EPISODE · Oct 13, 2025 · 56 MIN
Open Sources Guelph #538 - October 9, 2025
from Guelph Politicast · host Adam A. Donaldson
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. This Thursday, October 9, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: West Coast Debenture. There is some interesting things happening in the B.C. legislature. While Premier David Eby is fighting trade wars and Alberta's desire for a pipeline to the coast, the new BC Conservative Party is fighting, well, each other. Despite almost winning power one year ago, John Rustad's insurgent party is now experiencing growing pains. Meanwhile, the Green Party has elected a 25-year-old to lead them at this critical time. We'll get into the wild west. Wildrose Lessons. Right now, Alberta's teachers are on strike. It's the first time the teachers have been on the picket line in 23 years and their issues are no unfamiliar: Not enough pay, not enough teachers, not enough resources... It should come as no surprise then that Alberta, which has been using schools as fronts for American-style culture wars, is having troubles with teachers, so has Danielle Smith finally bit off more than she can chew? Covering the War. Tuesday marked the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel that started a war on Gaza that's still in progress. In the course of this war, there have been a number of disturbing things, but one of the most concerning is the 237 journalists who have been killed so far, which is to say nothing of the ones still alive and fighting starvation even as their fighting to get the story. This week, we will be joined by Palestinian journalist Walid Batrawi, who has over 30 years of experience covering the region, to talk about what his colleagues are facing, and what we get wrong covering the war here in Canada. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.
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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. This Thursday, October 9, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: West Coast Debenture. There is some interesting things happening in the B.C. legislature. While Premier David Eby is fighting trade wars and Alberta's desire for a pipeline to the coast, the new BC Conservative Party is fighting, well, each other. Despite almost winning power one year ago, John Rustad's insurgent party is now experiencing growing pains. Meanwhile, the Green Party has elected a 25-year-old to lead them at this critical time. We'll get into the wild west. Wildrose Lessons. Right now, Alberta's teachers are on strike. It's the first time the teachers have been on the picket line in 23 years and their issues are no unfamiliar: Not enough pay, not enough teachers, not enough resources... It should come as no surprise then that Alberta, which has been using schools as fronts for American-style culture wars, is having troubles with teachers, so has Danielle Smith finally bit off more than she can chew? Covering the War. Tuesday marked the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel that started a war on Gaza that's still in progress. In the course of this war, there have been a number of disturbing things, but one of the most concerning is the 237 journalists who have been killed so far, which is to say nothing of the ones still alive and fighting starvation even as their fighting to get the story. This week, we will be joined by Palestinian journalist Walid Batrawi, who has over 30 years of experience covering the region, to talk about what his colleagues are facing, and what we get wrong covering the war here in Canada. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.
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