In front of a packed house at the Italian Canadian Club on Tuesday night, six of the eight candidates running to be the next Member of Parliament for the riding of (most of) Guelph met to have a not-debate. Although there was a lot of shouting and interruption, the Guelph-Wellington Coalition for Social Justice aimed to have a frank exchange of ideas, and they mostly accomplished it. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Tech Issues and Chaos at Packed Social Justice Candidates Meet”
Kids say the darnedest things, and in this case they asked the darnedest questions. The five major party candidates running in the riding of Guelph heard the school bell Thursday morning at St. James Secondary School in the east end to answer questions posed by the students there and to refine their arguments about why they’re worthy to be Guelph’s next Member of Parliament. For everyone else, there’s this video and recap! Continue reading “RECAP: 5 Guelph Candidates Answer Student Questions at St. James”
If it’s the end of April, then you know it’s time for the annual National Day or Mourning. Although the pandemic is over, it’s worth remembering there was a whole class of workers who had to keep working as it happened, and that meant intentionally putting themselves at risk. This was important, but even before the pandemic, workers across Canada in all sorts of work were taking risks every day, often unknowingly, and they still are. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #416 – Day of Mourning 2024”
On this holiday week, you’re probably listening to a lot of reruns and year-end recaps on your podcast feed, and that’s why Guelph Politico is demonstrating its incredible efficiency by combining both things into one podcast. This week, we will review the 2023 soundbites that made the news in Guelph; the announcements, the arguments and the silliness that helped define the last 365 days in the Royal City. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #403 – 2023: The Lousy Clip Show”
Long time local labour activist Janice Folk-Dawson was acclaimed as a federal election candidate by the NDP riding association at a nomination meeting on Friday night at the Guelph Youth Music Centre. The president of CUPE local 1334 and executive vice-president of the Ontario Federation of Labour is making a play to fill the new and open seat in Guelph, and getting ahead of the other area parties to do it. Continue reading “Folk-Dawson Acclaimed as First Guelph Candidate for Next Federal Election”
This weekend is Labour Day, and boy is there labour activity these days. From the Canadian Media Guild workers at TVO to employees at Toronto area Metro grocery stores to municipal workers in Cochrane Ontario, it’s been non-stop labour action in 2023. Our podcast this week isn’t about any of those strikes, but it is about someone who held deeply the cause of advancing workers rights. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #386 – Alan’s Box (A Labour Day Special)”
Sometimes it seemed like the honking never stopped along Woolwich Street. On Friday afternoon, as over 100 people demonstrated in front of the constituency office of Guelph MPP Mike Schreiner, almost every other car that drove by honked to show support for the local striking members of the Canadian Union of Public Employee. The takeaway message from the union is that they’ve got the support of the people. Continue reading “Big Support for Local CUPE Workers Demonstrating Outside Schreiner’s Office”
It’s Labour Day, which means for most a chance to rest and recreate, but in Riverside Park every year, it’s a chance for organized labour to stand in solidarity with their fellow union employees. This year, with a Federal election on the horizon, and the spectre of Provincial cutbacks, things were slightly more political than usual. Continue reading “Solidarity Forever, But Surrounded By Politics at the Labour Day Picnic”
It was a rainy night in Guelph. Cold too. So getting some two dozen protestors out at dinner time to wave flags and hoist signs to support workers who earn minimum wage was going to be a challenge, but not a challenge that Guelphites weren’t willing to overcome. Continue reading “Guelph Labour Activists Help Stand Up to Tim Hortons “Bullies””
Members of the CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) Local 241 couldn’t enjoy their Labour Day as much as they would have liked, for they’re concerned that some members might be looking at their last Labour Day as employees of the City of Guelph. Continue reading ““Dark Clouds” Loom on an Otherwise Sunny Labour Day Picnic”
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