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    May 4, 2021
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    #1 Every Province For Itself
    The third wave has shattered any remaining notion that we're all in this pandemic together. And the government commissions a new review into sexual misconduct in the military, just six years after the last one. What will it take for actual change?
    Tiffany Lam
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    Kevin Sexton
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    This week’s panelists: Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Emilie Nicolas, and Drew Brown
    This episode is brought to you by Freshbooks and Cullen’s Foods. Support us here.
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