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How does Rogan fit into Poilievre’s larger strategic shift?

Pierre Poilievre’s appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience has already been viewed by millions, and, surprisingly, many political commentators in Canada are applauding his performance. 

Zain Velji joins Noor Azrieh to consider what Poilievre’s longform bro-fest can tell us about his political strategy going forward.

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Zain Velji

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Further reading: 

• Joe Rogan Experience #2470 - Pierre Poilievre [YouTube]
• The Elite have Betrayed the People - Canada’s Opposition Leader, Pierre Poilievre - Triggernometry [YouTube]
• Poilievre set up ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ interview himself, Conservative campaign manager says - CTV News 
• 7 key takeaways from Poilievre's Joe Rogan interview | CBC News
• ‘Different side’ of Poilievre seen on Joe Rogan podcast: Mulcair – CTVNews [Video]
• Advocacy groups call on feds to review Alberta's Bill 11 health-care reforms | CBC News
• Canadian government backtracks on using media subsidy criteria as accreditation - The Orchard [Substack]    

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The scramble for CUSMA has begun. Lobbyists are lobbying. Negotiators are negotiating. And, while that’s all kicking off, there’s another less visible channel of diplomacy. The Canada-US Interparliamentary Group. A network of Canadian MPs, senators, and members of Congress who meet every year to keep our relationship going and talk through issues that could otherwise spiral into major disputes. 

This episode, host Sam Konnert takes a look inside the network of politicians trying to keep the Canada-US relationship running smoothly, and speaks with Canadian Senator Michael MacDonald and Politico reporter Nick Taylor-Vaisey.

Host: Sam Konnert

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)

Guests: Nick Taylor-Vaisey, Michael L. MacDonald

Background reading:

• U.S. facing headwinds in trade negotiations with Canada, U.S. ambassador says – CTV News
• Polls show Americans dislike Canada more than ever, and that's bad news for the trade war – Yahoo News
• U.S.–Canada Tariffs: Timeline of Key Dates and Documents
• Canada, allies say they're ready to help secure Strait of Hormuz, but don't say how – CBC News
• G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on support to partners in the Middle East
• Conservative campaign manager shrugs off polls showing Liberals have significant lead – CBC News
• Most NDP leadership candidates say they’re in no hurry to become MPs – Global News

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Over a decade ago journalist Laura Robinson broke this story of alleged abuse against Indigenous children at a school in Burns Lake, B.C.. The man at the centre of the allegations is someone who had risen to international prominence in the sports world. 

It's been a tale of twists and turns with the RCMP investigating the abuse allegations and declining to press charges. Robinson and the accused took turns to sue each other for defamation. Finally, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal took up the case and just handed down a decision. 

And despite the fact that over the last decade nearly every major broadcaster in the country has printed and broadcast the name of the alleged abuser, we no longer can. There's now a publication ban in effect.

Is this the final chapter in the story?

Laura Robinson joins us today.

Host: Jesse Brown

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

Fact checking by Julian Abraham

Additional music by Audio Network 

More information:

• Human Rights Tribunal orders RCMP to pay Burns Lake day school survivors — CBC
• Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Decision
• Diocese of Prince George facing ten sexual assault lawsuits — CKPG Today
• ‘Afraid to come forward’: Lawyer representing sexual assault claimants says many clients are ashamed to tell their story — CKPG Today

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The scandals of Doug Ford and Danielle Smith continue to make headlines, but it appears to have little impact on them politically. 

Now, Ford is changing the rules around Freedom of Information to make it harder to hold him accountable. Smith has also been criticized for her government’s approach to information requests. This clawback on the access of information is a trend in other governments across the country. 

How does the public and the media demand accountability when politicians dominate the messaging through their own channels and limit the availability of information? 

