Open Sources (Ep. #415) Show Notes for March 2, 2023

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re crowding the national news leaders by stealing their thunder. From our non-existent news headquarters in Ottawa, we’re going to look at the increase in use and rhetoric around unofficial border crossings, plus the new controversy around Chinese election interference. We’re also going to discuss the importation of far-right European politics (for a week anyway), and then the two old men who host this show are going to discuss Tik Tok! Continue reading “Open Sources (Ep. #415) Show Notes for March 2, 2023”

Open Sources Show Notes for Thursday October 31, 2019

Happy Halloween! We’ve got the scariest punditry you could ever imagine on this week’s edition of Open Sources Guelph. There’s danger and intrigue as the Federal leaders gather their thoughts after the election, there’s a bottomless well of horrors being revealed in Washington as the investigation into Trump goes deeper, and then there’s the most ghastly of all creatures, a smiling Doug Ford telling you he wants to be your friend. [Inset evil laugh.] Continue reading “Open Sources Show Notes for Thursday October 31, 2019”

Open Sources Show Notes for Thursday October 24, 2019

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re taking a break after our marathon five-hour live show on Election Night (and if you missed what happened, you can find all five hours on the CFRU archive, or the abridged version on the Guelph Politicast). So this episode is going to be what the kids used to call a “rerun,” but it has a specific purpose because we’re going to recap the recent appearances of Guelph’s once and future Member of Parliament. Continue reading “Open Sources Show Notes for Thursday October 24, 2019”

Open Sources Show Notes for Thursday October 17, 2019

This week on Open Sources Guelph we have to say goodbye to the 2019 Federal Election as an ongoing story. With five days to go before Election Day, we will welcome the last of our local candidates in the form of Liberal Lloyd Longfield, and then we’ll look back at the election issues we’ve missed, and then we’ll look ahead to how they might affect the final vote. Oh, and read to the very end to found out the best way you should spend Election Night. (Hint: it’s not watching CBC!) Continue reading “Open Sources Show Notes for Thursday October 17, 2019”

Open Sources Show Notes for Thursday October 10, 2019

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re running out of candidates! As we’re getting closer to Election Day – a week-and-a-half now! – we’re down to the last few candidates on the 2019 ballot in Guelph, and this week, both candidates are both old friends of the show. On this week’s episode, we’ll hear from Independent candidate Kornelis Klevering, and Green Party of Canada candidate Steve Dyck. Continue reading “Open Sources Show Notes for Thursday October 10, 2019”

Open Sources Show Notes for Thursday October 3, 2019

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’ve got back-to-back candidate interviews with two of the more interesting characters of the current election campaign. In the first half of the show we’re going to try again with Christian Heritage Party candidate Gordon Truscott, and then we will have in studio the People’s Party candidate Mark Paralovos. Continue reading “Open Sources Show Notes for Thursday October 3, 2019”

Open Sources Show Notes for Thursday September 26, 2019

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we fly the orange flag of welcome for local NDP candidate Aisha Jahangir, the latest candidate to join us for our 2019 series of interview for this Federal Election, but that’s just half the show. For the second half we’re going to look out further at the national campaign, and then take in all the latest drama south of the border, which this week has been more substantial than usual. Continue reading “Open Sources Show Notes for Thursday September 26, 2019”