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Ontario government rejects cap and trade PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ATTACKS FEDERAL CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN S TO RY BY E L L A H A RV E Y | P H OTO S O B TA I N E D V I A W I K I P E D I A

KATHLEEN WYNNE

LAST WEEK, the Ontario government finally killed Ontario’s cap-and-trade system after a long and painful death. The province’s cap-and-trade system was established in 2016 under Kathleen Wynne’s government through the Climate Change Mitigation and Lowcarbon Economy Act. It was designed to lower provincial carbon dioxide emissions by setting a limit (or “cap”) on the amount of carbon dioxide companies could emit.

The “trade” component came in when companies exceeded the cap and had to purchase “allowances” from other companies that had not exceeded their emissions limits.

Given the state of the environment and the rapidly deteriorating climate, having a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions seems like a good idea — but not, apparently, to the Ford government. The 2016 act that created cap-and-trade was repealed on Oct. 31 with the passage of Bill 4, The Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, after months of delay due to legal action from environmental groups.

DOUG FORD

While this means that Ford has followed through with one of the capstones of his campaign, it also leaves Ontario subject to the federal government’s carbon tax.

In June of this year, the federal government passed the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, which will impose a $20 per tonne charge on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for all provinces that don’t have their own, comparable carbon pricing scheme in place by January 2019. With the passage of Bill 4, Ontario has joined the ranks of the other renegade provinces (New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) who refuse to implement a carbon pricing scheme of their own, in what was referred to by the National Post as an “escalating spat” between provincial and federal governments.

JUSTIN TRUDEAU

Days before Bill 4 passed in Ontario, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed his revenue-neutral carbon tax rebate plan. In this plan, all of the revenue generated from the federal carbon tax (with the exception of administrative costs) will be redistributed (some say “recycled”) back to the pockets of Canadians in the renegade provinces who will be paying into the federal carbon tax. According to the Guardian, about 70 per cent of these Canadians will be directly profiting from the tax, as their rebate is expected to exceed their increased energy costs.

The idea of carbon pricing is not new. Finland was the first country to introduce a carbon tax back in 1990, and a number of countries have implemented one since then.

In theory, a combination of government regulation and the free market should encourage emitters to invest in sustainable and energy efficient practices, which, in turn should result in less emitted carbon. Several provincial carbon pricing schemes have already been implemented in Canada, some well

before the federal carbon tax was introduced. For example, the B.C. government was the first to introduce a carbon pricing scheme in North America back in 2008.

Why put a price on carbon dioxide emissions? After it was established that human activity is causing the climate to change, Canada signed an agreement with other parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) to reduce GHG emissions in order to avoid further damage to the climate. This agreement is known as the Paris Agreement, and includes other major countries such as China and the U.S., for now. In the Paris Agreement, Canada committed to reducing its GHG emissions to 30 per cent below its emissions between 2005 and 2030.

The federal carbon tax is simply one of many solutions to meet Canada’s Paris commitment. It also happens to be relatively easy to implement, and therefore serves as the low hanging fruit when addressing climate change. Carbon pricing should be complemented by a suite of other mechanisms to reduce emissions globally, including investments in a clean energy economy, increased vehicle fuel efficiency, and reduced deforestation. A valuable component of the Ontario government’s cap-andtrade system was that many of these complementary components were funded through the nearly $2 million in revenue generated by the program.

DALE BEUGIN

Economists agree that a carbon tax is one of the most simple and effective solutions for reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Furthermore, carbon taxes are not expected to harm the economy as so many critics of the federal tax claim. The Stanford Energy Modeling Forum project, which studies the economic and environmental impacts of carbon taxation, found that the economy-wide implementation of a carbon tax has long-term positive

effects on economic growth while helping reduce emissions. Dale Beugin, the executive director of Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, told Global News “the consensus is that carbon tax is going to have a small economic impact, whether positive or negative.”

PAUL ROMER

Unfortunately, the Ontario provincial government seems to be on a path to reverse this progress. In addition to scrapping cap-and-trade, the province has filed arguments with the Court of Appeal to challenge the constitutionality of the Federal government’s carbon tax. Paul Romer, a renowned economist who recently won a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on carbon pricing, said at a press conference that “one problem today is that people think protecting the environment will be so costly and so hard that they want to ignore the problem and pretend it doesn’t exist. Humans are capable of amazing accomplishments if we set our minds to it.”

Writer’s note and disclaimer: My name is Ella; I’m a U of G alumna, and I intern for Elizabeth May — MP for Saanich-Gulf Islands and the leader of the Green Party of Canada (GPC). A s Ms . May’s intern, I attend parliamentary committees, correspond with constituents, attend legislative affairs, and work closely with her legislative assistants. The catch is, I have no prior experience with or knowledge of politics. This column details my experiences learning about the political culture and proceedings on Parliament Hill.

My views are my own, and do not represent those of the GPC or of The Honourable Elizabeth May, MP.

COMPILED BY MATTEO CIMELLARO FORD SHUFFLES CABINET Following the surprising resignation of Jim Wilson — former minister of economic development, job creation, and trade — Premier Doug Ford has reshuffled his cabinet, appointing up-and-comers, while demoting underperformers.

Michael Tibollo was demoted to minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport after a poor four months as minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services. Sylvia Jones, MPP for Dufferin-Caledon, will take his place. John Yakabuski will be replaced by Jeff Yurek as the head of the Transportation Department; Yakabuski will take Yurek’s post as the minister of Natural Resources and Forestry. Bill Walker, former chief government whip, will become the minister of Consumer Services.

