Justin Trudeau tells-all in his revealing year-end interview, oh wait, he just stuck to the same old talking points. And yes, we're still going on about Omicron. Data journalist David Weisz co-hosts. Links: CBC Year-End Interview with PM CTV Year-End Interview with PM City News Year-End Interview with PM Globe & Mail piece re: Niagara police constable Sponsors: Douglas , PolicyMe , Freshbooks, Squarespace Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.c...
Dec 23, 2021•34 min•Ep. 740
He's the academic expert people love to hate. But he considers stirring the pot his moral duty. This week, CANADALAND brings you a profile of Amir Attaran. Amir Attaran might not be a name you know off the top of your head, but if you listen or read Canadian media, you've definitely come across him before. He is a professor at both the University of Ottawa law school and also its School of Epidemiology and Public Health. He's got a PhD in immunology from Oxford, along with a law degree from UBC....
Dec 20, 2021•41 min•Ep. 739
The media is scaring the bejesus out of us about the Omicron variant, but being on perpetual high alert can backfire. And the case against feeding the hungry. Writer, activist and podcaster Nora Loreto co-hosts. Links: Toronto Star piece re: Omicron Blacklocks Reporter piece re: Minister Anita Anand's husband National Post: Capitalist Manifesto Toronto Star piece re: Food Banks Nora Loreto's book , Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sponsors: ...
Dec 16, 2021•37 min•Ep. 738
March 16, the day the restaurants died. Or did they? Food industry writer, Corey Mintz, dissects what COVID-19 and the rise of third-party delivery apps have meant for the industry and our culture surrounding food. Further reading: The Next Supper , Corey Mintz, PublicAffairs Books The truth about Uber Eats, DoorDash and Skip the Dishes , Corey Mintz, Maclean's You can support Canadaland at canadaland.com/join or you can gift an ad-free subscription to a friend or family member by visiting...
Dec 13, 2021•37 min•Ep. 737
The Indigenous delegation headed to the Vatican was canceled and the media seems most focused on a papal apology. And is coverage of the Ring of Fire simply echoing the Conservative party lines? Ryan McMahon sits in for Jesse this week with co-host Pam Palmater. Links: CAJ Diversity study CBC Indigenous piece re: Vatican visit Toronto Star Local Journalism Initiative piece re: Vatican visit CBC piece re: Ring of Fire Sponsors: Douglas , Kilne , ...
Dec 09, 2021•32 min•Ep. 736
Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano are freelance journalists who were arrested by RCMP officers on the morning of Nov. 19, 2021 while they were covering the demonstrations of Wet'suwet'en people and hereditary chiefs against the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline. The standoff on unceded territory was the top news story of 2020, until the pandemic hit. But since then, coverage has waned and in-depth looks have largely been left to freelancers and smaller independent news out...
Dec 06, 2021•44 min•Ep. 735
The latest COVID variant offers mixed messaging about the severity of the virus. And an obituary to memorialize an alleged murderer does not sit right with Jesse and at least one of our listeners. Veteran journalist and freelance obituary writer Fred Langan co-hosts. Links: Daniel Schlafman's death notice can be found here Radio-Canada's piece re: their deaths (French) Global News' report re: their deaths Sponsors: Kilne , Squarespace , Manscaped Support CANADALAND: https://canadalan...
Dec 02, 2021•31 min•Ep. 734
Support our work at canadaland.com/join Did an Instagram account kill a vulnerable teenager? 6ixBuzz has unparalleled clout in Toronto with young audiences and it used that influence to make "Debby Gang" or "Debby Parkway" (real name Alexis Matos) a certain brand of local celebrity — the kind that is repeatedly filmed when spotted on the street, and is then is the subject of mockery and scorn. When Alexis Matos died of an apparent fentanyl overdose, hundreds immediately blamed 6ixBuzz and ...
Nov 29, 2021•33 min•Ep. 733
The struggle against Coastal Gaslink was bigger news this week because journalists got arrested. And even CBC can't seem to avoid the wrath of covering WE Charity. Canadaland contributing editor Danielle Paradis co-hosts. Links: A rare Editor's Note from the CBC on covering WE Charity Since the time of recording, the CBC posted on Facebook saying Michael Toledano had been commissioned by CBC's The Passionate Eye to film a documentary at the time of his arrest. Sponsors: Kilne , Douglas , S...
Nov 25, 2021•32 min•Ep. 732
Support our work at canadaland.com/join Failure to protect hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Violent arrests at Wet'suwet'en and Fairy Creek. And now, Portapique. In recent years, controversy has hounded Canada's storied national police force. Reporter Jane Gerster has made it her mission to understand why these problems are happening, and she says that the Mounties - which originated as a paramilitary force to defend Canada's interests in the West - must grapp...
