/Thread Episode 28: Geopolitical tensions, Goodbye Centre Block, and Oscar hosts

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“The fact that those two countries are in this kind of detente means that China’s not trying to put too much blame on the United States for the extradition, we’re taking more flack for it.”

Host Sarah Turnbull invites in Marie-Danielle Smith of the National Post and Murad Hemmadi of The Logic to discuss: the geopolitical tensions brewing between the U.S., China, and Canada caused initially by the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, saying goodbye to Parliament Hill’s Centre Block building for a decade-long renovation, and Kevin Hart’s decision to step down from hosting the Oscars.

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Explain Like I’m Five Episode 22: Centre Block, with Johanna Mizgala

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“It’s not like a museum where things are on display and visitors come and look, this is a collection in use.”

On this special episode of Explain Like I’m Five, host Aaron Reynolds visits Parliament Hill to speak with the Curator of the House of Commons Johanna Mizgala about the history and significance of the Centre Block building, shortly before it closes for a decade-long renovation.

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Explain like I’m Five Episode 12: The House of Commons, with Dale Smith

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“They’ll be friendly for a couple of hours but they have a summers worth of pent up issues that they need to litigate in the House of Commons so they’re going to be as performative as they possibly can be in order to show everyone that they’re fuelled up and roaring to go.”

Dale Smith, author of The Unbroken Machine: Canada’s Democracy in Action, joins host Aaron Reynolds to explain what goes down when MPs return to Parliament Hill for the fall sitting.

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