In this “Quick” Take, Tom and Forrest come back on air a week early to discuss (more) Current Political events.
This week, Patrick Brown entered a leadership race for the Ontario Progressive Conservatives which was called after Brown himself was forced out of office in the wake of a #MeToo related scandal.
Then we discuss an all white jury, acquitting a white farmer of all charges after shooting an Indigenous boy at point-blank range in the back of the head. Was the verdict racist? What actions should be taken by our political leaders as a result? Forrest talks about changes within our courts, and Tom talks about societal change at large.