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So it looks like technically Canada is in the midst of a “technical” recession, but, technicalities aside, is a 0.2% drop in growth really that big a deal?
Carney hasn’t said much on the subject, just that this is just a “settling-in period” while his policies take effect. On the other hand, Poilievre seems almost gleeful, saying that it’s a result of a “banker who can’t budget”. Oh, and he’s made a whole attack ad dunking on the technicalities of a technical recession with a little help from generative AI. Is this what politics has come to?
Host: James Nicholson
Credits: Andrea Varsany (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Douglas Soltys
Additional music by Audio Network
Apply to CANADALAND’s Audio Journalism Fellowship at labs.canadaland.com
Go to canadaland.com/live to find out more about our live show, June 18th at the Halifax Convention Centre!
Further reading:
Sharan Kaur: Why top economists are rejecting the ‘recession’ narrative - CTV News‘Technical Recession’, the Backstory: Why has the Canadian Economy Flatlined? - Policy MagazineCarney addresses technical recession, says economy going through 'settling-in' period - CBC News51st state 'a great discussion' for Trump and Carney, says Hoekstra as president trolls ahead of trade talks - CBC NewsCanada Dips Into Technical Recession for First Time Since 2020 - BloombergCanada enters surprise technical recession amid tariff uncertainty - ReutersCanada is in a ‘technical’ recession. Here’s why economists are pushing back on that label - The Toronto StarIs a technical recession technically a problem for Mark Carney? - CBC NewsFIRST READING: Is the technical recession recession just a technicality, technically? - Yahoo News CanadaSponsors:
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Carney just released his new 55-page strategy, “AI for All,” to much fanfare, over $2B in funding commitments, and…very few details on how he’s going to accomplish any of it.
Canadians were at the forefront of AI’s creation, yet we’re already falling behind in harnessing this revolutionary technology. But most of us aren’t convinced that AI is safe: not for the environment, or the kids, or our personal privacy. Plus, it seems like no one’s figured out how to actually make a return on their investment.
So, is Canada investing in a product that’s doomed to fail?
Host: James Nicholson
Credits: Andrea Varsany (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Douglas Soltys
Apply to CANADALAND’s Audio Journalism Fellowship at labs.canadaland.com
Go to canadaland.com/live to find out more about our live show, June 18th at the Halifax Convention Centre!
Further reading:
Canada’s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All - Government of Canada Canada’s AI strategy won’t build necessary trust - The Globe and MailCanada’s AI strategy promises to protect citizens. Critics say it still lacks teeth | BetaKit Canada Finally Has a National AI Strategy. Experts Hate It | The WalrusCarney government to ban social media for kids younger than 16, but will allow exemptions - National Post Minister defends Canada’s new AI strategy | Front Burner [YouTube]This is our time: Canada’s national AI strategy is an incredible step forward - The Globe and MailAnthopic, OpenAI Should Not Be Allowed to IPO, Says Ed Zitron - Bloomberg [YouTube]BetaKit Most Ambitious - BetakitOttawa to direct CRTC to scrap demands for streamers to fund local news, niche broadcasters - The Globe and MailSponsors:
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Host Sam spent a day at Canada's biggest defence trade show asking about autonomous weapons.
The good news: Canada says humans must always be part of the decision to kill. The bad news: nobody can define what that means, the US just voted against a UN resolution banning killer robots, and Pete Hegseth wants the Pentagon to be an "AI-first warfighting force."
Sam talks to an AI researcher, an underwater robot CEO, a defence contractor who tells it like it is, and an ethicist who somehow remains hopeful.
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Host: Noor Azrieh
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)
Guests: Jason Millar, Randy Goebel
Background reading:
For Canada, the march of the killer robots is getting hard to avoid | The LogicJudge temporarily blocks Pentagon's blacklist of AI company Anthropic | CBC NewsAt Canada’s biggest weapons show, the soldiers were the target | Globe and MailCanada’s largest arms expo drawing record turnout as Ottawa boosts defence spendingGo to Canadaland.com/live to find out more about our live show, June 18th at the Halifax Convention Centre!
