National security analyst with the Macdonald Laurier Institute - Joe Adam George joins Stephen LeDrew for a blunt discussion on Venezuela, authoritarian regimes, and why Canada and much of the West seem afraid to call bad actors exactly what they are.
The conversation cuts through the noise surrounding Donald Trump and examines the reality on the ground in Venezuela – a country devastated by dictatorship, mass displacement, cartel violence, and foreign extremist influence. George explains how fixation on Trump has distorted Canada’s judgment, allowing regimes like Maduro’s to escape proper scrutiny.
They also explore uncomfortable links between Venezuela, Hezbollah, drug trafficking, and Canada’s own fentanyl crisis, raising serious questions about national security, foreign policy, and political will.
A necessary conversation about leadership, accountability, and why Canada needs to stop outsourcing its moral clarity to anti-Trump reflexes.
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