Guns vs. Butter
Cost of Living

Guns vs. Butter

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 8, 202627 min

Should Canada invest in guns (defence)? Or butter (schools, roads, hospitals)? Military spending is already way up in this country, and is expected to keep rising. Host Paul Haavardsrud discusses the implications of this with Eugene Lang at Queen's University. Plus, the phrase "hot girl walk" is trademarked in Canada. Yes, really. We look at the growing appeal of trademarking viral phrases. We also examine how the relationship between Scholastic, a for-profit U.S. company, and Canadian schools became so unshakeable.

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You know, the company with the catalogs that sets up book fairs and gymnasiums. Well, it's still going. And it's bigger than ever. The Magic School Bus, Babysitter's Club, all of these properties that aren't just known as books,

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