In this episode host Sean Rasmussen speaks with Marco Navarro-Génie, co-author of the book Canada's Covid: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic. If you want to understand what happened during Canada's pandemic response this is a must-listen.
Topics discussed:

Canada’s response to the covid pandemic and how moral panic derailed it.
What did we know and when?
Why we jettisoned solid emergency plans and instead put medical doctors in charge.
Abuse of power by unelected administrators and bureaucrats.
Sweden’s highly effective national emergency plan.
The political ramifications of Canada’s response to the pandemic including the erosion of trust in institutions.
The failure of Canada’s culture where individuals did not say “no” to what was going on.
How cancel culture played a role in the lack of meaningful dialogue.
How incentives in the modern media landscape led to panic.
Soft totalitarianism.

Marco Navarro-Génie is president of the Haultain Research Institute and co-author of the book Canada’s Covid: The Story of a Pandemic Moral Panic.
Find out more about the book and where to buy it.
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