Open Sources Gulph #444 - October 5, 2023

This week on Open Sources Guelph we're thankful for scandal. As we head into the long weekend, we're going to talk about the ongoing issues facing the House of Commons that have kind of made a mockery of Canada on the international stage. It's good fodder for a podcast, which might soon be under the regulatory umbrella of the CRTC. In the back half of the show, we're going to talk about the recent increase in the minimum wage, and why it still isn't good enough.

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

Third Week Watch. Can you believe this is only the third week of the fall session? It's been a busy three weeks of controversy that's for sure. While Greg Fergus made history by being elected as the first Black Speaker of the House of Commons, the long shadow of Parliament's warm welcome for Yaroslav Hunka and the accusation that the Indian government had Hardeep Singh Nijjar killed continue to linger. We will talk about the latest developments on those issues.

Podcast Away. The CRTC announced last week that they were looking at changes to regulate streaming content, which is a big change from the regular order. Streaming and podcasting has been the Wild West, mostly lawless and left to its own devices, so initiating any kind of regulation is a big change, which is why some people - including foreign provocateurs like Elon Musk and Glenn Greenwald - have been throwing gas on the fire, but what are the real stakes?

Wage Match. Last weekend, the minimum wage in Ontario was increased to $16.55, which makes us the third highest in Canada, but a minimum wage is not a living wage, and depending on where you live in Ontario it's tougher and tougher to close that gap. In fact, the living wage for Guelph is still about three dollars higher than the minimum. This week, we’re joined by Craig Pickthorne from the Ontario Living Wage Network to talk about affordability, the minimum wage hike, and the giant gap in-between.

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