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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.

Brian has a panel to discuss the Bradford Bypass highway proposed by the Ontario Conservative government, along with Hwy 413, density vs sprawl, farmland vs new homes, transit vs highways and several other tropical issues with a great panel, one a liberal and the other a Tory. His panelists are:

⭐️ Leah Taylor Roy, Federal Liberal MP for Aurora - Oak Ridges - Richmond Hill. She has a degree in commerce, was at Harvard Kennedy School completing a Master of Public Policy, and later worked at the World Bank in Washington and McKinsey, a global consulting firm.

⭐️ Darryl Wolk is Manager, Policy Development & Public Affairs, Ontario Municipal Social Services Association. He is a long-time Tory activist and a former candidate for Newmarket Deputy Mayor and Council.

Brian interviews Leah Taylor Roy. Leah is a Federal Liberal candidate for Aurora - Oak Ridges - Richmond Hill. Over the next weeks I will introduce you to candidates from all parties from across the GTA that I find impressive. Leah Taylor Roy only lost by 1000 votes in 2019. She has one of the most impressive resumes of anyone I have met in politics. She has a degree in commerce, was at Harvard Kennedy School completing a Master of Public Policy and later worked at the World Bank in Washington and McKinsey, a global consulting firm. Her father was Mayor of Newmarket and politics has always been a passion. We have a stimulating debate about many of the current issues.