Is conservative MP Kerry Diotte a racist? You'll have to listen to find out. Bashir Mohamed and Avnish Nanda guest co-host with Duncan Kinney.   We also chat about the state of play in Alberta's painfully white media and how bad they are at talking about racism, how white supremacists use free speech arguments with a clueless media and we wonder out loud why conservative MP Michael Cooper just happened to have the manifesto of the Christchurch shooter in his pocket.  

Further reading 

Kerry Diotte + racist Twitter search 

Gypsy immigrants should get a job first. Column by Diotte in 1997

Edmonton MP threatens legal action against Twitter users accusing him of having links to well-known racist

The moral cowardice of Canadian media is leaving racism unchallenged

Everyone's Canada Scott Moe and the Confederate flag

Shama Rangwala guest co-hosts the first episode of the Progress Report with Duncan Kinney. We discuss the Summer of Repeal/Springtime of Renewal and all of the damage done by the Kenney regime in their short few months in office. We also talk about the twin debacles that are Safe City YEG and Slum Town. Also, why does Licia Corbella hate horses so much?

Further reading and listening:

Bell: Drug sites no answer, says Alberta addictions boss

SafeCity YEG

Slum Town

Corbella: Rodeo animals love what they do and wouldn't exist otherwise

Chronicling Alberta's descent into the conservative hellscape. A project of Progress Alberta (progressalberta.ca)

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