Busy week in the news!

Craig is joined by London city councillor Hadleigh McAlister, political insider Ryan Gauss and London Abused Women's Centre executive Director Jennifer Dunn for the Friday Round Table as they break it all down.

They start with the mess over at the Thames Valley District School Board, as Mark Fisher is "on leave" and Bill Tucker returns. Also, the trip Fisher and 17 other TVDSB executives took to Rogers Centre came in at a cost of more than $38,000.

Then, they look at the struggles of local food banks, proposed parking lot to housing conversions in the downtown core, the proposed Canada Life Place name change at Budweiser Gardens, the NDP potentially pulling the plug on the carbon tax and what celebrity endorsements mean in 2024.

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