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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

How does this mess in the Middle East end? One War. Two End Games. Check out the latest on Substack. Subscribe while you're there:) open.substack.com/pub/davetraf...

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Are the U.S. and Israel Fighting the Same War in Iran?

One war. Two End Games.

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Niagara Region Chair quits suddenly after it’s discovered he owns a copy of Mein Kampf- signed by Hitler! He says he’s a collector of rare historic books. Is it enough for him to lose his job? Is it enough to kill any plans to amalgamate 12 Niagara municipalities? podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/o...

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Is Niagara Amalgamation Dead?

Podcast Episode · On The Ledge - your Ontario politics podcast · March 12 · 58m

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Futurist Richard Worzel says the future has never been more unpredictable. Some great insights this week on NOW & NEXT. youtu.be/vmaC-5jaE_k?...

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Preparing for an Unpredictable World Futurist Richard Worzel on Trade, War and Economic Risk

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Washington's conflicting mission objectives in Iran make the conflict all the more dangerous. RCAF Major General (Ret) Scott Clancy joined us today on NOW & NEXT.

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This week on NOW and NEXT - From Davos to Deepfakes: How Trust, Leadership, and Political Communication Are Being Redefined. Always great to get insights from @bobreidtoronto.bsky.social, Anne Marie Aikins and @lcbroadhead.bsky.social . LISTEN. SHARE. www.spreaker.com/episode/from...

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From Davos to Deepfakes: How Trust, Leadership, and Political Communication Are Being Redefined - NOW and NEXT

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

People ask me: "Are you still on the radio" and the answer is "Heck Ya". I joined Jerry Agar on NEWSTALK1010 for Party-for-Two today! www.spreaker.com/episode/doug...

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Doug Ford wants a fourth majority and Olivia Chow unveils her election year budget - NOW and NEXT

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Donald Trump and his MAGA Carta brown shirts are turning out to be the cliched lonesome losers in a bluegrass hurtin’ song. open.substack.com/pub/davetraf...

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Is "a framework of a future deal on the future deal with respect to Greenland" another TACO? or, as I like to call it Trump Urgently Reverses Direction (T.U.R.D.) Major media outlets reporting as if the sovereignty of Greenland is settled. #notsofast

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Trumps says the US “probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be, frankly, unstoppable...But I won't do that..I don't have to use force. I don't want to use force. I won't use force.” He won't use force because he doesn't think he has to use it.

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Polling done by the Economist just before Christmas suggests only around one in five Americans and less than half of Republicans support overthrowing Maduro or a military invasion of Venezuela. today.yougov.com/politics/art...

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There is scant American support for military action against Venezuela | YouGov

Majorities of Americans oppose the U.S. using military force to invade Venezuela and overthrow Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Where’s the plan behind #FordNation’s promise to open four private knee and hip clinics in Ontario? #onpoli youtube.com/shorts/1pD0l...

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Where's the plan behind Ford's promise to open private knee and hip clinics?

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Listen to "RADIO DAYS SPECIAL: Luxury Home Tax Hikes inToronto and Out of Control Healthcare Billings"ROUND ONE on Moore in the Morning www.spreaker.com/episode/radi...

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RADIO DAYS SPECIAL: Luxury Home Tax Hikes inToronto and Out of Control Healthcare Billings - NOW and NEXT

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

In this week’s edition of On the Ledge - your #onpoli podcast: As more beer stores close across Ontario and grocers are slow to take your beer, wine and spirits bottles, shouldn’t the LCBO be forced to take your empties?(The LCBO happily take your deposit at the point of sale!)

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Bracing for a wild week in politics. Team Carney doesn’t have the votes to pass its budget on Monday. And it looks like Trump Urgently Reversed Direction (T. U. R. D.) on the Epstein file vote.

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

This week’s edition of On the Ledge: The OPP reviews the books at a firm that got cash from #Ontario’s Skills Development Fund. @keithleslie.bsky.social #onpoli youtu.be/HBrfkhdZ0xg?...

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Audit of Skills Development Fund Recipient leads to an OPP inquiry

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Uh oh. It don’t look good for our @EdmontonOilers. They need three in 20 just to get to OT and extend it to game 7. Conor McDavid’s odds of being the GOAT to never win a #StanleyCup just peaked.

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Questions: How long can the NEW Democrat Party claim to be NEW? And who’s betting all three major parties will have different leaders on Jan 01/26 than they did Jan 01/25? youtu.be/NSbKlIsdCao?...

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Election Fallout Carney’s Challenges, Poilievre’s Future, and the NDP Collapse

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Anyone else getting a lot of random robo calls from Beijing? Can’t understand the voicemail but they sound like pleasant enough folks.

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

This podcast was posted a couple of hours before the English language leaders’ debate. Carney sat down (remotely) with @profgalloway.com. Canadians are responding but the audience is decidedly American. It’s a smart media move in the Trump-tariff-battle youtu.be/V11qNDDElZw?...

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Canada’s Role in a Shifting Global Order — with Mark Carney | Prof G Conversations

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Hey BlueSkyers! We’re working hard to produce #madeinCanada political analysis content. It’s independent. It’s balanced. Check it out. Do us a favour and subscribe! youtube.com/@davetraffor... Thanks, dt

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Welcome to the YouTube home of Dave Trafford's podcasts - premium analysis and commentary on politics affecting the lives, businesses, and jobs of Canadians. We focus on the politics at Toronto City ...

