Sandy and Nora talk politics

In this episode, Sandy and Nora explain the crisis at Laurentian University, university funding under attack and also mention the CAUT's censure of the University of Toronto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about vaccine inequity, CERB taxation and the bizarre army of trolls who exist to bother Liberal critics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the chaos of the Third Wave, about how police will not fix anything and why these politicians would rather see people in ICU than stop the spread of COVID-19. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the bad and the bad from the NDP Convention 2021 and try to find some encouraging words in the face of the rising Third Wave.The post Episode 146 – NDP Convention and the Third Wave appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sandy and Nora explore how average people can fore politicians into action, even when it feels impossible and politicians, immovable. Transcript available here.The post Episode 145 – How to confront power appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about femicide in Canada and how political inaction isn't because there is a lack of understanding or of resources, but because politicians literally do not care that women are being killed. Plus, we talk about a boat that is no longer stuck in the Suez.Update to the murder investigation in Hawkesbury: five suspicious deaths in the hospital's COVID unit are now being investigated: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/victim-in-hawkesbury-hospital-homicide-was-89-year-old-man-from-quebecEpisode transcriptThe post Episode 144 – a femicide crisis appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the rise of anti-Asian racism, the connection between the anti-mask movement and how Canada's mainstream media has written about China since the start of the pandemic. We also take a short tour of the latest Liberal scheme: the NDP's student debt promise.Episode transcript.The post Episode 143 – anti-mask fascism appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about medical racism, bill C-7 passed into law and … the Queen.You can see the Disability Filibuster here.Episode transcript available here.The post Episode 142 – How many more will die? appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sandy and Nora look back at the year that was. We take stock of the good news (there was some!) the bad news and the shitty news. We also talk the NDP: not defending Palestine. Read the transcript here.The post Episode 141 – Happy Birthday to COVID-19 appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Sandy and Nora talk about the NDP private member bill on pharmacare, and what it would take to build a pharmacare system in Canada. They also talk about the revelations in Celina Caesar-Chevannes' new book and the Fifth Estate episode Black on Campus.Episode transcriptThe post Episode 140 – Pharmacare and white supremacy news roundup appeared first on Sandy & Nora Talk Politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.