September 16, 2025
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#148 Michelle Rempel Garner on What Conservatives Want to Do To Immigration
Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner sits down with host Noor Azrieh
Noor Azrieh
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Aviva Lessard
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Sam Konnert
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Caleb Thompson
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Jesse Brown
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Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner sits down with host Noor Azrieh to unpack why she thinks we should scrap the temporary foreign worker program, and how far she’d go to overhaul immigration. 

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

 

Guests: MP Michelle Rempel Garner

Credit to Film Mission and Joe Anidjar for footage from the Canada First Protest. 

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