Election Update - Week 4

From now until the election day, the Orchard will be releasing weekly election update podcasts with a different guest each episode. The entirety of each election update episode will be free for anyone to listen to or watch. Joining me this week is David Moscrop, author of Too Dumb for Democracy? Why We Make Bad Political Decisions and How We Can Make Better Ones. He’s also a prolific columnist, whose work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Washington Post, Canada’s National Observer and Jacobin. (Apologies for the poor sound on my end for the first bit. I don’t know what happened there.) Related Links * Mark Carney promises $129 billion in new spending as Liberals unveil full election platform, Toronto Star * NDP pledges mental-health coverage, non-Tesla EV rebates in costed platform, CP * Post-debate press scrum scrapped at last minute over lack of ‘proper environment’, Globe and Mail * Debates commission unaware Rebel News registered as advocacy group, official says, CBC * Poilievre says he'd pass a law that overrides a Charter right. That would be a first for a PM, CBC * Deputy Conservative leader invested in Brookfield while attacking Mark Carney for running the investment giant, Investigative Journalism Foundation * Bloc Québécois takes campaign to Ottawa to defend use of notwithstanding clause, CP * Singh promises to protect tenants with national rent control, CP * Did Mark Carney Just Lap The NDP On Affordable Housing? Not So Fast. David Moscrop This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.readtheorchard.org/subscribe