theBreaker.news Podcast: If we have a democracy, then why default to secrecy?

theBreaker.news Podcast

Nov 12 2017 | 00:20:17

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Show Notes

Join host Bob Mackin for the Nov. 12 edition of theBreaker.news Podcast, including a look at headlines around the Pacific Rim and Cascadia and a commentary about the good behaviour of politicians on Canada's West Coast. This edition features journalism professor Sean Holman's speech from the 2017 B.C. Information Summit on the state of freedom of information and democracy in Canada. Plus, learn how you can support theBreaker for as low as $2 a month on Patreon.

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