Open Sources Guelph #461 - March 7, 2024

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we're going back to the 80s. The 18th Prime Minister of Canada passed away last week and we will talk about his impact between then and now, and speaking of the 80s, we've also got to talk about Trump again. In the back half of the show, there was good news about the pharmacare, and we will try and find some good news for the women out there in advance of their day.

This Thursday, March 7, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:

Life of Brian. Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney passed away last week and he will be honoured at a state funeral on March 23. But what will Mulroney be honoured for? A lot of people have pointed to his successes fighting acid rain and apartheid while others have pointed to his constitutional failures, neo-liberal economic policy and the collapse of his political party once he retired. Will the real Brian Mulroney legacy please stand up?

Super Tuesday's Child. This past Tuesday was Super Tuesday in the United States as 16 states held their primary on a single day. It was widely suspected that Donald Trump would secure the Republican nomination, so all eyes were on the future of Nikki Haley, and the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled that Trump gets to stay on the ballot in places where he was removed. Where does U.S. politics go now?

Down on the Pharm! Last week, the federal government revealed their national pharmacare plan. The policy, which was a key demand from the NDP for their confidence and supply agreement, will begin by covering contraception and diabetes drugs and then set up a process by which other drugs are added. Should we be excited about this progressive development, and will it be a selling point for this tired Liberal government?

Women's Day Economics. Friday is International Women's Day, and there are themes every year for the occasion. For 2024, the United Nations has set the theme, "Invest in women: Accelerate progress", meaning that we need to empower women who are so vulnerable to many different economic factors. From the "pink tax" to fact that women took the brunt of job losses in the pandemic, we will talk about finding equity in the economy.

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