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Today on Unpublished Cafe-- Doug Ford was seen as the most toxic of choices when it came to the Ontario PC leadership race, but he prevailed. His provincial disapproval rating was almost as high as Kathleen Wynne's yet he prevailed. How did it happen? What does it tell us about Ontarians? ———————————— https://www.unpublished.vote/issue/260/the-ontario-election-aftermath ———————————— GUESTS: Ian Holliday http://angusreid.org/author/research2/ Research Associate with the Angus Reid Institute Mike Schreiner https://gpo.ca/mike-schreiner-leader/ Ontario Green Party Leader and Ontario’s first Green MPP Caroline Andrew https://research.uottawa.ca/people/an... https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/#!uottawa/m... Director, Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa

Today on Unpublished Cafe, the Ontario's Health and Physical Education curriculum was released in 2015 to a storm of criticism. Forget the fact the curriculum hadn't been updated in almost 20 years when it was brought in. So whats changed since 1998 and 2015? The smart phone, sexting, online bullying all in the future. The Ontario election is less than two weeks away and an issue that was in the review mirror is once again closer than the image appears. Ontario PC leader Doug Ford is trying to appease the social conservatives in the party that if he wins the election he'll repeal the cic and ask for more parent consultation. But after almost three years what happens to those students who received a bit of that curriculum but then the tap was shut off. its one of the questions well try to solve here on the unpublished cafe. ———————————— In this episode we will hear from the Interim leader of the Ontario Party as to why he feels the curriculum needs a do over. As well, Toronto educator and journalist who works

Today on the Unpublished.Cafe, we will take a look at the issues facing the truth today. Joining me for the discussion is Tom Korski, managing editor of Blacklock's Reporter. The impetus for this show today was an interesting story from Blacklock's Reporter which found our federal government had actually spent half a million dollars creating #FakeNews. What does it say when a federal government of a democratic nation is paying to put out #Fakenews? We delve into this question today on the Unpublished.Cafe. ———————————— This episode of the Unpublished.Cafe is a 1-on-1 interview between host Ed Hand and Tom Korski from Blacklock's Reporter. ———————————— https://www.unpublished.vote/issue/251/fakenews-and-the-war-on-truth ———————————— GUEST: Tom Korski https://www.blacklocks.ca/about-us/ Tom is a former radio man who covered politics for dailies in Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton, now working as Managing Director of Blacklock's Reporter ———————————— REFERENCES: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog... https://www

PUBLISHED: 05/11/2018 Today on Unpublished Cafe we talk about how the North American Free Trade Agreement has been a political football for many politicians, in particular US presidents, as we have seen since Donald Trump entered the presidential race in 2015. While he decries the deal as unfair to Americans, the agreement has accomplished it's seven goals. To get an idea how much this means to all North Americans, in 2016, trilateral trade reached nearly USD $1 trillion – more than a three-fold increase since 1993. 400,000 people and over $2.4 billion worth of goods and services cross the Canada–U.S. border daily. Since 1993, Mexico-Canada merchandise trade grew nine-fold, while services trade has increased six-fold. ———————————— This episode of Unpublished Cafe includes talks with Scott Sinclair a senior economics researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. We talk with Matthew Stewart, Director of National Forecasting, at the Conference Board of Canada who authored a report on the fall ou

The Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion from Edmonton to Vancouver is a $7 billion plus project that would see the current pipeline twinned with a new one to more than double the capacity to get the oil sands or bitumen to markets other than the US. That would mean a sevenfold increase in tanker traffic out of Berard Inlet, which environmentalists worry about the impact on the aquaculture. Of course, visions of the Exxon Valdez dance in their heads. ———————————— This podcast starts with Elizabeth May, leader of the Federal Green Party, who was arrested for protesting against the pipeline. ———————————— Unpublished.cafe, UnpublishedOttawa.com, Unpublished.vote ———————————— GUESTS: Aaron Wudrick https://www.taxpayer.com/about/spokes... Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, who is concerned the federal and provincial government will use tax dollars to appease Kinder Morgan. Dan McTeague https://business.gasbuddy.com/author/... From Gasbuddies.com, he is an 18 year veteran as an MP on the Hill as we

