Inside Policy Talks

Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with David Thomas, former chair of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and author of a recent National Post op-ed entitled: I chaired the Human Rights Tribunal. It has no business policing 'hate speech'.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/david-thomas-canadian-human-rights-tribunal-has-no-business-policing-hate-speech

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Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Siavash Safavi.

"You come here for better opportunities. Why? Why is Canada able offer better opportunities for you?... it is because of these ideals that [Canada] has been built around," said Siavash.

Siavash's article for the National Post: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/canadas-clueless-immigration-policy-will-not-end-well

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Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Christian Leuprecht discussing his recent article "Coalition Strategic Cyber Campaigns: Functional Engagement as Cyber Doctrine for Middle Power Statecraft"

Canada is on a downward trend in our influence in the cyber domain.

"When we hear criticisms of Canada not doing enough, cyber space is one of those [areas]... there is an opportunity for Canada to be a more serious player." - Christian Leuprecht

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Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Kevin Bardosh of Collateral Global on his work to understand the harms of Covid policy, the politicization of science throughout the pandemic, and the ways in which Covid policy represented an unprecedented departure from the prior consensus of the global health community.

"There is an astronomical amount of academic research on the negative impacts of lockdown and all of the other non-pharmaceutical interventions that were rolled out during Covid." - Kevin Bardosh

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Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Michael Bonner on his new book, In defence of civilization: How the past can renew our present.

Available here: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/in-defense-of-civilization/

"What makes the situation in Canada... troubling is that we have an entire class of people, an elite, governing class, who seem to really believe that the way out of humanities problems is to forget history and that being divorced from it is to be free from a burden." 
- Michael Bonner

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Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode you'll hear Jonathan Berkshire Miller in conversation with Dr. Casey Babb. 

"[UNRWA] was a noble organization with a clear, justifiable cause 75-or-so-years-ago. In the time since it has morphed into something far beyond that and has in a variety of ways made the situation much worse for Palestinians and Israeli's alike."

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Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Ryan Alford on the decline in the rule of law in Canada. 

"The key problem that we have is the notion that the boundaries for police enforcement are not consistent with uniform and neutral principles but rather that [the law] is being selectively enforced based on political considerations." - Ryan Alford

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Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode you'll hear Balkan Devlen in conversation with Darren McKee on his new book, Uncontrollable, The threat of artificial super intelligence and the race to save the world.

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Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the in-house podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode you'll hear Aaron Wudrick in conversation with Eric Kaufmann on the rise of immigration as a central issue shaping political alignment in Canada and across the Western world.

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Welcome to Inside Policy Talks, the premier video podcast of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

In this episode you'll hear Marcus Kolga in conversation with prominent political commentator and author David Frum. Marcus and David discuss everything from the rise of antisemitism in Canada to the fading support for Ukraine in parts of the GOP, to populist movements across North America and the possibility of a Trump re-election in 2024. 

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