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It's been 460 days since Marit Stiles took the NDP's top job. It's been quite the ride. She came in at the height of the Greenbelt scandal and has faced her fair share of intraparty turmoil, like kicking two MPPs from caucus. Recent byelections also haven't been pretty. The Leader of the Official Opposition now has to contend with a Liberal Party under Bonnie Crombie looking to regain its footing after two disastrous elections. Stiles joined us for a half-hour chat to run thr...

There's been more than a bit of housing news in the past few weeks. The federal government made it the centrepiece of the 2024 budget and announced key measures ahead of time.Ontario Housing Minister Paul Calandra also introduced his first major bill aimed at getting the province on the path to building 1.5 million homes by 2031. Mike Moffatt joined us again to talk about development charges, third-party appeals, use-it-or-lose-it rules, and the noteworthy taxation changes from the budge...

Axe the tax. Spike the hike. Judging by how much we hear the Tories talk about carbon pricing, you'd be excused for thinking we're a federal politics publication. The Ford government has made opposition to the carbon tax their central message for months. Since the Greenbelt scandal, they've been laser-focused on it. They've tried to tie Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie to the policy, calling her the "queen of the carbon tax." Crombie responded to those attacks this week with a cli...

International students have been dominating headlines ever since federal immigration minister Marc Miller announced a cap on student visas to cool overheated rental markets. The decision will hurt post-secondary schools' bottom lines at a time when they've been facing stagnant provincial funding and flat tuition revenues. Earlier this week, Colleges and Universities Minister Jill Dunlop announced a bailout package that came in well short of what a provincially-appointed expert panel...

Bonnie Crombie hasn't been Liberal leader for three weeks and the Progressive Conservatives are already rolling out the attack ads. She sat down to talk to us and started with her warm welcome from Premier Doug Ford — including clearing the air about developers, private jets and second homes in fancy locales.We touch on the Peel dissolution, whether she'd pursue it as premier, her evolution on housing and yes-in-my-backyard politics, and why Christmas Eve is the big holiday in the Cromb...

After months of campaigning Ontario Liberals are set to vote on their next leader. Members go to the poll this weekend, Nov. 25 and Nov. 26, before the results are announced in Toronto on Dec. 2 and the new leader is crowned. Dan Moulton, longtime Ontario Liberal and partner at Crestview Strategies, joined the pod to talk about the biggest moments in the campaign, what to expect over the next couple of weeks, and how the new leader can unify the party and set themselves up for success in...