The Current Weekly

L'Arche volunteer responds to Jean Vanier revelations, debating plant-based meats, hearing loss, mental health & assisted dying


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A long-time L'Arche volunteer and a resident share their response to an independent investigation that found the organization's founder, a religious leader, Jean Vanier sexually abused six women over three decades. Future of food, or flash in the pan? Author Mark Bittman gives his take on so-called plant-based meat substitutes. The New Yorker's David Owen, author of Volume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World, explains how the world around us is hurting our ears -- and why future hearing aids might not carry the same stigma they once did. Finally, Minister of Justice and Attorney General David Lametti explains recently tabled changes to medically assisted dying legislation.
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