March 9, 2023
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#865 Is China Trudeau’s Last Scandal?
The story about Chinese interference in our elections continues to evolve and the opposition leader has seized on it.
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher
Aviva Lessard
Senior Producer
Arshy Mann
Host & Producer

Prime Minister Trudeau has now called for two probes despite specific calls for a public inquest – could this be the scandal that breaks him? And a conspiracy theory facilitated by Chat GPT. Arshy Mann co-hosts. 

 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Arshy Mann

 

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