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August 24, 2021
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Canadaland Politics
#9 Afghanistan & Affordability
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.
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Tiffany Lam
Producer
Tristan Capacchione
Audio Editor & Technical Producer
Kieran Oudshoorn
Managing Editor, Podcasts
Hosted by Noor Azrieh and Sam Konnert
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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