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Last week, Mark Carney announced his big A.I. strategy. Two billion dollars to support creating jobs, providing free A.I. literacy training, and protection against some of the potential harms and risks around A.I., especially with kids. Oh, and he wants to build a world-leading supercomputer.
Canada's leading A.I. company is Cohere. Cohere isn't like OpenAI or xAI or Anthropic or any of those other well-known large language model companies. They're not public facing. They don't do image generation or music generation, or tell you what recipe you can make with the leftovers in your fridge. They develop private models for specific companies trained in part on that company's private data. RBC, Bell, Salesforce, just to name a few. Their current valuation sits at $7 billion.
Cohere's co-founder is a 33 year-old indie rockstar named Nick Frosst. He joins host Stephen Marche to discuss Canada's A.I. sector, his band, Star Trek, and those students booing A.I. at convocations.
Host: Stephen Marche
Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)
Fact checking by Julian Abraham
Photo: Gabriel Hutchinson
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The Globe and Mail’s editorial board calls the initial reporting on Kamloops residential school graves a “failure of journalism.”
Five years later, debate continues over small errors in the language used to report on the preliminary findings of an investigation into unmarked graves.
Is the Globe’s decision to address these issues productive or will it fuel denial of the impact of residential schools on Indigenous communities?
Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons(Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Harrison Lowman
Further reading:
There is no reconciliation without truth - The Globe and Mail#786 Digging For Doubt - CANADALAND [Podcast]#1362 The Truth About Residential School Graves - CANADALAND [Podcast]The search for graves at Tk’emlups, five years on - The Decibel [YouTube] Kamloops residential school survivors recall students going missing, digging of graves in orchard - CBC [YouTube] ‘Horrible History’: Mass Grave of Indigenous Children Reported in Canada - The New York TimesSAY WHAT?: Ranking the Top Ten most painful English speakers in Canadian politics - Western StandardTim Hortons to dial back use of Temporary Foreign Worker program, aims to hire 10,000 locally - The Globe and Mail'Where’s the melt?' Tim Hortons customers complain of unmelted grilled cheese sandwiches - National PostSponsors:
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As journalists, our work brings us to stories that fall into one large category: the public interest. If something is happening in your community that people need to know about, it’s our job to tell it.
But of course, there are many other interesting stories that we would probably never publish. So we wanted to hear your stories, the ones that might not be fit for print, but have a good hook, a good twist — something memorable.
And you came out swingin’. From dog bartenders to student teacher relationships that allegedly became a blockbuster film starring Judy Dench and Cate Blanchett. Oh, and the COVID police. All that and more.
Host: Sam Konnert
Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Tony Wang (Executive Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Publisher)
Photo: Digitally Edited by Tristan Capacchione, using material from Boko Shots and ELEVATE
Additional music by Audio Network
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Carney’s big address on antisemitism didn’t amount to much.
Acknowledging what he called a “crisis,” Carney spoke at a Toronto synagogue, highlighting measures taken to address antisemitism in Canada, including changes in hate crimes laws and a council that will study the problem.
Jewish Canadians expecting tangible action were disappointed, so why did he bother?
NOTE: This episode makes use of generative A.I. for the following purpose: voice cloning to correct an error in the original recording in which the group Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigade was initially misidentified.
Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons(Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Harrison Lowman
Further reading:
Prime Minister Carney highlights new measures to combat antisemitism and support Canada’s Jewish community - Government of Canada LIVE: Combatting Antisemitism • EN DIRECT : Lutter contre l'antisémitisme [YouTube] Opinion: Mark Carney, antisemitism is not a public relations problem | National Post NP View: What Jewish Canadians need to hear from Mark Carney The United States Should Offer Asylum to Canadian Jews - Flashpoints & Frontlines [Substack] Opinion | The Star tried something with AI it had never done before. Then, we pumped the brakes. Here's why - Toronto StarChina’s top diplomat says Canada ties ‘fully restored’ - The HinduSponsors:
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This is the Liberal government’s second attempt at passing lawful access legislation. Last year, the government pushed Bill C-2, their marquee border security bill that didn’t even make it to committee because of the backlash. But now, Bill C-22 is here, and things are feeling a little deja vu. Host Noor Azrieh asks Robert Diab what new powers this bill actually creates. Why are tech companies, privacy advocates, and our allies so worried?
Host: Noor Azrieh
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)
Guests: Robert Diab
Background reading:
The Lawful Access Two-Headed Surveillance Monster: How Bill C-22 Went Off the Rails – Michael GeistLawful access bill could lead to exit from Canada, major VPN provider says - National – Global NewsWhy the U.S. is noticing this Canadian security bill – CBC NewsSignal warns it would pull out of Canada if made to comply with lawful access bill – The Globe and MailMeta joins Apple in opposing Canada’s digital wiretapping bill – The LogicFacing mounting backlash, Anandasangaree says U.S. tech companies are 'misinterpreting' his lawful access bill – CBC NewsSponsors:
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Trump and Putin both hate Chrystia Freeland. But her ability to unite world leaders under a single banner isn't her greatest accolade. Freeland is quite simply one of the most acrcomplished public servants in Canada's history. For starters, she was the first woman to serve as finance minister. She helped introduce $10 a day daycare in this country. She was also instrumental in the fall of the Trudeau government, and currently she runs the Rhodes Scholarship and works as an economic advisor for Ukraine.
But more than any of that, Freeland has been one of the closest observers of globalization over the past 30 years. She saw its birth as a journalist in Russia in the 1990s, and she saw its death while working as deputy prime minister for Canada in the 2020s. Chrystia Freeland joins us today to talk about that front row seat at the rise and seeming demise of globalization.
This conversation is the launch of our upcoming speakers series The Nuance. It's a simple idea: important conversations on complex subjects with informed guests in front of a live audience.
Host: Stephen Marche
Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor & Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)
Fact checking by Julian Abraham
Photo: U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Canada
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Danielle Smith sidesteps the courts to ask Albertans a question about a referendum on separation.
Carney calls it a “dangerous bluff,” reminiscent of Brexit, and Smith’s question is being criticized as confusing and potentially misleading.
Rahim Mohamed of the National Post joins to explain why he predicted this would happen (but he didn’t say it would make sense) and why he thinks Danielle Smith is improvising on the fly, rather than following a plan.
Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Rahim Mohamed
Further reading:
Carney calls Smith's Alberta referendum question a 'dangerous bluff' | CBC NewsDanielle Smith tries to blame 700,000 illusory Albertans for her separatism gambit - The Globe and MailAlberta Separation: Three-in-five say they’d vote in October to stay, but half say the question is “confusing” - Angus Reid InstituteDispatch from the Front Lines: Canada ain't perfect, but we still stand for itB.C. Conservative leadership hopeful Findlay flees own press conference | Chilliwack ProgressAudio Journalism Fellowship 2026 — CanadaLabsSponsors:
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This industry is notorious for exploiting interns. Thanks to our supporters, we’ve been able to build a program that does the opposite: pay a fair wage to emerging journalists to work on their own stories, not ours.
Applications for the 2026 Canadaland Audio Journalism Fellowship are now open. This is a paid 4-month opportunity in the fall for two journalists to pitch, develop, and produce an original story to be broadcast on our network.
Learn more and apply at labs.canadaland.com. Applications close June 30th.
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After Israeli minister Ben-Gvir posts a video of the inhumane treatment of detained protestors, Canada joins the global condemnation of Israel’s treatment of Gaza flotilla participants, including 12 Canadians.
