Robin Edger from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment joins the pod to talk about how Canada can bounce back from COVID-19 and tackle climate change at the same time. A Green recovery has been proposed by Joe Biden in the States,...

Politics returns to it's normal patter as Doug Ford sets across the province, Trudeau's Ministers are hauled in front of ethics panels, and Ontario re-opens. But in all of that, lots of important issues and opportunities for transformative change are...

Leadership consultant Christopher Zabeneh joins Alvin and Alexi to talk about how political parties elect leaders across Canada, their role in our public discourse, and what changes could make them more democratic. 

Garima, Sam, Chris and Alexi talk about legislative firehose the government is asking us to drink from right now, including massive changes to Education, the government's COVID response bill, potential evictions arising from Bill 148, and the Auditor...

Stephanie Procyk from the United Way and Anjum Sultana from the YWCA join to talk about the evolving role of civil society organizations pre- and post COVID-19. What is their relationship with government; what should it be? 

Sam, Alexi and Chris talk through the week's news, from Stephen Lecce's new math curriculum, to the COVID-19 outbreaks in Windsor Essex migrant communities, to criticism of the federal government's partnership with WE to provide $900 million in...

Kitchener Centre MPP Laura Mae Lindo joins the podcast to talk about the Ontario NDP policy paper on ending police violence, and how the previous government could have improved its approach to anti-racism policy. 

As we celebrate Pride virtually this year, Sam reflects on issues facing the LGBTQ+ community in 2020 with advocates & activists Rachel Clark and Kevin Hurren - including the proposed conversion therapy ban, continued discrimination against trans...

Sam, Garima, and Alvin dive into the latest on the pandemic, including the government's new contact tracing app, Alvin's family getting COVID-tested, the mandatory collection of race-based data, and the federal/provincial fight over paid sick leave....

Garima and Alexi dive into the under-discussed and pervasive issue of intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 pandemic with Vivian Green of the Counterpoint counselling and education co-operative, and Lieran Docherty of WomenACT.