0:01:24 Justin Trudeau says he thinks about quitting “every day”. | 0:16:45 Liberal MP’s support arms embargo against Israel/Canada stalling arms exports. | 0:29:15 Mehdi Hasan vs Piers Morgan on Gaza. | 0:56:31 A Trudeau before reckoning with Gaza could destroy the liberal party. |

01:42: Gaza, the NDP & Palestine

24:19: Ontario to mandate holocaust education amidst rise in Anti-semitism

51:05: Pro-Palestinian Israelis under “dangerous” political climate

1:11:12: Liberal senator calls for Trudeau to step down

0:03:04 - Ontario town bans Pride flag, allegedly controlled by right-wing church. 0:24:03 - black-majority town in Alabama hasn’t held elections in 60 years, and its white town council blocks its first legally elected mayor from taking office. 0:34:57 New Brunswick Premier rolls back protections for Trans students and embraces American-style culture war politics, leading to major pushback from within his own party. 0:59:43 Federal liberals pushing bill to restrict access to bail to reduce crime, despite no evidence of any link between lenient bail & crime.

00:00 - anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. is running for president 23:38 - Ontario’s Liberal Leadership race is underway. 37:21 - Blind reacting to conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he weaponizes feminism to scapegoat trans people 44:36 - Canadian Far-Right leader Maxime Bernier loses another election as the conservatives race to the bottom to outdo him on conspiracy theories & bigotry. 53:26 Elon Musk bans the word “cisgender” from twitter

This week the right-wing Ford government of Ontario passed draconian legislation to ban CUPE members from striking, and impose a one-sided contract on them, using the controversial notwithstanding clause to override constitutional protections. I’ll talk about what led to this, what the union was & is demanding & why, the response from the opposition NDP, and what the federal government could do about it

With the midterms approaching and a record number of election numbers on the ballot, while targeted intimidation of election officials & political violence is on the rise, it’s clearer than ever that the far-right movement in our neighbour to the south threatens the future of the world’s oldest liberal democracy. With Canada experiencing its own rise in right-wing extremism, could that same movement and anti-democratic sentiment find its way north and take over the establishment of the Conservative Party the way it has the Republicans?