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    March 25, 2022
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    COMMONS
    Introducing our new season… War
    The war stories that Canada wants you to forget
    Arshy Mann
    Host & Producer
    Jordan Cornish
    Producer
    Kieran Oudshoorn
    Managing Editor, Podcasts
    Noor Azrieh
    Producer

    Narcolords in league with the government. Hundreds of millions of dollars that vanish into thin air. Arrogant decision-making that leads to the deaths of Canadians and Afghans alike. This season of COMMONS will bring you the war stories that Canada wants you to forget.

    First episode drops March 30, 2022.

    More from this series
    WORK #16 – Boss Fight
    This is the story of Canada’s first-ever video game union. And the lengths that the industry went to try to stop it in its tracks
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    WORK #15 – Canada’s New Underclass
    The huge rise in international students in Canada — most of them from Punjab, India — has become one of the biggest stories in the country.
    June 26, 2024
    WORK #14 – The Colossus of Roads
    She expected to face opposition from tech companies and governments that are hostile to workers. But what she didn’t anticipate was that one of the biggest obstacles in her path would be a labour union. 
    June 19, 2024
    WORK #13 – Flying Under the Radar
    Mandalena Lewis is one of far too many flight attendants who have been harassed or assaulted on the job. And her story is just one example of a culture of sexism and abuse that she alleges pervades the airline industry.
    June 12, 2024
    WORK #12 – The Crucible of Confinement
    In 2006, Zakaria Amara was arrested and imprisoned for planning what could have been one of the deadliest terror attacks in Canadian history. A ringleader of the so-called “Toronto 18,” he’s one of the most infamous Canadian convicts of the last few decades. 
    June 5, 2024
    WORK #11 – The Way the Music Died
    ♩♪ But Spotify, it’s nearly killed us Ticketmaster’s ground us to dust The companies got too large Now monopolies are in charge ♩♪
    May 29, 2024
    WORK #10 – Prison Labour Industrial Complex
    Not only do Canadian prisoners work for for-profit businesses, but they’re sometimes doing the most dangerous and nauseating work around
    May 22, 2024
    WORK #9 – Working Behind Bars
    If we want to truly understand our criminal justice system and Canadian labour, we need to examine how prisoners work.
    May 15, 2024
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