Rahim Mohamed of the National Post joins Jesse Brown to discuss why Jewish Canadians are reluctant to voice their criticism of Israel, and what’s left out of the coverage of the Gaza flotilla.
Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Rahim Mohamed
Further reading:
Israel's treatment of detained Gaza flotilla members is 'abominable,' Carney says | CBC News Flotilla organizer confirms identities of 12 Canadians detained by Israel - CTV News Video showing far-right Israeli minister taunting Gaza flotilla activists sparks global outcry | CNNI was Canada’s ambassador to Israel. Its reaction to the flotilla is undermining its own case - Toronto StarSask. separatists buoyed by Alberta referendum plan | CBC News The Online Streaming Act Bill Comes Due: Why the CRTC’s Latest Ruling Guarantees Years of Trade and Legal Battles - Michael GeistSponsors:
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As Canada inches closer to China to escape the US's “global swagger,” do we even know who we're dealing with?
As Canada inches closer to China’s “global swagger” to escape the US's orbit, do we even know who we're dealing with? This week, Noor sits down with Jonathan Cheng, The Wall Street Journal's China Bureau Chief, a Canadian who's been based in Beijing since 2019, to get an inside look at China's current confidence, its trade posture, and what Beijing actually thinks of Canada.
Also, Xav Trudeau's "electric" halftime show in Ottawa, a Conservative MP names her grandchild Charlie Kirk, Danielle Smith's refer-referendum, cabinet shuffle rumours, and the controversial surveillance bill that made Signal threaten to leave Canada entirely.
Host: Noor Azrieh
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)
Guests: Jonathan Cheng
Background reading:
China’s Foreign Minister to visit Canada for the first time in 10 years - The Globe and MailA ‘red line’: Chinese embassy condemns Canadian MP’s visit to TaiwanChina and India among ‘main perpetrators’ of foreign interference, Canada’s spy agency reports - Toronto StarNissan eyes exporting Chinese-made electric cars to Canada - Financial PostOttawa working to get Canadian companies selling goods on Chinese platforms - National - Global NewsOttawa working to get Canadian companies selling goods on Chinese platforms - National - Global NewsSponsors:
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Off The Record is our monthly call in show and this Thursday, you can call in and chat with Sam Konnert about your favourite story. We’re asking the question:
What’s the story that everyone in your community talks about? The one that just never dies.
Was it a drunk uncle? Did your classmate get arrested? A rumour that stuck? Maybe your community helped out an individual in need!
Just something that, if you bring it up, people go: “oh yeah… that!”
Call in is this Thursday, May 28, from 4:30-6:30 Eastern Time
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Ebola. Hantavirus. Here we go again. Tracking outbreaks to see if they are going to spread across the world. Triggering fear: virus, epidemic, pandemic. And a flood of headlines. The locations, the numbers, the details change but the gist of the message is always the same. Keep the disease away from us.
But today we meet someone who heard the news of an Ebola outbreak and ran straight at it. Into the hot zone. To the epicentre, to a village in what was then Zaire 30 years ago. Her five weeks living and reporting from that bush hospital resulted in her documentary film Ebola: Inside an Outbreak. The film earned her Emmy for outstanding investigative journalism. Her name is Ric Bienstock and she’s here with her firsthand account of the Ebola virus, how people live and die with it, what it means as a global health challenge, and whether or not this virus is something that Canadians need to fear.
Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)
Additional music by Audio Network
Fact checking by Julian Abraham
More information:
No Ebola cases in Canada and no new hantavirus cases, chief public health officer says - CBC NewsGood Soup Productions - WebsiteSponsors:
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CBC is pausing its production of an elaborate “prank show” led by Indigenous creators after outrage online.
Critics say “Northland Tales” is political activism that has no place on the national broadcaster.
But Ryan McMahon joins San Grewal to explain why pranking is fair game, even on the CBC, and why it would be a shame if the show gets cancelled.
