This week on Open Sources Guelph, we've got one more before Christmas break. On this, the shortest day of the year, we will dig into this epically long strike in Quebec that looks to roll on into the new year, and we will also talk about everyone's favourite 2023 controversy, which is pronouns. For an additional Christmas present, we will end the year (of interviews) with another conversation with our local Member of Parliament. One of the last...
This Thursday, December 21, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:
General Strike Back. Meanwhile in Quebec, labour strife is even more strify than usual. Teachers there have been on strike for weeks, and other government workers, including those in healthcare, had a week long job action last week and promised that if things don't change, there might be a general strike before the end of the year. Despite the support, many Quebec teachers are saying that they're worn our from the fight, so this Christmas, we give Scotty the gift of labour talk.
How Soon is Pronoun? The Canadian Press got a look at some of the letters that inspired the Saskatchewan government's move to create a pronoun policy, and here's a sample: "If New Brunswick can take a stand against this UN-backed deterioration of our society surely Saskatchewan can also take a stand as well." Great stuff. Scott Moe used the notwithstanding clause to pass the transphobic legislation earlier this year, and it looks like he did no consultation before he did it. We'll get the lay of the land.
Longfield's Deeds. It's been a long year on a number of fronts, and it's been a busy year at Canada's House of Commons. Our own local MP, Lloyd Longfield, has been feeling that length and this year he announced that this term would be his last, but that doesn't mean he's slowing down. Longfield joins us this week to talk about working on housing, healthcare funding, protecting carbon pricing, and the government response to the Israel-Hamas War, plus his to-do list before retirement comes in 2025 (if not before).
Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.
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