CHINA DETAINS THOUSANDS OF UYGHURS Many major news outlets, including the Globe and Mail, are reporting that China is detaining and imprisoning thousands of Uyghur citizens indoctrination camps. The Uyghurs are the second largest Muslim population in China and mainly live in the northwest province of Xinjiang.

Critics have called Chinese President Xi Jinping’s crackdown an ethnic cleansing.

GUELPH FOOTBALL TEAM EARNS SPOT IN YATES CUP Following a 27-22 come back win against Ottawa University on the road, the University of Guelph football team will play the Western Mustangs in the Yates Cup Ontario University Athletics championship at Western on Nov. 10 at 1 p.m.

MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS The Democrats won 220 seats in the House of Representatives securing a majority. The Republicans will maintain there majority in the senate with at least 51 seats.

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The despot of the Danube: How Viktor Orbán dismantled Hungarian democracy CREDIT: BARBARA SALSBERG MATHEWS |  @MADDYSMOM_4U

THREE DECADES AFTER THE FALL OF COMMUNISM IN HUNGARY, THE COUNTRY FACES A FAMILIAR FOE: AUTHORITARIANISM N I KO L E T T TOT H

VIKTOR ORBÁN WAS not destined to be a leader. Born the son of a poor working class couple in the humble Hungarian villages of Alcsútdoboz and Felcsút, he spent many of his childhood days as a farmhand in nearby fields, pulling beets, sorting potatoes, or otherwise playing soccer with his friends when he got the chance. At 15, he used a bathroom with running water for the first time. At 18, he was an unwilling and insubordinate conscript of the communist government, often going AWOL to watch the World Cup on television.

In spite of his youthful rebellion, or perhaps because of it, Orbán was a man of extraordinary ambition. In 1988, he co-founded the youth-oriented and decidedly liberal political party, Fidesz, under its now-defunct slogan, “Don’t trust anyone over 35.” His famous speech at the reburial of Imre Nagy, a martyr of the failed 1956 Hungarian Revolution, captured the attention of the nation by openly challenging the communist government to “face free elections” and “fulfil the will of our revolution.” Just one year later, Orbán won a seat in Hungary’s first democratic Parliament. Eight years after that he became one of the country’s youngest prime ministers — at the age of 35, no less.

Unfortunately for him, the country was struggling to cope with a burgeoning economic crisis fuelled by outstanding debts from the communist era and an uncritical embrace of Western development plans, including crippling austerity measures and the privatization of state assets to foreign investors. By the end of its first term, the Hungarian public grew impatient with Fidesz and elected to power a series of left-wing coalitions. These governments, too, failed to deliver on the promise of Western-style economic prosperity, particularly as the global financial crisis began to take hold in 2008. Their failure, coupled with a number of embarrassing corruption scandals and political gaffes, considerably weakened the position of the Hungarian-left ahead of the 2010 elections. Fidesz returned to power with a landslide two-thirds majority in Parliament — but this time, things were very different.

According to Paul Lendvai’s Orbán, the Hungarian strongman was power-hungry and embittered by nearly a decade in the political

wilderness; having long since abandoned his commitment to liberal democracy, he now sought to create “a central political force field” of unhindered single-party rule that would last for the “coming 15 to 20 years.” He’s already halfway there.

The first step was to corrupt the institutions designed to uphold democratic norms. A new constitution was announced in 2011, and after just nine days of deliberation in Parliament without any previous national consultation, the Orbán majority adopted it into law. Thanks to this change, Parliament gained new jurisdiction over nominations to the constitutional court and soon took advantage of this power to expand the number of justices on the bench from 11 to 15; each of the party’s appointees were Fidesz loyalists, granting the government a definite majority in the judicial branch. Fidesz also passed laws to purge the state’s key public offices, including those of the prosecutor general and the head of the election commission. These positions, too, were later filled by party loyalists.

To guarantee Fidesz’s continued electoral success, Orbán slashed the number of elected representatives in Parliament from 386 to 199 while egregiously gerrymandering the new constituency boundaries.

In 2014 and 2018, Fidesz retained its two-thirds majority in Parliament despite securing less than half the vote each time.

Next, Orbán assumed control of the media by unifying all public services under the authority of Fidesz allies and by generously assisting the consolidation of private media into the hands of friendly oligarchs.

Today, the party owns, directly or indirectly, over 90 per cent of all media in Hungary.

This friendly media environment has granted the government a mouthpiece with which to relentlessly promote anti-immigrant propa g a nd a a nd u nfou nde d conspiracies about the role of Hungarian-born billionaire, George Soros, in funding the wave of refugees seeking asylum in Europe.

Curiously, stories about government corruption — including an investigation by a German NGO that revealed how four Fidesz-friendly oligarchs received €1.8 billion worth of public contracts in just six years — often fail to receive coverage.

There are of course many in the country who have expressed

concern over these recent developments. “It has become irrefutable that the country is not democratic,” said Zoltán M., a 46-year-old wrestling coach in an interview with The Ontarion, “Viktor Orbán continues to slip into autocracy.” Nevertheless, others feel that condemnation of Orbán by international leaders and political bodies is unfair. Their perspective is perhaps best summarized for The Ontarion in the words of Hungarian schoolteacher Angelika O.: “Why do some people think that a democratically-elected government (that won a two-thirds majority three times in a row) should be overruled from the outside because it has a different position on certain issues than the groups that call themselves the guardians of democracy?”

Arguably, Orbán was a harbinger for the illiberal populism that is now visible in an increasing number of Western democracies.

