Peter Bethlenfalvy says "NOW" is the time to hand out Dougie Dollars

On The Ledge

In this episode of On the Ledge - your Ontario politics podcast our Front Bench sifts through the remains of the 2024 Fall Economic Statement.

• No one on the pod thinks Ford's plan to give every child, woman and man a $200 cheque is money well spent - UNLESS the Dougie Dollars are meant to buy votes.

• The province won't come close to hitting it's housing targets.

• The LCBO took a revenue hit this year. Is that a symptom of the summer strike? Meantime, the booze in grocery stores plan was so poorly rolled out, retailers say the bottle return requirement means it's not worth it for them to sell beer and wine.

• Why isn't Ford Nation more aggressive in the effort to solve homeless encampments?

• Oh ya, and we read the room on what to expect in next week's US election!

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Meet the OTL Front Bench.
John Wright is a veteran pollster, taking the political pulse in Canada and the U.S. He's also a founding host of On the Ledge
Keith Leslie s a regular contributor to CHCH News and spent more than more than half of his career at Canadian Press reporting from Queen’s Park. Keith joined On the Ledge in July, 2018.

Tim Hudak brings more than two decades of experience as an MPP in Ontario and five years as the Leader of the Ontario PC Party to On the Ledge.
Kathleen Wynne shares her unique perspectives as the first woman elected Premier of Ontario when she joins the crew around the table at On the Ledge.
Dave Trafford is a “Podcast Journalist”, the Chief Executive Producer at Story Studio Network, and a Recovering News Director, (having led the news operations at Global News Toronto, Newstalk 1010 and AM640 radio in Toronto) with more than forty years of experience in Canadian media. He and John launched the podcast the same day the 2018 Ontario election campaign kicked off!