Gerald Butts
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11 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 15 Sep
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James?
Well, I think it comes down to three really big issues, Peter, money, guns and public education.
And there are lots of.
discordant debates in Canada.
Our political culture and our culture in general is not saturated with guns in the way that it is in the United States, where you can develop... I remember one of the first speculations online after the Kirk murder happened was a bunch of people saying, well, that had to be a professional...
act because it was such a difficult shot and then i saw this retired marine online saying well there are about 10 million people in america could make that shot right so it's just a part of their culture in a way that it is not in mainstream canadian culture i think that's a good thing money which is an underrated aspect of american politics i think in this presidential cycle from all sources 17 billion dollars will have been spent
which is a shocking, shocking number.
It should shock everybody involved in Iran with other people, the longest political federal campaign in Canadian history in 2015, and we spent $42 million, right?
And it's not just the money that's spent directly on politics.
It's the tide of money, the wash of money that that creates around politics and the dynamic I described earlier about social media incenting disagreement and tribalism.
the incentive is all financial.
So if I'm creating a super PAC to go after Democratic candidates in 25 districts for the midterm elections, the incentives are going to be all for me to stand out from my competitors.
And what's at stake is millions and millions of dollars in
consultancy fees.
And I think that that's a really poorly understood aspect of American politics, which exists in some ways in Canada, but for the most part, compared to the United States, it does not.
And then third, I think we in most in all provinces, really, we are still blessed with a good public education system that allows
about 90% of Canadian students attend.
And that has allowed us to develop a common ground over the years that the United States does not have.
Their kids don't go to school together.
The income inequality, wealth inequality problem that they have in their economy is reflected in their schools and in some ways created by it.
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