{"id":27840,"date":"2024-08-30T13:26:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T17:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/?p=27840"},"modified":"2024-08-30T13:26:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T17:26:21","slug":"craig-needles-podcast-episode-298-friday-round-table-with-kelly-elliott-matt-newton-reid-and-shawna-lewkowitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/blogs\/2024\/08\/craig-needles-podcast-episode-298-friday-round-table-with-kelly-elliott-matt-newton-reid-and-shawna-lewkowitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Needles Podcast Episode 298: Friday Round Table With Kelly Elliott, Matt Newton-Reid And Shawna Lewkowitz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this week&#8217;s round table, Craig is joined by a panel of former Thames Centre Deputy Mayor Kelly Elliott, lawyer and former school board trustee Matthew Newton-Reid an former federal NDP candidate Shawna Lewkowitz to break down the top stories of the week.<\/p>\n<p>First, they look at the Thames Valley District School Board &#8211; which is in the middle of a scandal after Education Director Mark Fisher and 17 other executives took a trip to Toronto and stayed at the former SkyDome hotel for three nights &#8211; while the Blue Jays were playing!<\/p>\n<p>What should trustees do next?<\/p>\n<p>Then, they discuss the rising cost of getting high school students to class on LTC busses and whether Canadians actually want a federal election &#8211; followed by some surprises in local nomination races.<\/p>\n<p>The Craig Needles Podcast is powered by Downtown London and the Covent Garden Market.<\/p>\n<div class=\"podbean-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"podbean-shortcode\" width=\"100%\" height=\"175\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=vf4ef-16bb5e1-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=0&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=f6f6f6&amp;font-color=&amp;logo_link=podcast_page&amp;btn-skin=c73a3a\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Follow the show on your favourite podcast app.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/f6821161-c427-469e-ad54-a9913e45cf3e\/the-craig-needles-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Music<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4bcTUq6pZZCFbD7EDdxJpw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/News--Politics-Podcasts\/The-Craig-Needles-Podcast-p1560524\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TuneIn<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-craig-needles-podcast\/id1593395773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On this week&#8217;s round table, Craig is joined by a panel of former Thames Centre Deputy Mayor Kelly Elliott, lawyer and former school board trustee Matthew Newton-Reid an former federal NDP candidate Shawna Lewkowitz to break down the top stories of the week. 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