Resuming Debate Garnett Genuis

In today's episode of Resuming Debate, I speak to the Member of Parliament for Brantford-Brant, Larry Brock. 



We discussed Brock's previous career as a Crown prosecutor and how he applies his courtroom technique in a parliamentary setting. 

In today's episode of Resuming Debate, I talk to Dr. Joseph Siegle. Dr. Siegle is the Director of Research at the National Defence University's Africa Center for Strategic Studies.

Dr. Siegle and I discussed Russia's influence in Africa, the developing situation in light of the demise of Prigozhin, and the importance of Africa in new global 'Cold War' competition.

In today's episode of Resuming Debate I talk to Professor Siddharth Kara the author of the book Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Ours Lives. Cobalt is an element that is used to make many things we use in our daily lives ranging from our cell phones to aircraft engines. The Congo is one of the largest producers of the world's supply of cobalt. The slave-like conditions of workers in cobalt mines taint the supplies of cobalt from the Congo with horror and blood. 

We have a bit of a different episode this time. Last week, during International Development Week, I hosted a Symposium in Parliament to explore the relationship between international development and geopolitical competition. Each speaker had 10 minutes to speak and take questions. We recorded the whole event, for your listening pleasure.

 

The panel of distinguished speakers was:

1. Chinelo Agom-Eze, Senior Policy Advisor, Canadian Foodgrains Bank,

2. Andrii Bukvych, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ukraine,

3. Luke De Pulford, Executive Director, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China,

4. Charles Burton, Senior Fellow, MacDonald-Laurier Institute,

5. Harry Tseng, Ambassador, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (Canada),

6. Idee Inyangudor, Vice-President, Wellington Advocacy,

7. Susan Namulindwa, Founder & Executive Director, Africa Trade Desk,

8. Zaw Kyaw, Spokesperson, Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and

9, Ali Nazary, Head of Foreign Relations, National Resistance Front of Afganistan.

In today's episode of Resuming Debate I talk to David Frum. David is an author, political commentator, and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush. We mainly planned to discuss how the US elections stand to shape the trajectory of world affairs, but pursued a number of digressions that I think you will find interesting. David is a controversial and sought-after commentator on both sides of the border.

As Canada slides into a new global Cold War, we are woefully unprepared to respond to new threats, especially in the area of foreign interference.

In this episode of Resuming Debate, I talk to Dr. Charles Burton, Senior Fellow at the MacDonald Laurier Institute and China policy expert. We discussed Canada's response to foreign interference and what needs to be done to protect our country from foreign meddling in our political system.

Dr. Burton recently spoke about his concerns about Canada's inaction on foreign interference before the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and Canada's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.