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The Ford More Years Episode
Some Politics is Local
English - June 04, 2022 11:21 - 39 minutes - 54.6 MBPolitics News Society & Culture canadianpolitics globalpolitics localpolitics provincialpolitics uspolitics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: The Orange Oompa Loompa US Primary Episode
Next Episode: The (January) 6-Pence None the Richer Episode
For this episode, in federal politics, we talk about the new legislation passed by the Liberal government to tighten restrictions on guns and also the drug possession exemption requested by BC that was approved by the federal government. For provincial politics, we have a burning HOT TAKE on the Ontario election results, with the Rob Ford's PC party securing another (even stronger) majority.
For BookReport, Mike read (with his ears) This Will Not Pass by New York Times journalists Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns, which chronicles (in pain-staking detail) the 18 month period around the 2020 election - including the January 6th riots.