice decided to act when he was elected to the House of Commons in 2021, but like all great quests, it hasn’t ended up the way he envisioned. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #461 – Dispatches From a Quixotic Legislative Quest (feat. Mike Morrice)” →

CITY PAGES: Kitchen Opening, Last Call for Medals, and Backyard Theatre

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The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: Kitchen Opening, Last Call for Medals, and Backyard Theatre” →

Guelph Gets $13.5 Million for New Main Library Building

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One could make an inappropriate joke about a government funding announcement in front of a giant hole in the ground, but Baker Street was only filled with the laughter that comes from joy on Monday morning. The mood was celebratory at the site of the Baker District Redevelopment, future home of Guelph’s 88,000 square-foot new main library building, which just got easier to build with a $13.5 million cheque from the federal government. Continue reading “Guelph Gets $13.5 Million for New Main Library Building” →

New Federal Funding Announced for Local Mental Health Programs

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As a result of the pandemic, and other outside factors, we’ve seen an increased need for mental health services in the last few years. What you might not be aware of though is that there’s no one size fits all approach for people seeking mental health assistance, but a funding announcement Thursday morning at the new Guelph headquarters of the Canadian Mental Health Association of Waterloo Wellington hopes to change that. Continue reading “New Federal Funding Announced for Local Mental Health Programs” →

Trudeau Says He Still Wants Electoral Reform, But He Also Wants Consensus

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So Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to Guelph on Friday. Not exactly the most popular guy in Canada right now, but long before his present levels of popularity there were a lot of people in the Royal City already disappointed with the PM. It all goes back to a promise made in 2015, the one where Trudeau said it would be the last election using first past the post (FPTP). We have since had two more elections with FPTP, so where does Trudeau stand now? We asked him. Continue reading “Trudeau Says He Still Wants Electoral Reform, But He Also Wants Consensus” →

Trudeau Comes to Town to Announce Guelph’s Share of Housing Accelerator Fund

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It’s not every day that the Prime Minister of Canada comes to town, and it’s not every time that he’s bringing millions of dollars to help tackle the housing crisis. But both of these things came to pass on Friday as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the in-progress Kindle Communities project on Shelldale and announced that the City of Guelph’s share of the House Accelerator Fund is $21.4 million. Continue reading “Trudeau Comes to Town to Announce Guelph’s Share of Housing Accelerator Fund” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #391 – A National Park (If We Can Keep It)

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Since it closed in 2000, the Ontario Reformatory, and the 108 hectares that surround it, have been the source of much conversation, optimism and fantasy. We got the Guelph Innovation District Secondary Plan, we’ve got a Heritage Conservation District Study, and now we’ve got a project to turn the area into a national park. Is creating a national park the end game for the OR Lands we’ve been looking for? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #391 – A National Park (If We Can Keep It)” →

Feds Invest $1.7 Million for West End Rec Centre Upgrades and Trails

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Along with the usual morning swimmers, people hitting the workout room and patrons visiting the west end branch of the Guelph Public Library, there was a group of people at the West End Community Centre Wednesday for a political announcement. It was about money, about $1.7 million to be nearly precise, and the recipient was the HVAC system on the roof of the centre, and some wayfinding signs to be named later. Continue reading “Feds Invest $1.7 Million for West End Rec Centre Upgrades and Trails” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #353 – Christmas With Lloyd

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For the last couple of years, we’ve used the Christmas week episode of the podcast to sit down with an influential Guelphite and talk a little more broadly about life and politics while looking back at some of the year’s highlights. This week’s podcast interview comes to you via a Zoom call from the hallways of Parliament Hill, which was the site of what the Canadian Press calls the Biggest Story of the Year. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #353 – Christmas With Lloyd” →