#15 Truth, Reconciliation and China

October 5, 2021

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Trudeau drops the first apology of his third term and has us wondering how reconciliation can go beyond symbolic actions. And as the Two Michaels make it home, what have we learned from this whole saga?

Tiffany Lam

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Tristan Capacchione

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Kieran Oudshoorn

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This week’s contributors: Joanna Chiu, Stuart Thomson, Riley Yesno

Links:

Riley’s piece on the spring federal budget
More on what Land Back & Cash Back are about
How to order Joanna’s book, China Unbound

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