Ontario is saying so long to mask mandates. On this week's podcast, hosts Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath discuss whether the decision is based on science or politics.

Also, Rima Berns-McGown, NDP MPP for Beaches-East York, discusses why she won't be running for a second term. Her reasons aren't what you might expect.

For more information:

Yes, we should talk about ranked ballots. But we need to talk about a whole lot more.

https://www.tvo.org/article/yes-we-should-talk-about-ranked-ballots-but-we-need-to-talk-about-a-whole-lot-more

Why nothing big gets done anymore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZf54GLQmI0

Ontario is saying so long to mask mandates. On this week's podcast, hosts Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath discuss whether the decision is based on science or politics. Also, Rima Berns-McGown, NDP MPP for Beaches-East York, discusses why she won't be running for a second term. Her reasons aren't what you might expect.
For more information:
Yes, we should talk about ranked ballots. But we need to talk about a whole lot more.
<a href="https://www.tvo.org/article/yes-we-should-talk-about-ranked-ballots-but-we-need-to-talk-about-a-whole-lot-more">https://www.tvo.org/article/yes-we-should-talk-about-ranked-ballots-but-we-need-to-talk-about-a-whole-lot-more</a>
Why nothing big gets done anymore <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZf54GLQmI0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZf54GLQmI0</a>

#onpoli, a TVO podcast, is all about Ontario politics. Join hosts Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath for candid interviews and a deeper understanding of how politics touches our day-to-day lives. When it comes to #onpoli, we're here to give you the bigger picture.

#onpoli, a TVO podcast, is all about Ontario politics. Join hosts Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath for candid interviews and a deeper understanding of how politics touches our day-to-day lives. When it comes to #onpoli, we're here to give you the big

#onpoli, a TVO podcast

Goodbye mask mandates

Premier Doug Ford walks back his jet-plane purchase, and says the media is picking on him for trying to run the province more efficiently. Hosts Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath get into whether that political communication works for Ontarians. Meanwhile, Ontario's NDP leader Marit Stiles is trying to make surveillance pricing a political issue here in Ontario – will her party's new communications strategy bring the official opposition back to the forefront? And a bill is exploring putting a stop to foreign ownership of some Ontario farmland. Why?

Doug Ford's flight plan now cancelled

Is the Ford government's latest renewable energy procurement enough? Green Party leader Mike Schreiner weighs in on that, the province's takeover of Billy Bishop airport, and where he thinks the budget missed the mark (see: housing). 
 
Then, hosts Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath unpack new changes to Ontario's school system, which includes a new job description for school trustees. Is this a move to consolidate power by the Ford government?
 
Finally, two of Ontario's colleges decided to merge, perhaps a sign of the times during a period of declining enrollment and financial support.

Is Ontario's renewable energy turnaround too little, too late?

Do new appointees in Niagara and Simcoe threaten local democracy? Have stronger mayors even helped to build more housing, as promised? Who will foot the bill for proposed changes to the Greater Toronto Area commuter trains? And what does the scheduled transformation of Queen's Park North say about how we imagine urban parks and public spaces in downtown Toronto? Hosts Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath parse out these questions in this week's #onpoli. In "Your Column, My Column," the hosts break down what a Toronto planning dispute says about the housing crisis in Ontario, and discuss how Hamilton will be the best mayor's race in the province.

Link: 

JMM mentioned the Toronto city report about consultations of the green space. Find it here: https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.EX29.3

Do new appointees in Niagara and Simcoe threaten local democracy? Have stronger mayors even helped to build more housing, as promised? Who will foot the bill for proposed changes to the Greater Toronto Area commuter trains? And what does the scheduled transformation of Queen's Park North say about how we imagine urban parks and public spaces in downtown Toronto? Hosts Steve Paikin and John Michael McGrath parse out these questions in this week's #onpoli. In "Your Column, My Column," the hosts break down what a Toronto planning dispute says about the housing crisis in Ontario, and discuss how Hamilton will be the best mayor's race in the province.
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JMM mentioned the Toronto city report about consultations of the green space. Find it here: <a href="https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.EX29.3" data-hyperlink="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.EX29.3&quot;}">https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2026.EX29.3</a>

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