On this election campaign special, we discuss one of Canada’s closest races ever – and what you should expect in the days, weeks, and months to come.
For episode 5 of Open to Debate, David Moscrop talks with Shannon Proudfoot, a journalist with Maclean’s, about the performances of each party so far, minority and majority parliaments, voter turnout, and some ridings to watch.
On September 12, 2019, Canada 2020 held a public event to discuss the challenges facing Canadians ahead of the 2019 federal election. In this episode, you’ll hear a panel discussion covering the issue of foreign interference, and the threat it poses to Canada. Panelists include Richard Fadden, former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada, former Deputy Minister of National Defence and former Director of CSIS, and Fen Hampson, Director of Global Security Research at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and Co-Director of the Global Commission on Internet Governance.
How can we work together to stop the spread of misinformation? On September 12th, 2019, Canada 2020 held a public event to discuss the spread and impact of misinformation, and the challenges facing Canadians ahead of the 2019 federal election. In this episode you’ll hear a panel discussion with Kate Gibbs, the Executive Director of Evidence for Democracy, Elizabeth Dubois, Assistant Professor of Communications at the University of Ottawa, and David Moscrop, Author of Too Dumb for Democracy, and Host of The 2020 Network’s Open to Debate.
For years, researchers, activists, and both current and former prisoners have asked “Do we need prisons?” The state of correctional services in Canada and around the world–and the disparity between the theory of corrections and its practice–make this a timely and important question that reflects concerns about justice, equity, dignity, and decency.
In episode 3 of Open to Debate, David Moscrop sits down with Justin Piché, an associate professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa, where he is also the Director of the Carceral Studies Research Collective, and Souheil Benslimane, a former prisoner and a member of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project, the Ottawa Sanctuary City Network, and the Coordinator of the Jail Accountability and Information Line.
