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It's April Fools Day and it's Carbon Tax Increase Day! It's unlucky timing for the tax increase, with gas prices through the roof Conservatives will be on a rampage of blame. The budget drops on April 7th, expect it kick off a serious debate on defence spending and present the first real test to the NDP-Liberal Confidence and Supply Agreement. Then, what private member bills should we be watching as they work their way through the House of Commons?

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Each week, we’ll bring you a panel discussion with Canada’s leading journalists, columnists, politicos, and change-makers discussing what’s happening in the newsphere.

This week, we’re joined by Professor Radhika Desai and MP Peter Fragiskatos, to debate the role of NATO in a changing world and Canada’s place in a changing NATO. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continuing, what does the conflict mean for the future of the alliance?

About Radhika Desai

Dr. Radhika Desai is Professor at the Department of Political Studies, and Director, Geopolitical Economy Research Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. She is the author of Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire (2013), Slouching Towards Ayodhya: From Congress to Hindutva in Indian Politics (2nd rev ed, 2004) and Intellectuals and Socialism: ‘Social Democrats’ and the Labour Party (1994), a New Statesman and Society Book of the Month, and editor or co-editor of Russia, Ukraine and Contemporary Imperialism, a special issue of International Critical Thought (2016), Theoretical Engagements in Geopolitical Economy(2015), Analytical Gains from Geopolitical Economy (2015), Revitalizing Marxist Theory for Today’s Capitalism (2010) and Developmental and Cultural Nationalisms (2009).

She is also the author of numerous articles in Economic and Political Weekly, International Critical Thought, New Left Review, Third World Quarterly, World Review of Political Economy and other journals and in edited collections on parties, political economy, culture and nationalism.

With Alan Freeman, she co-edits the Geopolitical Economy book series with Manchester University Press and the Future of Capitalism book series with Pluto Press.

She serves on the Editorial Boards of many journals including Canadian Political Science Review, Critique of Political Economy, E-Social Sciences, Pacific Affairs, Global Faultlines, Research in Political Economy, Revista de Economía Crítica, World Review of Political Economy and International Critical Thought. 

About Peter Fragiskatos

Peter Fragiskatos was first elected as the Member of Parliament for London North Centre in 2015.

In this role, Mr. Fragiskatos previously served as a member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, the Standing Committee on Finance, and the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations. He was also a member of various other committees, parliamentary associations, and interparliamentary groups.

Prior to entering federal politics, Mr. Fragiskatos was a political scientist at King’s University College at Western University and a media commentator. His works have been published by major Canadian and international news organizations, including Maclean’s, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, BBC News, and CNN.

Born in London, Ontario, Mr. Fragiskatos has combined his passion for politics with a desire to give back to his community. He has served on the boards of Anago (Non) Residential Resources Inc. and the Heritage London Foundation. An active volunteer, he ran a youth mentorship program and has worked with many local not-for-profit groups, such as the London Food Bank, the London Cross-Cultural Learner Centre, and Literacy London, a charity dedicated to helping adults improve their reading and writing skills.

Mr. Fragiskatos holds a Political Science degree from Western University, a master’s degree in International Relations from Queen’s...

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The race for Conservative Party leader is heating up as the endorsements roll in and the battle lines are taking shape. Patrick Brown announces his campaign co-chair, former CPC MP & Canadian Alliance Interim Leader John Reynolds, a Harperite. Is Brown signaling to neocons that he’s their guy? What does conservative internationalism mean for Canada?

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Infant food insecurity. In Canada. In 2022. Author and academic, Lesley Frank joins us to discuss her research and book, Out of Milk, Infant Food Insecurity in a Rich Nation. Why is it that the most vulnerable among us go hungry in one of the wealthiest nations in the world? How deep does the problem go? What can be done about it?

About Out of Milk: Infant Food Insecurity in a Rich Nation

“Did you ever go to bed and wonder if your child was getting enough to eat?” For food insecure mothers, the worry is constant, and babies are at risk of going hungry. Out of Milk calls out the pressing need to establish the economic and social conditions necessary for successful breastfeeding and for accessible, reliable, and safe formula feeding for families everywhere.

Through compelling interviews, Lesley Frank answers the breastfeeding paradox: why women who can least afford to buy infant formula are less likely to breastfeed. She reveals that what and how infants are fed is linked to the social and economic status of those who feed them. Out of Milk uncovers the shocking reality of food insecurity for formula-fed babies, the economic and social constraints limiting mothers’ ability to breastfeed, and the lengths to which mothers must go to provide for their children. But in a country that leaves the problem of food insecurity to ineffective charity models, public policies are failing to support our most vulnerable populations.

This book is important reading for health practitioners, social workers, community agency workers, and policymakers involved with food insecurity, infant feeding, poverty, social welfare, health, or food policy. It is also essential for students and scholars in sociologies of health, food, family; nutrition; food studies; nursing, public/social policy; and women’s and gender studies.

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About Lesley Frank

Lesley Frank is the Canada Research Chair in Food, Health, and Social Justice at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. She is a leading scholar of infant food insecurity in Canada, with publications in the journals Food, Culture and Society; Food and Foodways; Canadian Food Studies; and the Canadian Medical Association Journal. She is the author of the annual Nova Scotia Family and Child Poverty Report Card and a steering member of Campaign 2000, a cross-Canada public education movement that works to increase public awareness of the levels and consequences of child and family poverty. Her work has been featured on CBC’s The Current.

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The Ford government proudly announces a new deal that will bring thousands of EV battery manufacturing jobs to Windsor, but declines to answer questions as to how much the province is giving the corporations in incentives. Then, CEO of Blackrock Larry Fink lays some major predictions on shareholders in his annual letter in response to the war in Ukraine — the end of globalization, distress to supply chains, and increased inflation. What does it mean for Canada?

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Unifor accuses former president Jerry Dias of corruption in the saddest story in labour today. Then, the battle to unseat Jason Kenney is heating up. Will he lose his premiership in what may be the largest political convention in Canadian history.

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Yesterday’s announcement of the details of the Supply Agreement between New Democrats and Liberals paves the way for certainty in government for the next three years and delivers hard won change for Canadians. We explore the agreement and the politics around it.

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We're joined by Cory Johnston, host of The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist, to discuss his journey to the left from a Conservative upbringing, the politics of Saskatchewan, and Anarchism.

About Cory Johnston

Cory is a podcaster & youtube creatorwho comes at politics and theory from an anarchist lens. When not creating content for you to enjoy, he spends his work days as a laborer in the oilfields of conservative Saskatchewan.

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Rodger’s back and two more Conservatives jump into the leadership race, taking the total to eight. Who are they? Does it matter or is it a race between Brown/Charest and Poilievre? CP Rail employees go on strike and the government immediately threatens to force them back to work. Can labour laws be fixed to protect the right of workers to strike?

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Rodger’s still on Spring Break so Santiago is filling in. We cover OPSEU and Ontario colleges and universities avoiding a strike what does it mean for students, faculty, and politics? Then, the government is lifting the testing requirement for border crossing. The timing is odd, no?

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