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What American Media Is Getting Wrong About Canada’s Big Protests

David Frum joins to discuss what’s happening in Ottawa

By Derek Thompson
Canadian Protesters Continue Photo by Mohamed Kadri/NurPhoto via Getty Images


What if I told you that the anti-vaccination trucker protests in Canada weren’t principally about vaccines or truckers (or even Canada)? The Atlantic’s David Frum joins to set us straight about what’s going on in Ottawa and the memeification of protest politics.

Host: Derek Thompson
Guest: David Frum
Producer: Devon Manze

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