Open Sources Guelph #487 - October 3, 2024

Guelph Politicast

This week on Open Sources Guelph, there's a lot to figure out. South of the border, does it matter who won the vice-presidential debate? We're going to find out, and we're also going to find out if anything's really changed after all this time when it comes to Truth and Reconciliation with our Indigenous communities in recent years. Also, we're going to have more tunnel talk with a special guest who knows about real solutions for congestion.

This Thursday, October 3, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:

Mission Veep. On Tuesday, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Ohio Senator J.D. Vance appeared on stage for the first and only vice-presidential debate. They both had the same goal: Don't screw this up for the top of the ticket! The results were mixed, meaning that both men stuck to the mission and presented a facsimile of somewhat normal political discourse, while Iranian missiles fall on Israel, and Donald Trump is on the stump talking about Democrats creating water-free bathrooms. So has the game changed?

Orange Country. Monday was the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which is still not a stat holiday in Ontario by the way. Nearly 10 years after delivery of the TRC report, and nearly four years after the re-examination of the legacy of Canada's residential school system, we're still trying to figure out what "truth and reconciliation" means, and some of us are making it harder than it should be. This week, we're going to stop and measure our progress as the orange shirts come off.

Tunnel Spat. Last week, Premier Doug Ford announced his intention to explore the possibility of building a new highway, in a tunnel, under the 401. A lot of people were surprised by this announcement, and Ford, as he often does, has doubled down on it as new questions keep being raised. We've got some questions too, which is why we've reached out to Martin Collier, a transportation planner and founder of Transport Futures, who will tell us about the practicalities and possibilities of Ford's tunnel vision based his own expertise.

Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.