Autopsy of a News Media Meltdown.

More details have emerged about Ezra Levant’s confrontation with the CBC on debate night, as well as new information around his third party advertiser finances. 

Plus, Snopes fact checks Dean Blundell. 

Host: Jesse Brown

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

Guest: Harrison Lowman

Further reading: 

• #1143 Ezra Levant's Debate Night Circus [Podcast] - CANADALAND 
• Sifting the Rubble After Rebel News Worked the Election Debate | The Tyee 
• CBC lied — we’ve got receipts [YouTube] - Rebel News 
• CBC pre-debate broadcast interrupted [Video] - CBC News
• Carney pledges $150M boost to 'underfunded' CBC | CBC News
• Unpacking claims that Canadian PM Mark Carney orchestrated a US Treasurys sell-off | Snopes.com  

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It’s the final election stretch, and the vetting continues. This week we talk conversion therapy, million-dollar pyramid schemes, & the dangers of doorbell cameras

Host: Sam Konnert, Noor Azrieh

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor)

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The “adult in the room” tends to be shouty. 

Mark Carney has been portrayed as a measured and methodical counterpoint to Trump throughout his campaign, but earlier reporting reveals a different side of his personality. 

But is it a problem if Carney isn’t as cool-headed as he appears? 

Host: Jesse Brown

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

Guest: Harrison Lowman

Further reading: 

• Sane, Grown-Up, Non-Combustible: Is Mark Carney the Antitrump? - Policy Magazine 
• ‘He was hopeless on monetary policy’: Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg on Mark Carney’s tenure as governor of the Bank of England - The Hub 
• What can Canada expect from its next PM? The Mark Carney I knew | Larry Elliott | The Guardian
• Harrison Lowman: It’s time for Conservatives to grow up and show up at local debates - The Hub 
• https://x.com/6ixbuzztv/status/1914337506239087078 - 6ixBuzz

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While most Canadians are gearing up to head to the polls, some are looking for an escape plan. This week, we’re examining the deep roots of Western alienation, Danielle Smith’s separatist flirtations, and what could erupt if Mark Carney’s Liberals sweep to power. To do that, producer Sam Konnert heads out to Alberta to talk to some voters, and calls up Preston Manning, the man behind the conversation. Later, host Noor Azrieh sits down with Dr. Lisa Young for a serious reality check. 

And the latest on the utter sidelining of Indigenous issues, a polling update, and why you should get your arse out to the polls on April 28th. 

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: Preston Manning, Lisa Young

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The north is a hot topic. Trump, China, Russia, everyone suddenly has eyes on the Arctic. The Canadian government is promising everything from submarines to ice breakers to show the world we really are a nation stretching from sea to sea to sea.

Today’s headlines might feel like we’re now in uncharted waters but Canada has been here before. In the 1950s Cold War tensions roiled round the north. The Canadian government at that time decided we needed not just boots on the ground, but that we must have civilians living on the land, and the further north that land was the better. One of the people they sent to the High Arctic in 1953 is still there. So Canadaland called him up to get his take on the current round of Arctic sabre rattling.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Written and presented by Bruce Thorson, 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

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More information:

• Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation — National Film Board of Canada
• Romanian who boated to High Arctic fesses up — CBC
• Speech by Premier Eva Aariak ​​on the Federal investment of $100 million for Nunavut Housing — Nunavut Legislature (archived)

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Complaints of Rebel Media hogging question period after Wednesday's French-language leaders debate led to chaos just minutes before the English-language leaders debate was set to take place. Cops were called, slurs were thrown around. What the hell happened in the media room on Thursday night?

Host: Jesse Brown

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

Guest: Jan Wong

Further reading: 

• Rebel News, other right-wing media dominate press conferences after French debate - CTV News
• Leaders’ debate highlights: Organizers cancel postdebate scrums after Rebel News scuffle - The Globe and Mail
• Debates commission unaware Rebel News registered as advocacy group, official says - Radio-Canada
• Right-wing outlets win legal battle to attend the leaders' debate - CBC News
• Green Party dropped from leaders' debates for not running enough candidates - CBC News

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There are 1959 people running to represent YOU in this federal election in the year of our lord 2025 - and we’re looking for dirt. 

This week - a liberal candidate that didn’t want to be a distraction was replaced by an EVEN bigger distraction, a far-right media personality has some INSANE takes, and independent candidate Elliot Moose is on the loose.

Host: Sam Konnert, 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)

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Radio-Canada’s Tout le monde en Parle asked some tough questions. We decided to translate.  Hear what Poilievre and Carney had to say about Trump, Climate, Trudeau, and where their campaigns are headed in the final stretch. 

Plus, more Jagmeet Singh cringe. 

Host: Jesse Brown

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

Guest: Jan Wong

Further reading: 

• Carney defends knowledge of Quebec culture, Poilievre insists he's no 'mini-Trump' on Tout le monde en parle | CBC News 
• Pierre Poilièvre : « Je ne pensais jamais dire que Justin Trudeau me manque! » | Tout le monde en parle - Radio-Canada [Video]
• Mark Carney : l’économie d’abord | Tout le monde en parle -  Radio-Canada [Video]
• Two Weeks to Decide: An Interview with Pierre Poilievre - The Knowledge Project [YouTube]
• Nardwuar vs. Prime Minister Mark Carney [YouTube]  
• Legal group draws ire for cancelling humanitarian advocate's speech over his stance on Gaza | CBC News
• Jagmeet Singh “Jump” video [X] 

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With two weeks out from election day, Ottawa is buzzing. Staffers are partying late into the night and reporting to work at 7 a.m., Chipotle’s are turning into war rooms, and the polls are telling stories.

We went to three party-specific events in Ottawa for a pulse check on how people feel in the nation’s capital. From 11-year-old door knockers to Jagmeet Singh to Trump’s former trade representative, we heard a LOT of opinions.

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior 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)

Background reading:

• Liberals lead dips for 1st time in Canada election as Tories gain: poll | Global
• Carney apologizes for fake Trump-style buttons, Liberal staffers 'reassigned' | National Post
• Record-tying number of candidates running in Ottawa riding of Carleton | CTV
• NDP Strategy in the Final Stretch of the Election | Global
• Pierre Poilievre is sticking to his greatest hits. That’s the problem | Globe and Mail

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We have been hearing a lot about Prime Minister Mark Carney and a company called Brookfield Asset Management. That's the company he left when he entered politics. 

Today's episode is not a look back at Carney’s time at Brookfield. It's about right now. Because among all of those claims and arguments about Carney and Brookfield and the past, there's something else that hasn’t made as many headlines. An allegation about an ongoing connection between Carney and Brookfield.

Is he still financially connected to Brookfield in any way, or is he not? Our reporter, Julian Abraham, tried to answer that question, and by the end of today's episode, you're going to know what Mark Carney isn't telling you about Brookfield.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Julian Abraham (Reporter), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor & Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Fact checking by max collins

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