Should Indigenous Education Be Mandatory For Lawyers?

Should lawyers be required to participate in Indigenous cultural training to avoid suspension? More than 850 lawyers said "no" in a vote conducted by the Law Society of Alberta, but more than 2600 voted "yes". 

5:50 | Koren Lightning-Earle and Brooks Arcand-Paul are Indigenous lawyers practicing in Alberta. They explain why they support the requirement, and respond to critics calling it "wokeness" and "political indoctrination". 

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46:30 | Firefighter Court Polson is up on the roof of a fire hall for the tenth year in a row. He and his colleagues are staying up there until they raise $80,000 for Muscular Dystrophy. Court lets us know why he's done this for a decade, and why Muscular Dystrophy is a cause embraced by firefighters across the country. 

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54:10 | Imagine if your pets could talk to you? What would yours say? FluentPet Connect took the Consumer Electronics Show 2023 by storm, and it's on The Leading Edge this week, presented by Leading Edge Physiotherapy. 

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