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Episode: “What’s Up With Canada’s Political Left?” (July 25)
Editor’s note: “In this episode of The Backbench, The Black Squirrel neighbourhood is incorrectly identified as being in Sunnyside. It is correctly located in the Ottawa, Ontario neighbourhood named The Glebe.”
Episode: “Roots of Tension in Canada’s Israel-Palestine Discourse” (November 28)
Editor’s note: “For additional context Hamas emerged in 1987 during the first Palestinian uprising, or intifada, as an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian branch. The group is committed to armed resistance against Israel and the creation of an Islamic Palestinian state in Israel’s place. For more: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2284721219710#:~:text=A%20spotlight%20was%20cast%20on,Ashley%20Fraser%20explores%20its%20origins
Episode: “Donors To BIPOC Retreat Feel It Was A ‘Scam’” (February 27)
Clarification: “Shekara Grant became involved with Buy Black Birchtown via the Change is Brewing Collective in early 2021, not in 2020 as some listeners may have concluded.” (February 27)
Episode: “How Flacks Spin Hacks” (November 27)
Clarification: “In the conversation, host Jesse Brown remarks that he’s ‘never read a story from PressProgress that would embarrass or contradict the agenda of the NDP,’ adding, ‘Maybe they can correct me on that.’ Taking Jesse up on this offer, PressProgress editor Luke LeBrun draws our attention to five stories critical of policies from British Columbia’s NDP government, and, stressing the outlet’s journalistic independence, notes they have ‘no rules forbidding our journalists from criticizing the NDP or any requirement that they must dogmatically align with the NDP’s policies or messaging on anything.'” (December 12)
Episode: “How Canada Became An International Joke” (December 4)
Editor’s note: “An earlier version of this episode contained characterizations of slain Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar that Canadaland has been unable to independently verify, and as such have been removed.” (December 12)
Episode: “John Tory and His Sin City” (February 16)
Correction: “This episode incorrectly termed the City of Hamilton’s media accreditation proposal a ‘bylaw.’ Rather, it is a media accreditation policy. The Council has decided to review the proposal but meanwhile access, ‘to Council Chambers, Council proceedings and Council documents is not contemplated to change,’ the City of Hamilton’s Director of Communications and Strategic Initiatives said to Canadaland. Grant added members of the public, ‘journalist or otherwise,’ continue to be welcomed in Council chambers. Also, a previous version of this episode stated, ‘And Doug Ford lends his support to John Tory and Chrystia Freeland lends support to John Tory.’ This has been amended to reflect the latest update from Deputy Minister Chrystia Freeland, in which she claims she did not encourage former Toronto mayor John Tory to remain in his former post.” (February 17)
Episode: “Poilievre on Drugs” (May 18)
Correction: “the number of active Safer Supply clients reported by the Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre’s 2022 annual report is incorrectly cited in this episode as 58. The correct number is 86.” (May 18)
Episode: “Stumbling Through the Fog of War” (October 19)
Correction: “(October 19) A previous version of this episode featured claims of an altercation between an alleged Israeli police officer and Arabic-speaking reporter, elements of which Canadaland has since not been able to verify. (Update, November 17: While the Israeli security agent involved does not appear to have been a police officer, other details of the encounter have since been verified elsewhere.)”
Clarification: “While in this episode, the May 2021 ‘Open letter to Canadian newsrooms on covering Israel-Palestine’ is described as ‘getting at’ the ‘naming of the occupation that has been going on for 75 years’ with its request for additional context to be included in coverage, the letter itself didn’t specify when the occupation began. It stated: ‘Unfortunately, newsroom leaders are skittish, fearing the deluge of complaints that often follows coverage. The deep reluctance to cover the ongoing nature of the Israeli occupation leads to urgent breaking news coverage that never includes the context that surrounds the issue.'” (November 6)
Article: “That time the RCMP taped themselves planning a ‘smear campaign’” (February 6)
Correction: “This article originally said that RCMP media relations officer Peter Montague could be heard on tape saying, ‘Smear campaigns are special.’ In fact, what he said was that ‘Smear campaigns are our specialty.'” (February 6)
Article: “Shree Paradkar out as Toronto Star’s Ombud on Discrimination and Bias” (December 13)
Correction: “A previous version of this article inaccurately stated the number of all Israeli deaths on October 7 as civilian deaths.” (December 18)
Editor’s note: “This article has been updated and clarified to provide more context and detail, particularly with regard to comments by Toronto4Palestine, tweets by Amanda Gelender and Shree Paradkar, and the role of Racial Justice and Equity Advocate. (The earlier version can be viewed here for full transparency.)” (December 18)
