thePodcast: Victoria author explains how Canada did everything wrong all at once

April 13, 2025 00:30:46
thePodcast: Victoria author explains how Canada did everything wrong all at once
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thePodcast: Victoria author explains how Canada did everything wrong all at once

Apr 13 2025 | 00:30:46

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Show Notes

For the week of April 13, 2025: Canada was world-renowned for its middle class and multicultural values, with a strong social safety net, anchored by its universal healthcare system. This week’s guest, National Post columnist Tristin Hopper, conducted an inventory of Canada’s declining productivity and rising social unrest over the last decade. He authored the witty and wise new book called “Don’t Be Canada: How One Country Did Everything Wrong All at Once” (Sutherland House).  In less than 100 pages, Hopper delves into euthanasia, identity politics, runaway housing costs, “harm reduction,” government censorship, the catch-and-release justice system and a mismanaged […]

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