“You have to be able to hold two ideas in your head at the same time”
It’s our first ever /Thread, the 2020 Network’s weekly politics and policy wrap-up show. Alex, Mike and June talk about what the (extremely-busy) news cycle missed, who had the best or worst take, and what we’re just done with. Talking points this week: Bill C-65, Kathleen Wynne’s Twitter mentions, Sun Media, vote splitting and sloganeering.
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“It’s like the old adage of sausage making- you may not want to know.”
Canada’s former Justice Minister Peter MacKay joins Aaron Reynolds to explain the what, why, and how of cabinet shuffles.
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“Money is so closely connected to democracy, and we tend to forget that sometimes.”
Helaina Gaspard, Director of Governance and Institutions at the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa, joins Aaron Reynolds in the Canada 2020 studio to explain debt, deficits, and how a government buying stuff actually works.
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“There’s a relationship between your comfort of technology and your perceived knowledge of it – and I say perceived because most people don’t know what they’re using.”
Millennials! Who are they? What do they want? And why should we care? David Coletto, the CEO of Abacus Data, joins Aaron Reynolds to explain.
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“It’s not clear what’s the better direction: to have A.I. systems that may be flawed in some way, or rely on humans that we know are flawed”
Aaron Reynolds knows more about Terminator 2 than he does about artificial intelligence, so he invited Dan Munro into the Interac studio to explain the ethics of A.I. in a way that he could understand.
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“Wheeled toys designed to be ridden by children”
Aaron Reynolds knows more about Star Wars than he does about international trade, so he invited Mike Moffatt into the Interac studio to explain tariffs in a way that he could understand.
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“It’s about systems, not individuals.”
Recorded at the 5th Annual Canada 2020 Conference on June 5th, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow joins Mike Moffatt to talk about the declining influence of the United States and the continuing impacts of the #metoo movement.
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“How can we have situation where everyone knows what’s happening, but no one is saying anything?”
Liz Plank, award-winning journalist and executive producer of Vox Media’s Divided States of Women, joins Mike Moffatt in the Canada 2020 podcast lounge to talk about #metoo, gun violence, and awkward conversations with Mike’s dad.
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“The economy we see today is very different from the one facing the Carter Commission in the 1960’s”
Kevin Milligan, professor at the Vancouver School of Economics, joins Mike Moffatt in the Interac studio to discuss tax reform, responding to Donald Trump, and Vancouver politics.
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