Host: San Grewal
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Ryan McMahon
Further reading:
CBC pausing production on satirical Indigenous show | CBC NewsLILLEY: CBC hits pause on show targeting RCMP and conservatives - Toronto Sun CBC called out for role in prank interviews of Kamloops residential school grave critics -CBC NewsCBC-funded prank show’s deceptive tactics raise fraud and legal concerns: Lawyer - The Hub'I'm sick to my stomach': Retired RCMP officer details humiliating experience with CBC prank show Taxpayer-funded mockumentary exposed; most legacy media steer clear of graves dissidents - The Rewrite [Substack]Hundreds gather to celebrate Murray Sinclair's legacy with round dance in Winnipeg | CBC NewsSponsors:
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Nate Erskine-Smith lost his bid for nomination for the Ontario Liberals in Scarborough Southwest, putting his plans for leadership in question. He’s alleging serious voting irregularities, and that the Ontario Liberal establishment has it in for him.
Meanwhile, the Toronto Star publishes a curious Editor’s Note, retracting a statement from the PMO that Carney did not in fact endorse Erskine-Smith, despite the video being posted online.
Then, a Toronto Star freelance columnist criticizes the Star’s reporting, and has her column pulled. What is happening?
Barbara Patrocinio of iPolitics joins San Grewal to sort through the chaos.
Host: San Grewal
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Barbara Patrocinio
Further reading:
Liberal party under fire as more questions raised about Nate Erskine-Smith’s nomination fight - Toronto StarWhy the Liberal nomination controversy could be an 'unhelpful distraction' for a party looking to rebuild | CBC NewsSupriya Dwivedi on Real Talk with Ryan Jesperson [YouTube]Supriya Dwivedi Thread [X/Twitter]Erskine-Smith appeals Ontario Liberal nomination loss, alleging ‘irregularities’ | Power & Politics [YouTube]Ontario running out of time to pass bill to deal with misbehaving municipal politicians, critics warn | CBC NewsBlind side: Why World Cup economic impact on Vancouver, Toronto may never be known | Globalnews.caSponsors:
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Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to turn Canada into a defence powerhouse — and venture capital is racing to cash in. Host Sam Konnert talks to defence experts and industry insiders about the new military-tech gold rush, and asks: can Silicon Valley mentality fix Canada’s stagnant defence sector, or are we scaling up its worst instincts?
CORRECTION: at the 26 minute mark, the reporter mistakenly says Christiane Fox was questioned by Conservative MP Damien Kurek before the public accounts committee. In reality, Fox was questioned by Conservative MP Ned Kuruc.
Host: Sam Konnert
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)
Guests: Philippe Lagassé, Samuel Witherspoon, Hugo Hodgett
Background reading:
Prime Minister Carney launches Canada’s first Defence Industrial Strategy to strengthen security, create prosperity, and reinforce strategic autonomyDefence tech upstart Dominion Dynamics takes aim at the U.S. giants supplying Canada – The LogicThe defence-tech gold rush is testing the limits of venture capital – The LogicCanada's $1-trillion defence commitment: whose future are we defending? – The Hill TimesMeet Eliot Pence, the man turning Canada’s defence procurement upside down – Be GiantDeputy minister says she was 'advancing diversity' when she hired acquaintance – Ottawa CitizenSponsors:
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Last Thursday on Off The Record, we talked about Social media — what you love and hate.
As journalists, we are pretty terminally online, so we wanted to know how you balance social media with real life, and you gave us lots of insight. Check it out, if you haven’t already!
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Elaine Dewar was tough. Contrary. The reporter who wrote an article that brought upon her the wrath of billionaires. It was a piece on the Reichmann family resulting in a $102 million dollar libel case that nearly killed Toronto Life Magazine. She argued against the Bering Strait theory on migration of humans to the Americas. She ruffled feathers with her views on the origins of Covid. Questioned ties between the environmental movement and big business.
Those are just a few of the debates she sparked through her tireless investigative works.
