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Protesting Foreign Policy On Canadian Soil Accomplishes Nothing

  This episode is available to listen to as a podcast on Spotify or wherever you stream podcasts from. Do you honestly believe that by having a violent protest on Canadian soil is going to change anything in your country? Do you honestly think that the leaders of the country you left care what happens here in Toronto? Causing turmoil in our downtown core accomplishes absolutely nothing in your homeland. It does cause problems here in Toronto and other Canadian cities. Yesterday a protest in Calgary turned violent. Additionally, it gives racists fuel for their racism and conspiracy theorists reason to balk. It causes frustration and impatience with the citizens who live in the immediate area of said protest. Most embassies are in the downtown core. With the chaos from the massive construction going on downtown, the last thing people want or need is additional road blockages. This may sound like a lame minor complaint to you. To many it is enough to ignore the cause of the protest an...