#192 Ontario Proud and Prejudice

December 12, 2018

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Did Canada make the right call by arresting Huawei’s CFO? Or was it the perfect time for a little “creative incompetence.” And new details about Ontario Proud’s "grassroots," people powered funding reveal the people are mostly corporations.

Jesse Brown

Host & Publisher

Jordan Cornish

Producer

Read our article on Ontario Proud’s funding here.

Jan Wong co-hosts.

Photo credit: Alex Tétreault/National Observer

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