With Canadians in the North and West fleeing their homes to escape the encroaching infernos, wouldn’t it be great if there were places online they could congregate to share news? Ollie Williams of Yellowknife’s Cabin Radio joins Jonathan to examine how the wildfire evacuations in the Northwest Territories have offered a (surprisingly encouraging!) glimpse into our post-social-media future. Also: How many CRTC commissioners does it take to reject an application for a broadcast license? They won’t...
Aug 24, 2023•39 min•Ep. 913
After months of national coverage, we still don't really know. Today we're going to hear from a senior journalist, about his skepticism regarding Foreign Interference. We're going to hear an editorial, an opinion - but a reported opinion and an informed one. Bruce Livesey knows about which he speaks - he knows about the specific newsrooms of which he speaks, because he used to work for both of them. He was an investigative reporter for both of the news organizations that have been reporting leak...
Aug 21, 2023•46 min•Ep. 912
AVERTISSEMENT : Dans cet épisode, nous discutons de violence à caractère sexuelle et de violence basée sur le genre, y compris la violence impliquant des mineurs. Si vous êtes à la recherche de soutien, le lien suivant vous dirigera vers des ressources à travers le Canada : https://canadianwomen.org/fr/vous-cherchez-un-soutien/ Alors que le mouvement #MoiAussi battait son plein en 2017, le gouvernement du Québec adoptait une loi-cadre qui vise à prévenir et combattre les violences sexuelles dans...
Aug 19, 2023•43 min•Ep. 19
Does Pierre Poilievre touting conspiracy theories count as news? And will the revelations about Doug Ford’s development of the Greenbelt amount to anything? Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief) Guest: Nora Loreto Further reading: Poilievre's Conservative Party embracing language of mainstream conspiracy theories | CBC News The Origins of the 'Globalist' Slur |...
Aug 17, 2023•40 min•Ep. 911
In Cuba wide public access to the internet is only a few years old. The press is still severely restricted by the government. But there is something of a small podcast boom taking shape in the country. So in a country where the press is under constant threat of intimidation, interrogation, and being jailed, how do you make a podcast that can challenge the government? Today we talk to Cuban podcaster Camilo Condis. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Jonathan Goldsbie (News Editor), Tristan Capacchione (A...
Aug 14, 2023•42 min•Ep. 910
With Meta making good on its threat to expunge news from Facebook and Instagram, Canada’s publishers and broadcasters pin their hopes on the Competition Bureau to set things right. (We’re doomed?) And when the Liberals promised to plant 2 billion trees, they probably weren’t betting that anyone would actually try to keep count. The Narwhal’s Mike De Souza joins Jonathan on Short Cuts. Host: Jonathan Goldsbie Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer),...
Aug 10, 2023•37 min•Ep. 909
Jesse Brown might think himself quite the question master, but today the tables have turned and our guest host, the Jonathan Torrens, investigates the inner workings of this show's host. Is it possible to be too cynical? Featured in this episode: Jonathan Torrens, actor, performer and writer best known for his beef with Jesse Brown and hosting shows like Street Cents, Jonovision and his role in Trailer Park Boys; Jesse Brown, early guest on Jonovision (and, I guess, the publisher of the Canadala...
Aug 07, 2023•40 min•Ep. 908
Xavier Watso, militant et créateur de contenu abénaki, se joint à Emilie pour discuter de l’évolution de la participation des personnes autochtones dans les médias québécois. Ayant récemment démissionné à la suite à 16 ans d’enseignement en art dramatique dans une école secondaire, Xavier nous partage également ses réflexions sur l’état actuel du système scolaire. Est-ce qu’il y a un écart entre la manière dont les médias couvrent le système éducatif au Québec et la réalité ou est-ce que les éco...
Aug 05, 2023•34 min•Ep. 18
Grocers sure are making it easy for us to be mad at them. And a serial killer, a landfill, and an all-too real metaphor playing out in Winnipeg. Plus Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau are calling it splits - and it’s probably all we’re going to hear about for the next while. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief) Guest: Karyn Pugliese Further reading: M...
Aug 03, 2023•44 min•Ep. 907
What does Toronto’s response to the refugee crisis actually look like on the ground? Just across the street from the Canadaland office, a crisis unfolded: dozens of asylum seekers camping out as they were unable to get space in city shelters. Some had been there for weeks. After the federal government and the city both pledged that more support would be given to the asylum seekers, many were still there - being helped by a tenuous system of volunteers, donated goods, religious outreach and good ...
