The Evan Bray Show - Richard Shimooka - July 4th, 2024

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Now that Americans and Canadians have had time to process the dismal presidential debate from last week, Tamara Cherry welcomes Richard Shimooka, senior fellow at the McDonald-Laurier Institute and regular contributor to The Hub, to revisit and react to the debate last week through the lens of Russia. Shimooka also discusses what he sees as the broader missing context of the Harjit Sajjan affair in Afghanistan.
4 Jul 2024 10AM English Canada News Commentary

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