This week on Open Sources Guelph, it’s a lot. There was another disaster involving guns in America, but this time the target was some of the most powerful people in the country. Here in Canada, the Premier of B.C. seems to have stepped in a deep puddle with Indigenous people, but perhaps we can find some salvation with a good economy news story? Out special guest this week will help us make sense of that last one.
This Thursday, April 30, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:
My Dinner With Decay. Saturday’s White House Correspondence Dinner was broken up by sadly familiar American tradition of its own, an attempted mass shooting. The WHCD, or “nerd prom” is a big deal for a certain upper echelon of Washington, and it was super special this year with Donald Trump himself making an appearance. From the conspiracies about false flags to commentary about the self-importance of the event, we need to ask the question: Will we ever learn?
DRIPA-Lash. In the span of a month, British Columbia Premier David Eby went from on the attack to full retreat. After a court found that the government’s mineral claim was inconsistent with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. Eby proposed amending the act to allow the project to proceed, but First Nations leaders in the province called it an “absolute betrayal”. Eby eventually backed off, but what does this do for the cause of reconciliation?
Spring Bling! On Tuesday, the Government of Canada unveiled the spring economic update and it was a good news story! The deficit for this year, and the unemployment rate, are slightly less than what we thought they were going to be. Cool. There were announcements too: more money for skills development in the trades, more investment in national sport, and something called a sovereign wealth fund(?!). David-Alexandre Brassard, chief economist of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada returns to lend his insights.
Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.
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