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Looking for Guelph political discussion? The Breezy Breakfast Radio Hour is 60 to 90 minute audio version of Guelph’s weekly ”Breezy Breakfast” community meetings. Each week we invite guests to discuss issues of interest to Guelph residents.
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Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
This week at Breezy Breakfast, we are proud to offer a podcast highlighting Black culture in Guelph and Wellington County. Denise Frances and Kween from the Guelph Black Heritage Society (GBHS) are our guests.
While teaching us the history of people like James Kelso, the Jewell Family, Richard Pierpont, and the Stricklands, Kween and Denise provide a vivid story of Black settlers and their significant roles in the history of Wellington County.
Denise and Kween also talk about the GBHS annual Emancipation Day Celebration. They describe why Emancipation Day is celebrated, the significance of the Pan-African Flag, and why it is important to “Free Our Ancestors”.
Should Black History be highlighted for just one month?
Do we need to broaden our horizons?
Is Guelph a truly multicultural city?
Let’s listen to Kween and Denise as they answer questions asked by the folks at Breezy Breakfast.
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Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
This week, we continue to explore the housing crisis in Guelph and Canada. Thoughtful solutions are presented by our panelists and host Kevin Bowman.
It's clear we have a crisis in housing affordability. Several factors contribute to this crisis: stagnant wages of renters, the transformation of housing into an investment, and the outright financialization of housing through Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).
Our guests this week are Sean Campbell and Eric Small.
Sean Campbell is the Executive Director of Union Co-op in Waterloo. Union Co-op was created to raise funds and purchase existing rental properties to permanently remove them from the competitive real estate market.
Eric Small works for the Guelph company S.H.E.D., which maintains a commitment to quality, community, and the long-term impacts of home building on the local environment.
Our host Kevin Bowman explains REITs to our listeners and engages our guests in a discussion of various and unique solutions to our housing crisis.
Join us for a Breezy Breakfast: learn about the failure of rent controls and the abdication of the federal and provincial governments of responsibility for sustaining low cost housing. Councilor Phil Allt describes local responsibilities and why the County provides social housing in Guelph.
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Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
The Home For Good Campaign is set to raise $5M for supportive housing in Guelph and Wellington County.
This campaign is not without controversy.
How much impact can philanthropy have on the housing crisis?
Might the need for affordable housing be best addressed through funding by higher level governments committed to social and economic justice?
Glenna Banda of the United Way (Guelph/Wellington/Dufferin) provides an overview of the campaign
and its progress to date.
Dominica McPherson of the Poverty Task Force
speaks to how this campaign complements broader efforts to end homelessness.
Councilor Phil Allt points out that Guelph needs more than 1000 affordable housing units, and they don't come cheap. The federal and provincial governments need to get back into the housing business because cities can't address this issue alone.
Permanent Supportive Housing is one part of the solution to this massive problem.
The housing crisis has been DECADES in the making.
Remember, the housing portfolio was offloaded from the feds to the provinces and then to Ontario municipalities in the 1990s.
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Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
In Canada, several types of Single-Use Plastics (SUP) will be banned according to the following schedule:
December 2022 - manufacture and imports
December 2023 - sales
December 2025 - exports
The usual suspects are covered under this federal ban: straws, stir sticks, cutlery, ring carriers, checkout bags, and take-away containers made from or containing hard to recycle problematic plastics.
There are specific exceptions to the ban; for example, single-use straws will be available for those who need them.
Karen Farley gives us the scoop on the federal ban. She is a Master's student who is developing an app to collect data on foods wrapped in or contained in plastic.
Kevin Bowman and Morgan Dandie update us on Guelph's new policies regarding plastics.
Long-time listener and first-time guest Ted Pritchard shares his thoughts on societal attitudes towards solid waste reduction and the high volume of plastics used in medical settings.
Don't call Yoko; this ban is "Plastic? O NO!"
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Sunday Jul 03, 2022
Sunday Jul 03, 2022
June is both National Indigenous History month and Pride month.
On June 30, 2022, we explored gender identity - pronouns, queer, asexual - and took a deep dive into Two-Spirit, a term used within some Indigenous communities to encompass cultural, spiritual, sexual and gender identity. Two-Spirit reflects complex Indigenous understandings of gender roles, spirituality, and the long history of sexual and gender diversity in Indigenous cultures. (Definition of Two-Spirit taken from Trans Care BC, PHSA)
Our guests:
Barry Moore (he/him, they/them) is the Chair of Out on the Shelf and Capacity Builder at ARCH (HIV/AIDS Resources and Community Health).
