Donald Trump’s back, but Canada is STILL divided on how to respond. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has gone rogue, Doug Ford just wants everyone to look at his cool new hat.

It’s an economic threat, but also threatens to pull our very identity apart. Are we just supposed to sit and wait? To break it down, Noor welcomes Wall Street Journal reporter Vipal Monga, and UBC lecturer Stewart Prest.

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Vipal Monga, Stewart Prest

Background reading:

• Canada’s fight with Trump isn’t just economic, it’s existential – The Conversation
• Canada Knows Trump Would Win a Trade Fight. It Is Preparing to Retaliate Anyway. – The Wall Street Journal
• Canada on Trump’s Proposed Union: Thanks, but Let’s Just Be Friends – The Wall Street Journal
• Canada Suddenly Has No Leader, and No Plan, for a Trump Trade Fight – The Wall Street Journal
• Alberta premier's Trump visit raises concerns she's flouting Team Canada approach – CBC News
• Canada ready to buy more American products to appease Trump's tariff threat, ambassador says – AP News

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In 1980 someone detonated a bomb outside a synagogue in Paris. Four people were killed. Suspicion immediately fell on French neo-nazi groups. But soon investigators turned their attention to groups from the Middle East. Then the case went cold. For decades.

Then, in 2008, the RCMP arrested an Ottawa-based sociology professor. What follows is a twisting tale of extradition, years of interrogation, and ultimately a trial and conviction in absentia. But today the person at the heart of the story, Hassan Diab, is free and living in Canada despite being convicted of the bombing in France.

The case is back in the headlines with Elon Musk and Pierre Poilievre, among others, asking why a convicted terrorist is a free man walking the streets of Canada. Canadaland has spent a year and a half digging into the story of Hassan Diab. Today we bring you a preview of our new series: The Copernic Affair.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Fact Checker),` max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Guests: Dana Ballout, Alex Atack

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Why Canada needs to get its sh*t together NOW.

Former Conservative MP James Moore joins to consider the response to Trump’s rhetoric, and the economic reality facing Canada in the coming months.  

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Sam Konnert (Fact Check), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: James Moore

Further reading: 

• Canada as the 51st State? | TVO Today 
• Opinion | O Canada, Come Join Us - The New York Times 
• Here's how annexing Canada would change American politics - POLITICO 
• Stephen Harper has ‘a real problem’ with Donald Trump’s claims about Canada - Toronto Star
• Donald Trump’s ‘bombastic’ talk of annexing Canada is about forming economic union, Kevin O’Leary says - The Globe and Mail

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Amid an exodus in the Liberal Party, Mark Carney teases a leadership bid on the Daily Show, and Jesse ponders a future in politics. Former Conservative MP James Moore joins to break down the Liberal breakdown, and consider the unknown unknowns facing Canadian politics in 2025. 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Sam Konnert (Fact Check), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: James Moore

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Further reading: 

• Federal Liberals to announce new leader on March 9 | CBC News 
• Yvonne Jones, Gudie Hutchings join national exodus of Liberals who won't run in next federal election | CBC News 
• Former Liberal cabinet minister Marco Mendicino not seeking re-election | CBC News
• Mark Carney - Canada Not Interested in Trump’s Offer & Liberal Leadership Prospects | The Daily Show [YouTube]
• Missing Black Boys in the GTA: Community Leaders Demand Action - The Brandon Gonez Show 
• The Hub 

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Join Noor Azrieh and Sam Konnert for a discussion to bid farewell to key legislation that is likely to be lost due to Parliament's prorogation. From the Online Harms Act, to clean drinking water for First Nation communities, there’s a lot to mourn.

And, how could a new liberal leader possibly win back young men? We speak with Aiden Fox Ivey, who reached out after he heard our interview with a conservative bro.

