#9 Afghanistan & Affordability

August 24, 2021

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Liberals scramble to respond to the crisis in Afghanistan amid the first week of campaigning. And Trudeau says he wants life to be more affordable while also suggesting it's not his job.

Tiffany Lam

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Tristan Capacchione

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Kieran Oudshoorn

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This week’s contributors: Drew Brown, Jason Markusoff, and Jaskaran Sandhu

Links:

Kevin Newman’s piece for The Line
Noah Richler’s piece for The Globe and Mail
Shout out to Srushti Gangdev for catching the graph with no axis labels
The PPC candidate who photoshopped his head on Prince William

This episode is supported by Aussie Hair, CIBC Aventura, and The Peak

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