Jul 31, 2023•35 min•Ep. 906
When anti-racism training goes wrong. Really, really wrong. How should the media talk about diversity, equity and inclusion responsibly? And, Canada has its very own James Bond and its retired RCMP Officer, Bill Majcher. Only, Majcher was arrested this week and Canadian media has barely scratched the surface when it comes to answering, “who is this guy?”. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Kattie Laur (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor) Gue...
Jul 27, 2023•45 min•Ep. 905
Our news editor, Jonathan Goldsbie, ventured out to find his inner Polkaroo by way of an exhibit on the history of Canadian children’s television programming at Toronto’s Myseum. As he’d heard rumours that our publisher Jesse Brown and intrepid reporter Cherise Seucharan were actually children themselves, once upon a time, he invited them along. Skinnamarinky dinky dink, Skinnamarinky doo, Now you can listen too! Host: Jonathan Goldsbie Credits: Jonathan Goldsbie (News Editor), Tristan Capacchio...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 904
Originaire de Shediac au Nouveau-Brunswick, Xavier Gould nous partage des extraits de son tout premier livre des fleurs comme moi, un recueil de poésie témoignant de son vécu en tant que jeune personne queer en Acadie. Au courant de cette discussion avec Emilie, Xavier partage ses réflexions autour de la transidentité, l’humour et la langue. Ensemble, elles se demandent : quel impact a eu la montée des conservatismes transphobes sur les communautés queer rurales au Canada ? Originally from Shedi...
Jul 22, 2023•39 min•Ep. 17
Canada created a new pathway to permanent residency for a large number of Ukrainian refugees, as a group of asylum claimants from other countries were sleeping in the streets of Toronto. We discuss the political calculations involved in supporting displaced people. We also try to make sense of the ups and downs of the Bank of Canada. Host: Erica Ifill Credits: Kevin Sexton (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor) Guest: Nicholas Keung Fu...
Jul 20, 2023•32 min•Ep. 903
“When you can’t afford to lose” is not just Navigator’s trademarked slogan; it’s also its core business proposition. Although it offers a range of services, from market research to communications, Navigator is best known as the firm to which Canada’s rich and powerful turn when facing a crisis that could cost them that wealth and power. Its highest-profile clients have included Michael Bryant and Jian Ghomeshi. More recently, it’s been a player in the controversies around Hockey Canada, the Spec...
Jul 17, 2023•53 min•Ep. 902
The Trudeau government won’t back down on Bill C-18 – except now they are. We also talk about the crypto crime that never happened, a threatening cop, Danielle Smith’s ‘vindication’ and updates to the Burns Lake Tribunal Hearing. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief) Guest: Dani Paradis Further reading: Caving on Bill C-18: Government Outlines Planned Regulatio...
Jul 13, 2023•37 min•Ep. 901
Last month the Globe and Mail reported that Anton Skyba, their photojournalist in Ukraine, applied to the Ukrainian government to have his press credentials renewed - and was denied. Ukrainian security services accused him of holding a Russian passport, demanded that he take a lie-detector test, and questioned whether his work as a journalist was aligned with Ukraine’s “national interests.” It was not an isolated incident. Last year, Ukrainian Security - the SBU - sent a list of names to their f...
Jul 10, 2023•23 min•Ep. 900
Le 9 juin dernier, la ministre responsable de l’habitation au Québec propose le projet de loi 31 qui, entre autres amendements, vise à permettre aux propriétaires de refuser une cession de bail sans motif sérieux. La cession de bail étant un outil important au Québec pour prévenir les augmentations de loyers déraisonnables, cette proposition du gouvernement caquiste a suscité un débat sur le droit au logement et la réalité des locataires. Emilie et Nora Loreto, co-animatrices de l’épisode, discu...
Jul 08, 2023•41 min•Ep. 16
Google and Meta respond to Bill C-18 by threatening to block Canadian news. And the first woman to head up the Assembly of First Nations is out after just two years, due to some combination of any or all of her own alleged misconduct, a conspiracy to depose her, and/or run-of-the-mill misogyny. Host: Jonathan Goldsbie Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor) Guest: Karyn Pugliese Further reading: Canadian news is s...
Jul 06, 2023•37 min•Ep. 899
Marc joins Jesse for a conversation about his plans to emigrate to Vancouver and the differences between Canada and the U.S. when it comes to fascism, comedy, and Jews. Further reading: Marc interviews Lorne Michaels: http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_653_-_lorne_michaels Jesse interviews Hart Pomerantz: https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/hart-pomerantz/ The late, great Mike MacDonald, Canadian comedian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xpl9ClEpcY Gavin McInnes’ failed standup caree...
