Winter Olympics & Canadian Pride

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The first weekend of the Winter Olympics has just wrapped up, and with it we’ve seen a familiar surge of Canadian pride — flags out, anthems sung, and medal counts closely watched. But as our next guest argues in a recent piece, that pride often fades once the Games end, raising bigger questions about how we see ourselves as a country. Joining the show is Peter Menzies, a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, past vice-chair of the CRTC and a former newspaper publisher.
9 Feb 11AM English Canada News Commentary

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