Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

A shooting inside Canada's parliament in 2014 sparked a national debate about gun ownership that's still intensifying.

As medical professionals staged protests calling for stricter gun laws,

we examine how the discussion has similarities to the fight about guns across the border in America.

And many governments are starting to require businesses to report their gender pay gap.

How much less women are paid than men for similar work?

It's becoming clearer just how much parenthood matters to that calculation.

We have a listen to the data.

First up, though, This isaer

This week, Algerians flooded into the streets

to celebrate a moment that was unthinkable two months ago.

After two decades in power,

82-year-old Abdel-Aziziz Boutoflika

resigned as the country's leader.

The news followed almost daily protests

by hundreds of thousands,

which began in February.

Years of corruption and mismanagement have left the oil and gas-rich country with a big deficit

and 1.4 million people unemployed.

But it's been a long time since Mr. Putoflika actually led the country.

He suffered a stroke in 2013 and has been an invalid ever since.

It's a clique of military leaders and oligarchs,

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