His anti-democratic tactics have been faithfully adopted in Poland by the ruling Law and Justice Party. His polarizing rhetoric has also been embraced by other illiberal leaders, perhaps most strikingly in President Trump’s recent suggestion that Soros has

personally funded a caravan of Honduran migrants seeking to reach America. What remains to be seen is to what extent the citizens of Hungary, and the citizens of all other societies facing the rise of

similarly authoritarian figures, will tolerate attacks on their democracy.

Editor’s note: The last names of those interviewed have been withheld for privacy reasons and safety concerns.

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Acclaimed Canadian playwright Judith Thompson’s Lion in the Streets comes to U of G Mainstage THE STORY OF A HARD-HITTING PRODUCTION’S REEMERGENCE AFTER 28 YEARS OF REFLECTION A DA M M AU E

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U OF G PROF. Judith Thompson’s Lion in the Streets is heavy. The play is about a murdered nine-yearold Portuguese immigrant named Isobel, who returns to the world 17 years later in search of her killer.

In her purgatory-like state, Isobel witnesses the suffering, violence, and pain of other people’s lives.

The play is dark and surreal, often going into the depths of human nature. “It’s all brought to the surface — the truth,” Thompson told The Ontarion.

The play was inspired by the 1983 abduction and murder of a young girl in Toronto named Sharin’ Morningstar Keenan.

Thompson wrote the play in 1990, and it premiered that year at duMaurier World Stage Festival in Toronto, winning the Chalmers Award in 1991. Since the play’s premiere, 28 years ago, Thompson has decided to revisit Lion in the Streets as a Mainstage production, citing its themes’ continued relevance in today’s society.

The play is structured in a series of interlocking scenes, each revealing different lives that only Isobel can witness. These are the lives of desperate people confronted by evil.

Of Isobel, Thompson said, “All those primal instincts inside us come to the surface because of Isobel’s presence, and then she graces the victim and offers them something.”

Isobel is in a world of lost souls, a world of hell, a world of suffering that still continues today.

“She is lost at the beginning,” Thompson explains. “It’s one of the things she yells out: ‘I am lost

and we are all lost’ and this ‘is my house but is not my house.’”

“I think that we can identify with Isobel in the sense that we all feel like ghosts from time to time,” said Thompson. “We are searching for something, we want to be empowered and yet we have been disempowered, and we say ‘this is my world but is not my world.’”

When asked if there had been any changes made to the play for this upcoming performance, Thompson said, “ There’s one scene that is so graphic, so difficult. It’s a boyfriend forcing his girlfriend to recount a rape and to pretend that she enjoyed it. I did change the text — I made it milder. And then [the cast] wanted to go back to some of the more graphic images [so we] put back some but not everything.”

Yes, this is a powerful play. It is direct, expressive, and confrontational. It’s ultimately a triumph of

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Judith Thompson is a U of G professor and renowned playwright.

human spirit that’s one of peace, forgiveness, and salvation.

Lion in the Streets plays at the George Luscombe Theatre from Nov. 10 to 18.

Great Lake Swimmers to visit Guelph in November TONY DEKKER SPEAKS ABOUT THE INSPIRATION AND PROCESS FOR NEW ALBUM L AU R A VAU TO U R

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GREAT L AKE SWIMMERS’ 2018 album, The Waves, The Wake, is comparably different to past records. Singer-songwriter Tony Dekker wanted to challenge himself and chose to omit the acoustic guitar to focus more on his vocals.

The result is a harmonious record that touches on past albums while adding a fresh curiosity to see what could be next. The record is compelling with its themes of society and nature intertwining and the yearning for humanity to connect with our progressive world more thoughtfully. Dekker spoke

with The Ontarion about the record in a phone interview.

Laura Vautour: 2018 marks the 15th anniversary of your band. How would you describe the evolution of the band’s sound?

More specifically, with your most recent album, The Waves, The Wake, and your choice to omit the acoustic guitar?

Tony Dekker: We were originally doing a kind of folk-inspired thing and I think that’s still what we are doing. But I felt we had brought our sound to a certain point and I wanted to try and find a way to do something a little different. My way of doing that was to try to write and record songs without using the acoustic guitar, which was my main instrument. I found that was really effective in opening up avenues for other collaborations. With the new album, we have progressed to a more minimal sound, but also one that has a wider palette of acoustic instruments. [Instruments] like harp, pipe organ — and marimba is

another big one — we have incorporated all of those into our sound.

It’s opened things up for me musically; it’s got my mind thinking in a different way.

LV: You mentioned in your CBC interview in August that it was a challenge to push yourself to focus solely on your vocals.

What are some challenges you and the band have experienced while redefining your sound?

TD: I feel like with this album we are turning a corner and I think there is still room to go even deeper and further out. It’s a good challenge, you know? And I’m enjoying it. There’s still lots of ground to cover. It’s a challenge in one way, but it’s great, because I can really focus in on one thing when I’m just singing, rather than trying to play a guitar competently as well as sing.

LV: You earned your degree in literature at Western University before entering the music scene in Toronto. What would be your advice for upcoming artists who are students or recent graduates?

TD: I think the best advice is to not get into the music industry if you can help it. It sucks. Beyond that, if you really feel that you have some reason to make music and are crazy enough to try and embrace it then I would say, the

focus really has to be on the art and the songs and the music. For me anyway, it is about the music first and the art of listening, and it’s about making good art to share with people; making sure that you really have something to say and digging deep. Then it may be worth your while in the end.

G reat La ke Swi m m ers perfo rm at the Roya l Ci ty Chu rc h i n G u el ph o n Thu rsd ay, Nov. 22 .

Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. To read the full interview visit our website at theontarion.com.

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Singer-songwriter Tony Dekker (middle) focussed more on his vocals during the songwriting process of the latest Great Lake Swimmers album.

