This Week: The Ontario government lost $42 million selling cannabis in the last year, how is this possible? Then, the results are in on a UBI experiment in California, how do you think people spent the money? Plus, should broadband internet be considered an essential service?
Tag:Climate Change
EP 145 – Climate Change, Poverty, and Voting
This Week: Justin Trudeau has reportedly claimed that poverty in Canada is way down, is this truth or trash? Plus, we’ll analyse the now famous Greta Thunberg speech. And, we play around with the CBC vote compass to see where I stand on the issues, this ought to be good.
EP 141 – Election Debates, Pharmaceuticals, and Endangered Species
This Week: Maxime Bernier has been excluded from the election debates; we’ll expose the ultimate double standard. Then, the Trump administration makes changes to the endangered species act, but how many species have actually been saved? Plus, why are drugs so expensive?
EP 137 – Climate Change, Anarchism, and Transit
This Week: Canada has declared a ‘climate emergency’; we’ll explain why this is all Trump’s fault. Then, a US libertarian candidate looks to abolish all government if elected; has this gone too far? Plus, you won’t believe what CBC is teaching your kids.
EP 132 – Electoral Reform, Guns, and Bernie Sanders
This Week: Another failed electoral reform referendum in PEI, can we put this issue on the back burner for a while? Then, a gun buyback program has been launched by Toronto police, have gun buyback programs been effective elsewhere? Plus, is Bernie Sanders about to drop out of the 2020 presidential race?
EP 131 – The Alberta Election, Pilot Projects, and Government ‘Cuts’
This Week: Alberta once again has a conservative government, what does this mean for the upcoming federal election? Then, is Ontario’s ‘Student Choice Initiative’ actually taking choice AWAY from students? Some think so. Plus, we’ll talk about the ‘National Monument Syndrome’, it’s a concept we should all be aware of.
EP 130 – The Ontario Budget, Taxes, and Equal Pay Day
This Week: The Ontario budget has been released and it’s cut cut cut, or at least SOME would have you believe. Then, it’s equal pay day, what does ‘equal pay for equal work’ REALLY mean? Plus, is Toronto close to getting an NFL team?
EP 129 – SNC-Lavalin, Organ Donations, and Student Protests
This Week: Jody Wilson Raybold has been booted from caucus, can things get any worse for the Federal government? Then, Nova Scotia wants to declare everyone an automatic organ donor, will this actually increase the number of donors? Plus, we have some fun with some potential Ontario licence plate slogans.
EP 126 – SNC-Lavalin Affair, Carbon Taxes, and Beer
This Week: The federal government is accused of covering up the SNC-Lavalin affair, but not much is being covered up. Then, Ontario is looking at banning single use plastics, and as usual, the government is too slow to react. And in Illinois, Minimum wage goes up, and jobs go down.
EP 124 – SNC-Lavalin, Arts Funding, and Climate Change
This Week: Should the Prime Minister step down in the wake of the latest scandal? Some think so. Then, Canadian comedians are not laughing at what Siriusxm has planned. Plus, we praise the government of one Ontario city, yes you heard that right.