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Aiden Fox Ivey, Taylor Owen, Chris Moonias

Background reading:

• With the House of Commons prorogued, some key Liberal legislation may not pass - CBC News
• Young Canadians now more politically conservative than their elders – National Post
• Poilievre’s Youth: Meet the young voters supporting the Conservatives – Global News
• Hasan Piker on how Trump seized online culture – CBC Podcasts, Frontburner

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Siri has a body. AI’s most familiar voice is not just a disembodied all-knowing benefactor of trivia, recipes, and everything else you can’t recall (or never knew) at any particular moment. According to Professor James Muldoon, author of Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labour Powering AI, “... AI has a material body and exists only through new chips, servers and cables being manufactured and added to the machine. And just like a physical body, AI's material structure needs constant nourishment through electricity to power its operations and water to cool its servers every time we ask ChatGPT a question or use an internet search engine. The machine lives and breathes through this digital infrastructure.”

The physical body that makes up AI is not just sucking up water and power. AI is also built on the backs of real people. Not just the air-conditioned Silicon Valley engineers you might be imagining.  AI relies on the work of hundreds of thousands of low-paid workers spread across the global south.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Written and Presented by Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Fact checking by max collins

Additional music by Tristan Capacchione and Audio Network

Further reading:

• What’s behind the AI boom? Exploited humans — The LA Times
• James Muldoon — Personal website
• Mark Graham — Oxford Internet Institute

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Was Pierre Poilievre’s conversation with Jordan Peterson the most popular political interview in Canadian history? Frank Domenic joins to break down what Poilievre’s viral podcast appearance can tell us about the future of media in Canada. 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Frank Domenic

Further reading: 

• Canada's Next Prime Minister | Pierre Poilievre | EP 511 - The Jordan Peterson Podcast [YouTube] 
• Jordan Peterson gets interesting insights out of Pierre Poilievre, in spite of himself - The Globe and Mail
• r/SubredditDrama on Reddit: Journalists Rachel Gilmore & Luke Lebrun shows that r/Canada and other smaller Canadian City Subreddits may be under Russian Influence.
• Liberal MP questions if Pierre Poilievre interview funded by Russia - Western Standard   
• The Media Has Failed Postal Workers Completely - Steve Boots [YouTube] 
• LeBlanc defends stay at Irving home as Conservatives call for review of ethics screen - The Globe and Mail

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How bad has Trudeau F’d Canada? (Pretty bad.) With Trump escalating his rhetoric, Trudeau has left Canada resigned to weakness. Poilievre will need to wait to take over, but is there possibly a wildcard candidate who could defeat him? 

Frank Domenic joins to assess the damage. 

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Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Frank Domenic

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Yesterday Trudeau announced that he would prorogue parliament and resign as Prime Minister. Now, the Liberal Party is embarking on a journey to replace him.

He talked about “internal battles” and pressure from Donald Trump, and decided this was the best option. But is it too little too late? Who could possibly have hair good enough to replace him?

Logic reporter Laura Osman and Trudeau’s former head of economic policy Tyler Meredith join Sam to discuss what this means for Canada.

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Laura Osman and Tyler Meredith

Background reading:

• Justin Trudeau resigned too late. There is no salvaging the Liberal Party now | Globe and Mail
• Who will replace Justin Trudeau as the next Liberal leader? Here are the top contenders | Globe and Mail
• Trudeau removes himself from the equation, but the math doesn't get much easier | CBC News
• Trudeau says he's not the right choice to lead party in next election, promises to resign as PM. | CBC News

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We don't like to think about sewage. And when it's all working fine, we don't have to. But if we don't get comfortable talking about shit, we could soon be headed for serious trouble if our infrastructure collapses. And given that recent reports say 30 percent of Canadian water and wastewater infrastructure has either reached or passed the end of its lifespan, that failure feels more like a when than an if. 

Reporter Leora Shertzer digs into he problems of one small Ontario town where they’ve spent decades trying to sort their shit out.

But solving it will mean untangling a mess of political, environmental, engineering, and frankly, personal interests. Because shit is complicated.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Reported by: Leora Shertzer

Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer)

Caleb Thompson (Post Production)

Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer) 

max collins (Production Manager)

Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

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Further reading:

• Calgary residents cut water consumption to record low as city placed under state of emergency

• How a political disaster brewed in Brighton

• HTO: Toronto's Water from Lake Iroquois to Lost Rivers to Low-flow Toilets

• Canadian Infrastructure Report Card

• The Humanure Handbook

• Long, successful sewage plant battle leaves Victoria's Mr. Floatie pooped, ready to retire

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