Open Sources (Ep. #540) Show Notes for October 23, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph we work hard, but not as hard as the Ontario government, which is trying to do a year’s worth of legislating in seven week or (likely) less. And since we’re talking about provincial politics, we will head out east where there’s a new Progressive Conservative government in charge for the first time in a decade. Closer to home, we will welcome a local councillor who’s warming up her calculator app. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #540) Show Notes for October 23, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #539) Show Notes for October 16, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re eating news leftovers. First, we will catch up with the latest develops in Gaza where there’s now a precarious peace, and we will also talk about the early phase of the race to find a new leader for a federal party. For the interview, we engage in another annual fall tradition, the late return to Queen’s Park for another truncated sitting that solves none of our problems. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #539) Show Notes for October 16, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #538) Show Notes for October 9, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re thankful that dysfunction is a national phenomenon. We will head out west where there is inter-party friction in British Columbia’s official opposition, and then we will look at a dispute between teachers and a provincial government in an entirely different part of the country. In even more serious news, we will mark the second anniversary of a devastating war by talking about the people covering it. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #538) Show Notes for October 9, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #537) Show Notes for October 2, 2025

This week’s Open Sources Guelph is going to the birds! Both of our main topics this week intersects with the Supreme Court of Canada, which is presently tackling the extent of federal and provincial separation of powers and whether or not food inspectors can do their job when it comes to animal control and infectious disease. In non-court news, we will talk to a city councillor about planning in Guelph, and whether that’s going to the birds… Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #537) Show Notes for October 2, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #536) Show Notes for September 25, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re going to meetings. There’s a big one at U.N. headquarters in New York this week, and Canada sent the new kid to dazzle everyone. Meanwhile, closer to home, Ontario’s opposition parties have been having meetings and in some cases, they’re shaking up the guest list. Even more closer to home, we don’t do meetings, we do protests and marches on a Saturday. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #536) Show Notes for September 25, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #535) Show Notes for September 18, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’ve got news overload. It was a tough call determining what to talk about on the show today, but first and foremost we have to separate the wheat from the chaff on the killing of an American pundit. After that, we’re going to dig into more local drama by asking what the recent push against school boards is about and then we’re going to talk to the MPP from a neighbouring riding. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #535) Show Notes for September 18, 2025” →

Open Sources (Ep. #534) Show Notes for September 11, 2025

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we celebrate old times, and new times. From the past, there’s someone we kind of forgot about but who wants to be remembered again, which could also apply to Parliament Hill where the leader of the opposition is back in the House and ready to deliver stinging rebukes to a PM under pressure. More locally, we will talk to one of Guelph city’s councillors about some recent big decisions. Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #534) Show Notes for September 11, 2025” →