This week the Star’s editorial board discusses the outlook for Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals as she calls mid-summer byelections. And we debate a squabble that highlights the clash in Toronto between the old industrial city and new condo dwellers. Listen now Download the MP3 (Right click and save file)

Kathleen Wynne’s political gamble, and a dust-up in Hogtown

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This week, the Star’s editorial board debates whether America’s increasingly ugly politics has damaged the country’s international standing, and we discuss what to do about the crumbling Gardiner Expressway. Editorial Page editor Andrew Phillips joins board members Gordon Barthos, Leslie Papp, Moira Welsh and Jordan Himelfarb. Listen now Download the MP3 (Right click and save file)

What do we do about the crumbling Gardiner Expressway? Podcast

This week, the Star’s editorial board discusses a sliver of hope in the Syrian crisis, and we look at Pauline Marois’s proposed Quebec values charter. Board members Gordon Barthos, Leslie Papp and Moira Welsh join Editorial Page editor Andrew Phillips. Listen now Download the MP3 (Right click and save file)

Hope for Syria?

This week, the editorial board discusses the Ontario government’s announcement that it will expand taser use by police, and we debate the politics of Justin Trudeau’s admission that he last smoked pot while already a sitting MP. Listen now Download the MP3 (Right click and save file)

Kathleen Wynne’s political gamble, and a dust-up in Hogtown

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