Tag: Justin Trudeau
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Round Up Panel with Laura Babcock & Jon Liedtke
The Round Up Panel discusses the future of the Liberals, Canada’s immigration consensus unraveling, a proposed $32.5-billion tobacco settlement, & more!
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Should PM Trudeau go for a walk in the snow (resign)?
University of Windsor Political Science department head Lydia Miljan discusses whether it’s time for Prime Minister Trudeau to step down from his role.
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What to make of the Liberals campaign director resigning
UWindsor political science department head Dr. Lydia Miljan discusses what to make of the Liberals campaign director resigning & election speculation.
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NDP pulling out of supply and confidence deal with Liberals
Windsor West Conservative Party of Canada riding association president Al Teshuba discuss the NDP pulling out of supply & confidence deal with the Liberals.
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Friday Roundtable with Steve Erwin, David Cassidy, & Alicia Higgison
The Roundtable discusses Labour Day weekend plans, if the NDP should force an election, how to end homelessness, & police find stolen vehicle with new tech.
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Newstalk 1010: Jerry Agar Show – Party for Two with Jon Liedtke – Aug 16, 2024
Jon Liedtke joins Jerry Agar to discuss if a cabinet shuffle helps Trudeau, Marineland woes, CBSA & deportee facial recognition, & 911 border reflections.
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Does Canada need tariffs on Chinese EV imports?
APMA president Flavio Volpe & Jon Liedtke discuss the debate about Canada’s EV sector & the need for Chinese EV tariffs to protect our entire auto industry.
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Is the Liberal Party a ‘caucus sleepwalking to its death’?
Liberal strategist Andrew Perez discusses leadership politics following Biden saying he’s not seeking reelection & if the Liberals should drop PM Trudeau.
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Newstalk 1010: Jim Richards’ The Rundown with Jon Liedtke and Stephen Murdoch – July 3, 2024
The Rundown discusses if Canada’s home prices are encouraging an immigrant exodus, U of T encampment cleared, & Trudeau, Stampede, & what’s next.
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Perez: Why Trudeau should step aside for a renewal of the Liberal Party of Canada
Andrew Perez, Perez Strategies & Liberal strategist discusses his belief that Prime Minister Trudeau should step down for the sake of the party & renewal.
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Newstalk 1010: Jim Richards’ The Rundown with Jon Liedtke & Jimmy Zoubris – June 19, 2024
The Rundown discusses Trudeau’s continually dropping approvals, a Quebec court ruling against McGill’s encampment injunction, #BailNotJail, & AI regs.
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Newstalk 1010: Jim Richards’ The Rundown with Jon Liedtke & Tim Powers – June 13, 2024
The Rundown discusses Poilievre forgoing security clearance, youth hockey participation decline, lottery tickets in The Beer Store, political dress, & more!
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Newstalk 1010: Jim Richards’ The Rundown with Stephen Murdoch & Jon Liedtke
The Rundown on Trudeau & Poilievre’s battles, raising highway speed limits, rent affecting credit scores, capital gains, & suspected foodbank exploitation.
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Newstalk 1010: Jim Richards’ The Rundown with Jon Liedtke and Mark Mendelson – April 17 2024
The Rundown discusses the federal budget, an airport gold heist, an early Ontario election?, & pro-Palestine protesters blocking critical infrastructure.
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Newstalk 1010: Jim Richards’ The Rundown with Jon Liedtke and Mark Mendelson
The Rundown on Trudeau’s new housing infrastructure fund & limiting temp. immigration, unsuspected smuggling via Airtags, and housing in B.C. & Montreal.
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New Liberal legislation would ensure dozens of MPs secure pensions before next election
UWindsor’s Head of Political Science Lydia Miljan discusses Prime Minister Trudeau’s election tweaks ensuring ensures some MPs secure pensions pre-election.
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Episode 2
Episode 2 contains appearances on Toronto’s Newstalk Tonight with Jim Richards and The Dan MacDonald Show, as well as the latest Rose City Politics.
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Newstalk 1010: Jim Richards’ The Rundown with Jon Liedtke & Jill Wilson
The Rundown on Poilievre’s non-confidence vote, Hamas’ War, Trudeau’s quasi-electoral reform, & a dropped lecturer post-paper suggesting dating students ok.
