Open Sources Guelph #570 - May 21, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses political chaos surrounding a candidate nomination in Toronto and allegations of war crimes against Palestinians.

This week on Open Sources Guelph we manage the chaos. Even a simple candidate nomination meeting in the Toronto area did not go as planned for any of the people involved, and that's to say nothing of the reporting of war crimes against Palestinians in the so-called "paper of record". But if you're looking for provincial chaos, look no further that one of our western provinces, and our guest this week is going to lend some of his insights into it. This Thursday, May 21, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: South By Scarborough Southwest. A simple nomination contest in a Toronto riding to fill a vacancy at Queen's Park has turned into a tale of dysfunction and possible skullduggery. For Nate Erskine-Smith, winning the nomination was supposed to be a lift off of sorts to becoming the new Liberal leader, but now he's throwing around accusations that his 19-vote loss for the Scarborough Southwest nomination was a hatchet job. Are the Ontario Liberals okay? From Israel with Lawfare? After long being only the subject of reports from U.N. and human rights groups, allegations of sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners by Israeli Defence Forces finally made the…

People in this episode

Host: Adam A. Donaldson

Guest: Scotty Hertz

Topics covered

• candidate nomination
• political chaos
• war crimes reporting
• Ontario Liberals
• lawfare
• Palestinian rights

Keywords

• candidate nomination
• political dysfunction
• war crimes
• Palestinian prisoners
• Ontario Liberals
• lawfare
• Scotty Hertz
• Adam A. Donaldson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times, Israel Law Center, Canadian Museum of Human Rights

Places: Ontario, Toronto

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