The Current for June 8, 2022
Today on The Current:
A new B.C. Coroners Service report examining last year's heat dome details just how unprepared the province was to deal with extreme heat. Guest host Nahlah Ayed discusses the lessons learned and the need for more actionable steps with Robyn Chan, the Chair of the Vancouver City Planning Commission; and Blair Feltmate, the head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo.
Then, the treatment of the Uyghur ethnic minority in China's Xinjiang province has spurred the United States to ban the import of goods made with cotton picked using forced labour. Canada has a blanket forced labour ban, but advocates are concerned it's not being enforced. We speak with Bob Kirke, the executive director of the Canadian Apparel Federation; William Pellerin, a lawyer in Ottawa who focuses on Canadian laws surrounding forced labour imports; and Canada's Minister of Labour Seamus O'Regan.
And during the Arab Spring, Tunisians were excited about the apparent dawn of democracy in their country. But a decade later, that hope is being dashed as the president seeks to consolidate power. We learn more from Ghaya ben Mbarek, a journalist for the independent news site Meshkal; Aya Riahi, an anti-corruption activist with the youth-driven NGO, I-Watch; and Sami Hamdi, the managing director of the global risk and intelligence company International Interest.