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Episode 1 – A New Show
Episode 1 has questions to PM Trudeau about unemployment & antisemitism, and appearances on NEWSTALK 1010’s The Rundown & AM800 CKLW’s Monday Roundtable.
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Rose City Politics: Jon Liedtke asks PM Trudeau what government can do to reduce antisemitism
Jon Liedtke asks Prime Minister Trudeau what role the federal government had in reducing antisemitism nationally.
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Rose City Politics: Jon Liedtke asks PM Trudeau what the government will do to lower Windsor’s unemployment rate
Jon Liedtke asks Prime Minister Trudeau what the Liberal Party will do to lower Windsor’s unemployment rate considering it’s tied for highest in Canada.
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Rahim Mohamed: Justin Trudeau keeps dancing to Hamas’s tune
National Post Columnist Rahim Mohamed joins Jon Liedtke on AM800 CKLW to discuss his National Post column, “Justin Trudeau keeps dancing to Hamas’s tune”.
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AM800 CKLW: Monday Roundtable with Dan MacDonald, Jen Matotek, Lori Baldassi and Jon Liedtke
Dan MacDonald, Jen Matotek, Lori Baldassi & Jon Liedtke discuss transit fare hikes, if MPP salaries should increase, wood burning stove emissions, & more!
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THURSDAY ROUNDTABLE with Crystal Meloche, Doug Sartori, & Greg Lemay
Thursday’s Roundtable discusses adding coloured LED lights downtown, food bank demand increases while donations decrease, & do you support a carbon tax?
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WEDNESDAY ROUNDTABLE with Jeff Denomme, Melanie Coulter, and Mel Lucier
Wednesday’s Roundtable discusses Halloween costumes, when to decorate for XMAS, false COVID vax death accusations, & 4.6km of bike lanes added in 2 years.
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Tuesday Roundtable with Gavin Booth, Lorraine Goddard, & Jennifer Matotek
Tuesday’s Roundtable discusses new COVID & flu vaccines, calls to end home heating carbon tax, Ontario developers special treatment, & immigration levels.
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PM protection costs top $30 million annually
Lydia Miljan, University of Windsor Political Science head discusses that the cost to protect the Prime Minister has topped $30 million annually.
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Trudeau pans Poilievre’s approach as ‘dangerous for Canadians’
Scott Reid, CTV Political Analyst discusses Prime Minister Trudeau panning CPC leader Pierre Poilievre’s approach to politics as “dangerous for Canadians”.
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Shack People Know They’re Shack People
Jon, Melinda and Doug discuss political rebranding at all levels of government.
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Dan MacDonald Show (July 26, 2023)
COVID inquiry, cabinet shuffle, West-Nile, all-way stops, Higher Ground Music & Arts Festival, Windsor & Anishinabek police exchange, & top marks at HDGH.
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WEDNESDAY ROUNDTABLE
WEDNESDAY’S ROUNDTABLE discusses if Canada needs a COVID inquiry, a federal cabinet shuffle, West Nile detected locally, & all-way stops.
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The Liberals still don’t get it on housing
Max Fawcett, lead columnist at Canada’s National Observer discusses why the Liberals are offside on housing & why they vulnerable to Conservatives.
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Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Nate Erskine-Smith
Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Nate Erskine-Smith discusses his campaign for Ontario Liberal Party leader and Ontario premier.
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Doin’ it the French Way
Don, Jon and Doug talk about the latest developments on the Stellantis / LG Battery Plant.
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Nice Battery Plant You Got There…
Jon, Melinda and Doug dissect the drama surrounding the NextStar (Stellantis/LGES) EV Battery Plant investment.
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TUESDAY ROUNDTABLE
Universal mental healthcare, PM Trudeau vs. Poilievre, Canadians not welcome at the Panthers’ playoff games, & selfies…it’s the Tuesday Roundtable!
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AM800 CKLW: APMA’s Flavio Volpe questions if Poilievre will kill EV industry funding
APMA President Flavio Volpe questions whether Pierre Poilievre will pull St. Thomas Volkswagen funding if he becomes Prime Minister of Canada.
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CTV NEWS’ Siobhan Morris on potential healthcare deal and donor controversies for Premier Ford
Siobhan Morris, CTV Queens Park Reporter joins Lisa Williams & Jon Liedtke to discuss Premier Ford & Prime Minister Justin Trudeau healthcare deal meeting.
