David Moscrop is one of Canada’s leading political commentators and the author of On Nationalism and Too Dumb for Democracy? Why We Make Bad Political Decisions And How We Can Make Better Ones, inspired by his political science PhD on the psychology of political decision-making.

He is also a contributor, alongside Margaret Atwood and Omar El Akkad, to Elbows Up! – a blazing, urgent anthology of Canadian unity and defiance written in response to President Trump’s threat to make Canada “the 51st state”.

Max Harris meets him in his first visit to AWF to discuss his acclaimed work, incisive commentary and what it means to report from the front lines of political life at a pivotal moment in his country’s history.