It's the first ever Friday Round Table from the Covent Garden Market studio!

Craig welcomes London budget chair Elizabeth Peloza, political insider Scott Collyer and former city councillor John Fyfe-Millar to the new recording space to talk about the issues of the week including questions about transit in west London, exactly how high London buildings should be and what could or should be done about the money being paid to suspended police officers.

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Ahead of The Forest City London Music Awards, founder and chair Mario Circelli joins Craig on the podcast.

They talk about the awards, London's music culture and what we as a city could be doing better to grow that culture.

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On this week's Friday Round Table, Craig welcomes London city councillor Steve Lehman, disability advocate Dr. Jeff Preston and former Green Party candidate Carol Dyck to the studio to breakdown the issues of the week.

The panel discusses a potential homeless hub location on Wellington Road, the London Public Library's funding, Doug Ford's desire to see 100% of medical school spots in the province go to Ontario students and more.

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London North Centre Liberal MP Peter Fragiskatos chats with Craig in the studio about the increase in carbon pricing on April 1st.

Was this the right time to increase a tax as Canadians are dealing with an affordability crisis?

They also discuss the federal government's $1-billion announcement on funding school lunches and whether that should be provincial jurisdiction.

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London city councillors are about to order a performance audit of the London Transit Commission.

Routes, systems, executive performance and more will all be under the microscope. How's that going over at the commission? 

Commission chair Stephanie Marentette joins Craig for an honest discussion about whether the system is good enough (it isn't), what the big problem is (underfunding) and whether the LTC is ready to implement bus rapid transit (probably not).

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On a special Saturday edition of the podcast, Ontario Liberal Party leader bonnie Crombie joins Craig in the studio.

They discuss the upcoming Lambton-Kent-Middlesex by-election, Doug Ford's anti-fourplex takes, the housing crisis, Ontario Works and ODSP rates and more.

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On this week's Friday Round Table, Craig is joined in the studio by Y.O.U. Executive Director Steve Cordes, political insider Sarah Browning and PhD candidate A.J. Wray to breakdown the biggest stories of the week.

They start with Doug Ford's comments on fourplexes in Ontario and how it may run counter to federal Conservative messaging.

Then, they look at the proposed re-brand at the Thames Valley District School Board and what that says about the board's priorities and the proposed London Transit audit and what may come from it.

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The US is a step closer to banning TikTok.

What will that mean in Canada? And for people who make their living on that site? And is TikTok really any worse than apps like Facebook, Instagram or YouTube?

Craig welcomes Dr. Anabel Quan-Haase, from the Faculty of Media and Information Studies at Western, to the podcast to breakdown those questions and more.

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On this week's Friday Round Table, the Craig is joined by London Deputy Mayor Shawn Lewis, Elgin-Middlesex United Way CEO Kelly Ziegner and London Home Builder's Association CEO Jared Zaifman to tackle the top stories of the week.

The discuss whether building is happening fast enough in London, the province not giving the city housing funding, the potential sale of the LCBO and traffic safety in London.

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Economist Mike Moffatt joins Craig to talk about the new report from the Task Force for Housing and Climate, called the Blueprint for Better and More Housing.

Canada needs homes. And we need them fast. How do we get them?

Mike goes over recommendations for federal, provincial, and municipal governments.

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