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Surefire Sweat brings the heat back to Guelph A NIGHT OF LIVE MUSIC EXCELLENCE S TO RY & P H OTO BY A DA M M AU E

SUREFIRE SWEAT returned to Guelph on Nov. 3 after playing the recent Guelph Jazz Festival in September. This time, the band played at Silence, delivering a fiery two-set show to an intimate audience. I was there, and would like to tell you that this band played its butt off.

The five-piece Toronto-based band plays a mixture of Afrobeat, funk, jazz, blues, and brass music with great fluidity, energy, and passion. The band played originals, along with some covers.

The audience was bobbing their heads along to the music, and afterwards, I heard one audience member exclaim, “Wasn’t that amazing, aren’t you glad you didn’t miss this show?” Thank the live music gods I was there.

The band played it mean, as in, these musicians have serious musical chops. From my seat I could

hear Elena Kapeleris take in a big breath before unleashing saxophone savagery onto the audience.

Paul MacDougall played his guitar with crisp, clean-toned, hold-yourbreath, bite. Liam Smith played the bass with a tight, groovy, punch. Drummer Larry Graves and palm drummer Dave Chan supplied duel-percussion symbiosis with zeal. And, most importantly, they all listened to each other play and pass the moment. They pulled and released.

I talked to Surefire Sweat after the show and got the sense that this is a real, honest, and committed live band. And as the night ended I looked out at the tiny room where the audience had been and I thought, wow, I bet everyone that was here is going home happy.

To paraphrase something Graves said during his set: live music is where it’s at. Amen to that.

Surefire Sweat burn up the night at Silence.

Rapper Quavo fails to lead his debut studio album in a successful direction QUAVO HUNCHO ALBUM REVIEW MANNAN SHARMA

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FOLLOWING THE JANUARY release of The Migos’ Culture II LP, it was rumoured that hip hop artist Quavo would be releasing a solo album sometime this year. We’ve seen Quavo’s ability to perform through the numerous features he’s racked up in the past two years. He’s also helped make his hip hop group, The Migos, a household name. Sadly, prominent

features like Drake, Travis Scott, Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and fellow Migos members weren’t enough to save this record.

The first track of the album, “Biggest Alley Oop” is about Quavo and the extravagant lifestyle he lives. The next track of the album, “Pass Out,” features Atlanta native, 21 Savage, and details the money Quavo has and the extravagant lifestyle he lives, which is a continued theme throughout the album.

The Migos have never been about lyricism, but the combination of three members made each track different. Without the assistance of fellow Migos members, Offset and Takeoff, Quavo seems to fall short. Tracks such as “Fuck 12” and “Keep That Shit” showcase the same hook, repeated over and over again. “Fuck 12”

in particular attempts to make a statement about the Black Lives Matter movement by sampling one of Malcolm X’s speeches at the beginning of the song and rapping about issues that African Americans face, but instead the lyrics get off-topic and focus more on money, women, and drugs.

In the song, Quavo raps: “Judging me off the face tats / And I’m black / Whips on my back,” and in another part, “Choppa hold a hunnid / If I wasn’t real, I would be a hunnid / So that mean everything authentic / Every car I get, windows presidented.”

The production of the album is lackluster. Once you’ve listened to it for the second time, you’ll notice every track just sounds the same.

Compared to the 2017 release of Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho — Quavo’s studio album collaboration with Travis Scott — which had unique samples and creative production, Quavo Huncho just seems to fall flat.

With repetitive hooks and basic wordplay, the songs are catchy,

making the album great to play at clubs — but that alone can’t save it.

Quavo Huncho is simply too ordinary, which there is too much of nowadays.

Quavo Huncho was released on Oct. 12 via Capitol Records, Motown and Quality Control Music.

TOP TEN ALBUMS

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SANDRO PERRI* In Another Life (Constellation)

JOCK TEARS* Bad Boys (Inky)

SARAH DAVACHI* Gave in Rest (Ba Da Bing!)

DUMB* Seeing Green (Mint)

DILLY DALLY* Heaven (Dine Alone)

CAT POWER Wanderer (Domino)

LINDSAY BEAVER* Tough As Love (Alligator)

VISHTEN* Horizons (Self-Released)

ACID BUNNY* High School Fantasy (Bent River)

KALLE MATTSON* Youth (Self-Released) *Canadian Artist

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The Elwins talk about future plans and postsecondary education BONAVISTA TOUR STOPS IN GUELPH

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“Feurd has a blue birthmark on his left butt cheek. If you can make that the headline I would really appreciate it.”

Left: The Elwins’ singer and guitarist Matthew Sweeney engages the audience and steps out into the crowd during their performance at The Guelph Concert Theatre.

Top right: At the Elwins’ Friday night concert, it’s hard to tell who was having the most fun: the audience, or the band themselves. Frankie Figliomeni (left), Feurd (right).

ON FRIDAY, NOV. 2, The Elwins performed at the Guelph Concert Theatre as the opening act of the Bonavista tour with alt-rock band USS. Before the show, I sat down with drummer Travis Stokl, and bassist Frankie Figliomeni to talk about touring, musical influences, and mysterious birthmarks. The band was exceptionally friendly and easy to talk to, and it was abundantly clear, both on stage and off, that to them making music is all about creating joy and exploring new ideas.

Hannah Stewart: I know that the band began as a duo in high school. On that note, when and how did you know that making music was something that you wanted to do for a living?

Travis Stokl: I started the band with Matt, the singer and guitar player of the band, and I guess over time we just started getting more shows. I think [Matt] wasn’t sure he wanted to do it for the rest of our lives, but as we had a little bit more success from releasing our first EP and our first album, it was more solidified that we were actually a band and that was our job.

