This post examines the impact of the September 2021 Canadian federal election on the citizens of the Peterborough-Kawartha riding. This post also examines the national results.

Pints & Politics

Episode #108 — Our 2021 Election Debrief

Where are you from?  What do we really mean when we say, “I am a Canadian”?  Or do we even say those words? Except for those of us who are not citizens, the rest of us could say, should we choose to, “I am a Canadian”.  Or are we?  If you are Indigenous, what do […]

Episode #107 — Canada Day, July 1st, 2021

The staggering news about the graves found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School broke across the country on the May 24 long weekend. The impact of this news continues to echo across the country as non-Indigenous citizens continue to listen, try to understand and for some, try not to look at what has happened. Indigenous […]

Episode #106 — Graves at Kamloops Residential School, Doug Ford’s Pandemic Vacation & More

As the pandemic drags on, the suffering of Peterborough’s homeless population intensifies; the pandemic has magnified the inequality of resources throughout our community. Add to this the impact of the escalating real estate market on rental rates; adequate housing is moving further out of reach from more and more people. While several large housing projects […]

Episode #105 — Could tiny homes reduce homelessness in Peterborough?

Three core members of our politics panel — campaign manager Lauren Hunter, Curve Lake Band Council Member Sean Conway & Property Manager Jenny Lanciault — commend Peterborough’s City Council for deciding to invest the profit from the unpopular sale of PDI. The panel looks at the high level of poverty in Peterborough during this grim […]

Episode #104 — Kudos for City Council, Heckling Doug Ford, More Heckling for Justin Trudeau

Steve Guthrie is a videographer and media professional who has just retired from 41 years with Global CHEX TV in Peterborough. Steve shares his experience with the progression of technologies in his career, what it takes to thrive in a small-market media environment and his thoughts about the current news world as it affects local […]

Episode # 103 — Steve Guthrie on local news media, the current stories & what might be coming next

Our veteran politics panel — consultant Lauren Hunter, journalist & former mayor Sylvia Sutherland, businesswoman Jenny Lanciault, editor Donald Fraser and Curve Lake Council member Sean Conway — starts the new year by unpacking the seismic political events of the first week of January in the United States. They assess what the surprising victories for […]

Episode #102 — Trump’s Last Stand & What It Means for Canadians, Honours for Mike Harris & Disappointment for Developers

Peterborough’s mayor and current City Council have 23 months left in their mandate before the next municipal election in October of 2022. What should Council’s main priorities be as their mandate winds down? What should they be sure to get done? Our guest panel from across the city representing a wide cross-section of interests and […]

Episode #101 — What should Peterborough’s City Council focus on before the 2022 election?

Our politics panel — Sean Conway, Jenny Lanciault, Sylvia Sutherland & Tim Etherington — take a look back at the historic US election — still undecided as of this date of posting, November 5th. Are the polls ever to be trusted again? How did the candidates manage to attract the huge numbers of voters who […]

Episode #100 — Trump or Biden? Our politics panel debriefs the U.S. election

Our local politics panellists — businesswoman Jenny Lanciault, journalist & former mayor of Peterborough Sylvia Sutherland and math teacher Tim Etherington– give their assessments of the September 29th Trump vs. Biden debate. What do the current polls mean? Is the middle-class turning against Trump? Will Trump’s branding of Biden as ‘sleepy Joe’ have any effect […]

Episode #99 — The debate that wasn’t & the election that may be: Our politics panel takes a last look at the US election campaign

Long-time politics panellists Sean Conway and Lauren Hunter catch us up on the political goings-on in Ottawa and in the provincial capitals while the rest of the known universe continues with its obsession about Trump vs. Biden. While we have been gorging on US political news, we learn that several provinces are going to the […]

Episode #98 — Meanwhile, back in Canada: Our politics panel takes a break from the looming US election to look at what is going on at home

Three of our veteran politics panellists — Curve Lake First Nations Councillor Sean Conway, consultant Lauren Hunter, and writer & editor Donald Fraser — hop across borders as they share their reactions to the September 23rd throne speech delivered in Ottawa, then catch up with U.S. election campaign and the impact of the passing of […]

Episode #97 — Another take on the Throne Speech & the U.S. election

Four of our veteran politics panellists — Curve Lake First Nations Councillor Sean Conway, journalist & former mayor Sylvia Sutherland, businesswoman Jenny Lanciault and math teacher Tim Etherington — hop across borders as they share their reactions to the September 23rd throne speech delivered in Ottawa, then catch up with U.S. election campaign and the […]

Episode #96 — The Throne Speech in parliament, Ruth Bader Ginsberg & the U.S. election

In this episode, businesswoman Jenny Lanciault, freelance writer Aggie Mlynarz and math teacher Tim Etherington continue to explore the main themes of Episode #94: the importance of this election for the global community and the many varieties of voter suppression currently on offer by the Trump administration. For Canadians, this election will set the tone […]

Episode #95 — The US Election: A necessary obsession for Canada? Is voter suppression via mass incarceration the new Jim Crow?

For Canadians, this approaching US election will set the course for our relationship with our largest trading partner for the next 4 years. But much more than that, it will set the tone for international relations, the advancement of such crucial issues as global warming and of course, measures to control the current pandemic. Our […]

Episode #94 — Why does this US election matter to Canadians? What is at stake? Our politics panel takes a deep dive

We rant about politics in Canada and local politics in Peterborough, Ontario. Open discussion. All welcome

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