Unbound: Fearlessly Exploring Issues That Matter

This week Unbound is pleased to welcome out first guest: Kaveh Shahrooz. Kaveh, Geoff, and James discuss the recent events in Syria relating to Biden's strikes on Iranian proxy forces, how Canadian governments approach foreign policies, and how we should adjust that approach given the current global climate.

Kaveh Shahrooz is a lawyer and human rights activist, and a Senior Fellow with MLI's Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad. He is also a former Senior Policy Advisor on human rights to Global Affairs Canada. A graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Toronto, he has written widely on human rights issues and international affairs. He led a recent successful effort to convince Canada's parliament to recognize the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran as constituting crimes against humanity under international law. He resides in Toronto.

Articles Discussed

Kaveh Shahrooz - Trudeau forgot to apply his gender-based lens to China's mass rape campaign

Tristan Hopper - From vaccines to pipelines to clean water on reserves, why Canada can't seem to get anything done

James and Geoff talk about cats in court rooms, the perils of relying on our enemies to deliver Canada vaccines and other happenings.

Recorded on February 10th.

James and Geoff discuss their beefs with libertarians, grifters and the lack of authenticity in politics.

Some of the articles and people we reference in this episode:

1. The Line: Jen Gerson: Advice to Erin O'Toole — save your party by curb-stomping the fringe. https://theline.substack.com/p/jen-gerson-advice-to-erin-otoole

2. The Realignment Podcast by Saagar Enjeti and Marshall Kosloff. Episode 92: Michael Lind, The Failure of Populism and The Class War After Trump + Extended Q&A. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-92-michael-lind-failure-populism-class-war-after/id1474687988?i=1000506028430

3. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B000N2HBSO/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

4. The Dominion: Ben Woodfinden - True North Patriotism and a Distinctly Canadian Conservatism. https://thedominion.substack.com/p/true-north-patriotism-and-a-distinctly

James and Geoff talk about 'sanewashing' crazy ideas and how right leaning parties should deal with their...more eccentric supporters.

On the first episode of Unbound, James and Geoff outline the concerns they have with the current political climate and what issues we want to tackle through the podcast. We're focused on the steps that centre-right parties need to take to remain relevant for younger generations. 

Unbound is a podcast about fearlessly exploring the issues that matter. James and Geoff want to explore and challenge the meaning behind the politics of the centre right and where it finds itself in a world where the usual paradigms mean less and less. We need to courageously challenge our assumptions, form new coalitions and, most importantly, figure out what grounds the politics of the right.

Unbound: Fearlessly Exploring Issues That Matter is our attempt to ignite that conversation. We are bringing on bold thinkers to challenge the status quo and chart a new course for centre-right politics.

We hope you'll join us!