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The Morning Drive: Feb. 8, 2023
2023 USA State of the Union, Canada healthcare funding, The Capitol Theatre’s 100th Anniversary, & 5 dates to know for tax season.
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AM800 CKLW: Jon Liedtke interviews Tom Mulcair about the PM & premiers healthcare meeting
Tom Mulcair, CTV political analyst and former NDP leader, joins to speak about Prime Minister Trudeau and Canada’s premiers upcoming meeting on healthcare.
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The Morning Drive – Feb. 6, 2023
Chinese Spy Balloon, Canada’s premiers meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau about healthcare, the Grammys, Do you go to work sick? & NETFLIX changes password policy.
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Federal Liberals pull controversial gun bill amendments
Stephanie Levitz (Toronto Star, Ottawa Bureau) discusses the federal pulling gun bill amendments, including a new definition of assault-style weapons.
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MP Masse on Windsor’s Ambassador Bridge Blockade reimbursement
Windsor-West MP Brian Masse discusses his demand to the federal government to reimburse Windsor $5.7 million spent on the Ambassador Bridge Blockade.
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EXPLAINER: Public Order Emergency Inquiry into the convoy
Mubin Shaikh (Public Safety, National Security & Counter Terrorism professor at Seneca College) discusses the convoy public inquiry & the Emergencies Act.
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Musings on negotiations with convoys
Not quite sure how I feel about 20 people in Windsor blocking two exit lanes of the Ambassador Bridge and having the Ford Government fold under that pressure and offer to negotiate directly with them…
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Rose City Politics: Jon Liedtke asks PM Trudeau and Premier Ford about EV Rebates (VIDEO)
At the $5-billion Stellantis / LG Energy Solutions Windsor EV Battery Plant announcement, Jon Liedtke asked Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Ford about EV Rebates.
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YAHOO FINANCE: Canadian marijuana shops prepare for big business
Canadian lawmakers voted to make marijuana legal. Marijuana supporters are calling the vote historic.
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WXYZ DETROIT: Canadian marijuana shops prepare for big business
Canadian lawmakers voted to make marijuana legal. Marijuana supporters are calling the vote historic.
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CTV Windsor: Ontario plans 150 LCBO-run pot shops by 2020
CTV Windsor – The Canadian Press – Sept 8 2017 TORONTO — Ontario plans to sell marijuana in as many as 150 dedicated stores run by the province’s liquor control board after Ottawa legalizes its recreational use next summer, the Liberal government announced Friday. Those looking to purchase marijuana when it becomes legal across the…
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AM800 CKLW: ACTIVIST SAYS LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS COULD RE-INVENT WINDSOR
Co-Owner of “Higher Limits” Jon Liedtke says Windsor is the perfect place to become the cannabis capital of the country.
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CTV Windsor: Higher Limits owner excited to hear pot legalization reports
CTV Windsor – March 27 2017 Canadians should be able to smoke marijuana legally by Canada Day 2018. CTV News has confirmed the federal government intends to introduce legislation by April 20, 2017 to legalize pot. One of the owners of a Windsor cannabis lounge welcomes news that marijuana could soon be legal. “We’re so…
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GLOBE & MAIL: Trudeau’s lead on legalizing marijuana lobbied during cash-for-access fundraiser
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s point person on legalizing recreational pot was the prize guest at a Liberal Party fundraiser attended by a marijuana lobbying group at a Toronto law office that advises clients in the cannabis business.
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WINDSOR STAR: Windsor cannabis advocate named in controversy over Liberals and marijuana lobby
Did Liberal marijuana legislation czar Bill Blair violate his own party’s ethical guidelines by attending a fundraiser with cannabis advocates — such as Jon Liedtke of Windsor’s Higher Limits?
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CBC Windsor: Canadian Cannabis Confederation Supports Legalization Taskforce
CBC Windsor asked Jon Liedtke of Higher Limits & founder of the Canadian Cannabis Confederation to visit CBC studios to discuss the legalization of cannabis in Canada.
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Cannabis Life Network: INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO NEW ACMPR MEDICAL CANNABIS SYSTEM
[Cannabis Life Network] Yesterday’s announcement of new Health Canada regulations around medical cannabis was met by the cannabis community with mixed response. The new rules, Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR), replace the existing MMPR system once again allowing medical patients to grow their own cannabis at home but only by getting seeds and supplies from the licensed cannabis producers set up under…
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WINDSOR INDEPENDENT: JODIE EMERY: The Pursuit of Pot Activism
Chatting with the “Princess of Pot” about her. Cannabis Culture franchise with Marc Emery, the movement they continue to fight for, the Liberal Government and her simple solution to the problem.
