On today’s Viewpoints:
Canadians celebrated Emancipation Day on August 1st all across the country. Many took part in the 10th Freedom Train Ride event at Union Station in Toronto, for example. And in Nova Scotia, the Dalhousie Art Gallery celebrated Emancipation Day with “The Secret Codes” quilt exhibit. We’ll dive into Bill C-18 which is creating quite a stir. Some big tech companies—Facebook and Google in particular, already say they will not comply. Ottawa is trying to reach an agreement with them. Alex Freedman, Executive Director of the Community Radio Fund of Canada, helps us better understand what’s at stake. And to close the show we’ll meet with a blind man who swam 30 km across the Georgia Strait in Nanaimo, BC.

Thanks to our journalists, Andrew Dow, Pamela Haasen, and Mick Sweetman. National coordinators Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community radio Fund of Canada.