{"id":30798,"date":"2025-08-12T15:23:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/?p=30798"},"modified":"2025-08-17T09:08:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:08:19","slug":"episode-393-did-the-dog-research-at-st-joes-and-lawson-need-to-be-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cklofm\/blogs\/thecraigneedlespodcast\/2025\/08\/episode-393-did-the-dog-research-at-st-joes-and-lawson-need-to-be-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 393: Did The Dog Research At St. Joe&#8217;s And Lawson Need To Be Shutdown?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week: National Post breaks story about puppies being kept in brutal conditions at St. Joseph&#8217;s Health Care and Lawson Research.<\/p>\n<p>This week: Doug Ford kiboshes the entire project.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, the Premier&#8217;s move is politically popular, but was that the right decision? Or maybe it was more complicated than some believe?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe hospital leadership could have done more to mitigate the PR nightmare?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Brendon Samuels, a researcher and a member of the City of London&#8217;s Environmental Stewardship and Action Community\u00a0Advisory Committee\u00a0joined Craig on the podcast to discuss the story.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Craig Needles Podcast is brought to you by Downtown London and the Covent Garden Market.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><div class=\"podbean-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"podbean-shortcode\" width=\"100%\" height=\"155\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=q9pk4-193098e-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=0&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=f6f6f6&amp;font-color=auto&amp;logo_link=podcast_page&amp;btn-skin=c73a3a\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\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\/ca\/podcast\/the-craig-needles-podcast\/id1593395773\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-the-craig-needles-podcast-236255548\/\">iHeart<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last week: National Post breaks story about puppies being kept in brutal conditions at St. Joseph&#8217;s Health Care and Lawson Research. 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