The Ontario Liberals have announced that Grade 10 students will have new financial literacy education. Sandy and Nora ask: why? What's missing in the curriculum that makes this a necessary promise? Or, is this a vacant and crass political promise that's primarily meant to garner votes?

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This week, Sandy and Nora talk about how journalists have let racism take over their coverage of Jagmeet Singh, and whether or not the NDP is really doing what it must to support Singh through these attacks.

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The people of the “Progressive” Conservative Party of Ontario have spoken, and Doug Ford is their leader. What does this mean for progressives, if anything? How should they respond, if at all? In this podcast, Sandy and Nora discuss this and whether or not we should even care. Spoiler Alert: we should.

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The NDP policy convention happened mid-February in Ottawa. Nora and Sandy talk about what happened, what didn't happen, and why Palestinian solidarity remains so hard for the party apparatus to embrace.

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What’s behind the Federation of Black Canadians? Sandy and Nora talk about everything they know about how the Liberals use, manipulate and influence organizations to help promote their own policies, and warn folks to be careful when an organization seems to be operating in lock-step with government.

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