Salvatore Babones spoke with Lindsay Shepherd. Lindsay has been covering the anti-lockdown protests and is an Investigative Journalism Fellow with True North News in Canada.
As the pandemic started to grip the western world in March, governments of all persuasions around the world didn’t take long to embrace their newfound powers. Suppressing our liberties and freedoms with vast and sweeping lockdowns.
While there is certainly a role for government to manage the unfolding health and economic crises, we ask Lindsay Shepherd, to what end? A discussion about the lockdowns, the protests and what parallels can be drawn between Canada in Australia.