HS: You have some pretty unique music videos — the video for “Show Me How to Move” is particularly cool.

What sort of process is involved in creating them?

FF: A lot of the videos we’ve made lately have just been with friends of ours. For that one [“Show Me How to Move”], our good friend Zach Rose directed it, with some help from some of our other buds, so the process was basically hanging out in a living room and talking about some ideas we thought would be funny.

HS: Do you have any new projects on the horizon?

FF: We just recorded six songs in a studio in Toronto, so that will probably turn into an album.

TS: We’ve been playing three of

[those songs] on this tour.

FF: We might have another video coming out soon, and we might release a Christmas song — or just a general holiday song.

HS: Since this is a university newspaper, do you want to share anything about your educational background and how it has influenced your musical careers?

TS: Only one member, Feurd, got his degree in jazz at Humber.

FF: Since I didn’t go to university or college, if I don’t know something, I use that as an excuse — like, “hey, I only went to high school.” It’s kind of nice to have that excuse ready to go.

TS: I remember high school fondly because you learned [how] to meet people, and I haven’t been in that kind of environment for a while. I mean we are in a job where we meet people all the time, but I think when you see them day after day, it’s different. For the first two years [following high school] I really craved that, but then you just learn to live with it.

FF: We can always go back to college when we’re in our sixties and seventies.

HS: Do you have any fun or unique facts about yourselves that you would like to share?

TS: I don’t mind the smell of skunk. A friend of mine once told me to think of mini wheats, but on fire. That’s what I think of when I smell skunk.

FF: Feurd has a blue birthmark on his left butt cheek. If you can make that the headline I would really appreciate it.

HS: Is there anything else that you would like to add?

FF: Stay in school if you want to; drop out if you want to. Follow your heart, follow your mind, call a loved one.

Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. To read the full interview visit our website at theontarion.com.

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The Downtown Theatre Project crawls under your skin with Bug SMALL COMMUNITY THEATRE GROUP SOLIDIFIES THEIR PLACE IN GUELPH THEATRE SCENE WITH SECOND PRODUCTION STORY BY KAREN K. TRAN & PHOTOS BY TIM CLARKE JUST IN TIME for Halloween, The Downtown Theatre Project (DTP) presented Bug by Tracy Letts from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4. The small crew of nine and cast of five proved their potent capability by putting together an unnerving show that left audience members itching in their seats.

The horror-drama revolves around Agnes (Jen Barson) and Peter Evans (Bryndyn Boonstra) and their mad love story as they descend into fear and paranoia of their motel room being infested with bugs.

“There was a fruit fly or something that was drawn to the light during one of the shows, and it was

funny because I heard during the intermission, an audience member saying ‘I thought I was going crazy and actually seeing bugs!’” director and co-producer Tim Clarke told The Ontarion in an interview before Saturday night’s show. “But there are no — or at least there shouldn’t be — live bugs in the show. It’s up to the audience to decide whether the bugs are real or not.”

From the colour palette of the dingy motel room set to the ’90s costumes and the characters’ Oklahoma accents, it’s clear that DTP have put a lot of research and effort into making the play as authentic as possible. The shallow

stage and one entrance and exit meant the challenge of designing the show was to maximize use of the available stage space.

“If you’re sitting in the front row to watch the show, your neck might get a little sore because you’re constantly having to refocus your attention on characters on the opposite side of the stage,” said Clarke. “I kind of like that, because it makes you feel like you’re in the room, just watching someone’s conversation.”

No stranger to horror, having played the titular role in Curtain Call Productions’ Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street earlier

this year, Boonstra took on his first non-musical role starring as Peter Evans in Bug. “ B eing on a sma ll s t a ge, ever y thing needs to look as real as possible,” said Boonstra.

“Whereas with a big theatre, you can get away with a little bit more fiction because the audience is so far away that they can’t tell that the props are fake.”

Audible gasps were heard from the audience during some of the gorier moments of the play. Where other production companies would probably have chosen to forego the excessive use of fake blood to preserve the look of their costumes

and props for the next showing, DTP pulled no punches when it came to their dedication to drama. The effect is shocking and truly horrific, ensuring audience members stay tethered to the play’s intensity.

Though DTP only launched in March of this year, their third production is already well underway with a one-act comedy called God of Carnage, planned for December.

So far, DTP has made a home at The Making-Box, where the company aims to produce four small shows per year.

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Bryndyn Boonstra’s character, Peter Evans, shows off a wound that he believes to be caused by a bug infestation.

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bout a decade ago I taught a student whose story I felt compelled to share as 1 in 5 Mental Well-being Awareness Week takes place between Nov. 4 and 10. For the purposes of this article I will call this student Greg, though that was not his name. Greg was invisible when I taught him Grade 10 English. He was 14 and new at the school. He showed up to class in body, but he never spoke or handed in any assignments. He quickly vanished at the end of each class. Needless to say, he was failing the course.

I asked the office about Greg’s background, thinking perhaps he had special learning needs. That’s when I learned his mother had recently died of cancer. After learning this, I asked Greg to stay after class. Once we were alone, I shared my own mother’s story with him.

My mom came to Canada from Hungary as a 14-year-old orphan. The Holocaust set in motion nightmare after nightmare. When my mom was six years old, her father was snatched from her family and forced into a special army unit for Jewish men. Jews replaced dogs to find landmines. Needless to say, he never returned. At 11 years old, my maternal grandmother was gassed to death at Dachau Concentration Camp. My mom then lived in the ghetto with her little sister and younger cousins before being rescued and eventually brought to Canada.

