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    June 6, 2019
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    #216 The Word For This Is Genocide
    The majority of our media is bending backward to avoid acknowledging Canadian genocide. Why? And Lindsay Shepherd travelled to Ottawa to complain about her weeklong Twitter ban: a look at the online hate hearings and the right's war on free speech.
    Jesse Brown
    Host & Publisher
    David Crosbie
    Senior Producer

    Sarah Krichel co-hosts.

    CORRECTION: Barrie City Councillor Keenan Aylwin has not had his pay docked, nor did the Integrity Commissioner recommend it. A decision on whether to sanction the Councillor through official reprimand and removal of the post in question is scheduled to be rendered on June 12. We regret the error.

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