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The Alberta Premier has a UCP leadership election this year, and apparently she needs transphobic voter support more than she cares about keeping the government out of classrooms and kids\u2019 pronouns. And invitations for Nazis, cancellations for Jews - we analyze the shameful takedown of NDP MLA Selina Robinson and try to figure out where exactly the line for cancellable offence is.

Correction (Feb. 8, 2024): This episode originally described Susan Kim as a member of British Columbia\u2019s Legislative Assembly, suggested that Premier David Eby allowed her to continue in her role after she apologized for casting doubt on the use of sexual violence by Hamas. Kim is in fact a Victoria city councillor who added her name to a late-October open letter that made reference to \u201cthe unverified accusation that Palestinians were guilty of sexual violence.\u201d While Municipal Affairs Minister Anne Kang called on Kim to apologize (which she subsequently did), and declined to call for Kim\u2019s resignation, Premier Eby himself did not weigh in.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Jess Schmidt (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Rachel Matlow

Further reading: 

• Danielle Smith\u2019s \u201cPreserving Choice for Children and Youth\u201d announcement video on X
• Opinion: Danielle Smith\u2019s sex-ed policy changes are putting all Alberta teenagers at risk - John Ibbitson, The Globe and Mail
• The influence of conventions in the SCC's decision re: Ford's ministerial mandate letters - Emmett Macfarlane
• Joni Mitchell performs at Grammys, 50 years after 1st win - CBC News

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