The Drip Podcast

This episode is an interview with Ontario MPP Jill Andrew, representing Toronto-St. Pauls. Jill is Ontario's first Black Queer Member of Provincial Parliament. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/TheDripTO?fan_landing=true) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the top headlines from the week of February 20th, including: Trudeau’s Liberals following through on tightening gun laws, for the most part Jagmeet’s NDP calling Trudeau out on Pharmacare; The housing market devolving to insanity yet again; More news on Khaleel Seivwright and the City of Toronto; Racist instances coming from the Governor General’s office;...

On the third episode of our Black Political Leaders' series for Black History Month where we chat with 4 current Black Canadian politicians who are having an enormous impact on policy while pushing for equity, diversity and inclusion in Ontario, we were proud to welcome Deputy Mayor Steve Anderson of Shelburne Ontario, just north of Brampton, to the show. Steve  also stayed back to share his...

On this week’s episode, we are joined by Deputy Mayor Steve Anderson as we discuss some of the top headlines from the week of February 14th, including: The Feds finally repealing minimum sentences that disproportionately hurt Black and Indigenous people; The Toronto vacancy tax already working despite not being implemented yet; Pandemic benefits being extended until June; #HairLove for the Black H...

This episode is an interview Kurtis and Patience have with Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament for Don Valley East, Michael Coteau. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/TheDripTO?fan_landing=true) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s episode, we are joined by MPP Michael Coteau as we discuss some of the top headlines from the week of February 7th, including: the feds forgiving CERB debt; criticisms about Canada’s vaccine failsafe; Trudeau committing the moniesss to transit; Durham and Halton Regions are finding themselves in some Black History Month mess; The Dallas Mavericks and the Star Spangled Banner, and Ha...

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On this week’s episode, we are joined by Councillor Arielle Kayabaga as we discuss some of the top headlines from the week of January 31st, including: The Proud Boys and others being added to Canada’s terror watch list; Toronto City Council stepping up to support the Black community; GoFundMe being used to pay for basic necessities?; Robert Small getting his flowers; and Stacey Abra...

In this episode we discuss financial trends and provide some intro tips to folks dipping their toe into the world of stocks and investing. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/TheDripTO?fan_landing=true) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the top headlines from the week of January 24th, including: All MPs voting to add the Proud Boys to Canada’s terror list; The feds building a new process to hire more Black public servants; GameStop: Main street beating Wall Street at its own game; We lost a good one, Rest in Paradise Cicely Tyson; Black folks getting deported from Bali; Biden curbs priva...

On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the top headlines from the week of January 17th, including: Doug Ford’s stay-at-home law snatching up a mom seeking childcare; The beginning of the end of the Conservative Party of Canada as we know it; Rents in Toronto being down 20% while vacancy rates are at a 50yr high; Black folks and Social Justice tops the Macleans Power List;  The Inauguration and...

On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the top headlines from the week January 10th, including: The Liberal-NDP battle for younger Canadians; Questions about who will bare the brunt of Doug Ford’s curfew; COVID passports being considered for Ontario; Big congrats to Jean Augustine for winning her lifetime achievement award; Canadians at the U.S. Capitol insurrection, and; Ottawa tells hundreds...

On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the top headlines from the Christmas break and last week, including: Falls from grace due to COVID travel; O’Toole called out for his Trump-like rhetoric; The stock market getting high with weed; SoHo Karen is on the loose, hide your phones; Big Congrats to new Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff; and, protestors storm the U.S. Capitol. Politics https...

On this week’s episode of The Drip (our last of 2020!), we discuss some of the headlines from the week of December 13th while looking back on select top events, including: Justin Trudeau being the teflon don; Doug Ford’s return to his old self; The light that COVID shined on racial and economic inequities; A year in review - is the focus on anti-Black racism a movement, or just for a moment?; A Re...

On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the top headlines from the week of December 6th, including: Pfizer vaccine approved for Canadians; Trudeau gets more serious about climate change; BIPOC entrepreneurs get a boost via Not-Amazon.ca; Rethinking the death penalty, considering the case of Brandon Bernard; Iwaju joins the Disney family. Politics https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-19-...

On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the top headlines from the week of November 29th, including: Chrystia Freeland delivered the FES. It has moneys; Toronto getting closer to taxing vacant homes; The real reason for increased gun violence on Toronto’s streets; Black folks are suing the feds; NASDAQ’s push for greater equality among leadership; and the judges Trump appointed to the bench, ai...

On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the top headlines from the week of November 22nd, including: Yes, Canada will get enough vaccines. No, we won’t be at the end of the list; The stock market being on fuego; Adamson BBQ; It’s time for all you Black Entrepreneurs to apply for funding; A White Student Union? For real; An unfortunate loss for the Raptors. Politics https://www.theglobeandmail.c...

On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the headlines from the week of November 15th, including: Trudeau enshrines net-zero by 2050 into law, sort of; Erin O’Toole past support for union busting/Erin O’Toole’s got some s’plainin to do; Ethics hypocrisy from the Conservatives; The Feds give the Nia Centre some serious cash; TVO goes Black; and, Cori Bush gets called “Breonna” because Republicans...

You can find Kearie Daniel on social media @WokeMommyChatter and Charline Grant @charlineGrant, and to see more about Parents of Black Children, go to www.parentsofblackchildren.org. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/TheDripTO?fan_landing=true) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the headlines from the week of November 8th, including: Canada is expecting Pfzer’s vaccine early 2021; TD Bank divesting from oil and gas projects in the Arctic; Power moves by the Mi’kmaq; Parents of Black Children Makes History; Quawan Charles, a second coming of Emmett Till?; British Imperialism strikes again, continuing to steal African history...

On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the headlines from the week of November 1st, including Joe Biden wins the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, Canada making progress, but missing its target for lifting boil water advisories on Indigenous territory, Ontario’s 2020 Budget, Theriault has been sentenced to jail time, will it stick?; Ethiopia is in the middle of a civil war, and plenty more...

On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the headlines from the week of October 25th, including: Conversion Therapy being on its way to being banned in Canada; Studying systemic racism in prison risk assessments wins all-party support; Chrystia Freeland’s plan to build Canada back better; A video coming out of Calgary shows police manhandling a young woman; Philly’s on fire after police shoot Wa...

On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the headlines from the week of October 18th, including: A fall election averted... for now Anti-Indigenous Racism in Nova Scotia; and la fin for Le Château; Massive police reform in Peel; Skirted Justice for Abdirahman Abdi; and the NHL being ill-prepared for the HDA, and plenty more. Politics https://338canada.com/  https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/...

In this episode we discuss, newfound support for immigration among Canadians; Black Lives Matter successfully changing public opinion about Black people; Jagmeet Singh calling for higher taxes on excess corporate profits; The federal government’s response to Joyce Echaquan’s death; Rent finally counting toward credit scores, sort of; Higher hydro rates hitting Ontario; Yearbook Woes...

On this week’s episode, we discuss: the election of Canada’s first Black party leader, Annamie Paul; Canadian Conservative love for Trump; A new progressive partnership between the Liberals and the NDP; the economy’s rebound and the housing market being on fire; COVID forcing us to change phases; the Plight of the Black Woman in America; and, what exactly is the deal with the Electoral College? Po...