On this episode, a conversation with activist and academic Christo Aivalis on Andrew Scheer's decision to go all in on the Conservative Party’s association with Rebel Media. We also discuss his research on a young Pierre Trudeau and the CCF and uncover some surprises regarding the history of social democratic politics in la Belle Province.
Tune in next week for part two of our conversation as we post-mortem the campaigns of Jagmeet Singh, Niki Ashton, Charlie Angus and Guy Caron and take stock of the results of the NDP leadership race.
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