The Trill

After months of exploring Liberal MPP Adli Shamji finally jumped headfirst into the Liberal leadership race, making him the fifth contestant to do so.  We had the rookie MPP on the pod to talk about why he's running despite having just over a year's worth of political experience and how his background as an emergency room doctor influences his approach to politics. We also touch on some...

It's a little over a year since the Progressive Conservatives were elected for their second smashing majority and quite a lot has happened in provincial politics since then. Kim Wright, NDP strategist and founder of Wright Strategies, and Brayden Akers, former PC staffer and associate principal at Navigator, join the pod to break down the highs and lows of the past year. We touch on what the...

Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi's spent a lot of time in politics. He was Ontario's attorney general, minister of community safety and correctional services, and minister of labour in the previous Liberal government. Now he's an MP, but wants to jump back into provincial politics and lead the Ontario Liberal Party. So we had him on the podcast to tell us why.  We touch on touch decisions fro...

Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith joins the pod to talk about his bid to lead the Ontario Liberal Party. We start by going over recent comments by Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie on the party moving too far to the left and whether Erskine-Smith agrees, before launching into a wide-ranging conversation about his thoughts on the party's direction and what kind of leader he'd be.  "L...

Mike Moffatt and Jesse Helmer join us to dig into some of the highlights from the latest update to Ontario's housing plan. There is plenty to be discussed in Housing Minister Steve Clark's new bill and associated regulatory proposals. Thankfully, these smart folks were happy to jump on the pod walk host Aidan Chamandy through the ins and outs of the new policy. Mike Moffatt is the senior...

Karl Baldauf and Mike Moffatt join us to dive into Ontario's 2023 budget. We hit on the main themes, and went a little deeper on housing and infrastructure. We also spent some more time on what specific qualities Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy brings to the budget process.   Karl Baldauf is vice-president at McMillan Vantage and former chief of staff to Min. Bethlenfalvy.  Mike Moffatt i...