Open Sources Guelph #515 - April 17, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we've got two hours! If you thought the show was over at 6 o'clock today, you're wrong because we have so much election coverage we've got to double the size of the this week's entry. Completing our all-Guelph, all-female set this week we will welcome back to the show one long-time labour activist and one-long time doctor and medical professional. Their goal: Convince you to vote for one of them!

This Thursday, April 17, at 6 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:

The Notorious JFD. Janice Folk-Dawson has been a labour activist in Guelph for years, you've seen her face just about anywhere you've seen organised labour locally, but for the first time she's put her face on a campaign sign. Running for the NDP is not easy these days, but Folk-Dawson has been calling them the "conscience of Parliament", which is the reason why she hopes Guelphites might send her there. Folk-Dawson will joins us to talk about why she's ready to make trouble in Ottawa, and why you should want to send her there.

Doctor Change. Do we need a doctor? Anne-Marie Zajdlik thinks we do. Well known in the Guelph community for both her medical practice and her leadership on fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Zajdlik is now getting political with the Green Party. Hoping to make history in the mold of Mike Schreiner and Mike Morrice, Zajdlik thinks that the region can be a Green powerhouse, and now she just has to convince you and several thousand Guelphites. Zajdlik will talk about why Guelph's colour is still Green this election!

Programming Note: This is the second of back-to-back episodes of Open Sources Guelph this week and airs at the special time of 6 pm!