This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re getting our passports ready for a hour-long trip around the world. First, we will go to Australia where holiday celebrations turned to terror, while in this hemisphere it’s looking more and more like a war is coming for one oil rich South American country and you-know-who’s to blame. For the interview, we will talk to one of our federal representatives who definitely has some worldly thoughts of his own.
This Thursday, December 18, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:
Bondi Beach. A tourist hot spot in Australia, beautiful summer weather, and the first day of Hanukkah. It was the perfect recipe for a celebration to remember, and then things turned tragic. A father and son inspired, apparently, by ISIS, killed 15 people in the worst mass shooting in the county in 27 years. The victims were as young as 10 and included a Holocaust survivor. Are we finally ready to take the threats of antisemitism seriously?
Narcos(?). For the last several weeks, the American military has been attacking fishing boats off the coast of Venezuela, although they’re supposedly drug boats piloted by so-called “narco terrorists”. President Donald Trump upped the ante this week but ordering a “total and complete blockade” of the country, effectively another act of war, and an interview with White House senior staff points to even further military action to force regime change. Whatever happened to “Donald the Dove”?
Chong Turn. There’s a lot going on in the world right now, so wouldn’t it be nice to talk to a foreign affairs critic right now? Michael Chong, MP for Wellington-Halton Hills North, fills that role for the Conservative Party, so we will ask him about the progress in resolving the trade war, and fighting the global rise in antisemitism. Also, we’re going to talk about his critiques of Mark Carney’s first year as prime minister, and a difficult couple of weeks in the Conservative caucus room on Parliament Hill.
Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.
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