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Jun 2016
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Ep.56 - Naming a Genocide

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The government’s declared that ISIS is committing a genocide against the Yazidi people. So what are we doing about it?

 

Yazidi-Canadian Dalal Abdi talks about her journey to Canada and her family's life back in Iraq and Turkey.

 

Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith talks about voting against the majority of his party to declare a genocide earlier in the week.

 

Stephanie Carvin, assistant professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, tells us how using the word "genocide" affects Canada’s obligations abroad.

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