Nov 22, 2021•42 min•Ep. 731
Support our work at canadaland.com/join As British Columbia assesses the damage from the downpour, what is the media's role when disaster strikes? And Jian Ghomeshi's lawyer is back in the news over a controversy but is Jesse too close to the story to critique it? National Observer columnist Sandy Garossino co-hosts. Sponsors: Douglas , Kilne , HelloFresh Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
Nov 18, 2021•51 min•Ep. 730
Support Canadaland at canadaland.com/join On the heels of COP26, Jesse heads back to school as he and his new senior producer, Sarah Lawrynuik, duke it out over whether climate change is either a) boring or b) the most exciting story ever told. Sarah takes Jesse through the psychological factors at play, the history, the politics and the morality of the climate crisis, while making her case for the latter. Will Canadaland move forward with stories about climate change? Listen to find out. ...
Nov 15, 2021•48 min•Ep. 729
Support Canadaland at www.canadaland.com/join A veteran Black columnist at The Star calls out Desmond Cole's activism out of nowhere. And CBC officially closes the comment section on Facebook. Writer Ish Aderonmu co-hosts. Links: Ish's award-winning piece in Toronto Life The Toronto Star column from Royson James discussed in segment 1 (paywalled) Kate Dubinski's piece on the call for more investment into legal aid David Pugliese's piece in The Ottawa Citizen on Canadian of...
Nov 11, 2021•32 min•Ep. 728
Support Canadaland at canadaland.com/join A new breed of hyper-connected, steroid-abusing, gender-bending, "entitled" thugs are changing the landscape of organized crime in Canada, according to veteran crime reporters Peter Edwards and Luis Najera. Also, the Mexican Cartels are here with them. Further Reading: The Wolfpack , by Peter Edwards and Luis Najera Additional music by Audio Network Sponsors: Douglas , Kilne , Squarespace Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See om...
Nov 08, 2021•42 min•Ep. 727
Support our work at www.canadaland.com/join The 'saying-stuff business' gets some clarity from different courts regarding what one can and cannot express online; the results may surprise you. And former prime minister Jean Chrétien gets the media to let him off the hook for his involvement with residential schools for a brief moment. Columnist and Canadaland's French-language correspondent Emilie Nicolas co-hosts. Links: Full Tout le monde en parle Jean Chrétien segment...
Nov 04, 2021•40 min•Ep. 726
Support Canadaland here Who are the Rogers family? How did they get so powerful? Why have they turned against one another? And what does it matter? We've spent a week immersed in Rogers history to bring you this unofficial narrative of Canada's telecom overlords. Further reading: Kelly Pullen's 2014 story in Toronto Life on the "ruthless" power struggle at Rogers: https://torontolife.com/from-the-archives/edward-rogers-the-man-who-would-be-king/ Ted Rogers' last inter...
Nov 01, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 725
Support us here: https://canadaland.com/join Anti-trans narratives found its way into three different media organizations this past week. And everybody appears to hate Rogers - even the Rogers. Staff Writer at Xtra Magazine Mel Woods co-hosts. Links: Mel's piece on concerning anti-trans narratives Trans Journalists Association's Style Guide Jezebel's piece on that groupchat The Guardian piece on the Twitter algorithm The Washington Post piece on Facebook's 'angry reaction' We we...
Oct 28, 2021•44 min•Ep. 724
Support us here: https://canadaland.com/join Right now there are people who are choosing medically assisted death, because they don't have enough money to get the care they need to live with dignity. Changes to Canada's medical assistance in dying (MAiD), combined with lack of supports and poverty-level benefits for disabled and chronically ill people have resulted in people seeking assisted death because they can't afford to live. Madeline, a BC woman who describes herself as being on a “...
Oct 25, 2021•30 min•Ep. 723
Support us here: https://canadaland.com/join Asking how much fuel in drinking water is safe is just not the right question. And mannequins in the ICU beds of a CBC story sparks a fact check from Reuters. Ryan McMahon cohosts. Links: CBC Edmonton's mannequin story Reuters Fact Check of CBC's story and the reaction the story sparked This episode is supported by Douglas , Kilne and Freshboooks . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/li...
Oct 21, 2021•41 min•Ep. 722
Support us here: https://canadaland.com/join Raging wildfires are now a normal part of summertime in Canada. Climate change comes at you fast, but the impact of these fires is far from equal across different regions. Those most likely to have to flee their homes are Indigenous people, and this disproportionate risk is only growing. The number of evacuees from First Nation reserves doubled over the last decade. Producer Sarah Lawrynuik travels to a remote Manitoba community to look at what fire h...