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Make Summer 2025 your staycation season. Interesting history piece in @thestar.com today highlighting the last time we were “at war” with the US. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

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Furious at Trump’s tariffs? Here’s one way to celebrate the idea of beating the U.S.A. on your next Canadian road trip

This land has a proud history of beating the Americans.

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Anne Marie Aikins @femwriter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Now & Next comms panel was convened on Liberation Day just before Trump delivered his latest tariff talk. We reflect on the two horse race that is our federal election @lcbroadhead.bsky.social @bobreidtoronto.bsky.social @davetrafford.bsky.social youtu.be/MovEO3K_lAo?...

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Fact, Fear & the Fight Ahead: Electing Canada's Crisis Leader

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Haven’t been here in a while but thought I’d point out Trump slapped tariffs on the Antarctic Heard and MacDonald Islands. Nobody lives there. Penguins have no comment, no money, no pockets for money. www.wired.com/story/trump-...

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Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins

The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

We’ve launched a new pod! Check out our first instalment of POLITICALLY SPEAKING. We drop it in our NOW and NEXT feed. We kicked things off this week with JohnTory Kathleen Wynne John Wright and Keith Leslie diving into Mark Carney’s coronation. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/o...

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AN OTL SPECIAL: The Carney Coronation Resets the Federal Liberal Party

Podcast Episode · On The Ledge · 2025-03-11 · 54m

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Keith Leslie @keithleslie.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Politically Speaking podcast with Kathleen Wynne, John Tory, John Wright, @davetrafford.bsky.social and me, looking at Mark Carney's resounding win as Liberal leader and PM-Designate. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

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The Carney Coronation Resets the Federal Liberal Party

Podcast Episode · NOW and NEXT · 2025-03-10 · 54m

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

It's the first show of a DOUBLE HEADER on Family Day for our On the Ledge crew. Tim Hudak, Monique Smith and Keith Leslie join DT to set the table for the Leaders' Debate set to go later this evening. Our second show goes LIVE on @newstalk1010.bsky.social at 8p! www.spreaker.com/episode/it-s...

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It's a DOUBLE-HEADER for the On the Ledge crew. Up first - the PRE-DEBATE show! - On The Ledge

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

This letter is almost psychotic.

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Doug Ford's on track to win an improbable third majority in Ontario. Now it's a race for second and official party status! Check out today's edition of On the Ledge. @amandagalbraith.bsky.social @keithleslie.bsky.social John Wright and John Tory are at the table! www.spreaker.com/episode/who-...

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Who's got the advantage in the race for second place in the Ontario election?

In this episode of On the Ledge - your Daily Ontario politics podcast: The Grits appear to be making some gains at the expense of the New Democrats. But it's n

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Seat modelling based on the latest polls raises the possibility that neither opposition party would have official party status after the election. www.spreaker.com/episode/is-t...

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Is there a chance neither the NDP nor the Liberals gain official party status at Queen's Park? - On The Ledge

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Tim Hudak and John Tory compare notes on campaign launch day. #onpoli

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Is David Peterson's 1990 election disaster a warning for Doug Ford? Check out the DAILY edition of On the Ledge - your Ontario politicis podcast for Jan. 30/25. www.spreaker.com/episode/is-d...

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Is David Peterson's 1990 election disaster a warning for Doug Ford?

The Ontario election campaign is a political marathon of daily sprints! So,here we are with the DAILY edition of On the Ledge - your Ontario Politics Podcast.

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Gerard Kennedy’s been out of politics for nearly a decade but the current political state has him itching to get back in business! youtube.com/shorts/Nx-jY...

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The Political environment might have lit a fire under former Liberal minister Gerard Kennedy!

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Welcome to On the Ledge - the DAILY edition of your #onpoli podcast. We've lined up the Traveling Wilburys SUPER GROUP of political commentators in Ontario to dissect, discuss, analyze and scrutinize this provincial campaign. The WRIT RACE has begun. LISTEN here! www.spreaker.com/episode/is-t...

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Is the ballot question in Ontario anti-Trump or anti-Ford?

Here we go! This is the first of 24, Monday to Friday, daily On the Ledge podcasts. We've lined up the Traveling Wilburys SUPER GROUP of political commentators

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The federal parliament has been prorogued. Now Doug Ford has effectively done the same thing in Ontario. He'll ask the Lt. Gov. to dissolve the ledge next week and send Ontarians to the polls Feb. 27. Ford says he needs the mandate to deal with Trump's tariffs. www.spreaker.com/episode/doug...

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Doug Ford's snap election call is a master class in retail politics - On The Ledge

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

2024 tested our moral compass to the point where we tolerate anti-semitism in 2025 in the name of tolerance. youtu.be/SxRMi3UPD6o?...

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Have we normalized anti-semitism in the name of tolerance?

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Dave Trafford @davetrafford.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Sorry folks. As bad as this week may have been - it’s the best week we’re gonna see for some time. What could go wrong when you open the prison cells for and dismiss cases against THOUSANDS of January 6 offenders? www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Already Rearrested on Gun Charges

A Jan. 6 rioter charged with lobbing an explosive device at police was arrested shortly after having his case dismissed under Trump's mass pardon.

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Stiles says NDP will work with the government to support Ontario jobs, says the cost of an election should go to a support package

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