Musko Giizhigo Ikwe (Red Sky Woman)/Hollee George is a Two-Spirit Anishinaabe Ikwe Knowledge-Keeper and ceremony-carrier who centres voices of residential and day school survivors like herself and her family. Hollee’s academic and employment background is centred on justice, particularly criminal and social justice related to Indigenous and Queer people. Musko is actively involved in several community organizations such as Spectrum Rainbow Community Space, CT Survivors Connect, and the Transartivist Project.
Maude Stephany (they/them) is a genderfluid artist whose works cross many artistic disciplines. They founded TransArtivistProject.org in 2021 - a Guelph-area non-profit organization that creates and runs programs that support the Two-Spirit and Transgender-spectrum community. "We engage in storytelling using a variety of artistic practices in a community setting. As part of our commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in the area, we host a monthly virtual Two-Spirit/Ally Sharing Circle led by Musko Giizhigo Ikwe/Holley George."
Kristy Bell-Theodorakopoulos (she/they) is a Two-Spirit Indigenous Algonquin of Kitigan Zibi, Bear Clan through her mom, and Greek through her father. She was raised Greek Orthodox while hiding her true Pagan self. By reclaiming her mother's culture and spirituality, she has freed herself to live an authentic life. She has a supportive husband and 4 year-old daughter.
She runs a small spiritual-based business called Intuitive Me. Here, she makes items by hand; items that - when respected and understood properly - aid in using the Creator's energy to influence our lives in a positive manner.
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Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
This week, we learned a lot about the Guelph Junction Railway, which is owned by the City of Guelph.
What is the governance structure of the GJR?
Why is there no public discourse about this corporation?
What is going on with the bridges on MacDonnel Street?
Is Guelph making the best use of this corridor?
The new COVID variants are a concern, as are vaccines and the lifting of masking mandates.
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Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Community Wealth promotes a different approach to community development. The goal of local economic stability is achieved by anchoring jobs locally, expanding the provision of public services, and increasing the ability of individuals and communities to own assets.
Run by Canadian volunteers, Community Wealth Candidates works with and nominates candidates for offices at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels of government. These candidates support community wealth initiatives by way of Community Land Trusts, Worker Cooperatives, and the progressive use of Anchor Institutions.
Community Wealth starts with "buying and hiring locally."
What are the next steps in building a more resilient community?
What are the guiding principles of Community Wealth Candidates?
Our guest, Colin Bruce Anthes, answers our questions and gives examples of how Community Wealth has stabilized cities punished by globalization and made companies better able to adapt to economic shocks.
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Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
After a pitiful voter turnout of only 43% - the lowest in Ontario history - the Ford government won a majority government with 83 seats.
Is democracy in trouble?
Why was the voter turnout so low?
Is it time to institute mandatory voting?
Is Proportional Representation the answer?
Did the conservatives run the best campaign?
Our guests this week are:
Mike Schreiner, leader of the Green Party of Ontario and Guelph MPP,
NDP candidate Aisha Jahangir who ran against Doug Ford,
Bill McBain, past Ontario Queens Park insider and current radio broadcast journalist,
and Guelph's Communist Candidate, Juanita Burnett.
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Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Welcome to a special episode of Breezy Breakfast Radio Hour.
Today we focus on stories and story telling; the ones that we hear and the ones that we read.
Tea ‘n’ Tales - co-founded by Trevor Barton of the Guelph Enabling Garden and host Brian Holstein - will be returning to Riverside Park this summer. Join the 13 Fridays of storytelling to hear 27 tellers; some local, some regional, some from afar, many returning, some excitingly new. There's a new sound system, and sessions for children are being planned.
We have a very special literary guest today: James Gordon, nominee for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour. His book, The Ark of the Oven Mitt, is a concept novel and CD about the misadventures of a travelling minstrel wandering the hinterlands of Canada.
After we hear about storytelling in Guelph, we get the 411 on what people are reading. What are some suggestions for summer reading, and why? Something old? Something new? Something funny? Something spicy and perhaps even blue? Tune in to find out! We'll make bookworms of you all!
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Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
This week on CFRU FM 93.3 the Breezy Breakfast hour is joined by Marty Williams and Meg Dunning of the Downtown Guelph Business Association.
Over the past few years, Marty, Meg and others have steered downtown Guelph toward revitalization.
Some of their efforts have not been without controversy: the Welcoming Streets Initiative, Baker Street development priorities, and membership challenges all come to mind.
Meg and Marty talk about all things downtown. Let’s give them a listen and hear about the challenges facing downtown Guelph in the coming years.
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