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Trudeau’s throne speech promises more of the same, BC brings in 5 days of sick leave for workers, and the Alberta NDP condemns BC’s Coastal Gaslink pipeline. Also, we discuss and condemn the infiltration of the QAnon cult into Canada.

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“There is just an assemblage of 24 pages of completely empty words. Even read slowly, the throne speech is short so that prompts me to conclude, unfortunately, that I have absolutely no reason to vote in favour of the throne speech. I have no reason to vote against the throne speech.” – BQ leader Yves-François Blanchet on Trudeau’s Throne speech.

Duration: 48:54
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

• Liberals promise to control pandemic, fight climate change and rebuild economy in throne speech
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• B.C. becomes first province to introduce five days of permanent paid sick leave
• Downtown Edmonton march shows solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Nation opposition to Coastal GasLink pipeline
• QAnon’s ‘Queen of Canada’ Calls for Followers to ‘Kill’ People Vaccinating Children
• Word of the Week: Cult

A new study tells us what pandemic responses are helpful or not, BC establishes its own sick pay program, and a tale of school violence shows the importance of facts. Also, Trudeau’s Bill C-10 will censor content that isn’t considered Canadian enough.

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Duration: 1:01:14
Hosts: Shane and Patrick

“These politicians in Ottawa really have no clue at all what they are doing. They don’t know what they’re regulating or whose freedoms they’re infringing. I noticed they didn’t have any online content creators at their hearings.” – Journalist and Youtube content creator J.J. McCullough on the Liberal’s controversial Bill C-10 limiting freedom of expression

• Staying 2 metres apart does little to limit indoor spread of COVID-19: study
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• With no help from feds, Premier John Horgan says B.C. working on its own sick-leave program
• Investigators say assault on 14-year-old Black boy was a ‘consensual’ fight that escalated
• Ottawa’s move to regulate video posts on YouTube and social media called ‘assault’ on free speech
• Word of the Week: Censorship