Host Mattea Roach is joined by Nick Taylor-Vaisey, David Moscrop and Sandy Garossino to talk about the two objects shot down over Canada. Is this a question of national security? Or a weather monitoring program gone wrong? It’s probably not aliens, right?
February 21, 2023
CANADALAND
#860 Why We Need Guns
Ian Runkle, firearms lawyer, makes the pro-gun case to Jesse, following a political victory for gun rights advocates.
February 20, 2023
Short Cuts
#859 John Tory and His Sin City
A tasting menu of scandals from Ontario’s municipal and provincial governments, with a newsroom scandal thrown in for kicks.
February 16, 2023
Wag the Doug
#51 Ford Weddings and a Free-for-all
It turns out Doug Ford and his "developer buddies" are more than just a metaphor.
February 15, 2023
CANADALAND
#858 One Rich Man Won’t Save Journalism
They said they’d found a way to save journalism. They did not.
February 13, 2023
Short Cuts
#857 How The Westons Won
Following the melting of the No Name price freeze, Loblaw had a bit of its own public meltdown. Meanwhile, the country’s largest newspaper chain continues its own perpetual self-dissolution, leaving damp puddles where once stood proud big-city dailies.
February 9, 2023
canadaLANDBACK
#5 Hacks, Flacks and #Landback
Since 2019 five journalists have been arrested at land defenses, several others have been detained or threatened with arrest - why?
February 6, 2023
Short Cuts
#855 Don’t Call Quebec Racist, They’re Sensitive About It
Quebec’s overblown backlash to the appointment of Amira Elghawaby as special representative on combatting Islamophobia in response to her analysis of a poll from back in 2019. And is the government telling us to only drink two alcoholic beverages a week? Sarah Hagi co-hosts.
February 2, 2023
Short Cuts
#853 The Indulgent Consultant
McKinsey is on everyone’s lips, but it’s just one of the many consulting firms the government is spending millions on. And as the provinces and federal government battle it out when it comes to healthcare, whose side are we supposed to be on? Nora Loreto co-hosts.
January 26, 2023
The Backbench
#56 Should Canada Intervene In Haiti?
Armed conflicts across the world are increasingly demanding the attention of Canadians and prompting the federal government to get involved. This episode, host Mattea Roach is joined by Emilie Nicolas, Arshy Mann, and Steven Chase to talk about what Canadian intervention in Haiti could and should look like, and they also tackle the existential questions we have about our military: What is the state of our military? Are we prepared to take on an expanded role? Should we?
