Open Sources Guelph #571 - May 28, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses YouTube pranksters, encampment legality, and features an interview with a transit advocate.

This week on Open Sources Guelph we get into some trouble, but not the kind that bars you from campus. The strange doings of YouTube pranksters and influencers is one of the topics this week, and so is the reaction to the latest court decision about encampments and their legality. For the interview, we will talk to a transit advocate about a piece of provincial legislation that you might have missed in the news. This Thursday, May 28, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss: Cockamamie, Notwithstanding. Last week, an Ontario court said again that the Region of Waterloo can't evict an encampment of unhoused people from the site of a proposed transit hub in Kitchener. To say that Premier Doug Ford was apoplectic about the decision is something of an understatement, and that he's open to using the notwithstanding clause to make the eviction happen, but are we really just this devoid of ideas about how to help the homeless? Off Campus. Last fall, a YouTube prankster came to campus at Ontario Tech, crashed a lecture and made some curry on a portable hotplate before starting a food fight. Probably not a great time for anyone in that classroom, and it wasn't the first…

People in this episode

Hosts: Scotty Hertz, Adam A. Donaldson

Guest: transit advocate

Topics covered

• YouTube pranksters
• encampment legality
• transit advocacy
• provincial legislation
• homelessness
• campus disruption

Keywords

• YouTube pranksters
• encampments
• Doug Ford
• transit legislation
• Ontario Tech
• homelessness
• campus life

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ontario Tech, Region of Waterloo, YouTube

Places: Kitchener

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