When mom started her new life in Toronto, she had a choice: she could either hold on to her grief or choose to live her life so her parents would be proud of her. She chose the latter. She used the gift of life to become a special education teacher, married my father, raised a family, and took in foster children from both the Jewish Family and Children’s Service and Catholic Children’s Aid Society. Today, at age 86, she continues to help others through different kinds of volunteer work.

I asked Greg one more thing: “Why don’t you try living your life so your mother would be proud of you?”

As the months unfolded, Greg began participating in class discussions and handing in work. His marks improved and he made friends in class. One day he stayed behind and asked me, “Did you see I’m participating more?” To which I replied, “Oh yes. I’m proud of you, and I know someone else who is very proud of you too.”

Grief can hit you any time. It can be due to many things, such as the loss of a loved one, going to a new school, or a change of living arrangements. It can be overwhelming or like a dull throb in the background. But there are things you can do for yourself and others who are experiencing grief.

Everybody deals with grief in different ways. University of Guelph Counsellor, Stella Mfoafo-M’Carthy, explains: “Different strategies work differently for different people. Friends and family can offer practical assistance, such as meal preparation, housecleaning, and so on. They do not have to be prescriptive in their support — do not tell people how they should feel and what they should do. The person who has experienced the loss needs time to identify and express their feelings. Friends and family can ask open-ended questions and be supportive of the person. Sometimes just being present, sitting with the person in silence, or giving a hug, if requested by the person, can help. Ask how you can be helpful and don’t make assumptions.”

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• Seeking support from friends and family • Getting professional counselling • Keeping a grief diary, memory book, collage, or jar to record thoughts and feelings in • Joining a support group • Taking care of your physical health • Crying if and when needed • Participating in life-giving activities with others, and not isolating yourself Sel M Mullins, a registered massage therapist and grief ritual facilitator, suggests students find safe ways to ‘externalize’ their grief, especially when they feel it rising to the surface. This can be done by yelling out their feelings in a private space away from others, sharing grief with compassionate friends in self-created ‘releasing rituals’ next to bodies of water. Water in nature, for example, can help to release tears of grief.

Best-selling author Laurie M. Martin is a certified trauma specialist and a critical incident responder who believes grief shows itself in many ways. Martin has been involved with several disasters, including the Oklahoma City Bombing, the Walkerton Water Crisis, 9/11, and most recently the hurricanes in 2018.

The Ontarion had the opportunity to ask Martin what can help people who are working through grief.

Martin suggested using the analogy of a suitcase: “Allow yourself to go into that suitcase and pull out some thoughts and feelings, think about them, then return them.

“If we did that daily, it would help us to understand and feel, instead of keeping it all locked up with the lid closed,” Martin continued. “If a person is feeling pain, own it, think about it, feel it, don’t handle it too long, put it back into the suitcase, and go on with your day.

“If grief comes rushing up again, even if it’s 15 minutes later, grab it, own it, feel it, think about it, and put it back in the suitcase. The more we do this, the more we’re doing the work of grief,” Martin explained. “All of a sudden, time will go along and you will notice you’re not grabbing those thoughts and feelings as often. This is a good sign, as long as you know you have to do this work once in a while as part of your healing.”

When I’m flooded with sadness, I think of my teenage mother living her life so her parents would be proud of her. Then I remember Greg, who is living his life, making his mother proud. The work of grief can be long and difficult, but working through it helps make it more manageable. Doing this work is an important way to honour what you are grieving and move towards leading a happier life.

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• For after-hours mental health support, call Good2Talk, a free confidential and anonymous helpline that offers counselling for Ontario’s post-secondary students at 1-866-925-5454 or go to www.good2talk.ca • Wellness Education Centre, 519-824-4120 x 53327 wellness@uoguelph.ca • Student Support Network, peer-support drop-in service, located in Raithby House • Crisis Text Line, students can text U of G to 686868 using their text or SMS-enabled device.

No data plan or Internet connection required • Counselling Services, 519-824-4120 x 53244 counsell@uoguelph.ca • Multi-Faith Resource Team, 519-824-4120 x 58104 faith@uoguelph.ca

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@theontarion How to get rid of the dreaded next-day soreness GET AN INTENSE WORKOUT, AVOID TENSE MUSCLES R AC H E L W E I T Z

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THE GUELPH GRYPHONS Athletics Centre is a state-of-theart facility that offers a variety of equipment, group exercise classes, and recreational sports. Regardless of what you choose to engage in, make sure you know what parts of your body are working and how your specific workout affects them.

While some people claim stretching is tedious and takes time out of their exercise routine, it is a necessary component of your workout.

Stretching is key, especially if you wish to avoid achiness after you wake up the next day. Fitness instructors will always include stretching at the end of group exercise classes, but if you’re on your own, there are several factors related to stretching that are important for everyone to know.

Firstly, stretching should be done once your muscles are warm — this implies that you actually need to warm up! Warming up will decrease the amount of resistance you get from each position, which in turn will allow you to relieve more tension by further elongating your muscles. According to Jami Kastner’s 2017 LIVESTRONG article, five to 10 minutes is sufficient for most exercise routines.

She warns not to shorten the time

spent warming up, even if you’re running short on time. Stretching cold increases the likelihood of pulling a muscle — every gym rat’s greatest concern.

Contrary to popular belief, stretching is not just a cool-down activity, it needs to be done consistently throughout your workout.

Doing this intermittently keeps your muscles relaxed during each exercise, which will increase your overall performance. If you’re the time-conscious person at the gym, stretching during your rest periods in between exercises can keep you on track.

It should not be done at random, though. Make sure you’re stretching the specific muscles you’ve worked in each activity. For example, you wouldn’t stretch your glutes on chest day.

