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The Six Cents Report is a weekly podcast that uses theology and economics to analyze events that Impact Canadians. #Sixcentsmakeschange
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Friday Jul 19, 2019
Friday Jul 19, 2019
The O'Cannabiz Conference provided The Six Cents Report with media passes to their 2019 Toronto event. Darnell & Joel discuss their experience and what they learned from the conference.
Topics include:
- Unique aspects of Canadian industry - regulations, patents
- Medical use & cannabinoids
- Bill C93 - Pardon vs Expungement of 'simple possession' records
- Purpose of law & criminal records
- Cannabis Market beyond recreational
Previous Cannabis episode: 6CR #10
https://www.sixcentsreport.com/
Reference Links:
Toronto Just Can't Get Rid Illegal Cannabis Stores
Chris Kresser on the problems with nutritional epidemiological studies
The Ultimate Guide to Cannabinoids in Cannabis
Liberals Pass Bill to Suspend Records for Simple Cannabis Possession
Frequently asked questions about expungement
Mike Dillard Podcast With Teeka Tiwari
Hemp is the New Oak: America’s First Hemp “Wood” Factory is Being Built
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Friday Oct 12, 2018
Friday Oct 12, 2018
Ontario is requiring tax payer funded colleges and universities to develop their own free speech policy based on the University of Chicago Statement on Principles of Free Expression. Darnell & Joel discuss the various aspects of free speech:
- free speech laws in Canada vs USA
- accountable for your free speech
- restrictions on free speech: Canada's hate speech laws
- safe spaces
- society needs competing ideas
- are Christians hypocritical on free speech
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Reference Articles:
John Carpay: Ontario starts the hard work of returning free speech to universities
Upholding Free Speech on Ontario's University and College Campuses
Your Guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Canada’s law on hate speech is the embodiment of compromise
Exposure to different points of view is at the core of higher learning
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Friday Aug 24, 2018
Friday Aug 24, 2018
Accusations of racism have been directed at a principal from a school in Etobicoke and an NYC private school. Darnell & Joel discuss the following:
- List of black students distributed in Etobicoke school to track “achievement gaps”
- NYC private school segregation of students
- Toronto's Africentric Alternative School
- Institutional Racism
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Reference Articles:
Father files human rights claim after discovering 'black list' of students in Etobicoke school
Posh school’s plan to segregate students by race draws parents’ ire
Africentric Alternative School
Institutional Racism defined in CBC.ca article and Mises.org Article
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Friday Aug 17, 2018
Friday Aug 17, 2018
Dr Joseph Smith from Generation Chosen joins Darnell & Joel to discuss what his organization is doing to address the needs of those most vulnerable in our society and consequently prevent gun violence. The conversation covers the following:
- Why youth turn to the black market and guns
- How Generation Chosen is involved in the community
- Emotional intelligence and root causes of "bad behaviour" in school
- Mental health
- Government solutions vs non-profit solutions to gun violence
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Previous episode on guns 6CR #21
Reference Articles:
City of Toronto studies why youth turn to guns
Toronto gunman had ‘severe mental health challenges,’ according to family
Remaking the Future | Education in African Countries is Crucial to Our Survival
Ford wants some mental health funding to go to police in wake of Danforth shooting
Toronto gunman had ‘severe mental health challenges,’ according to family
Toronto’s history of gun violence: a vicious cycle of missteps, intransigence and bad policy
Generation Chosen Contact info:
https://www.generationchosen.ca/
Generation Chos3n GoFundMe Campain
IG: @gen_chos3n
FB: @GenChos3n
Twitter: @GEN_CHOS3N
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Friday Jun 22, 2018
Friday Jun 22, 2018
York University and CUPE 3903 have history of employment strikes. Darnell & Joel discuss who's at fault for the most recent strike.
Reference Articles:
York University on strike: Why it keeps happening again and again
Arbitration is the only answer to ‘clash’ in York U strike, says labour report
There is no end in sight for the latest York University strike. Here’s why
York university strike: Confusion on campus
Top seven reasons why unions matter – a conversation with young workers
Unions ignore long history of excluding minorities from jobs
Labor Unions and the Negro:The Record of Discrimination
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Friday Feb 02, 2018
Friday Feb 02, 2018
In July 2017, the findings from the Black Experience Project were released. Darnell and Joel discuss the problems identified and solutions recommended by the report.
Reference Articles:
CBC feature of The Black Experience Project
Predatory Lending - Institutional Racism example - Suits Season 7 Episode 10 (ep102)
"Minimum wages were first designed to keep women and minorities out of jobs"
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Friday Jan 19, 2018
Friday Jan 19, 2018
Canada's education scores are declining but the BBC still refers to Canada as an education superpower. Darnell & Joel discuss the status of Canada's education and the merits to the BBC's claim by contrasting with a response article from the Huffington post.
How Canada became an Education Superpower
Canada Has Homework If It Wants To Be An 'Education Superpower'
Reference Articles:
Why Common Core math problems looks so weird
Student Loan Subsidies Cause Almost All of the Increase in Tuition
Equal Opportunity VS Equality of Outcome
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Friday Dec 15, 2017
Friday Dec 15, 2017
Ontario schools offer a play based approach as part of their two year full day kindergarten program. Darnell and Joel discuss the kindergarten program and critque the articles released in the summer of 2017 promoting its benefits.
Full-Day Kindergarten Study Evaluation
Reference Articles:
Ontario children gain learning benefits from full-day kindergarten: study
Children gain learning boost from two-year, full-day kindergarten
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