Open Sources Guelph #434 - July 13, 2023

This week on Open Sources Guelph, things get awkward. It's hard enough to criticize your political enemies, but what happens when you criticize your friends and then you have to fly off to Europe and see them face to face? That's one question this week, and another question is how concerned we should be about a mosquito-borne disease that's making a local-ish comeback? In the second half of the show, we will hear from the woman who hopes to hold on to a nearby riding for team orange.

This Thursday, July 13, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:

Cluster F**k Up? Last week, the United States announced that it was making cluster munitions available to Ukraine for deployment on the frontlines with Russia, which offered a rare moment of disunity among the united front of NATO. Canada was among the countries that called out the U.S. for the move, but everything seemed hunky dory in Lithuania when the full complement of NATO met to welcome Sweden to the team and affirm their dedication to defeating Russia. So what's next?

Malaria Code. It's a mosquito-borne infectious disease that usually causes fever, fatigue, vomiting, and headaches, but can also cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or even death. Malaria is still a problem in many parts of the world, but it was eliminated from the United States in 1951. It's back now with new cases in Florida and Texas, but while it's only a handful of patients, it's gotten some doctors worried about an underappreciated aspect of climate change. How worried should we be?

It Can Chapman to You! There are a couple of Ontario by-elections happening at the end of the month, but one of them isn't in Kitchener Centre. That doesn't mean that there's not any election action happening up the road, and to prove that we're joined this week by Debbie Chapman, current city councillor and now NDP candidate. Chapman will tell us why she hopes to succeed fellow NDP politician Laura Mae Lindo, how it feels to face off against fellow City Councillor Aislinn Clancy, and why she wants to trade the council table for a bench in the Ontario Legislature.

Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.