Episode description

A tasting menu of scandals from Ontario’s municipal and provincial governments, with a newsroom scandal thrown in for kicks. And Fuck the Police - legally! The Narwhal sues the RCMP. Lisa Taylor co-hosts. 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Lisa Taylor

Further reading: 

• Integrity commissioner clears Doug Ford after developers attend daughter’s stag and doe - Global News
• How John Tory decided to resign: the inside story of an agonizing week - Toronto Star
• Queen’s Park (QP) Briefing’s editor-in-chief, reporter quit in protest after Ford story fight - Toronto Star
• John Tory should not have resigned as mayor - Toronto Star
• How the Star broke the story on John Tory and what’s next for Toronto? - This Matters Podcast
• Charlottetown council spends more time in closed debate than in open sessions, records reveal - CBC
• Toronto police spending $337K on a podcast to avoid perception they're making 'copaganda' - CBC
• Why The Narwhal and Amber Bracken are suing the RCMP - The Narwhal

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CORRECTION: Corrections have been made about the City of Hamilton’s media accreditation proposal and the mention of Chrystia Freeland lending support to John Tory. Details can be found on our website: https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/john-tory-and-his-sin-city/

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