On The Ledge - your Ontario politics podcast

We'll be adding episodes of POLITICALLY SPEAKING for you here in the On the Ledge feed throughout the federal campaign!Hope you enjoy it.John Wrigth and Dave Trafford break down the details of the election call.Prime Minister Mark Carney has set April 28, 2025 as Election Day in Canada.AND...Donald Trump and his trade tariffs are THE BALLOT QUESTION.Who can handle Trump? Who can manage the cultural and economic angst of Canadians?You can watch OR listen to this episode on our YouTube Channel (Be sure to subscribe!)Follow Dave on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and XAnd you can leave us a voice comment here!For more information go to Dave's website.

We're back with On the Ledge - your Ontario politics podcast!Former Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, former Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak, Queen's Park Commentator and broadcaster Keith Leslie, and our founding pollster John Wright are around the table with Story Studio Network's Chief Executive Producer Dave Trafford.Doug Ford and his "new" cabinet have been sworn in with a couple of new seating assignments but, for the most part, the same faces around the table. It's still the largest cabinet in Ontario's history.What's next for Ford as Captain Canada?Should he be visiting Alberta Premiere Danielle Smith to calm and quell her anti-Ottawa ranting?He's unlikely to offer any help to Pierre Poilievre in the upcoming federal campaign.You can watch OR listen to this episode on our YouTube Channel (Be sure to subscribe!)Follow Dave on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and XAnd you can leave us a voice comment here!For more information go to Dave's website.

Hello On the Ledge listener!Welcome to POLITICALLY SPEAKING on Now and Next. Former Bank of Canada Governor and self proclaimed political outsider, Mark Carney won't nearly 86% of the vote in his bid to be leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.He set a new tone for the party while setting his sights on CPC Leader Pierre Polievre in anticipation of a soon-to-be-called federal election and he set the stage for the coming trade war with Donald Trump's America.Joining us around the table is former Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, former Mayor of Toronto, John Tory, founding co-host and pollster from On the Ledge - your Ontario politics podcast, John Wright and Keith Leslie, Queen's Park commentator at CHCH TV in Hamilton.If you enjoyed this, be sure to follow/subscribe to NOW and NEXT where ever you listen to On the Ledge - your Ontario Politics Podcast!You can watch OR listen to this episode on our YouTube Channel (Be sure to subscribe!)Follow Dave on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and XAnd you can leave us a voice comment here!For more information go to Dave's website.

We've arrived! It's the FINAL edition of the DAILY election edition of On the Ledge - your Ontario politics podcast.Ontario has voted and given Doug Ford another strong majority mandate at Queen's Park.But the discussion got side-tracked by the latest GONG SHOW performance from the Oval Office. The screaming match among Donald Trump, J.D. Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has the crew wondering how the sheer chaos sets the tone for the tariff and trade negotiations between Washington and Ottawa.On the election results, each of the three major parties had wins and losses.The Tories landed a third majority but end up with fewer seats than they had at dissolution.The NDP won Official Opposition but their seat count dropped to 27.And the Liberals won official party status but Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie lost her election bid in Mississauga.We're joined by John Tory and Tim Hudak, both former leaders of the Ontario PC Party, and Keith Leslie CHCH Queen's Park Commentator.You can watch OR listen to this episode on our YouTube Channel (Be sure to subscribe!)Follow Dave on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and XAnd you can leave us a voice comment here!For more information go to Dave's website.

In this episode of On the Ledge - your Ontario politics podcast:How, if at all, will the weather affect voter turnout, which is expected to be low?How quickly does Doug Ford need to get back to the business of governing, (assuming the polling trend doesn't turn upside down).Some seat models suggest the Liberals and NDP would win 17 seats each based on the latest polls? They'd both have official party status. Which party would be the Official Opposition? (HINT: Doug Ford could play a role in deciding).We're joined by former Toronto Mayor John Tory, Tim Hudak - Partner at Counsel Public Affairs and Keith Leslie, Queen's Park commentator at  @CHCHNews11  in Hamilton.You can watch OR listen to this episode on our YouTube Channel (Be sure to subscribe!)Follow Dave on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and XAnd you can leave us a voice comment here!For more information go to Dave's website.

John Wright, Lindsay Broadhead, Anne Marie Aikins and Bob Reid join the pod to do three things.Taking time to remember radio journalism legend Tayler Parnaby What's going on in Olivia Chow's office (if not her head?)How will Doug Ford manage what's shaping up to be a landslide majority?You can watch OR listen to this episode on our YouTube Channel (Be sure to subscribe!)Follow Dave on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and XAnd you can leave us a voice comment here!For more information go to Dave's website.

In this episode of On the Ledge - your DAILY Ontario election podcast, we're joined by Pedro Barata, President and CEO at Habitat for Humanity, Neil Hetherington, CEO at Daily Bread Food Bank and Gerard Kennedy, CEO at Enterprising for Good.(Neil's golden lab Charley also offers an opinion:)And we talk about the ramifications of the Ontario government's failure to get its arms around the growing housing crisis and the effects the US-Canada Trade war will have on the sector.You can watch OR listen to this episode on our YouTube Channel (Be sure to subscribe!)Follow Dave on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and XAnd you can leave us a voice comment here!For more information go to Dave's website.

In this episode of On the Ledge - your DAILY Ontario election podcast, Doug Ford releases his party's "costed" platform. It includes $40b in new spending, including a $5b Protect Ontario Account to fend off the effects of the Trump tariffs.But there's no indication where that money will come from.Meanwhile, Bonnie Crombie's campaign steps on a bilingual rake during a stop in the Ottawa area.The polls continue to suggest the Liberals are making gains at the expense of PCs and NDP. Could it have anything to do with an $800k ad spend on Meta platforms over the past 30 days?Today we're joined by former PC Ontario Leader Tim Hudak and CHCH TV Queen's Park commentator Keit Leslie.You can watch OR listen to this episode on our YouTube Channel (Be sure to subscribe!)Follow Dave on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and XAnd you can leave us a voice comment here!For more information go to Dave's website.

We wrap the final full week on the campaign with former Toronto Mayor John Tory, former Ontario Education Minister Gerard Kennedy, the Queen of Corp Comms Lindsay Broadhead and our resident/founding pollster are around the table for out 300th episode of On the Ledge!What does a hockey game have to do with the campaign on a day when Doug Ford's in Washington and the opposition parties release their costed platforms?You can watch OR listen to this episode on our YouTube Channel (Be sure to subscribe!)Follow Dave on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and XAnd you can leave us a voice comment here!For more information go to Dave's website.

In this episode of On the Ledge - your DAILY Ontario election podcast, we're joined by Public Affairs Consultant Bob Richardson, CH Television commentator Keith Leslie, Counsel Public Affairs Partner Tim Hudak, former Toronto Mayor John Tory and our founding pollster John Wright.With less than a week of campaigning to go, the question is which opposition party will emerge as the Official Opposition.Two weeks ago, there was some question whether the Liberals would gain official party status. Modelling suggested they wouldn't get more the 12 seats necessary.A week ago, BOTH the Liberals and NDP were under water, suggesting Doug Ford's PCs could win a majority with none of the opposition parties having official status.This week, it appears the Liberals are on the upswing and the New Democrats are struggling.The outcome will depend on who gets the vote out. And that may be a challenge considering the winter conditions and an election day forecast calling for more snow.You can watch OR listen to this episode on our YouTube Channel (Be sure to subscribe!)Follow Dave on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and XAnd you can leave us a voice comment here!For more information go to Dave's website.