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Guests: Noor Javed and Charlie Pinkerton

Premier Doug Ford’s ties to developers are under scrutiny again. As reported by The Star’s Noor Javed and freelance journalist Charlie Pinkerton, several well known developers attended wedding events the Ford family held to celebrate the nuptials of one of the premier’s daughters. Ford says he’s done nothing wrong and that his guests have been his friends for years, but many people feel the developer relationship is too cosy and with his government opening up and fast-tracking land development, many are poised to benefit.

This episode was produced by Alexis Green, Paulo Marques and Raju Mudhar.

Audio sources: Global News and City News

Guest: Noor Javed, staff reporter

Controversial politicians in Brampton, Richmond Hill and Mississauga have caused several issues for the municipal governments in those communities recently. While the reasons are very different, there has been all kind of political manoeuvring, lawsuits filed and city council meetings disrupted or cancelled. One issue this exposes is the lack of mechanism to punish or remove an elected official from office, other than voting them out in the next municipal election.

This episode was produced by Alexis Green, Paulo Marques and Raju Mudhar.

Audio sources: CityNews, CTV and CAGRichmondHill.