Internet trolls, doxing, conspiracy theories, harassment, criminal investigations, all the usual things that spring to mind when you think of small town council meetings. Welcome to Pickering, Ontario, best known for its nuclear power plant.

Is the alt-right driving Pickering to political meltdown? Or is the town council trying to silence a duly elected official over political disagreements? Either way things have gotten so out of hand that city council has locked the doors to the public. Council meetings have moved online. Now political foes don’t have to sit in the same room.

From Pickering to the wave of recent news stories south of the border where politicians from left to right are being shouted down at town hall meetings by angry constituents, are we witnessing the death of civil discussion in the civic sphere?

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: André Proulx (Reporter), Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Fact checking by Julian Abraham

Additional music by Audio Network

Further Reading:

• December 30, 2024 — City of Pickering YouTube Channel
• Lisa Robinson’s YouTube Channel — YouTube
• Lisa Robinson’s Halloween haunt event is back on — Durham Region
• Kevin J. Johnston Podcast — Rumble
• What Happens When An Anti-Muslim Internet Personality Begins To Face Consequences — CANADALAND

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