Trudeau Slams Facebook for Blocking Canada Wildfire News

Listening in English

High Int – Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 7–12

In this digital-only listening resource, students listen to a short newsclip from The Associated Press about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's reaction to the fact that Facebook is blocking news about recent wildfires in Canada.

Focus

current events
listening
Justin Trudeau
wildfires
Facebook
Canada
interpretive

Vocabulary

step up
resident
parent company
repurpose
news outlet
inconceivable
A spinning paper plane