Elaine Dewar was debated, denounced, debunked.
Well, they tried to debunk her. She was sued and she was spied on. She hated, as she put it, "Lying liars who lied."
Elaine Dewar, investigative reporter and author of multiple nonfiction books. Born in Saskatchewan in 1948, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer last August, and she died weeks later. She died writing. Elaine’s publisher Dan Wells and daughter Anna Dewar Gully join us today to talk about her life and that final book, Oblivious, which chronicles the medical segregation of Indigenous people and their history as non-consensual subjects in medical experimentation.
Editor’s note: Approximately halfway through the podcast, publisher Dan Wells describes Otto Schaefer as a Nazi-trained doctor who conducted experiments on Indigenous people. While not entirely incorrect, this is something of an oversimplification of a nuanced history. Elaine Dewar gives that nuance in the book, and it’s available to read in this Toronto Star excerpt.
Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)
Additional music by Audio Network
Fact checking by Julian Abraham
Photo: Danielle Dewar
More information:
Oblivious: Residential Schools, Segregated Hospitals, and the use of Indigenous Peoples as Slaves of Race Science — BiblioasisWith weeks to live, Elaine Dewar finished her most personal book – probing settler Canadians’ obliviousness — The Globe & MailBook excerpt: The complicated legacy of Otto Schaefer and Canada’s Indigenous people — The Toronto StarCanada’s media lawyers wage war on “libel chill” and the power of the purse — National Magazine, Canadian Bar Association#186 End Of The CanLit Hustle — CANADALAND#715 Mommy, Where Does COVID Come From? — CANADALANDSponsors:
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Everyone is talking about Drake’s new album ICEMAN (except Canadian media.)
Why is Canadian media more interested in the provenance of ice blocks than the next chapter in the career of one of Canada’s biggest stars?
Drake is one of Canada’s biggest cultural exports. He represents Canada and Toronto on the global stage, and yet at home he isn’t given the same acclaim as other Canadian icons.
Writer and Hip Hop lecturer Dalton Higgins joins to explain why Canada hasn’t fully embraced Drake.
Host: Noor Azrieh
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Andrea Varsany (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Dalton Higgins
Additional music by Audio Network
Further reading:
Can Drake’s New Album End Rap’s Cold Streak? - WSJDrake's 'Iceman' Arrives at the Most Pivotal Moment of His Career - BoardroomDrake caused another stink in Toronto after smelly seats he froze in ‘Iceman’ stunt were removed from a Raptors game - Toronto StarMeet the family-run Ontario company behind Drake's massive ice sculpture | CBC News Can Drake reconnect with Toronto, the city that once loved him, with his new ‘Iceman’ album? - Toronto Star ‘It’s a real challenge,’ Food insecurity still an emergency in Toronto with food bank use on the rise, report says - NOW Toronto Why some Canadians are using the census to protest against the federal government - CTV NewsSponsors:
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Inside the scoop that launched the Alberta data breach into the headlines.
How independent media broke the story of the Alberta separatists' access to voter information.
Plus, Danielle Smith visits Carney and makes progress on the Alberta MOU. Can Smith leverage separatism to get a pipeline?
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Host: Noor Azrieh
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Jeremy Appel
Further reading:
SCOOP: Elections Alberta investigating separatists for accessing electors list - The Orchard [Substack]SCOOP: Jen Gerson: Elections Alberta's massive failure could have put people in danger. I tried to warn them. - The Line [Substack]Opinion | I went home to the heartland of Alberta independence. Even after covering Donald Trump for 10 years, I was still terrified by what I found - Toronto Star Danielle Smith says working out differences with feds key to quelling Alberta separatism | CBC News Bell: Danielle Smith claims win after high-stakes sit-down with Carney | Calgary HeraldFormer human rights chief launches defamation lawsuit against Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman | CBC News Editors’ Note: May 2, 2026 - New York TimesSponsors:
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