For this week’s show, Lynn, Wojtek, and Marc are back to present some of the stories that they found interesting this week
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We start out with a story about shipwrecks. There are literally thousands of shipwrecks off Canada’s east coast, They are from all countries and range from the earliest explorers to recent times, from wooden sailing ships, to warships, to cargo vessels.
We speak to a diver who says laws should be changed to allow salvage of historical artifacts and other valuables, He claims this would benefit both Canadian museums, and individuals, but in the meantime increasingly violent storms are destroying the wrecks at an alarming rate and they will be lost forever.
We’ll also hear about a new course being offered for anyone with political aspirations. The University of
British Columbia will offer such a course this summer with plans to expand and make it a permanent course. Politicians are put in charge of astronomical budgets, and make the laws that we live by and yet there has never really been any training specifically for such a job. UBC thinks their course, which will feature advice from many well-known and high-ranking former politicians, may be a worlds first.
And we hear about the contentious situation over data collected in Canada’s census. It’s contentious because of a government decision to remove the “mandatory” requirement for filling out the detailed “long-form” census. Now Canadians can choose whether they want to complete the long-form census or not. Critics say because participation is now spotty, the data is incomplete and can skews the information and therefore political decisions based on the information.
We also chat about some of our interesting Canadian Headlines stories as well. I hope you enjoy this week’s show and as always, we encourage your feedback.
Marc.
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