Today on Unpublished Cafe we'll dig around the edges of the issue and see if this is just a one off incident or just the first wave of the tsunami. Since the company acknowledged that some of your information may have been exposed in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social media titan has seen it's share price drop dramatically and has sparked a movement of Facebook users to delete their account. A just released Ipsos poll finds that two thirds of Canadians don't trust Facebook to protect their private info. One billion people on the planet are on Facebook which shows how prevalent it has become and for the social media giant, this is their largest scandal in it's 14 year existence. When it comes to privacy in Canada, there are two regulations which govern: The Privacy Act, which applies to the federal public sector, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, which applies to commercial activities, covers political parties. ———————————— In this episode we'll hear from two people

The 2018 Ontario provincial election promises to be a battle right down to the final bell. Kathleen While Kathleen Wynne's Liberal Party has never polled lower than it is polling now, new Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford opened his campaign by calling for the elimination of the sex-ed curriculum in Ontario, before consulting with parents. Both leaders appear to be not well liked by the electorate. Which means both the NDP and the Green Party will have a chance to improve their standing at Queen's Park. In this episode of the Unpublished.Cafe, veteran journalist Ed Hand interviews Green Party of Ontario leader Mike Schreiner about the Ontario provincial election and where his party stands on the issues that concern Ontarians most. ———————————— Unpublished.cafe, UnpublishedOttawa.com, Unpublished.vote ———————————— Guest: Mike Schreiner Mike Schreiner has been leader of the Green Party of Ontario since 2009. He is running in Guelph in the 2018 provincial election, for the second time. A successf

Today on the Unpublished Cafe podcast we talk about the Province of Ontario getting it's ducks in a row for the rollout of legalized marijuana by July 1st, 2018. The federal government started the process and is letting each province introduce it as they see fit. In Ontario, the government is launching the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation, 40 stand alone stores run by the province to sell recreational marijuana. That will expand to 150 stores by 2020. It would be run much like the LCBO, another government monopoly although cannabis and liquor will not be sold in the same store. The Liberals call their plan a safe and sensible way to approach the issue. ———————————— In this podcast we will talk to Ontario Attorney General, Yasir Naqvi about the Liberals approach. We will also chat with Ryan Malluogh from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business about it's view on legalizing recreational marijuana and how it could be a job creator. To find out more Mike Schreiner, leader of the Green Party of Ontario

Today on the Unpublished Cafe podcast we take a look at the state of conservatism in Ontario and where it could lead. It's been almost 20 years since the Ontario PC's won an election. That time in the political wilderness has been gnawing on the nerves of the Big Blue Machine. With so much swirling around the caucus and executive, not to mention the disgruntled supporters, it has the party focusing on internal squabbles and not the end game--Winning the next election. ———————————— This podcast includes two interviews and panel discussion with Jack MacLaren, Jay Tysick and Carlos Naldinho. ———————————— Unpublished.cafe, UnpublishedOttawa.com, Unpublished.vote ———————————— GUESTS: Nelson Wiseman https://politics.utoronto.ca/faculty/... A professor of political science in addition to being the Director of Canadian Studies at U of T. Janet Ecker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_E... Held several portfolios in the Mike Harris and Ernie Eves government, including finance minister. Jack MacLaren https://www.jackm

Today on the Unpublished Cafe podcast we are going to hear more about #Metoo and #TimesUp. The #MeToo movement burst into our consciousness in late 2017 with the accusations against Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein and then actor, Kevin Spacey. Those seemed to spark an awakening or an end to hiding the past. From there demonstrations and protests have sprouted up with the social media hashtags of #Metoo and #TimesUp. The colours of the issue appear to be black and white, but when you peer a bit deeper, you notice there are many shades of grey. ———————————— Joining us for discussion are three perspectives of the topic. ———————————— Unpublished.cafe UnpublishedOttawa.com Unpublished.vote ———————————— GUESTS: Julie Lalonde http://yellowmanteau.com/ An educator of young people, social activist and advocate for women. Sue Ann Levy http://torontosun.com/author/slevysd Not every woman is on board with the movements. Cries of "where's the due process" are coming from predominately men, but there ar