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Book cover: Breaking Canadians features a red cross broken in half.

Breaking Canadians – Audiobook in Progress

One of the best things about narrating audiobooks is learning new things by reading them. I have almost finished narrating a fascinating book about the experiences of health-care workers, advocates for people with disabilities and others in Canada during COVID-19. You’ll recall that our country went from banging pots and pans in admiration for doctors, nurses and PSWs, to allowing disinformation to spread so rapidly that people in health care were harrassed and threatened.

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Cover of Jody Wilson-Raybould's Book, Indian in the Cabinet - Speaking Truth to Power

The Red Meat Issue of Reconciliation

I recently finished reading Jody Wilson-Raybould’s 2021 book, Indian in the Cabinet. I heard her speak eloquently and candidly on the podcast Women of Ill Repute. Wilson-Raybould is an Indigenous lawyer and leader who served as a Liberal Cabinet Minister in Trudeau’s first term as PM. She left the Liberals after a scandal known as the SNC Lavalin affair.

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