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The cult of innovation, let's legalize heroin, and who's housing the middle class?

Technology historian Andrew Russell says stop drinking the innovation Kool-Aid, nurse Meaghan Thumath argues that it's time to legalize heroin, and we hear the argument that real estate developers are ignoring demands for less expensive housing in cities across North America.
Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains said the government is looking for meaningful investment. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

Technology historian Andrew Russell says stop drinking the innovation Kool-Aid, nurse Meaghan Thumath argues that it's time to legalize heroin, and we hear the argument that real estate developers are ignoring demands for less expensive housing in cities across North America.