Open Sources Guelph #500 - January 2, 2024

Guelph Politicast

This week on Open Sources Guelph there's cause for celebration! Not only is this our annual year-end (or year-beginning in this case) awards show, but it's also our 500th episode and the start of year 11 for OSG! It's a good thing we have all that to look forward to because this revisiting of 2024 had us bummed in a major way. Enjoy the fun gang, because it might be the last we'll have for a while!

This Thursday, January 2, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:

Worst Politician of 2024. Well this one's going to be a lay up, right? In a year this bad though, the real competition is going to be which of the worst is really the worst? And in a year where it seemed like everyone had an incentive to embrace their worst selves, we will look to the halls of our provincial and federal legislatures to find the people who ended up on the proverbial naughty list in 2024!

Good News Story of the Year. Yes, there was some good news this year. Difficult as it was to find under mountains of black tar and festering disappointment, there were some small morsels of optimism for those willing to looking for it in 2024. From some much needed solidarity among left-leaning politicians in one European country to people on the young side ready to put up a fight, we'll bring you the good news of 2024!

Dumpster Fire of the Year. Forget about one dumpster, the whole dump seemed like it was on fire by the end of December! Similarly to the "Worst Politician" category there was a variable feast for the "Dumpster Fire" designation, and boy did we feast good all things considered. Still, there must be a winner, and for this one we've got at least one horrible trend, and at least one negligent government!

Best Politician of 2024. Did we have go to the ends of the Earth to find people to fill this category? Almost definitely in one case, but not necessarily. Even in 2024, there were still some people in government who were trying to do good, trying to make a difference, as hard as that may be to believe. For the last award of 2024, we've got two prime examples of the parliamentary system to share from both here and New Zealand!

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