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May 2019
Fake News, Political Donors, who are the new political actors?
Who are the new political actors and how do we keep them honest?
Find out more »June 2019
Tax it? Trade it? Is Curbing Carbon enough?
Ontario and Quebec just had another historic 100 year flood… two years after the last record-breaking 100 year flood. Last summer Ontario, BC, and California all experienced unprecedented wildfires. From Mozambique to Puerto Rico to the Gulf Coast tens of thousands have been displaced by more frequent and powerful hurricanes. Indonesia is about to move its capital from Jakarta partly because of flood risks to its sinking metropolis, while the residents of the Solomon Islands are relocating entire towns in anticipation…
Find out more »July 2019
Housing Affordability – Policy Solutions vs Feel Good Policies
John Lorinc and Annabel Vaughan discuss housing affordability and discuss the differences between real solutions and feel good policies.
Find out more »August 2019
Food Waste: Reducing the Climate Change impact
Food Waste is a big contributor to climate change. How can we tackle this problem?
Find out more »September 2019
Federal Election – Getting Involved
Get Involved in the next federal election. Our panels will tell you how to make the biggest impact.
Find out more »October 2019
National Pharmacare – Should we or shouldn’t we?
What does an ideal national pharmacare program look like?
Find out more »November 2019
Online Radicalization: What can be done?
In April of 2018, a man ploughed a van into people enjoying a lovely spring day on Yonge Street. He was inspired by "incel" online hate groups to send a murderous message to the society that rejected him. How can society prevent online communities from encouraging hatred and violence? What public policy and programs could prevent heinous acts by lonely, angry and desperate people? Alana, the creator of the term “involuntary celibacy”, later abbreviated to “incel”, and Melody , PhD…
Find out more »January 2020
Separate School board – To keep or merge
Is it best to keep or merge Ontario's multiple school boards?
Find out more »February 2020
COP25: Now what?
Australia is burning, COP 25 was a failure, now what? What happened at COP 25 and what does Canada need to do, both federally and provincially, in its aftermath? What do we need to be asking our MPs and MPPs? Speakers: The Hon. John Godfrey, former federal Liberal Cabinet minister, former advisor on climate change to the Wynne provincial government; Tim Grant, Green Party candidate, specialist on climate change, and acting as chair, Lynn McDonald, former NDP MP and environment…
Find out more »March 2020
Changes to Education – What do they mean? – CANCELLED
How are changes to Ontario's education system going to impact students longer term?
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