Six weeks of bombing and shelling by Russian forces in Ukraine continue unabated. Ukrainian cities lie in ruins while mass graves have been discovered. The town of Bucha is ground zero for the call of “genocide”m which now echoes around the world. Is it genocide? 

Canada’s MP’s unanimously approved a motion to call Russia’s attack, genocide. US President Biden and other world leaders have made the same accusation. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said it as well, citing “attacks on Russian speaking people in the eastern party of the country by Ukraine” as genocide against Russia. The term itself is very political and in need of thorough investigation. 

Our Unpublished dot vote question asks you: Is Russia’s attack on Ukraine genocide? 

• Yes
• No 
• Unsure

Log on and vote right now at Unpublished.vote and have your voice heard. 

Listen to the podcast, read the articles, cast your vote, email your MP to tell them why, and then take a moment to check out the new Unpublished.ca portal for politics and current affairs in Canada, as we roll it out one section at a time in the coming weeks. 

Guests:

• Yves Engler is a writer with Canadian Dimension
• Elliot Tepper is a Senior Fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University.
• John Packer is a Professor of International Conflict resolution with the University of Ottawa’s Human Rights Research and Education Centre