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LP contributor Andrew Tumilty joins the program to discuss the 2017 Ontario Budget and the outlook for Premier Kathleen Wynne . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 51 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

We chat with federal Conservative leadership candidate Andrew Scheer on his bid to become the next leader of the party and potentially Prime Minister of Canada . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 50 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Ontario Green Party leader Mike Schreiner stops by to discuss Premier Kathleen Wynne's plan to reduce electricity prices by 25 . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 49 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau breaks a signature campaign promise by abandoning electoral reform.  Loonie Politics managing editor Robert Wood speaks with Green Party leader Elizabeth May on her reaction to the prime minister's decision . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 48 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Loonie Politics contributor Jonathan Scott joins the podcast to discuss the honest truth about electricity rates in Ontario . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 47 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Loonie Politics contributor Jonathan Scott joins the podcast to discuss PM Justin Trudeau's cabinet shuffle and private family holiday . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 46 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Decent economic performance -- especially job growth -- in Toronto and the surrounding Golden Horseshoe region is hiding the fact that the rest of Ontario still hasn't fully recovered from the 2009 recession, finds a new study by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.  Loonie Politics managing editor Robert Wood speaks […] The post Ep. 45 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

With the 2016 U.S. presidential election in the books, Loonie Politics managing editor Robert Wood discusses the results with Conrad Black who provides his unique analysis on why Donald Trump was successful . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 44 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Donald Trump's triumphant election as the next president of the United States may be the most astonishing political story of our lifetimes. The brash billionaire just beat a fearsome, well-funded and ruthless political machine, the sitting president, the media, his own party and our expectations.  US political commentator Rushad Thomas joins the program to discuss what exactly happened […] The post Ep. 43 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Loonie Politics Managing Editor Robert Wood speaks with nineteen-year-old Sam Oosterhoff who is running for the Ontario Progressive Conservatives in the upcoming November 17th by-election in Niagara-West Glanbrook. Pat Sorbara, Premier Wynne's former deputy chief of staff, was charged this week with two bribery counts under the provincial Election Act. Jonathan Scott joins the program to discuss […] The post Ep. 42 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Loonie Politics Managing Editor Robert Wood speaks with NDP MP Nathan Cullen on the status of the Liberal government's plans to change our election system. Is PM Trudeau now back tracking on making changes . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 41 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Managing Editor Robert Wood speaks with Fred Chotard, Loonie Politics European Correspondent, on current politics in France and the views on #CETA and Justin Trudeau from across the pond . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 40 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

1 year in office... how should we grade Justin Trudeau and his government.  Loonie Politics Managing Editor Robert Wood speaks with Jonathan Scott, principal of Jonathan Scott Consulting Inc. and the former speechwriter for the Premier of Ontario, the Hon. Kathleen Wynne MPP . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 39 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Election reform and inside the Ontario Premier's office... Loonie Politics Managing Editor Robert Wood speaks with Jonathan Scott, principal of Jonathan Scott Consulting Inc. and the former speechwriter for the Premier of Ontario, the Hon. Kathleen Wynne MPP . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 38 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Loonie Politics Managing Editor Robert Wood speaks with Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner about the recent by-election in Scarborough Rouge River and the Wynne government's Throne Speech . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 37 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Loonie Politics Managing Editor Robert Wood speaks with Ben Eisen, the Fraser Institute's director of provincial prosperity studies on a report he co-authored which states that Ontario could learn a lesson from Michigan where manufacturing employment and output has rebounded strongly following the recession eight years ago . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 36 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Now that the U.S. political conventions are over, Loonie Politics Managing Editor Robert Wood discusses the convention highlights as well as what's next in the presidential election with political commentator Conrad Black . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 35 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Loonie Politics Managing Editor Robert Wood speaks with Dr. David Jacobs from Concerned Ontario Doctors about the tentative agreement negotiated by the Ontario Medical Association between the Ontario government and physicians.  Concerned Ontario Doctors are upset at both the Ontario Liberals as well as the OMA . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 34 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Loonie Politics Managing Editor Robert Wood speaks with Conservative Member of Parliament Maxime Bernier who is running to become the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.  Bernier speaks about his plans for Canada Post as well as how Canada needs to eliminate supply management for agricultural products . . . This content is restricted to […] The post Ep. 33 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Loonie Politics Managing Editor Robert Wood speaks with the Honourable Hugh Segal who was appointed recently by the Ontario government to provide advice on the design and implementation of a Basic Income Pilot in Ontario . . . This content is restricted to subscribers The post Ep. 32 – ROYAL ASSENT appeared first on Loonie Politics.