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    Wag the Doug
    #52 The Douggie Awards: Recognizing Stag & Does, The Greenbelt and That Rogue Bee
    It’s every-Ford everywhere all at once, as we celebrate the year’s most absurd and distressing developments in Ontario politics.
    Jonathan Goldsbie
    News Editor
    Allison Smith
    Co-host, Wag the Doug
    Kattie Laur
    Producer

    What was the premier’s Falsest Promise? The Most Harmful Policy? The Best Fordism? You’ll never guess what insects Allison and Jonathan will swallow at the fourth annual(-ish) Douggie Awards.

    Hosts: Allison Smith, Jonathan Goldsbie

    Credits: Kattie Laur (Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Nathan Burley (Music)

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