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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 Oct 17, 2021
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
This week, we learned about the Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition (GNSC) and the North End Harvest Market (NEHM). Our guests were Brendan Johnson, Executive Director of the GNSC and Barb McPhee, Market Manager and Volunteer Coordinator of the North End Harvest Market.
The GNSC is comprised of 13 neighbourhood groups, sponsoring agencies, and program partners. The goal is to collaborate, advocate, and share information and collective resources to meet specific community needs.
The NEHM is a GNSC program. It relies entirely on grants, donations, and fundraising campaigns to provide healthy food to those in need. Low income families and individuals may access market produce every two weeks.
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Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
The Baker Street Reconstruction is finally underway. The archaeological excavation of the Wyndham and Baker Street parking lots started a few days ago; construction is to begin in the spring of 2022.
Our guests are Scott Stewart (CAO of the City of Guelph) and Jayne Holmes (Deputy CAO of infrastructure, development and enterprise services). They are ready to teach us everything we wanted to know about parking lots, graveyards, and archaeology but were afraid to ask.
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Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Thursday September 30, 2021 was the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Our guest was Sara Sayyed, the City's new senior advisor of Equity, Anti-Racism and Indigenous Initiatives. Because she and several others left early to attend a blanket exercise, this episode is one hour long.
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Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Learn about the Greenbelt, the loss of farmland to development in the "Whitebelt," food production, and much more. With special guests Bethanee Jensen (full-time farmer and Board Director of the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario), Mike Marcolongo (local "gentleman" farmer and member of Guelph's Protect Our Moraine coalition), and Dr. Ralph Martin (retired University of Guelph professor and author of Food Security: From Excess to Enough).
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Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
This week we talked about Clair-Maltby, cycling in Guelph, downtown parking, the budget, and the archaeological investigation of the Baker Street parking lot.
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Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Welcome to part two of the Breezy Breakfast Election Special.
This week, Michelle Bowman (GREEN) and Aisha Jahangir (NDP) were our guests.
They described their party's platform - on the Climate Crisis, Housing, Health Care, Child Care, COVID Recovery, Vaccination, and much more - and answered questions.
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Tuesday Sep 07, 2021
Tuesday Sep 07, 2021
Welcome back to another season of Breezy Breakfast.
In the first two shows, we meet four federal candidates.
This week, the Liberal Lloyd Longfield and the Communist Tristan Dineen were our guests.
They described their party's platform - on the Climate Crisis, Housing, Health Care, Child Care, COVID Recovery, Vaccine Passports, and much more - and answered questions.
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Friday Jul 30, 2021
Friday Jul 30, 2021
Public Health and Clair-Maltby UPDATES
Danny Williamson and Anna Vanderlaan from Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health gave a COVID update and answered questions.
Stacey Laughlin and Colleen Gammie from the City of Guelph gave an update on the Clair-Maltby Secondary Plan with an emphasis on Parks and Land Planning. Be sure to ask questions and make comments by August 8th! Go to haveyoursay.guelph.ca.
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Friday Jul 23, 2021
Friday Jul 23, 2021
"See the Doughnut not the ____"
Have you ever wondered why cities constantly face a variety of environmental challenges – like climate change – and social failings that have resulted in egregious inequities and injustices? What is the origin story behind an economic model that values material production, Bezos-level wealth accumulation, a philosophy of “sell-more-and-forever,” and designed obsolescence – leading to the massive disposal of stuff – above all else, including the activities and experiences that most people see as making life actually worth living?
What if a Doughnut could help us re-imagine the purpose of – and criteria of success for – our cities? What might that look like in practice?
Dr. Yannick Beaudoin of the David Suzuki Foundation is our tour guide on a quick trip through economic history steeped in patriarchy, conquest and conquering. It might not exactly be the Marvel Universe, but it is filled with twists and turns you won’t want to miss!
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Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
This Thursday's Breezy Breakfast: Summery Summaries - BYOB!
"It's the time of year when the literati give advice on what we should be reading on our summer holidays. These terrifying lists often leave me appalled at my own ignorance, but also suspicious about the pretension of their advocates."
-Arthur Smith
We had three special guests on Thursday July 15th:
Charlie Angus, MP for Timmins-James Bay and author of Unlikely Radicals, Children of the Broken Treaty, and the upcoming Cobalt: Cradle of Demon Metals and Birth of a Mining Superpower;
Steve Kraft from the Guelph Public Library;
Guelph author Tom King, recent winner of the Leacock Prize for Humour for his book Indians on Vacation.
Charlie, Steve, and Tom shared their summer reading suggestions.
After that, our viewers gave their picks!
An informative and entertaining episode.
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