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This past month Canadaland changed the line-up of hosts on all of our weekly shows. Some familiar faces, sure, but occupying new roles. So, we thought this was the perfect time to learn more about them. We opened the lines and you called in with questions.

What are they going to do differently with the shows? What makes them tick? What’s the one killer interview they want to do?

You asked us anything and we answered everything.

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Tony Wang (Executive Producer), Harrison Lowman (Managing Editor), Jesse Brown (Publisher)

Guests: Noor Azrieh, Archie Matlow

Photo: Tony Wang

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Ottawa plans to invest up to $1.6 billion in Canadian AI “champion” Cohere, and AI Minister Evan Solomon has a podcast to sell the story.

Douglas joins Noor Azrieh to unpack the national pride, the hype, and the questions missing from the coverage.

Plus, whether Canada should send experimental math rock aliens, Angine de Poitrine, to Eurovision. And whether This Hour Has 22 Minutes possibly predicted the new US press secretary (the one and only) Nicki Minaj.

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: James Nicholson (Senior Producer), Julian Abraham (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Mixing & Mastering), Harrison Lowman (Managing Editor), Jesse Brown (Editor & Publisher)

Guest: Douglas Soltys

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Further reading:

• Why Canada’s Cohere stake has struck a nerve – BetaKit
• Finance Minister calls Cohere the “poster child” for government investment – BetaKit
• Canada to invest up to $1.6B in Toronto-based AI company Cohere – CBC News
• Canada to Take Equity Stake in AI Firm Cohere – The Wall Street Journal
• Ottawa to invest up to $1.6-billion in Cohere as AI firm’s valuation soars to $35.7-billion – The Globe and Mail
• Building Secure AI in Canada | Aidan Gomez and Joëlle Pineau – AI Minister Evan Solomon
• Angine de Poitrine review – mind-boggling math rock mastery from freaky Québécois duo – The Guardian
• ‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes,’ a Canadian Sketch Show, Beats American Late Night to the Punchline – The New York Times

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Canada wanted to be an “associate member” of the EU, but all we got was an “Alliance for the Future.” So who in Europe is skeptical of getting closer to Canada, and why?

Host Sam talks to three German members of the European Parliament who voted against closer ties with Canada: one from the far-right AfD, a party now leading Germany’s polls, and two elected on the ticket of a populist left-wing party.

They say they like Canada. What they don’t buy is the pitch: shared values, our support for Ukraine, and Europe as Canada’s escape hatch from Trump.

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor/Post Production), Harrison Lowman (Managing Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests:

• Alexander Sell, AfD member of the European Parliament
• Michael von der Schulenburg, non-attached member of the European Parliament; former UN assistant secretary-general
• Thomas Geisel, non-attached member of the European Parliament; former mayor of Düsseldorf

Background reading:

• Canada aims to become EU’s first ‘associate member’ by June 2027, Carney says | Euronews
• Canada, European Union officials drop ‘associate member’ from summit declaration | Reuters
• EU removes mention of ‘associate membership’ from Canada declaration | Euronews
• European Parliament calls for stronger EU-Canada partnership | Global Affairs Canada
• EU to buy $750 billion of US energy in trade agreement | S&P Global
• New Eurobarometer shows continued strong support for EU’s response to war in Ukraine | EU Neighbours East
• Poilievre calls German politician Christine Anderson’s views ‘vile’ and ‘racist’ | CBC

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For the third weekend in a row, protesters have taken to the streets across France. It all started in September with high school students asking for more teachers and better conditions in their schools. But now, it's about a whole lot more: the cost of living, gas prices, wages that aren't keeping up. And more groups have joined the fray: trade unions, yellow vests, anti-capitalists, and activists for a free Palestine.

With so many people out there asking for different things, it can be hard to make sense of what's actually going on. You’ll hear very different explanations depending on who you ask.

There's an election coming up in about six months, too. Marine Le Pen on the far right and Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the far left both want to be president and both see opportunity in all of this anger.

Are the protests being exploited by the politicians? And are they also starting to appear in Canada?

Host: Archie Matlow

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Harrison Lowman (Managing Editor), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Simone Rodan-Benzaquen

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Photo: Jorge Jaramillo

Background reading:

• Foundation for Defense of Democracies

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Everyone is talking about (homegrown Canadian) Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary, You Can See Everything. The Verge’s Elizabeth Lopatto spent four months covering Holmes’ fraud trial, and she joins host Noor Azrieh to unpack what the film reveals, what it leaves unchallenged, and the difference between a compelling documentary and good journalism.

Plus, China’s AI bubble loses air, and Canadian news publishers take the AI company behind Claude to court.

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: James Nicholson (Senior Producer), Julian Abraham (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Mixing & Mastering), Harrison Lowman (Managing Editor), Jesse Brown (Editor & Publisher)

Guest: Elizabeth Lopatto

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Further reading:

• Don’t forget for a second that Elizabeth Holmes is a liar – The Verge
• Nathan Fielder Tells Us Everything – WIRED
• That Trick Nathan Fielder Does – The New York Times
• Loved You Can See Everything? Thank Canada – CBC News
• We Can Never Understand Elizabeth Holmes, or Nathan Fielder – The New Yorker
• 'You Can See Everything' review: Fact, fiction and fraud in the Elizabeth Holmes film – NPR
• Anthropic sued by major Canadian news publishers for copyright claims in Ontario court – CBC News
• In China, the AI bubble has already burst – Reuters
• You Can See Everything, and You Will Know Nothing

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This is it — the final announcement of our crowdfunding month. We're thrilled to introduce the new host of Canadaland's Monday edition and unveil the new title for the show. Wait for it...

