Climate change is the most significant threat to humankind in recorded history. Despite increasingly alarming warnings that our way of life is unsustainable—and driving us towards potential ruin—we resist the reforms necessary to save ourselves, opting instead for half-measures that seem to be too little, too late. Can we manage the climate crisis?
Democracy has survived ideological challengers, economic disruption, and even war. But can it survive the internet? In this episode, we discuss digital threats, to democratic health–from at home and abroad.
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“It’s reasonable to hope and suggest to [former diplomats] that it’s best they don’t undermine what Canada is trying to do. Although if they think what Canada is trying to do is ill-considered, if they think it’s not going to work, if they think the government is screwing up, then they probably also have a higher duty to say that.”
Host Sarah Turnbull is joined by /Thread panelists Shannon Proudfoot of Maclean’s and David Reevely of The Canadian Press. The trio discuss: the House foreign affairs committee’s decision to squash a proposed investigation into alleged pressure by the Prime Minister’s Office to filter comments by former ambassadors over the Canada-China dispute, how the delay of USMCA ratification impacts Canada, and the probability, or lack thereof, of President Trump’s plan to import cheaper pharmaceuticals from Canada to the U.S.
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“One of the operative things about him is that he’s very, very smart. He has this put on ludicrous, clown persona that works for him but I think underneath it is an intense intelligence.”
Host Sarah Turnbull is joined by /Thread panelists Shannon Proudfoot of Maclean’s and David Reevely of The Canadian Press. The trio discuss: Gerald Butts, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s former principal secretary, joins the Liberal campaign team reigniting the SNC-Lavalin controversy, Boris Johnson gets sworn in as the UK’s new leader promising follow-through on Brexit, and former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before the U.S. judiciary committee about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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“It’s quite chilling, even if you strip away the naked racism in it, the notion that if you have anything critical to say about the United States or you think there’s anything you could be doing better, you’re effectively a traitor who should leave. That is a really gross, razor sharp line to draw.”
Host Sarah Turnbull is joined by /Thread panelists Shannon Proudfoot of Maclean’s and David Reevely of The Canadian Press. The trio discuss: moving ahead with the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement at the EU summit, the reaction to President Trump’s racist tweets targeted at four Democratic congresswomen, and why everyone can’t stop talking about the app that makes users look 30 years older.
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“Canadian federal officials have been walking a very tight rhetorical line…and then you have all of these peanut gallery members who keep jawing away and muddying the waters.”
Host Sarah Turnbull is joined by /Thread panelists Shannon Proudfoot of Maclean’s and David Reevely of The Canadian Press. The trio discuss: China’s ban on Canadian meat imports after customs agents discovered fraudulent veterinarian certificates and traces of restricted feed additive in pork shipments, why Vice-Admirable Mark Norman has announced his retirement from the Canadian military, and the winners and losers from the first of two Democratic primary debates in Miami.
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On Wednesday, June 19th 2019, Canada 2020 hosted the largest gathering of female first ministers in Canadian history for an important conversation about the future of women in politics.
We spotlighted the voices of the sole women to have reached Canada’s most senior political roles:
Photos for Canada 2020 by Fred Chartrand.
“The Raptors are all we got, they’re all the skin we have in the NBA game. This might be one of the only cases where you truly have a national team. So if anyone cares, this is where you locate that caring.”
Host Sarah Turnbull is joined by /Thread panelists Shannon Proudfoot of Maclean’s and David Reevely of The Canadian Press. The trio discuss: the federal government’s announcement to ban single-use plastics by 2021, the details of the report by the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare, led by Dr. Eric Hoskins, and the Toronto Raptors’ historic NBA finals win.
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We’re pleased to announce that Shopify co-founder and CEO Tobi Lütke will moderate a conversation with President Barack Obama at the Canadian Tire Centre on May 31st.
To reserve your ticket, visit: https://bit.ly/2Ws2a0z
Tobi Lütke is the founder and CEO of Shopify. In 2004, Tobi began building software to launch an online snowboard store called Snowdevil. It quickly became obvious that the software was more valuable than the snowboards, so Tobi and his founding team launched the Shopify platform in 2006. He has served as CEO since 2008 at the company’s headquarters in Ottawa, Canada.
Tobi is an active advocate for computer literacy and education, and serves as a board member of Canada Learning Code, an organization working to give all Canadians access to digital skills. In 2014, Tobi was named the Globe and Mail’s CEO of the Year. He served as Chair of the Digital Industries Table, an advisory board commissioned by the federal government to provide recommendations on how to turn Canada into a digital leader. The Table’s report was published in September 2018.