The length of time that each position is held is the most important factor. In a research report published in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, physical therapist Phil Page noted that each position should be held for 10 to 30 seconds. Holding it for longer gets you limber and relieves tension, with the additional benefit of increasing flexibility. To get the most out of your stretches, do two

to four repetitions of each position.

In my experience, failing to do any one of these makes me sore the next day. Although, nothing is worse than not stretching at all.

Never cut down on stretching to make more time for exercising. If anything, shave a bit of time off your workout routine so you can make time to properly cool down.

Stretching improves your muscle health, makes your workout more efficient, and helps get rid of that next-day soreness.

While some people claim stretching is tedious and takes time out of their exercise routine, it is a necessary component of your workout.

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Media Literacy Week in Canada, addressing problematic sexual content in the media WHY YOU SHOULDN’T RELY ON TELEVISION AND MOVIES FOR SEX ED. TA S H A FA LC O N E R

CANADA’S SECOND annual Media Literacy Week is taking place from Nov. 5 to 9. According to the Media Literacy Week website, being media literate means you understand the techniques and impacts of media messages.

While becoming media literate includes various concepts, I am going to focus on how the media can impact sexuality.

Many people get at least some of their sexual education from the media. This is especially true when it comes to television and movies.

A review by Monique Ward, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, found

that sexual content is prevalent in television and movies, but varies by genre. For example, talk shows have a lot of sexual talk whereas primetime television portrays more explicit sexual acts. While sexual content is not typically graphic; it consists of mostly verbal innuendos or less explicit acts like kissing.

There are large differences in the way men’s and women’s bodies are sexualized in the media. Specifically, women are seen nude and as sexual objects more often than men. Additionally, sexual harassment against women is common.

Television and movies typically follow a heterosexual couple, in A scene from Insatiable, in which characters Patty Bladell and Brick Armstrong plan to have sex. Brick gives Patty a box of condoms. | Netflix screenshot by Tasha Falconer.

A scene from To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, in which characters Lara Jean and Peter Kavinsky make out in a hot tub. | Netflix screenshot by Tasha Falconer.

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which traditional sexual roles and the sexual double standard (in which men are praised for their sexual activity, while women are shamed for theirs) are the norm.

While it is important to understand what is being shown, it is equally important to be aware of what is not.

Generally, there is a lack of diversity in television and movies. There is also a lack of sexual content about masturbation and women’s sexual desire.

Sexual planning and physical sexual consequences are not often shown. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), contraception, pregnancy, and abortion are rarely discussed or depicted. If consequences are shown they tend to be emotional, such as pain, embarrassment, or betrayal.

The media’s lack of showing physical risks may make it seem like these are not associated with having sex, and ignores that there are ways in which

you should protect yourself.

What impact can the things we view have? It depends on what you are watching and how invested you are. Watching a lot and being heavily invested in the sexual content in television and movies can increase stereotypical attitudes, acceptance of sexual harassment and rape myths, and dysfunctional beliefs regarding relationships and marriage.

Some studies have shown an impact on sexual behaviour, such as having more sexual partners, but this research indicates that this is an indirect effect, in that the media can affect attitudes, which can then impact behaviours.

Overall, it is important to be aware of what you are watching and how realistic it is. This critical thinking will help to ensure you are getting accurate information about sexuality.

Watching a lot and being heavily invested in the sexual content in television and movies can increase stereotypical attitudes, acceptance of sexual harassment and rape myths, and dysfunctional beliefs regarding relationships and marriage.

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@theontarion What do you know about time management?

HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF PRECIOUS STUDY TIME WITH THE HELP OF THE LIBRARY EMMA EVENDEN

ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT seem like the semester just started, we are in fact ending midterms and approaching finals. This time of year is always stressful — with classes, assignments, and heavilyweighted exams all happening within a short period of time, it seems as though there just aren’t enough hours in the day. I get swamped easily during these times — in my mind I feel like I don’t have the time to complete everything I need to with a high degree of quality, so I sometimes think it’s better if I just ignore it. However, this really is not the best way to alleviate crunch-time stressors.

As a student, I always believed the library was a place where I could find assistance academically. I had never considered that getting help with studying and learning fell under this umbrella.

My studying methods had always been an amalgamation of writing cue cards, procrastinating, and watching videos to better understand concepts five minutes before my exam. Needless to say, it’s not the most effective way to study.

What I wish I had known sooner in my university career is that, like writing appointments, students can book free studying appointments with a peer. I found that after meeting with one of the learning peers last winter, I had a better understanding of why I was procrastinating so much, and learned strategies to combat it.

The peer suggested that over the course of the semester I was writing notes without reviewing them, so when it came time for the exam I had to re-learn large amounts of information, rather than just solidifying the tough concepts. She had tips about avoiding memorization and replacing it with understanding, and other study strategies. She made a conscious effort to accommodate my personal learning style and we came up with a game plan to tackle upcoming exams.

One of the tips the peer gave me was to start scheduling my days so I would feel more accountable for what needed to be done each day. I started by printing off some of the library’s “daily task lists” and filled them out accordingly. I found it was a great way to have an overview of the week, without things becoming unmanageable and overwhelming. I have since graduated to using a daily planner. It’s nothing too fancy, but it allows me to keep all my scheduling in one place, instead of on a loose piece of paper. Because I am currently on co-op at the library, I don’t have nearly as many due dates to remember, but I still catch myself filling out my planner.

If you are struggling with procrastination or time management, I would suggest looking at some of the online resources.

