# "97" - Small Towns, Big Problems: Eric Kam and Michelle Ferreri on Crime, Crisis, and Canada’s Future

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Podcast: [No BS with Brad Smith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/no-bs-with-brad-smith-7712062)
Published: 2026-07-16T09:50:00+00:00
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## Resource

Brad Smith speaks with Dr. Eric Kam, Professor and Undergraduate Program Director in Economics at Toronto Metropolitan University, and Michelle Ferreri, former Conservative Member of Parliament for Peterborough—Kawartha, about Canada’s bail system, public safety, wildfire preparedness, food insecurity, and whether the country is managing crisis instead of preventing it.

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