GUELPH POLITICAST #439 - Guelph Stuff (feat. Scotty Hertz)

Guelph Politicast

Here, at the end of October, there’s a lot going on from new budgets to potential strikes to changes to our recycling, so it seems like a good time to pause and talk about some recent events before the news gets even crazier. This week, we're going to catch up with a friend from a different show, and we're all going to catch up with all the important issues going on in the news. The Guelph Stuff!

It was revealed last Thursday that the 2025 budget confirmation now includes nearly five per cent less spending than what was approved last year. Almost everything other than housing support and mandated services have been deferred or eliminated from next year’s budget, but are we ready for what all these budget cuts might mean as the city continues to grow and change?

There’s also been a lot of concern about the growing number of tents and homeless encampments. Last week at a meeting of the Ontario Big City Mayors, the heads of the province’s 29 largest cities, including Guelph Mayor Cam Guthrie, called on the provincial and federal governments to take immediate action, but have we finally run out of compassion on these issues?

In transit news, the workers of the ATU 1189 might be either going on strike or will be subject to a lockout sometime early in November. A no-board report was filed last week, which begins a 17-day countdown that either leads to mediation or job action, and while there’s never a good time for a transit strike, this comes at a particularly precarious time. Is Guelph going to be bus-less in a couple of weeks?

We will also cover a series of motions at the Accessibility Advisory Committee that tests how dedicated the City of Guelph is to giving them their proper autonomy, and the changes coming to Guelph’s recycling program that are coming into effect in January. To help us out with this analysis, we will be joined by Open Sources Guelph co-host Scotty Hertz who will help us press the button on these hot button issues in the Royal City.

So let's dig into that Guelph Stuff on this week's edition of the Guelph Politicast!

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