This week Mattea Roach, is joined by Ziya Jones, Riley Yesno, and Frances Bula, to talk about public safety. A few weeks ago unhoused folks in Vancouver were met with displacement and decampment by police and bylaw officers. Who is this supposed solution meant for? AND, transgender and queer people have been facing a new wave of violent attacks globally. What kinds of protections might actually help?

Host:  Mattea Roach

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Associate Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guests: Ziya Jones, Riley Yesno, Frances Bula

Background reading:

• Vancouver police, city staff begin removing encampment on East Hastings Street
• National Housing Strategy Act
• Ontario NDP urges legal protections for drag performances
• Drag events in Canada are facing a ‘crisis’ of hate, advocate warns. What can be done?
• Anti-gay activists target children’s libraries and drag queen story hours
• Canada’s federal budget promises anti-hate action, but can the government actually do anything?

Sponsors: Athletic Greens, BetterHelp

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