LeDrew Rant - Canadians Have Failed An Entire Generation

In this LeDrew rant, Stephen LeDrew asks how Canada allowed a generation of young people to leave school without mastering basic skills like handwriting, spelling, reading and writing.LeDrew argues that schools, education experts, unions and governments abandoned fundamentals in favour of digital learning — while many parents had no idea what their children were no longer being taught.But his bigger target is Canadians themselves. From education and municipal spending to deteriorating infrastructure, questionable priorities and political leadership, LeDrew says too many Canadians have stopped challenging “experts” and have stopped demanding accountability from their elected officials.His message is simple: Canada’s problems will not fix themselves. Canadians need to pay attention, ask harder questions and start demanding better.Topics covered in this episode:The decline of handwriting and basic literacyWhat schools stopped teachingParents being left in the darkHolding education experts accountableCanadians’ reluctance to challenge authorityPotholes versus municipal prioritiesWasteful spending and political distractionsTrudeau’s post-national vision of CanadaFailing the next generationWhy Canadians need to push back Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.