Open Sources Guelph #485 - September 19, 2024

This week on Open Sources Guelph we're going to try and tone down the rhetoric. But can we still be spicy? Probably, the news certainly is! If you think it's hot up in Ottawa this first week back from summer vacation, just wait until you hear about what's been going on in the United States lately. And for the interview in the back half, we've got a grocery list of issues about food insecurity, and we will be joined someone who knows how to fix them.

This Thursday, September 19, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:

The Beginning of the End? MPs returns to the House of Commons on Monday at the same time that electors were going to the polls in two by-elections. That worked out fine for the NDP in Manitoba, but things went wrong again for the Liberals in Quebec as they lost another apparently not-so-safe riding. All this will put pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who will face his first big post-deal confidence challenge next week. So are we going to the polls soon or what?

Dogs and Cats (Mass Hysteria). Just as it looked like the story on Sunday was going to be Senator J.D. Vance's confession that he was making up stories about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield, OH, another person with clear mental health issues tried to take another shot at Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Vice-President Kamala Harris is still riding high off her debate performance, but it's a long way till Election Day for everyone. What's next with the circus south of the border?

The Bank Job. Last week, Feed Ontario released new numbers that showed food bank usage in Ontario is at an eight-year high. Over one million people in the province used a food bank in the last year, which is a 134 per cent increase from five years ago, and that means the affordability crisis is bigger than just housing. This week, we're being joined by Feed Ontario executive director Carolyn Stewart who will tell us why food insecurity is just as big an issue as housing, and why this issue needs government action.

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