July 20, 2023
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#903 Canada: Your New Home On The Streets
Canada created a new pathway to permanent residency for a large number of Ukrainian refugees, as a group of asylum claimants from other countries were sleeping in the streets of Toronto.
Erica Ifill
Kevin Sexton
Producer
Annette Ejiofor
Managing Editor, Podcasts

We discuss the political calculations involved in supporting displaced people. We also try to make sense of the ups and downs of the Bank of Canada.

 

Host: Erica Ifill

Credits: Kevin Sexton (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Nicholas Keung

 

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