What's the Big Idea?

11/12/2020

Join us TONIGHT for "Losing the Ranked Ballot Option: What's at Stake for Ontario Municipalities." Featuring Burlington Mayor, Marianne Meed Ward and author / advocate Dave Meslin. Should be an interesting discussion.

Register now, for FREE: http://bit.ly/3pbkCpI

Losing the Ranked Ballot Option – What’s at Stake for Ontario’s Municipalities

04/01/2020

6/6 Community Activist Liz Benneian at WTBI on March 5, 2020. Liz talks about some of her experiences being at Niagara Regional Council meetings.

04/01/2020

5/6 Community Activist from A Better Niagara, Liz Benneian, talks about her views on the challenges of becoming a community activist.

04/01/2020

4/6 dave meslin at WTBI on March 5, 2020, talking about how national political change usually starts at a municipal level, so we need to start there.

04/01/2020

3/6 Author and activist dave meslin talks about his views on why we should use ranked ballots vs. First Past the Post.

04/01/2020

Author and activist dave meslin speaking at WTBI on March 5, 2020. Here Dave talks about why we elect people and what tends to unfold.

03/13/2020

At What's The Big Idea on March 5, author and activist dave meslin sparked an inspiring conversation on democracy. Here's a clip where he talks about his theory on low voter turnout.

03/06/2020

T H A N K Y O U to everyone who attended our event last night! We hope you had a great time. Weren’t Meslin’s ideas interesting? Special thanks to him, Liz Benneian and Henry of Pelham Winery.

We have two upcoming WTBI events that we will announce shortly. Thanks again and we hope to see you again at WTBI for another evening of great conversation.

03/04/2020

‪TOMORROW: Join the conversation on Niagara politics with dave meslin at from 7-9pm at w/ Liz Benneian from . Meslin’s book “Teardown” is a must-read for anyone interested in politics + democracy. Only a few tickets left ➡️ bit.ly/2VHWizs‬

Have you read “Teardown” yet? What did you think?

03/03/2020

⏳ There's only a few tickets left for this Thursday's event! Purchase one now at the link below or email [email protected] to reserve a spot and pay at the door. It's sure to be an evening of interesting conversation with dave meslin and Liz from . Only 2️⃣ days away!

Join moderator John Armstrong, and have your say, as we discuss democracy, governance and how a growing Niagara can reinvent itself to better reflect its citizens, their interests and their needs. Panelists include: author and community organizer Dave Meslin, whose book Teardown: Rebuilding Democrac...

02/21/2020

Elizabeth May, of Canada’s Green Party says this about Teardown: “dave meslin has written the (long-overdue) Owners and Operators Guide to a Healthy Democracy. Brimming with creative strategies, it is a down to earth, do-able manual to get ourselves out of the toxic, non-user-friendly morass we call Canadian politics.”

📖 Have you read Teardown yet?

Hear Meslin at our event on March 5th at Henry of Pelham Estate Winery with Liz Benneian of A Better Niagara. Tickets on sale at armstrongstrategy.com/whats-the-big-idea

02/19/2020

Want a taste of dave meslin's views? Check out his called "The Antidote to Apathy" where he identifies seven barriers that keep us from taking part in our communities, even when we truly care.
Join the conversation with Meslin at our event on March 5th at 7pm. Tickets available in our Events section.

http://www.ted.com Local politics -- schools, zoning, council elections -- hit us where we live. So why don't more of us actually get involved? Is it apathy?...

02/18/2020

Vineland resident Liz Benneian is a former journalist and newspaper editor who has been leading environmental advocacy and educational organizations since 2004. In 2018, she became a Director with A Better Niagara the citizen’s coalition dedicated to better local governance and citizen engagement. Hear Liz's views at our March 5th event with Dave Meslin. Tickets available now ➡️ bit.ly/2tY5NiB

02/15/2020

"You must listen to . Agree or disagree with his prescriptions, he is the clearest voice in our country talking about how to fix our democracy and improve our lives as citizens,” says the Mayor of Calgary.

Hear dave meslin at our WTBI💡 event March 5. Limited tickets available ➡️ bit.ly/2tY5NiB

01/14/2019

Kathy English, Public Editor for the Toronto Star talks about breaking the Rob Ford video story.

01/13/2019

Investigative journalist Grant LaFleche talks about finding and protecting sources when breaking a big story.

01/12/2019

An excerpt from an invigorating discussion with Grant LaFleche(St.Catharines Standard) and Kathy English(Torstar)from last weeks "What's the Big Idea". There are 3 more in our season, don't miss them!