In a conversation exploring the relationship between racism, disinformation and Canadian media consolidation, Jagdeesh Mann, a contributor to The Georgia Straight, joins host Andre Goulet to discuss how the recent narrative connecting federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh to a non-existent Khalistan separatist movement is being driven by an Indian government smear campaign against diasporic Sikh human rights campaigners.
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Recorded on March 26, 2018. Mastered by Chris Hernandez at Studio Petit Palais in Montreal.
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