The Week Unwrapped podcast: Quebeckers, millionaires and autobahns

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days.

In this week’s episode, we discuss:

Quebecker speak up

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To many the biggest takeaway from Canada’s federal election on Monday was that, against the odds, Justin Trudeau clung to power. But one of the regions that turned its back on the embattled PM was Quebec, which abandoned Trudeau’s Liberal party in favour of the Bloc Quebecois, a nationalist separatist group with one eye on independence. Could the Francophone region really quit the federation or is it just a bluff?

China’s millions

The latest Global Wealth Report from Credit Suisse, published on Monday, revealed that China has 4.4m millionaires, up from a million seven years ago and almost none in 2000 - and that there are now more Chinese people than Americans in the wealthiest 10% of the world’s population.

Speedy Germans

Proposals to introduce a 130kph (81mph) speed limit on unrestricted parts of Germany’s autobahn network have been quashed once again. The country’s Green Party believes the limit could save lives and cut emissions, though critics argue the roads are safe and the environmental impact would be minimal. If unlimited parts of autobahn are indeed safe, should we consider derestricting motorways in Britain?

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