Radio Topics, October 16th

As always, we are on air from 7-9am on 93.1fm in Ottawa, ckcufm.com for all the rest.

A reminder: Funding drive starts October 20th, but it's not too soon to pledge. You can pledge online through CKCU's website. Be sure to list "Tuesday Morning Special Blend" as the show you are pledging too. If you don't like the online thing feel free to email hourtwo@gmail.com and we can sort something out. This week Adam and I will talk a little bit about what we are planning on doing for

This tuesday we will see the start of a new segment in Hour 2 that looks at the experiences of newcomers to Canada. It'll air just after the 8am BBC news.

At 8:30 we will continue our look into council races with a chat with Capital Ward candidate Jay Nordenstrom.

Other things that we'll talk about include:

Court Decisions, Double Feature:
- Court Strikes down the threshold of election financing law.

-Gag Law goes to the SCC

You mean, they haven't done it already update.
- Ontario to change laws to limit Date Rape opportunities

You don't say...
-Prison System discriminatory to Aboriginals

The Hidden Homelessness
-Is not where you think. The Times looks at Rural Homelessness, and so will we.

More fun with my RSS feed:
-The times also looks at Religious tax breaks in the US.

Because I didn't talk about it on Sunday...
I'd like to take a look at equalization and whether or not we should factor in resource revenues. No link, do your own googling.