On The Ledge
The Ledge, n: slang for the legislature. Mostly used by members of the legislative press gallery. On the Ledge posts weekly when the Ontario Legislature is sitting. But there have been times when we've had to "recall" the Ledge for an emergency session to address pressing matters of Ontario politics when Queen's Park isn't sitting! Our OTL team includes former Ontario Premier, Kathleen Wynne, former Progressive Conservative Leader, (and Wynne's erstwhile parliamentary sparring partner), Tim Hudak, Queen's Park broadcast commentator Keith Leslie, John Wright, our veteran pollster and co-founding host, and Dave Trafford, Chief Executive Producer at Story Studio Network.
Episodes
Host: Dave Trafford Guests: Kathleen Wynne, Tim Hudak, John Wright
Episode Summary:
In this week's fiery edition of On the Ledge, host Dave Trafford is joined by Kathleen Wynne, Tim Hudak, and John Wright to unpack a turbulent week in Canadian conservative politics.
The panel dissects the fallout from the recent federal election, including Jamil Jivani’s scathing remarks about Doug Ford, rising tensions betwe...
Host: Dave Trafford
Guests: Keith Leslie, Kathleen Wynne, Tim Hudak, John Wright
Summary:
In this special post-election edition of On the Ledge, Dave Trafford convenes the panel to break down the federal election results.
Keith Leslie, Kathleen Wynne, Tim Hudak, and John Wright dive into what the Liberal minority outcome means for the country, why polling predictions missed key shifts, and how the...
On the Ledge – April 24, 2025
Host: Dave Trafford
Guests: Kathleen Wynne, John Wright, Keith Leslie, Amanda Galbraith (filling in for Tim Hudak)
In this edition of On the Ledge, Dave Trafford and the panel dig into the final days of the federal campaign. With polling margins narrowing, the conversation pivots to the strategic implications of the NDP collapse, the Conserva...
Host: Dave Trafford
Guests: Kathleen Wynne, Tim Hudak, Keith Leslie, John Wright
As Canadians look ahead to a long Easter weekend, the On the Ledge panel tackles the aftermath of the French-language leaders’ debate and the political blowback from the Ontario Place Therme spa deal.
They analyze the debate performances of Carney, Poilievre, Singh, and Blanchet, with particular focus on tone, leadership postu...
On the Ledge : April 10, 2025
Host: Dave Trafford
Guests: Kathleen Wynne, Keith Leslie, John Wright, Tim Hudak
In this wide-ranging episode of On the Ledge, Dave Trafford and the panel dig into the volatile tariff landscape shaped by U.S. trade moves, its ripple effects on Canada, and how political leaders are responding.
Broadcasting fro...
Dave Trafford leads a dynamic roundtable with political veterans Tim Hudak, Keith Leslie, and John Wright, unpacking the seismic shifts in North American trade following Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement. From the economic aftershocks of “Liberation Day” to the potential realignment of Canadian politics, the panel delivers sharp, insightful analysis. The discussion ...
Host: Dave Trafford
Guests:
- Lauren Bates – Chair, Ontario Caregiver Coalition
- Daniel Nowoselski – Advocacy Manager, Hospice Palliative Care (Canadian Cancer Society); Board Member, Ontario Caregiver Coalition
- Malene Stewart – Social Worker, Educator & Co-Chair, Caregiver Collective
Whether he was simply trying to distract from the Signal App scandal in Washington or is Trump deliberately asserting himself into the federal election campaign in Canada, the 25% tariffs on the auto sector caught Doug Ford off guard. And it appears to be the final nail in the Can-Am relationship.
In this edition of On the Ledge - your Ontario politics podcast former Premier Kathleen Wynne, former PC ...
Three days into the federal election campaign in Canada and the latest polling aggregators have seat modelling suggesting Mark Carney's Liberals are in a position to win a strong majority.
But hey! It's early yet.
One thing we do know is it's shaping up to be a very close race between the Liberals and the Conservatives.
Veteran pollster John Wright joins Dave Trafford to take the p...
Hope you enjoy it.
John Wrigth and Dave Trafford break down the details of the election call.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has set April 28, 2025 as Election Day in Canada.
AND...Donald Trump and his trade tariffs are THE BALLOT QUESTION.
Who can handle Trump? Who can manage the cultural and economic angst of Canadians?
Former Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, former Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak, Queen's Park Commentator and broadcaster Keith Leslie, and our founding pollster John Wright are around the table with Story Studio Network's Chief Executive Producer Dave Trafford.
Doug Ford and his "new" cabinet have been sworn in with a couple of new seating assignments but, for the most part, th...
Welcome to POLITICALLY SPEAKING on Now and Next. Former Bank of Canada Governor and self proclaimed political outsider, Mark Carney won't nearly 86% of the vote in his bid to be leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
He set a new tone for the party while setting his sights on CPC Leader Pierre Polievre in anticipation of a soon-to-be-called federal election and he set the stage for the coming trade war wi...
Ontario has voted and given Doug Ford another strong majority mandate at Queen's Park.
But the discussion got side-tracked by the latest GONG SHOW performance from the Oval Office. The screaming match among Donald Trump, J.D. Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has the crew wondering how the sheer chaos s...
How, if at all, will the weather affect voter turnout, which is expected to be low?
How quickly does Doug Ford need to get back to the business of governing, (assuming the polling trend doesn't turn upside down).
Some seat models suggest the Liberals and NDP would win 17 seats each based on the latest polls? They'd both have official party status. Which party would be th...
- Taking time to remember radio journalism legend Tayler Parnaby
- What's going on in Olivia Chow's office (if not her head?)
- How will Doug Ford manage what's shaping up to be a landslide majority?
(Neil's golden lab Charley also offers an opinion:)
And we talk about the ramifications of the Ontario government's failure to get its arms around the growing housing crisis and the effects the U...
But there's no indication where that money will come from.
Meanwhile, Bonnie Crombie's campaign steps on a bilingual rake during a stop in the Ottawa area.
The polls continue to suggest the Liberal...
What does a hockey game have to do with the campaign on a day when Doug Ford's in Washington and the opposition parties release their costed platforms?
With less than a week of campaigning to go, the question is which opposition party will emerge as the Official Opposition.
Two weeks ago, there was some que...
Question: How does a campaign keep volunteers and workers enthusiastic when it appears the Tories are going to run away with the election and there is still more than a week before election day?
There are a number of polls sugges...
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