Unpublished Cafe

The Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion from Edmonton to Vancouver is a $7 billion plus project that would see the current pipeline twinned with a new one to more than double the capacity to get the oil sands or bitumen to markets other than the US. That would mean a sevenfold increase in tanker traffic out of Berard Inlet, which environmentalists worry about the impact on the aquaculture. Of course,...

Today on Unpublished Cafe we'll dig around the edges of the issue and see if this is just a one off incident or just the first wave of the tsunami. Since the company acknowledged that some of your information may have been exposed in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social media titan has seen it's share price drop dramatically and has sparked a movement of Facebook users to delete their accou...

The 2018 Ontario provincial election promises to be a battle right down to the final bell. Kathleen While Kathleen Wynne's Liberal Party has never polled lower than it is polling now, new Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Doug Ford opened his campaign by calling for the elimination of the sex-ed curriculum in Ontario, before consulting with parents. Both leaders appear to be not well liked b...

Today on the Unpublished Cafe podcast we talk about the Province of Ontario getting it's ducks in a row for the rollout of legalized marijuana by July 1st, 2018. The federal government started the process and is letting each province introduce it as they see fit. In Ontario, the government is launching the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation, 40 stand alone stores run by the province to sell recre...

Today on the Unpublished Cafe podcast we take a look at the state of conservatism in Ontario and where it could lead. It's been almost 20 years since the Ontario PC's won an election. That time in the political wilderness has been gnawing on the nerves of the Big Blue Machine. With so much swirling around the caucus and executive, not to mention the disgruntled supporters, it has the party focusin...

Today on the Unpublished Cafe podcast we are going to hear more about #Metoo and #TimesUp. The #MeToo movement burst into our consciousness in late 2017 with the accusations against Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein and then actor, Kevin Spacey. Those seemed to spark an awakening or an end to hiding the past. From there demonstrations and protests have sprouted up with the social media has...