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Simon Black
Associate Professor and Chair of Labour Studies at Brock University, scholar-activist writing on unions, work, and social justice.
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Oct 25, 2026
Secrets Of The Natural History Museum: Britain's Dark And Disturbing History
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37:20Dan SnowNARRATOR
Conservationist Dr. Simon Black believes the descendants of Barbary lions may still be alive and well, and living in zoos around the world.
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37:34Simon BlackGUEST
Here we have the Moroccan royal lions, which is the animals descended from the royal palace collection of the King of Morocco.
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37:47Simon BlackGUEST
And what's particularly interesting about these animals is some of the differences you see compared to lions you might see in sub-Saharan Africa.
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37:55Simon BlackGUEST
So he's got a very, very pointed crown at the top of his head and a very straight line down to the tip of his nose, which gives this very regal sort of look.
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38:03Simon BlackGUEST
But one of the most noticeable features is this lovely mane that goes round his head, round his body and down under his belly.
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39:20speaker_14GUEST
But then differences are starting to appear as we go across this
Bill C-39 threatens right to strike for Canada's biggest unions
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2:46Simon BlackGUEST
I think the one that will spring to most people's mind is the Air Canada flight attendant strike.
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3:01Simon BlackGUEST
But the QP Air Canada flight attendant strike in August 2025, I think, will be the one that listeners remember well.
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3:10Simon BlackGUEST
It was less than 12 hours into that strike that the federal jobs and families minister, which is the new title of the labor minister, that Minister Paddy Haiju used Section 107 to refer the dispute to the Canada Industrial Relations Board and impose final binding interest arbitration, which effectively ordered flights to resume and ordered workers back on the job.
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3:33Simon BlackGUEST
Now, CUPE, I think, rightly condemned the move as an unconstitutional attack on workers' rights and filed multiple judicial review applications challenging the minister's authority.

Jane WilliamsHOST
Well, that's the power of a strike, that it would affect the economy and thus apply pressure.