Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC)
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Host Leslie Rosenblood and Caroline Russell-King (https://carolinerussellking.com/) discuss the secular case for Bill 21, in the second instalment of a two-part series. Caroline describes the harms Bill 21 is intended to mitigate, and whether they justify the nontrivial limitations it places on religious expression. They discuss why Bill 21 has so split the secular community…
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Quebec’s Bill 21, which prohibits most government employees from wearing religious symbols, has split Canada’s secular community. The divide is largely geographic; most secularists within Quebec support Bill 21, while a majority in the rest of Canada oppose it, calling it a political act of discrimination or racism. In this first of a two-part series,…
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Indigenous scholar Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson (@LloydHawkeye7) and host Leslie Rosenblood discuss the importance of enlightenment values and defending them from attack. Lloyd is the President of the New Enlightenment Project, a Canadian humanist initiative, dedicated to free speech and civilized debate. Leslie and Lloyd discuss: The moral obligation to advocate for change in our culture,…
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Host Leslie Rosenblood and Quillette editor Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) discuss the transformations Canadian media institutions have undergone over the past 20 years. Learn about the impact of the Internet, social media, divisive politics, increasing ownership concentration, legacy and current business models for the industry, and the future of journalism in Canada, especially in light of…
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The Centre for Inquiry Canada is proud to present the Podcast for Inquiry, a series of conversations about science, secularism, critical thinking, and humanism. This teaser includes samples from our first few episodes. Subscribe now and be the first to listen to our premiere episode when it officially launches in January, 2022. https://centreforinquiry.ca/podcast-for-inquiry/ ZYm1YUKtcAzGEHn89RdV fweDE18DIpuVhHRtswJd