Mar 30, 2021
Christopher Hrynkow is a professor of peace studies at St. Thomas More College, a Catholic college in the University of Saskatchewan. He and Metta discuss the impact of official Catholic doctrines (especially papal encyclicals) on public opinion. Will Pope Francis's rejection of the theory of nuclear deterrence...
Mar 30, 2021
At this global town hall we talk first about carbon taxation, which the Supreme Court of Canada has just approved, then about regenerative agriculture, including a discussion of the health effects of eating meat and raising animals as food, and finally about the plight of refugees trying to enter Europe, but often...
Mar 28, 2021
The British government has announced higher limits on nuclear weapons, with plans for weapons on the Trident submarines. This news will weaken the already vulnerable next review conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. and violates existing agreements.
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Mar 26, 2021
A tax is money collected to pay for running the government. What we need is a carbon "fee"- the charge for cleaning up the carbon messes that we make. Craig Smith explains why, and how it is a better approach than "cap and trade." The challenge is to educate the public so they understand this need and support...
Mar 26, 2021
How do developing countries acquire the funds for the SDGs? Culpeper and Griffith-Jones discuss such topics as development banks, Tobin taxes, and, blended financing, and regulation. Most of the money is collected within each separate country.
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