Quebec’s overblown backlash to the appointment of Amira Elghawaby as special representative on combatting Islamophobia in response to her analysis of a poll from back in 2019. And is the government telling us to only drink two alcoholic beverages a week? Sarah Hagi co-hosts.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Sarah Hagi

Further reading: 

• Uproar over Amira Elghawaby appointment proof of need for someone like her in the job – Toronto Star
• Tom Mulcair: Amira Elghawaby is the wrong person for the job – The Montreal Gazette
• Elghawaby and Farber: Quebec’s Bill 21 shows why we fear the tyranny of the majority – Ottawa Citizen
• A new measure of unhealthy drinking – The Decibel The Globe and Mail
• How much booze is too much booze? – Front Burner CBC

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