The Drip
The racial revolution is ongoing. Join Kurtis and Patience to make sense of it. The Drip caters to the Black millennial audience and informs you of important developments in the fight against racism, while assessing decisions being made by our political leaders.Feel free to listen to Episodes 1-6, but Episode 7 is when we start consistently discussing the ongoing racial revolution.
The Drip
Episode 36 - The Conservative Party of Canada, the Inauguration & a Nordic Vaccine Fallout
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Patience Adamu & Kurtis Vermont
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Season 2
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Episode 36
On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the top headlines from the week of January 17th, including: Doug Ford’s stay-at-home law snatching up a mom seeking childcare; The beginning of the end of the Conservative Party of Canada as we know it; Rents in Toronto being down 20% while vacancy rates are at a 50yr high; Black folks and Social Justice tops the Macleans Power List; The Inauguration and Day One Biden’s Executive Orders; and Vaccine Fallout in Norway.
Politics
- https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/01/ontario-mom-fined-leaving-kids-grandparents/?fbclid=IwAR3SBT28Oeovcgdebj0_GyUvOiuP9rBAJJ-nV3kHMEWe2SSFW5HBCZX921g
- https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/kitchener/2021/1/15/1_5269169.html?fbclid=IwAR25MCMtL4erjLXGLySB2xSk74arzT52IHzpnJcmnN0y_MvV3ljReiLwj0g
- https://pressprogress.ca/conservative-party-of-canada-is-reviewing-membership-of-prominent-neo-nazi-who-voted-for-derek-sloan/?fbclid=IwAR0gN3t-_BTFvKW1-q56DDqLflpAcchlGVFTXOgaMsedCJtMkkAmlOkiGQU
- https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/01/doug-ford-no-reason-paid-sick-days-ontario/?fbclid=IwAR1Hg3No5lQZyqkhW5oR1FGDlO2iD7I5r6kPbJKVYSJH-2D6xZxaSS3wu4c
Economy
- https://financialpost.com/executive/executive-summary/posthaste-torontos-vacancy-rate-has-soared-to-a-50-year-high-and-rents-are-plunging?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3RDqUH2IrbAvfhIkquvM0SyLc2p404aXd8osrVD1CMDsZorKH_5PZknSQ#Echobox=1611065469
- https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/canadians-leaving-big-cities-in-record-numbers-statistics-canada-1.5270161?fbclid=IwAR0wovTAU2GAR4w9A8RyPn6ZRhh47JnUYdopCut3F4wLOmAB9fNP8k12O24
- https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/let-s-get-digital-from-bitcoin-to-stocktok-plus-what-low-literacy-means-for-canada-s-economy-1.5873703/nearly-half-of-adult-canadians-struggle-with-literacy-and-that-s-bad-for-the-economy-1.5873757?fbclid=IwAR1yFT2nQxU3mypPlF7nSQY_vmKZw7zaSaafol32CBVjoWSinmQ8iYzdW2s
Blackity Black Black
- https://www.macleans.ca/rankings/canadas-most-powerful-people-2021/
World
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/biden-inauguration-notable-moments/index.html
- https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/executive-actions-biden/index.html
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55295650