The library’s course guide on time management was a great jumping off point. It has a bunch of tips and links to other websites that have beneficial information. The best tip I read there was to avoid taking breaks that are too engaging — like checking Instagram or watching Netflix. I tend to take these “breaks” for longer than I want because I end up spending an hour watching calligraphy videos (which are surprisingly satisfying).

Instead, try taking a 10-minute walk around the block or campus to clear your head and get some fresh air — it really works for me!

If there’s one thing I’d love for you to take away from this article, it’s that managing your time is a process. It’s ultimately a lifestyle change that can take some time getting used to. Don’t be too hard on yourself if you slip up — everyone does. Just know there are resources to help you build the skills you need to get your time under control.

Next week I’ll be writing about what writing appointments at the library are all about!

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As a student, I always believed the library was a place where I could find assistance academically. I had never considered that getting help with studying and learning fell under this umbrella.

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@theontarion Pittsburgh synagogue massacre leaves 11 dead, community mourns WE ARE STRONGER THAN HATE | RACHEL WEITZ ON SATURDAY, OCT. 27, 11 people were murdered in the Tree of Life Sy nagog ue (Etz Chaim) in Pittsburgh. According to friends and relatives of Squirrel Hill community members, the historical Jewish neighbourhood the synagogue belongs to, a baby naming service was being held at the time of the attack.

Rober t Bowers, a 46 -yearold white man from Baldwin, a suburb of Pittsburgh, has been charged with the murders.

For someone to walk into a place of worship and interrupt any religious ceremony is horribly offensive. For someone to walk into a place of worship, scream for the annihilation of the people there, and open fire on their congregation… that’s another story.

As a Jew, I feel connected to the victims of the attack. I could have been at temple, peacefully practicing Judaism and rejoicing over new life with my family and friends. The congregation of Etz Chaim fell victim to the brutality of a white nationalist.

Bowers’s guilt is for the courts to decide, but what we do know is that he demonstrated his antisemitic views online. His horrific social media posts are critical to the investigation of the attack, as they are indicative of his antisemitic motives. On a social media website called Gab, his profile includes several xenophobic and anti-semitic posts. One post in particular refers to illegal immigrants as “invaders” of the United States.

This was a term he also used to describe Jews. Bowers further used a hateful word historically used to denigrate Jewish people in a couple of his Gab posts. “ Tr ump is sur rounded by

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“… the lives of minorities matter, too. We all matter.

Let’s take this on together.”

A young child visits the tribute graves outside Tree of Life Synagogue with flowers. | Photo obtained via LA Times

[them],” wrote Bowers, “[t]here is no #MAGA as long as there is a[n] infestation.”

Just 11 minutes before the first shots were fired, Bowers wrote that he could no longer be a bystander to his people getting “slaughtered.”

I am shocked by the atrocity of the event, but I am not surprised.

As long as nationalism and white supremacy have existed, so has anti-semitism. White nationalists are equal opportunity haters. Even if Jews are of eastern European descent (Ashkinazi is the Jewish term) and racially white, we are different. In an episode of United Shades of America on CNN, a Klansman called the Jews a “dirty race,”

a view that is not limited to the Ku Klux Klan. It is an opinion held by many Americans and Canadians alike. It is seen in Europe with the rise of the alt-right as well. For a Jew in North America, hate is almost inescapable.

Even though we, too, are white racially, white nationalists will demonize Jewish people time and time again. This hypocrisy and lack of logic is a common occurrence among white nationalists, which it makes them all the more dangerous to citizens who do not conform to their arbitrarily designated ideals.

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densely populated by Jews, an Orthodox synagogue (Chabad Flamingo) had the windows and front doors smashed with rocks. After that, not only were my eyes opened to hate, my heart was ripped open to it as well. This happened just seven-and-a-half months ago.

According to research published in University of Guelph professor William O’Grady’s 2014 textbook, Crime in Canadian Context: Debates and Controversies, Jewish people are the most targeted minority group in Canada when it comes to hate crimes.

Yet every time we are targeted, non-Jewish North Americans are surprised. This is not to diminish

the tragedy of last week’s atrocities in any way. Although we are so often portrayed as the enemy in the stories of white nationalists, the Jewish people always rally together. Gila Cotler, the director of Guelph Hillel — the University of Guelph’s chapter of a continentwide, on-campus Jewish education and culture club — organized a vigil for the 11 people who died during the Pittsburgh shootings.

No matter where we are, Jewish people all over the world will come together as one community in support of our brothers and sisters.

Intra-faith compassion is not the only support the Etz Chaim congregation is getting; there is much interfaith dialogue happening all over the continent. A preacher for the mostly black Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. — a church that experienced a vicious shooting by a white nationalist in 2015 — held up a sign that read “Jewish Lives Matter.” Donations from various mosques in Pittsburgh were made out to Etz Chaim. Several members of the Muslim faith from Thornhill visited Temple Har Zion in support of the local Jewish community, paying homage to those who lost their lives in Pittsburgh.

In a toxic political climate such as the one in which we currently live, it is important for everyone to come together in support of each other. Black Lives Matter, Muslim Lives Matter, Jewish Lives Matter.

White nationalists are so threatened by these statements, even though they don’t mean white lives don’t matter. They mean the lives of minorities matter, too. We all matter. Let’s take this on together.

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Writing for Wellness Workshop Learn more about how expressive writing and creative writing can benefit your mental wellness, by trying out different writing exercises and journaling strategies.

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59–Kate & ___

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62–Fundamental reason

48–Tips off

64–”Surprise Symphony”

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65–1982 Disney film

51–Take into custody

66–How sweet ___!

55–Photo finish?

Tina Yan

67–Like Georgia Brown

56–Broad

68–Ditto

57–Zhivago’s love

69–Penny

59–Sighs of relief

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