Amy Hamm: Biological Sex, Institutional Power & the Fight for Open Debate, The Canadians | Episode 8

Amy Hamm is a Canadian nurse, National Post columnist, and co-founder of CaWsbar, a women’s sex-based rights organization.   In this episode, she recounts her years-long battle with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives, which disciplined her for publicly affirming that biological sex is real. What began as personal expression escalated into a high-stakes test of whether Canadian institutions can silence dissent on a matter most citizens currently accept as common sense.   Our conversation traces how regulators, the media, and the majority of Canadian institutions frame this disagreement as hate speech and professional misconduct, and why that matters for women’s spaces, health care, and the future of open debate in Canada. Along the way, Amy’s story reveals how professional and cultural authority can be wielded to punish rather than persuade.   If you care about free expression, the boundaries of institutional power, and Canada’s ability to hold civil disagreement, this episode is essential listening.     Amy Hamm Links:   National Post Column   Substack   X   CaWsbar     Bad Canadians Links:   Bad Canadians HQ   Follow us on X   Subscribe on Spotify   Subscribe on Apple   Subscribe on YouTube   Opening Song: Aria 51 by MicroBongo Soundsystem, used with permission.