Wag The Doug Canadaland Politics

With his polls diving, housing minister resigning, and ill-begotten Greenbelt scheme unravelling, what’s a Doug Ford to do? Why, talk about anything else, of course!
In the face of yet another report laying bare the haphazard chumminess with which power is exerted in the PCs’ Ontario, the premier would like to assure you that everything is fine. And also that he knows where you live.
This month, Allison and Jonathan look at the (figurative) spot marked by lobbyist “Mr. X” and then play a game of “What Does the Ford Say?”
Hosts: Jonathan Goldsbie, Allison Smith
Credits: Kattie Laur (Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Nathan Burley (Music)
Sponsors: Douglas,
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With his polls diving, housing minister resigning, and ill-begotten Greenbelt scheme unravelling, what’s a Doug Ford to do? Why, talk about anything else, of course!

In the face of yet another report laying bare the haphazard chumminess with which power is exerted in the PCs’ Ontario, the premier would like to assure you that everything is fine. And also that he knows where you live.

This month, Allison and Jonathan look at the (figurative) spot marked by lobbyist “Mr. X” and then play a game of “What Does the Ford Say?”

Hosts: Jonathan Goldsbie, Allison Smith
Credits: Kattie Laur (Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Nathan Burley (Music)

If you value this podcast, support us! You’ll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You’ll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you’ll be a part of the solution to Canada’s journalism crisis, you’ll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody.

Socials:
Jonathan Goldsbie on Twitter: @goldsbie
Allison Smith on Twitter: @queensparktoday

Ontario’s Auditor General has confirmed what we suspected: that Doug Ford’s government effectively redrew the map of the province, opening up thousands of acres of land for development, based largely on solicitations made at a party. It just wasn’t the party we thought.
Either way, it could make for an entertaining movie.
Allison and Jonathan look at the ways the Greenbelt story could be told on screen and who’d be best suited to star in it.
Hosts: Allison Smith and Jonathan Goldsbie
Credits: Kattie Laur (Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Nathan Burley (Music)
Sponsors: Douglas, Apollo Cinema, Bytowne Cinema, Fox Theatre
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Allison Smith on Twitter: @queensparktoday

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How did a Doug Ford policy move from 2019 lead to 10,000s of international students schlepping their backpacks to strip malls across the GTA? Allison and Jonathan investigate how Ontario colleges have cashed in on an international student free for all — and whether the party could be coming to an end.
Further reading, watching and listening:
Sold a Lie, Fifth Estate (https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2132310595766) Cash Cows, W5 (https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/priest-neighbours-issue-plea-for-help-for-struggling-international-students-in-cape-breton-1.6337730 Dami’s Canadaland episode (https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/707-canadas-international-cash-cows/) 
Hosts: Allison Smith, Jonathan Goldsbie
Credits: Kattie Laur (Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Nathan Burley (Music)
This episode is supported by Douglas and MoMugi.
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Socials:
Jonathan Goldsbie on Twitter: @goldsbie 
Allison Smith on Twitter: @queensparktoday 

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Toronto is in the midst of its most exciting election in a decade, tickling us with the possibility of hope. But does it still make sense to get invested in the outcome, when Doug Ford could easily run roughshod over Council, squashing the new mayor like the Monty Python foot?
With Allison away this month, Toronto Star columnist and City Hall Watcher Matt Elliott joins Jonathan to look at the candidates, explain why this matters, and consider what Toronto’s next mayor might do to wag Doug Ford before he can wag them.
Hosts: Jonathan Goldsbie, Matt Elliott
Credits: Kattie Laur (Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Nathan Burley (Music)
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Ten years after becoming famous as the mean older brother of Toronto’s crack-smoking mayor, Doug Ford spends his days peddling fast-food promotions and posing for pictures with cops. Which is pretty much the future we might’ve guessed for him — just not the part about his being premier of Ontario all the while.
This month, Allison and Jonathan peer into Ford’s parallel fixations on law enforcement and cookies. To him, there isn’t a problem that one or the other (or both) can’t solve.

Hosts: Allison Smith, Jonathan Goldsbie
Credits: Kattie Laur (Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Nathan Burley (Music)
This episode is supported by Douglas.
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Jonathan Goldsbie on Twitter: @goldsbie 
Allison Smith on Twitter: @queensparktoday 

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