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Jessie Rodger, the Executive Director of Anova, joins Craig to talk about social service agencies that have been highly scrutinized in London over the last month.
They discuss sex work laws, addictions challenges and other issues facing these organizations in the community.
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Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
For this week's Friday Round Table, Craig welcomes London Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis, Elgin-Middlesex United Way CEO Kelly Ziegner, and political insider Sarah Browning to the studio to talk about the week's top stories.
They discuss proposed changes to the council code of conduct, the ongoing feud between councillor Susan Stevenson and social service agencies in the city, whether free bus rides might catch on in London.
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Thursday May 09, 2024
Episode 265: Susan Stevenson and Steve Cordes on non-profits, hubs
Thursday May 09, 2024
Thursday May 09, 2024
After a social media challenge to come on the podcast and discuss their differences, Y.O.U. Executive Director Steve Cordes and councillor Susan Stevenson join Craig at the Covent Garden Market studio to have a discussion about key issues.
They talk about homeless hubs, the non-profit sector in London, poverty, drug use in London and more.
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Friday May 03, 2024
Friday May 03, 2024
Craig is joined at the Covent Garden Market studio by former NDP candidate Shawna Lewkowitz, former council candidate Jeremy McCall and Blackburn Media News Manager Scott Kitching.
They talked about the ongoing debate about health and homelessness in London, the Ontario crackdown on cellphones in class, a PC win in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, Pierre Poilievre being tossed from the House of Commons and the growing number of voices suggesting a Loblaw boycott this month.
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Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Episode 263: Susan Stevenson talks social media controversies
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024
Ward Four councillor Susan Stevenson joined Craig in the studio to talk about some of her posts on Twitter which have drawn harsh criticism.
They go over tweets about the London Abused Women's Centre, Safe Space, ANOVA and others.
They also debate sex work, homelessness plans, encampments, her integrity commissioner reports and more.
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Friday Apr 26, 2024
Friday Apr 26, 2024
Craig is back from vacation!
He welcomed London Abused Women's Centre Executive Director Jennifer Dunn, political insider Ryan Gauss and activist Mojdeh Cox to the Covent Garden Market studio to talk about the issues of the week.
They discussed Pierre Poilievre's bizarre stop at an extremist protest in Atlantic Canada, a local Conservative MP being kicked off of an Ottawa committee, TVDSB administration staffers telling trustees they don't feel like doing their jobs and a London City Councillor finding herself in hot water on social media - again.
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Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Episode 261: Transit vs. Housing
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
With some big planning applications in front of London city council in the next few weeks, there's questions about how people in the city will get around.
Do we have the transit infrastructure in west London to build large residential complexes on Wonderland Road?
Councillor Sam Trosow joins Craig to share his thoughts.
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Monday Apr 15, 2024
Episode 260: Setting the record straight on the London Public Library
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Amid some media sniping between London City Hall and the London Public Library, Craig chats with chief librarian Michael Ciccone about the issues between the two sides.
What's going on with Sunday hours? Will library branches have to close? Is there enough cash to fix leaking ceilings and other issues?
They tackle all those questions and more.
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Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
It's the first ever Friday Round Table from the Covent Garden Market studio!
Craig welcomes London budget chair Elizabeth Peloza, political insider Scott Collyer and former city councillor John Fyfe-Millar to the new recording space to talk about the issues of the week including questions about transit in west London, exactly how high London buildings should be and what could or should be done about the money being paid to suspended police officers.
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