Do you have burning questions for any of our new hosts? Well, if you're seeing this on Thursday, you're in luck: We're doing a LIVE "ask me anything" call-in show this evening, from 4:30-6:30pm EDT. Head to callinstudio.com/show/canadaland or dial in at 888-401-7056 when the time comes. Sam, Noor and our new host (no spoilers!) would love to hear from you.

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A spectacular own goal? A rejection of progressive politics? Host Noor Azrieh is joined by political strategist Zain Velji to pick through the wreckage of Eby’s election gamble—and the competing media narratives about what it means.

Plus, why “BC’s first Conservative government in nearly a century” deserves an asterisk, Alberta’s electoral map controversy, and the AI-generated Jagmeet Singh ads flooding X. Seriously, what’s in the red Nike bag?

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: James Nicholson (Senior Producer), Julian Abraham (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Mixing & Mastering), Harrison Lowman (Managing Editor), Jesse Brown (Editor & Publisher)

Guest: Zain Velji

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Further reading:

• Political hubris claims another victim – the NDP’s David Eby – The Globe and Mail
• Adam Pankratz: A warning from B.C. — don't pull an Eby – National Post
• James Moore: David Eby treated B.C. voters like fools, and paid the price – CTV News
• Geoff Russ: B.C. Conservatives win towering majority in rebuke of power-hungry Eby – National Post
• B.C. Election: 8 take-aways after a landslide Conservative win – Vancouver Sun
• Please Advise! How Did Doerkson Win So Big? – The Tyee
• B.C. election turnout slumps to new low as fewer than half of voters cast ballot – The Globe and Mail

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Our monthly Off The Record is recording tomorrow! This month, we're doing something special:

Our new hosts — Noor, Sam and our soon-to-be-announced third host — are doing an AMA this week! Head to callinstudio.com/show/canadaland or dial in at 888-401-7056 this Thursday, October 29, from 4:30-6:30pm EDT and ask them anything.

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In 2005, Canada’s leaders agreed to a $5.1-billion plan to close the gap for Indigenous people. Three days later, the government fell, and the deal died with it.

This week, they finally sat down again.

Sam spends the day before with Jeff Copenace, chief of Onigaming First Nation. Twenty years ago, he was sitting right behind Paul Martin at Kelowna. This time, he couldn’t get in the room.

Plus: meet our new managing editor, Harrison Lowman, and his pick for the craziest political story of the decade. In May, Caroline Elliott was the front-runner to lead the B.C. Conservatives. She lost by two points, would she have beat Eby?

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Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer) Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Harrison Lowman (Managing Editor), Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Background reading:

• Prime Minister Carney convenes First Nations leadership and First Ministers for the first time in two decades, launches discussions on a new First Nations Sovereign Wealth Fund | PMO
• Undoing the Kelowna agreement | CBC News
• Learning from the Kelowna Accord | Policy Options
• Carney, premiers meet with First Nations leaders in Ottawa | Global News

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Over 20,000 kids went through Ontario's "training schools" system. But really they weren't so much schools as prisons for children ages 8-16. The first of what grew to nineteen of these institutions opened in 1925. They all shut down by 1984.

Daniel Brown was one of the last boys to be declared a ward of the Juvenile Delinquents Act and to serve time in the training schools system and today we tell his story.

NB Parts of this story originally appeared in a Toronto Life story about Daniel.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Liz Beatty (Reporter), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editing, Sound Design, and Mixing), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Fact checking by Julian Abraham

Additional music by Audio Network and Tristan Capacchione

Image courtesy of Daniel Brown

More information:

• Settlement Reached in Ontario Training Schools Class Action Lawsuit — Ontario
• Locked Away — Toronto Life

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There’s no Mamdani in Toronto’s mayoral race.

incumbent Mayor Olivia Chow has lost her early lead on Brad Bradford, with polls suggesting they are deadlocked heading into Monday’s election.

As progressives scramble to respond to Bradford’s steady rise in the polling, buoyed by a right-leaning law and order platform, some critics wonder if Chow misjudged the city’s mood.

Jan Wong joins Jesse Brown to debate which underwhelming candidate will come out on top.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Senior Producer), Julian Abraham (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), Harrison Lowman (Managing Editor), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Guest: Jan Wong

Further reading:

• Does Brad Bradford believe in anything other than himself? - Toronto Star
• Opinion | If Olivia Chow loses, this will be the reason why - Toronto Star
• Brad Bradford Seems Angry—He’s Betting Torontonians Are Too | The Local
• Has Olivia Chow Been an Effective Mayor? | The Local
• Opinion | Olivia Chow's real problem isn't a lacklustre election campaign - Toronto Star
• Geddy Lee and Jim Cuddy have already backed candidates in Toronto’s mayoral race. Do endorsements matter?
• Blind. Hong Kong dissident. Refugee. And as of Monday, she's a Toronto lawyer - National Post

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