Oct 18, 2021•38 min•Ep. 721
The woes of fancy restaurants across Canada have been percolating - Who are we supposed to relate to? And the saga of the New York Times hit podcast comes to a close. Writer and restaurant-owner Jen Agg co-hosts. Links: Globe and Mail's piece on Canadian fine dining struggling Financial Post's piece about Mark McEwan Chris Nuttall-Smith's Toronto Life piece on the fall of the Buca Empire New York Times' Ian Austen on Shehroze Chaudhry's dropped charges This epis...
Oct 14, 2021•29 min•Ep. 720
Virologist Angela Rasmussen listened to a recent Canadaland about the origins of COVID-19 and says we had it all wrong. Today she walks Jesse through the science and explains why the lab-leak theory remains highly improbable, what she feels previous guest Elaine Dewar got wrong, and how journalists should cover science during a pandemic and otherwise. Further Reading: The origins of SARS-CoV-2: A critical review, by Dr. Angela Rasmussen, et al. Sponsors: Kilne , Douglas , Squarespac...
Oct 11, 2021•49 min•Ep. 719
Jesse was not on board with #CdnMediaFailed when it came to the story on Trudeau in Tofino. And attacks on journalists might be more of a Canadian problem than we care to admit. CBC Managing Editor of Investigative Karyn Pugliese cohosts. Links: Karyn duly noted The Current's segment feat. Natasha Reimer-Okemow Karyn references this 2020 report on Canadian activity on far-right forums (CBC piece on it here ) Shree Paradkar's Star column on attacks on journalists as a workplace issue T...
Oct 07, 2021•34 min•Ep. 718
It's a question that has dogged the PPC since its inception. A question that leader Maxime Bernier blasted journalists for even coming close to asking. One People's Party supporter spoke to our Backbench host Fatima Syed on why he believed the party was not racist, just like he wasn't. He is one of over 800,000 Canadians who just voted for the PPC in the last election. Surely, they can't all be racist either? In our attempt to answer that question, we found a startling string of connections...
Oct 04, 2021•29 min•Ep. 717
The release of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig shows what China really thinks about Canada. And Maxime Bernier asks his followers to "play dirty" with reporters. Jan Wong co-hosts. Watch the Waipa District Council finance and corporate committee Zoom meeting here This episode is sponsored by FreshBooks , Hover and Douglas Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 30, 2021•41 min•Ep. 716
The lab-leak theory has more evidence supporting it than ever before. Journalist Elaine Dewar has written a new book documenting little-known scientific evidence and acts of deception and obfuscation from Chinese, American, and Canadian officials. So what exactly were they all trying to hide? Further reading: On the Origin of the Deadliest Pandemic in 100 Years Globe and Mail: Chinese Major-General worked with fired scientist at Canada's top infectious disease lab Vanity Fair: The Lab-Leak Theor...
Sep 27, 2021•47 min•Ep. 715
We look back on the coverage of an absolutely underwhelming, demoralizing election. And we contend with a troubling aspect of Norm Macdonald's legacy. CANADALAND contributing editor Danielle Paradis co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by Dispatch Coffee , Douglas and CNN's Total Recall . *This episode included a clip from CTV election night 2019. It has been removed. Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hoste...
Sep 23, 2021•32 min•Ep. 714
There's a video from the Fairy Creek anti-logging demonstrations on Vancouver Island that shows police unleashing pepper spray at close range onto a crowd of activists. At one point, an RCMP officer rips the masks off of two women, shown clearly on the tape. Other witnesses from the scene allege even worse - that officers were kicking and dragging activists, and aiming pepper spray into their mouth, eyes and private areas. As reporter Cherise Seucharan finds out, the avenues available to t...
Sep 20, 2021•29 min•Ep. 713
Trudeau is getting upset and it seems to be working for him. And the English leaders' debate was widely derided. Was it deserved? Vice senior editor Manisha Krishnan co-hosts. This episode is sponsored by Douglas , PolicyMe and HelloFresh . Support CANADALAND: https://canadaland.com/join See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 16, 2021•30 min•Ep. 712
Non-disclosure agreements are incredibly common. But they protect abusers, and block journalism. They are also, as it turns out, often unenforceable. Zelda Perkins, who blew the whistle on Harvey Weinstein, has joined forces with law professor Julie Macfarlane to launch a global campaign against NDAs, called Can't Buy My Silence. Further Reading: cantbuymysilence.com Zelda Perkins on the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-42420389 Prof. Julie Macfarlane's b...
Sep 13, 2021•46 min•Ep. 711