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Fox 2 Detroit: Canada to likely legalize pot impacting both sides of Detroit River
[Fox 2 Detroit – Charlie Langton] The push is on to legalize marijuana in Canada. If our neighbors across the Detroit River give it the green light, a lot of metro Detroiters could head to Windsor to get high. A change in the law could have a big impact on both sides of the border.…
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Detroit News: Legal Canadian pot may lure Metro Detroiters to Windsor
Canada is moving to legalize recreational marijuana use next year and authorities here say it could mean an influx of Metro Detroiters craving cannabis.
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Merry Jane: Canada’s Legalization Plan (Finally) Has a Timeline
Any fears for the future of Canadian cannabis should’ve been arrested on 4/20 when Health Minister Jane Philpott told the UN special session on drugs that the country would introduce legislation for legalization next spring.
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WINDSOR INDEPENDENT: Clarifying Canadian Pot Policy
Trudeau’s government announced on 420 they will legalize cannabis, and considering this, it made sense to explain summarize where cannabis policy stands in Canada.
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Windsor Star: Festive Windsor pot advocates react to Canadian legalization announcement
April 20 brought the Canadian government’s strongest statements yet about the legalization of marijuana — and pot advocates at downtown Windsor cannabis lounge Higher Limits were already in a festive mood.
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The Plaid Zebra: Will Canada’s Cannabis Future Be a Stoner’s Paradise or Corporate Nightmare?
Cannabis businesses today operate on the edge of legality and are locked in a legal no-man’s land where shaping the rules for the future means navigating a maze of regulations that weave through federal and provincial law as well as local bylaws.
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WINDSOR INDEPENDENT: THE STONER SALUTE
With recent changes however to medicinal marijuana legislation, partaking in cannabis use has started to lose some of its stigma and become a part of the daily conversation.
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Blackburn News: 4:20 Is Still A Pretty Big Deal
[Blackburn News – Adelle Loiselle] There are no big protests planned in Windsor, but pot-smokers are recognizing 4:20. At Higher Limits, Windsor’s first cannabis lounge, co-owner Jon Liedtke says even though there appears to be greater social acceptance of recreational marijuana use, it’s still an important day to mark on the calendar. “Especially when you…
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Metro Times: Higher Ground: Out of the shadows in Windsor
[Metro Times – Larry Gabriel] I’ve sometimes wondered what the cannabis lounge of the future will be like when cannabis connoisseurs don’t have to sneak around and keep their pleasure on the down low. Will it have the typical bar and lounge look? Will it look like a coffeehouse? Will it have a psychedelic feel?…
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Windsor Star: Kenny vs. Spenny headline grand opening of Higher Limits
[Windsor Star – Craig Pearson] They were rude, crude and entirely inappropriate. But the cult comedy act of Kenny Vs. Spenny seemed to fit right in. The reality TV duo headlined the Friday night grand opening of Higher Limits, Windsor’s first cannabis vapour loungewhich is billed as the largest of its kind in Canada —…
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Cannabis Life Network: WINDSOR SEES OPENING OF THE CITY’S FIRST VAPOUR LOUNGE
[Cannabis Life Network] Windsor’s cannabis community has been brought to the next level with the opening of Higher Limits, a vapour lounge that owner Jon Liedtke said is the largest in the country. Less than two weeks old, Liedtke said the 6000 square foot facility was opened as direct response to Justin Trudeau’s election, earlier in the fall, a…
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WINDSOR INDEPENDENT: A Pint with Justin Trudeau & Jon Liedtke (VIDEO)
In this video, Justin Trudeau sits down with Jon Liedtke to discuss Windsor, the upcoming 2015 election, cannabis, electoral reform, single sports betting, and other topics.
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ourWindsor.ca: Toronto Police work with Windsor Police on Project Traveler
An investigation led by the Toronto Police integrated guns and drugs task-force has resulted in 42 tactical teams from 17 police agencies executing 29 search warrants in Toronto and Windsor which netted 28 arrests and saw 40 firearms over $3-million in narcotics and $572,000 in cash confiscated.