The Far-Right Grassroots Movement Taking Over Canada
The Canadian version of the Yellow Vests has little in common with its origins in France
January 28, 2019
By David Crosbie
CANADALAND
#262 Meet Canada’s Pro-Oil, Anti-Immigrant Yellow Vest Movement
What do warnings of globalism, support for pipelines and calls to execute Trudeau have in common? They're all part of the rhetoric of the Canadian Yellow Vests. CANADALAND producer David Crosbie investigates how a French working class protest against a fuel tax has inspired a right-wing, populist movement holding recurring rallies across Canada.
January 27, 2019
No, Don Cherry Isn’t Selling Penis Pills
From copying the CBC website, to claiming female anchors are leaving to start a skincare business, CANADALAND explains the tricks scammers use to...
January 16, 2019
By Graeme Gordon
CANADALAND
#254 An Issue Worth Torching Your Job Over
After 25 years at the CBC, tech columnist Jesse Hirsh decided to risk it all. During an interview about Facebook, he turned the tables, asking why CBC continues to promote Facebook after we've seen what that company has done to undermine democracy. CBC refused to post the segment online, raising questions about what you can and cannot say on our public broadcaster.
November 25, 2018
Short Cuts
#189 The Media’s The Problem
Despite bringing the horrifying events at a private school in Toronto to the attention of police, the media have been getting some backlash from parents. A CBC columnist dared to call out the CBC on its Facebook practices, and Jesse makes some connections on the CANADALAND conspiracy cork board.
November 22, 2018
Short Cuts
#184 The Toronto Sun Is Going To Get Somebody Killed
The entirely credible reports of a Toronto Sun "investigative columnist" ritually sacrificing scapegoats, and the pivotal role Facebook played in the creation of video at the expense of news.
October 17, 2018
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#163 The Indoctrination Of Alexandre Bissonnette
A look at the media diet of Alexandre Bissonnette, charged with the January, 2017 terror attack at a Quebec City mosque that killed six and wounded nineteen, plus Facebook continues its Canadian outreach program.
April 18, 2018
CANADALAND
#224 How To Un-F**k The Internet
"It's the wild west out there right now, and for lots of people that means it's really dangerous and their experience is horrible."
March 26, 2018
Facebook Still Doesn’t Get It
Their PR rep may have felt they were reaching out in good faith, but the company can no longer be assumed to be in good faith with the public at all.
March 23, 2018
By Jesse Brown
Short Cuts
#159 You Can Beat Me With a Hose
Is all of your Facebook data up for sale? What do the Cambridge Analytica revelations mean for Canada? When does journalism cross the line into criminal harassment? And if there hasn't been any major violence in 20 years, why are we all of a sudden freaking out about Khalistan so much?
