The 905er Podcast
The 905er is a news, politics and discussion podcast for the GTHA region focusing on the region outside central Toronto where 4 million people live, but where news coverage and discussion hardly exists. Presented by Roland Tanner and Joel MacLeod, long-time activists, volunteers and sometimes even wannabe-politicians, we aim to provide a lively weekly podcast featuring interviews with people in the news, round-table discussions, analysis and more. It aims to be intelligent, though-provoking, lively and entertaining. Get bonus content on Patreon
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Alyssa Brierley Fights for the Right for Afford...
Alyssa Brierley, Executive Director of the Centre for Equality Rights in Accomodation, joins us to discuss the waves of evictions that have been happening in Ontario since the summer under the auspices of the Landlord and Tenant Board, despite assura...
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Joel and Roland Wonder Where Have our Leaders G...
As 2021 began, a torrent of news came forward that a number of leaders in our communities, from the federal to the provincial and now we've learned the municipal levels weren't following COVID-19 protocols. Namely that they left the country for pers...
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Dr. Amanpreet Brar Makes the Case for Multicult...
As case numbers continue to rise in the 905 region. Specifically in Peel region, one doctor has highlighted a glaring gap in the province's COVID-19 communication strategy. Dr. Amanpreet Brar recently wrote an opinion piece in The Toronto Star high...
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Shannon Gillies gives us the inside scoops of b...
Our listeners have requested this topic of a while, and we thought it'd be a good time to do this episode. Many future political campaigns are a few years away. But it takes time and preparation to do a good job. We talk today about what it takes ...
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Shannon Gillies joins us to start off a new yea...
We are back at it! After a brief break for the holidays, Joel and Roland are back to talk about what's in the headlines at the start of 2021! Friend of the podcast Shannon Gillies joins us to give a new perspective on the headlines.We talk about R...
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32: The 905er Looks Back on the Year That Was, ...
In the final two episodes of 2020, Joel and Roland look back over the first six months of the 905er podcast and themes that emerged. In part two, it's Joel's turn to pick the stories that he enjoyed most.Thanks to:Our founding patrons! You can join...
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31: Review of 2020 Part 1 - 'A New Hope'
In the final two episodes of 2020, Joel and Roland look back over the first six months of the 905er podcast and themes that emerged. In part one, Roland picks the episodes that stood out most to him.Thanks to:Our founding patrons! You can join them...
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30: A Rabbi and a Reverend walk on to a Podcast...
Continuing our December theme of finding some positive lessons from 2020, Joel and Roland speak to two of the 905 region's religious leaders, Rabbi Stephen Wise of Shaarei-Beth El Reform Synagogue in Oakville and Canon Stuart Pike, rector of St Luke'...
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29: Vaccination Nation
The first undisputed case of what later was named COVID-19 was seen on December 1, 2019 in Wuhan, China. One week over a year later, the first vaccine has been approved for use in Canada following clinical trials involving almost 44,000 participants ...
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28: Trevor and Sandy Take the905er to Their Fav...
Trevor Poczynek and Sandy Stark's part time hobby on Facebook may have helped hundreds of restaurants in the 905 from going under during the pandemic. We talk with them about ONRestaurants+ and their plans for the future.Listen to the podcast and ch...
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27. Let's start the holidays on a good note thi...
As we wind down each year, we tend to reflect on what has passed. Let's face it though, 2020 has been a year most of us would wish we'd forget. We'll take a moment to do that reflection on a future episode. However, we've decided that for the mont...
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26: Dylan Buskermolen Shows Us The Kids Are Alr...
Dylan Buskermolen is originally from Burlington and was studying at Queen’s University with plans to pursue a law degree when he was diagnosed with lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. The diagnosis changed this life, and while it has brought enormous c...
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25: All the Premier's Men - Developers, Donatio...
Leading on from Tuesday's episode looking at the proposed changes to the Conservation Authorities, Joel and Roland discuss the connection between political donations and the policy priorities of the Ford government. If any single subject can be said ...
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24: Hassan Basit and Janet Sumner - Throwing Co...
We are joined this week by Haassan Basit, CEO of Conservation Halton, and Janet Sumner, Executive Director of CPAWS Wildlands League, to talk about the province's proposed major changes to the powers of Conservation Authorities in Ontario as part of ...
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23: Seeing Red - Could the Stricter COVID Regul...
Joel and Roland discuss the latest changes to COVID-19 restrictions across the 905 and ask whether we could have avoided reaching this stage with some better planning from the province and less dickering from some municipalities. Thanks to:Our fou...
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22: Laura Meffen and Jill Davis explain the For...
Laura Meffen and Jill Davis are not doctors. Nor are they nurses or PSWs. But nobody knows the price to be paid for being on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic better than they do.Residents in long term care, and the family members who love the...
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21: The 905er Remembers the Battle of Normandy
We talk to Alex Fitzgerald-Black of the Juno Beach Centre headquartered in Burlington, about how the centre came to be, its mission, and the challenges of COVID-19.Make sure you check out the www.junobeach.org, which provides a fantastic resource fo...
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20. The 905er Remembers the Battle for Europe's...
This week we talk to Dave Rohrer, CEO of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (warplane.com) in Hamilton about their mission in preserving Canadian history, and the challenges of COVID-19. Thanks to:Our founding patrons! You can join them at http...
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19: How to Win Friends and Influence Premiers.
Our Thursday episode this weeks looks back at our fascinating interview with Sean Vanderklis and Karl Dockstader earlier this weeks. Joel and Roland discuss what they learned, and the our institutions are weighted against allowing Canada's First Nati...
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18. Sean Vanderklis and Karl Dockstader Convers...
This week's episode we travel 15 minutes south of Hamilton to Caledonia. This year as seen a second dispute over land development arise between a planned housing project called MacKenzie Meadows, and the Haudenosaunee peoples of the nearby Six Natio...
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17: Mayor Meed Ward Makes the Case for Ranked B...
With last week's stunning news that the province intended to take away municipalities right to consider ranked ballots, we reached out to multiple politicians who had been at the forefront of adopting ranked ballots, or, in Burlington's case, beginni...
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16: Jesse Helmer Helms our Chat on Ranked Ballots
Jesse Helmer is deputy mayor and councillor in London, Ontario. He is one of a tiny handful of Canadians - all in London - who have experience of being elected by both "First Past the Post" and "Ranked Ballot", in 2014 and 2018. He was a leading adv...
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15: Wave of Obfuscation. Has the Province made ...
This week's Thursday episode follows up on Tuesday's discussion with Mike Gibbs about the province's messaging on Covid-19, and what appears to many to be contradictory and confusing statements about about what we should all be doing to keep each oth...
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14: Mike Gibbs Makes Sense of COVID-19 Communic...
Mike Gibbs is a former communications staffer with Public Health Ontario. He experienced Toronto's SARS outbreak first hand and has worked on pandemic planning in public health offices across the country. He has been highly critical of the current F...
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Episode 13: A Lack of Integrity in Hamilton - P...
Joey Coleman, editor of The Public Record, joins us for part 2 of our examination of the reasons and justifications for Hamilton Council launching an Integrity Commissioner investigation into a citizen volunteer on an advisory committee. Joey has exp...
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