Are anti-immigrant views on the rise where you are?
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Are anti-immigrant views on the rise where you are?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 22, 202651 min
  • Interview
  • Society
  • About Canada

Callers tell us what they are seeing and hearing in their communities and we hear from Amarnath Amarasingam. He is an associate professor at Queen's University and co-author of the books "For Blood and Soil: Far-Right Extremism in Canada" which was published this year and the upcoming book "Dangerous Conspiracies: When Bad Ideas Turn Violent." We also hear from Andrew Parkin with the Environics Institute, a public opinion and social research organization.

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This October celebrates spooky season with CBC podcasts. On Satanic Panic, hear how a tiny Saskatchewan town was engulfed by false accusations of ritual abuse. On The Devil You Know, listen as host Sarah Marshall traces the story of how that moral panic swept North America and embedded itself in pop culture. Or if you prefer some laughs with your

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scares, check out Let's Make a Horror, where three comedians try to learn how to make a horror movie, Then take a stab creating their own. Satanic Panic, The Devil You Know, Let's Make a Horror. Available now wherever you get your podcasts.

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are you seeing a rise in anti-immigrant sentiment? And where is it happening? 1-888-817-8995. Well posters and stickers have been going up in several Ottawa neighborhoods from a group called the Dominion Society of Canada that advocates for deporting millions of people from Canada. That's furious actually

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