2018 End of Year Episode

Recorded on 30 Dec 2018: Topics include Revisit of Episode 10 — The Gender Spectrum and Skepticism-Lite News Items

Segment 1: Revisit Episode10 — The Gender Spectrum

* What Is Discrimination, Canadian Human Rights Commission,

https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/eng/content/what-discrimination

* Canadian Human Rights Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-6), Justice Laws Website

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/h-6/

* I know it when I see it, Wikipedia (accessed 30 Dec 2018)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it

* Roth v. United States, Wikipedia (accessed 30 Dec 2018)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roth_v._United_States

* What is Discrimination?, Find Law (accessed 30 Dec 2018)

https://civilrights.findlaw.com/civil-rights-overview/what-is-discrimination.html

* Canada’s gender identity rights Bill C-16 explained, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), 02 Nov 2018

https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/canadas-gender-identity-rights-bill-c-16-explained

* Policy on preventing discrimination because of Gender Identity and Gender Expression, Ontario Human Rights Commission, 31 Jan 2014

http://www.ohrc.on.ca/sites/default/files/Policy on preventing discrimination because of gender identity and gender expression.pdf

Segment 2: Skepticism-Lite News Items

* Teacher fired for refusing to use transgender student’s pronouns, Associated Press, NBC News, 10 Dec 2018

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/teacher-fired-refusing-use-transgender-student-s-pronouns-n946006

* Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Dares Congress To Halt Congressional Pay During Shutdowns, Carla Herreria, Huffington Post, 22 Dec 2018

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-shutdown-salary_us_5c1eedffe4b0407e907ba2f0

* Federal employees prepare for a long shutdown, Ellie Kaufman & Paul Murphy, CNN, 29 Dec 2018

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/28/politics/shutdown-second-week/index.html

* Government shutdown 2018: All 18 previous government shutdowns, explained, Dylan Matthews, Vox, 19 Jan 2018

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/19/16905584/government-shutdown-history-clinton-obama-explained

* Trump threatens to close border, terminate trade deals, cut aid unless wall is funded, Adam Shaw, Fox News, 28 Dec2 018

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-threatens-to-close-border-terminate-trade-deals-cut-aid-unless-wall-is-funded

* Analysis | President Trump has made 7,546 false or misleading claims over 700 days, Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, & Meg Kelly, WaPo, 21 Dec 2018