Open Sources Guelph #561 - March 19, 2026

This week on Open Sources Guelph, we let others do the talking. The news is just too damn busy, so we're going to double the number of special guests we usually have on this episode with one local politician and one labour organizer from Ottawa. First up, a member of city council will talk to us about a surprising development in the coming local elections, and after that we'll talk about the back and forth between the federal government and federal government workers. This Thursday, March 19, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: City Hall Pass. Guelph City Council is technically taking the week off, but there was big council news earlier this week when Mayor Cam Guthrie announced that he was not going to stand for re-election in this fall's Guelph municipal election. This week, we're joined by one of Guthrie's council colleagues, Ward 5 rep Leanne Caron, to talk about this leadership vacuum at city hall, her future plans, and what's immediately coming up at council. Public Service Inquiries. Meanwhile in Ottawa, federal government employees are under pressure as Mark Carney and his team are looking to save money by shrinking the work force. At the same time, workers are fighting return to office mandates so they're caught in a trap: They're too important to be allowed to work from home, but they're also not important enough to keep them all employed. We'll be joined by Sean O’Reilly, president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), to talk about the issues and the conflict. Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.