The Current for Feb. 7, 2022
Today on The Current:
Protests in Ottawa have entered their second week, with Mayor Jim Watson declaring a state of emergency. Matt Galloway discusses what happens next with Amarnath Amarasingam, an associate fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation; Regina Bateson, an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa; and Michael Kempa, a professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa.
Plus, a group of First Nations in British Columbia have come together to put in a bid for the 2030 Olympics. We talk to Squamish Nation councillor Wilson Williams and Musqueam Chief Wayne Sparrow, who are part of the bid; and University of British Columbia associate professor Robert VanWynsberghe, who led the impact study of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
And as public health and government officials discuss easing restrictions and learning to live with COVID-19, Canadians with disabilities fear being left behind. We hear from disability advocates Allen Mankewich and Marya Bangash, and University of Toronto assistant professor Hilary Brown, co-author of a new study on the impacts of COVID-19 on people with disabilities.
