This week on Open Sources Guelph we manage the chaos. Even a simple candidate nomination meeting in the Toronto area did not go as planned for any of the people involved, and that’s to say nothing of the reporting of war crimes against Palestinians in the so-called “paper of record”. But if you’re looking for provincial chaos, look no further that one of our western provinces, and our guest this week is going to lend some of his insights into it.
This Thursday, May 21, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:
South By Scarborough Southwest. A simple nomination contest in a Toronto riding to fill a vacancy at Queen’s Park has turned into a tale of dysfunction and possible skullduggery. For Nate Erskine-Smith, winning the nomination was supposed to be a lift off of sorts to becoming the new Liberal leader, but now he’s throwing around accusations that his 19-vote loss for the Scarborough Southwest nomination was a hatchet job. Are the Ontario Liberals okay?
From Israel with Lawfare? After long being only the subject of reports from U.N. and human rights groups, allegations of sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners by Israeli Defence Forces finally made the pages of The New York Times, which has prompted Israel itself to cry, “lawsuit”. In other news, a group called the Israel Law Center has threaten to sue the Canadian Museum of Human Rights because of a new exhibit about the creation of Israel from the Palestinian perspective. So this is lawfare, right?
Wild Wild Rose Country. A couple of weeks ago, we tried to dip into Alberta politics but it was hard for two Ontario lads to make heads or tails of that crazy scene, so now we’ve brought in a stringer. For this episode, we’re joined by Jeremy Appel of The Orchard newsletter, the man who broke the news about the Alberta voters’ list and The Centurion Project, to lend his perspective on the state of Alberta politics, what Danielle Smith is thinking, and why Naheed Nenshi can’t seem to make a play.
Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.
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