This week on Open Sources Guelph, we make deals, or rather we just deal with it. In the first half, we will talk about the deal with the federal government’s attempt to rein in the excesses of big tech and why the war in Iran might finally be over, or not. In the second half, we’ve got a member of Guelph city council who’s going to talk about the deal with the very busy meetings last week at city hall and some of the town’s favourite controversies!
This Thursday, June 18, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:
The Social Reckoning. Last week, the Government of Canada announced that they were moving to ban social media for anyone under the age of 16 and introducing new regulations around A.I. chatbots including a responsibility to direct people with suicidal ideation to places they can get help. With Australia’s own ban struggling to take hold, and Canada’s history of chickening out when tech companies push back, is this the answer people have been waiting for?
No Big Deal. Nearly four months after promising the war would only take two weeks, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that one of his birthday presents was a deal to end the “skirmish” he started. With still 24 hours left to screw it up before the Friday self-induced deadline, we will talk about what we know about this still unknown (at press time) deal, and whether or not it means peace in our time or peace for short time.
The Responsibility Sandwich. It was a busy week last week at city council with a divisive debate about securing more of the Niska property, a new charitable hub project with some big unknown unknowns and the long awaited renoviction bylaw and vacant home tax. To help us talk about how it all went down, and what comes next, is Ward 1 Councillor Erin Caton, who will also join us to talk about the “responsibility sandwich” when it comes to filling gaps in local shelter programs.
Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.
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