David Gauthier (@KanataWaltz)| EP 202 | Courts, Collapse & Civic Revival

David Gauthier joins In Lay Terms to share the long road that led him to write Kanata Waltz — a deeply personal memoir — and to launch a civic platform aimed at repairing what’s broken in British Columbia.

Over the past few years, David’s been through the wringer: dealing with a dysfunctional court system, trying to launch a civic tech project (Municipal Watch BC) while under financial and legal pressure, and watching Canada drift further from the country he once knew — and still believes it can be.

In this episode, we explore:

His memoir, Kanata Waltz: an unflinching look at family, trauma, and finding clarity in chaos

Why government used to function better, and what’s happened to institutional competence

Municipal Watch BC — a shelved civic platform that aimed to make local government more transparent

The human cost of bureaucratic decay and how it’s crushing those trying to build something

Why he still believes in civics, even if he’s done with politics-as-usual

"We’re not dumb. We just don’t have access to the buddy system."
– David Gauthier

📘 Read Kanata Waltz:
https://www.amazon.com/Kanata-Waltz-David-Gauthier/dp/B0BVP5T53K

🌐 Explore the civic project:
https://municipalwatchbc.ca/

📍 Follow David on X: @KanataWaltz

And as always: Keep those elbows up, people.

💬 Live chat will be open — bring your questions!

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