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Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we discuss the dismissal of a federal government lawyer for calling for Divestment from Israel on CJPME's PALESTINE DEBRIEF, explain why the federal government’s Bill C-9 legislation to combat hate crimes is a threat to civil liberties on REDEYE, explore the history of - 19th century Montreal journalist, politician, and union leader Médéric Lanctôt, Canada’s first social democrat on the Broadbent Institute’s PERSPECTIVES and dig into how the state facilitates resource extraction domestically and globally at the expense of the common good on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 83 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and ca