Jul 03, 2023•33 min•Ep. 898
Toronto Star owner Nordstar and Postmedia are in talks to merge - a death knell to Canadian print media. Jesse and co-host Jaskaran Sandhu unpack the killing of Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey - possibly at the hands of the Indian government. AND an expose of alleged misbehaviour at a middle school in Brampton. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor) Guest: Jaskaran Sandhu Fu...
Jun 29, 2023•43 min•Ep. 897
Vancouver’s SROs are home to some of the most vulnerable people in the province, and some of the most challenging housing to run. So when Atira Women’s Resource Society stepped up to run several buildings, concerns that the CEO was in a relationship with the CEO of BC Housing, the provincial corporation in charge of that housing, were dismissed. In the years that followed, there was growing concern about the conditions of the SROs, and why Atira’s portfolio kept growing. Recently an explosive re...
Jun 26, 2023•41 min•Ep. 896
Avec May Chiu (coordinatrice de la Table ronde du Quartier chinois de Montréal et membre de l’Association des Chinois progressistes du Québec), Emilie se penche sur l’impact de l’actualité des derniers mois sur la communauté chinoise du Canada. Quels sont les impacts sur le terrain des enquêtes journalistiques du printemps sur l’ingérence de Beijing au pays ? La diversité des points de vue chez les Canadiens d’origine chinoise a-t-elle sa place dans les médias ? Comment protéger la démocratie ca...
Jun 24, 2023•37 min•Ep. 15
Do the billionaires on the missing Titan submarine deserve sympathy or scorn? While Canada and the US pull out all the stops to find it, days before, a boat off the coast of Greece capsized, killing 300, with minimal international attention. And we get into the behind-the-scenes of the CTV layoffs at Bell Media. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor) Guest: Ethan Cox Further reading: Canadian ai...
Jun 22, 2023•44 min•Ep. 895
It was in the winter of 2021 that the world first became aware of a mounting number of patients being seen in New Brunswick with unusual neurological symptoms. A year later, the Government of New Brunswick released a report dismissing the entire issue, claiming there was never a cluster of patients to begin with. CANADALAND has obtained thousands and thousands of pages of internal documents that take us behind the scenes of that investigation that once caught the attention of the nation, before ...
Jun 19, 2023•39 min•Ep. 894
After weeks of navigating accusations of conflict, special rapporteur David Johnston finally ran aground. If you’re trying to persuade people of your unimpeachable independence, maybe don’t hire a communications firm that’s connected to everyone? And, ah crap, the far right is fixated on queer people again. The Rev. Dr. Cheri DiNovo co-hosts. Host: Jonathan Goldsbie Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor) Guest: C...
Jun 15, 2023•36 min
In the mid-2010s, BuzzFeed News seemed like the most exciting place in media: an almost cloyingly whimsical carnival of abundance where journalists were actually happy. At a time when everything else appeared to be crumbling, it burst with hope and possibility. Last month, after just a few years of layoffs and withering, it shut down for good. And if the quick life and death of BuzzFeed News represented the whole past, present, and future of media collapsed into a single decade, then BuzzFeed Ca...
Jun 12, 2023•55 min•Ep. 892
Avec France-Isabelle Langlois (directrice générale d’Amnistie internationale Canada francophone) et Maïka Sondarjee (professeure adjointe à l’Université d’Ottawa, cofondatrice de Femmes expertes et auteure), Emilie se penche sur la haine (en ligne) à laquelle les femmes s’exposent de plus en plus lorsqu’elles prennent la parole publiquement sur les enjeux qui leur tiennent à cœur. Pourquoi est-ce que l’arène publique devient de plus en plus violente ? Comment les femmes se sont-elles adaptées et...
Jun 10, 2023•54 min•Ep. 14
Wildfires are coming at us from all sides. How can local reporters get at the root issues? And the implementation of Quebec's language law municipalities making fun of the new rules. Tim Bousquet co-hosts. Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor) Guest: Tim Bousquet Further reading: Officials have known for years about the wildfire risks in Tantallon - Halifax Examiner Letter from the editor: Why ...
Jun 08, 2023•35 min•Ep. 891
There's no beat more likely to get you an audience and a paycheck. It's trend-proof and recession-proof. Yes, true crime is freakishly popular right now, but it was never unpopular. Audiences have been showing up for gangster stories and murder stories and heist stories and scam stories steadily, for at least a hundred years, and probably a lot longer. It's big business. But it’s a business that can come with a personal cost for its practitioners. How can you dig into the darkest parts of the hu...
Jun 05, 2023•51 min•Ep. 890
