Former BC Premier Ujjal Dosanjh recently argued that political correctness is stifling white men. Jonathan Kay, editor-in-chief of The Walrus*, has written about political correctness in the past, so we invited him on the show to talk about what that term means and whether powerful white men – like himself – are being forced to self-censor. And cultural critic Septembre Anderson returns. She says power structures are a key idea missing from Dosanjh’s piece. Ujjal Dosanjh did not respond to a request to appear on COMMONS. *Full disclosure: Andray is currently writing an article for The Walrus. Desmond has written for the magazine in the past. 

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The huge rise in international students in Canada — most of them from Punjab, India — has become one of the biggest stories in the country.

She expected to face opposition from tech companies and governments that are hostile to workers. But what she didn’t anticipate was that one of the biggest obstacles in her path would be a labour union. 

Mandalena Lewis is one of far too many flight attendants who have been harassed or assaulted on the job. And her story is just one example of a culture of sexism and abuse that she alleges pervades the airline industry.

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