The Jerry Agar Show

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Feb 17, 2023 • 38min

Fri –Feb – 17th Hour 3: Why are public organizations spending tax dollars on podcasts?

Earlier this week it was the Toronto Police contracting a private company to produce a slick podcast that has been criticized as "copaganda". Now, Peel region has used the same company to produce a 12 part podcast series on affordable housing. Is this a fair use of tax dollars?
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Feb 17, 2023 • 39min

Fri – Feb – 17th Hour 2: Off duty Toronto Police officer has his service gun stolen from his personal car.

Could this gun end up on the street?  Used in a violent crime?  Especially with the rate that cars are being stolen  these days, this behavior shown that this officer is unfit to police this city.  
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Feb 17, 2023 • 38min

Fri – Feb – 17th Hour 1: Mayor John Tory's last day in office.

After submitting his resignation for admitting to an extramarital affair with a city staffer, John Tory leaves office today. Jerry Breaks down many of the possible candidates who could join the race to become Mayor in the upcoming byelection.  
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Feb 16, 2023 • 38min

Thurs –Feb – 16th Hour 3: The Ontario Cannabis store is reducing it's price margins to help retailers compete with illicit market

What does that actually mean and is it going to be of much help? Jerry is joined by Cannabis industry expert and Toronto Metropolitan University lecturer Brad Poulos to break it down.
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Feb 16, 2023 • 38min

Thurs – Feb – 16th Hour 2: Hey, Halton School board, how many more bomb threats do you want?

Nine isn’t enough?  “good progress” and “determining our next steps” isn’t good enough when it comes to enforcing a new dress code for teachers after a teacher wearing prosthetic breasts made international headlines.
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Feb 16, 2023 • 39min

Thurs – Feb – 16th Hour 1: None of Mayor John Tory’s actual friends told him to stay.

After resigning due to his own admission to an extra marital affair with a city staffer many supporters stepped forward to encourage him to stay, but how many were protecting their own interests? 
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Feb 14, 2023 • 38min

Tues –Feb – 14th Hour 3: John Tory has resigned. Kind of. Eventually…

Is it inappropriate for Tory to wait to officially resign until after the tabling of the Toronto budget?  Is he developing a strategy to stay?
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Feb 14, 2023 • 38min

Tues – Feb – 14th Hour 2: The cost of the coronation will be a royal pain

…and the feds don’t appear to be concerned with doing anything about it.  Even AFTER the backlash the Trudeau government faced after the costs of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II went public.
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Feb 14, 2023 • 39min

Tues – Feb – 14th Hour 1: The amount of money Toronto Police are spending on a podcast is (a) true crime

You won’t believe how much tax payer money Toronto cops are spending on a podcast that is being referred to as “copaganda.”
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Feb 13, 2023 • 38min

Mon –Feb – 13th Hour 3: Are we too hung up on the “power imbalance” in the Tory affair scandal?

People who want to jump to the conclusion that this 31-year-old woman wasn’t fully aware of the risks involved in what she was getting involved in should think twice.   

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