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How should Canada handle Alberta separatism?
Alberta premier Danielle Smith is calling a court ruling “antidemocratic” after judge struck down the petition which hoped to trigger a separatist re…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
What happens when a conspiracy theory drives into your backyard?
In The Cult Queen of Canada from CBC’s Uncover, a tiny Saskatchewan town faces a surreal crisis when a cult leader calling herself “The Queen of Cana…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Iran quagmire: why can’t the U.S. end the war?
The ceasefire in Iran has been in place for five weeks, with no clear end in sight to the war. The latest peace negotiations fell apart, with U.S. Pr…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Princeton president on the future of university
Today on the show, the President of Princeton University, Christopher Eisgruber, joins us.
He makes a defense of the role of post secondary instituti…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Weakened, Trump heads to China
President Trump arrives in Beijing today for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He’s bringing with him a long list of tech and b…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Should Canadian airports be privatized?
As part of its Spring economic update, the federal government revealed that it’s considering privatizing the country’s airports. The Prime Minister s…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The perils of unregulated AI
Recent polls show that Canadians are increasingly concerned about the growth of AI.
And yet, the AI race is hurtling forward with few guardrails. In m…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How separatists doxxed Alberta
On the week where Alberta separatists should have been celebrating a major milestone on their quest to split the country apart, they are instead faci…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The end of the Voting Rights Act?
The Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, passed in 1964 and 1965 respectively, marked the beginning of multi-racial democracy in the United States…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Are teen social media bans a silver bullet?
Australia was the first country to adopt a ban. Canada’s federal government is signaling that something is coming from them soon. A recent Angus Reid…
3 months, 4 weeks ago