Host: San Grewal 

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Max Fawcett

Further reading: 

• Ford government moves to make all premier, minister records secret | Globalnews.ca
• Investigation finds Alberta government broke its own freedom of information rules | CBC News
• Canadians say business and political corruption is common, but few trust government to address issue - Angus Reid
• Library and Archives planning deep cuts to access to information team, document shows - The Globe and Mail
• A non-partisan, equal-opportunity scandal | Canada's National Observer: Climate News
• Report into Alberta Health Services contracts finds conflicts widely known | Globalnews.ca
• Naheed Nenshi needs to step up — or step down - Canada’s National Observer
• The inconvenient truth about the carbon tax and food prices | Toronto Sun
• Roadsalt overuse is choking Peel’s water — a salt-loving plant could be the solution | The Pointer        

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Gas prices are back in the news as the Iran War disrupts global oil supply. Columnists are weighing in on what it all means for Canada’s energy future. With Carney’s commitment to making Canada an energy superpower, do we barrel forward with increased oil production or renew our commitment to renewables?

Max Fawcett of Canada’s National Observer joins San Grewal to drill beneath the headlines. 

Host: San Grewal 

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Max Fawcett

Further reading: 

• What energy transition? The Middle East war shows the world still runs on oil - The Globe and Mail
• Oil prices are soaring on Iran crisis. Why aren’t clean energy stocks? | Canada's National Observer: Climate News
• Why the Iran war is bad for clean energy - E&E News by POLITICO  
• Could the Iran war energy shock accelerate the transition to renewables? | Canada's National Observer 
• How War in Iran Could Remake the Global Energy Landscape - New York Times 
• Some leaders see powerful argument for renewable energy as Iran war shakes markets | PBS News
• The method to Mark Carney’s madness | Canada's National Observer: Climate News 
• Canada expected to see zero population growth this year: report - CTV News 
• Loved ones seek answers after 22-year-old student dies while donating plasma at for-profit site in Winnipeg - Globe and Mail 

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Investigative reporters have uncovered a network of these crypto-to-cash desks operating across Canada. And some of the transactions moving through them appear linked to crypto wallets allegedly associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

So how could money tied to a sanctioned regime end up moving through Toronto?

Host Noor Azrieh speaks with reporters behind the global investigation, The Coin Laundry, and with financial-crime experts about how Iran and other sanctioned actors use cryptocurrency to move money around the world.

Then we zoom out. As the US-Israeli war in Iran escalates, Liberal MP Julie Dzerowicz joins us to explain what Canada is actually doing about it.

CORRECTION: This episode incorrectly identified Toronto Star journalist Sheila Wang as Sheila Edwards. We regret the error.

Host: 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)

Guests: Spencer Woodman, Richard Sanders, Jessica Davis

Background reading:

• Suspicious transactions at GTA crypto shops reveal alleged links to Iran-backed terror groups. Is the regulator doing enough to police them? – Toronto Star
• From Dubai to Toronto, inside the crypto-to-cash storefronts fueling money laundering’s new frontier – International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
• Inside Canada’s shadowy crypto banking system that makes it easy to facilitate ‘an unlimited amount of crime’ – Toronto Star
• Iran’s Crypto Sector Was a Lifeline Through Sanctions. War Could Shut It Down – WIRED Middle East
• 2 charged in killing of former SFU instructor who was outspoken Iran critic – CTV News
• Police call shooting at U.S. consulate in Toronto 'national security incident,' seek 2 suspects – CBC News
• MPs demand answers about failure to deport and name Iranian regime officials – The Globe and Mail

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Anthony Duncan turned his chatbot into his therapist. That was the start of a journey that ended in the psych ward. How did Anthony’s bot go from helping him write emails to egging on the wildest, and darkest, of his delusions?

Host: Jesse Brown

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

Fact checking by Caleb Thompson

Additional music by Audio Network, Julian Abraham, and Anthony Cesar Duncan

Photo: Courtesy of Anthony Cesar Duncan

More information:

• https://www.instagram.com/anthonypsychosissurvivor/
• https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~duvenaud/

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Former CBC host Travis Dhanraj promised to “pull the curtain back” and reveal what is really happening inside the CBC. On Tuesday, he testified in parliament that he experienced bias, tokenism, and bullying at the public broadcaster. 

Conservative voices are calling his testimony “explosive” and “shocking,” while others consider his concerns “pedestrian” and “absurd.”    

What does Dhanraj’s whistleblowing tell us about the situation inside the CBC?

Host: Jesse Brown 

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Travis Dhanraj

Further reading: 

• Former CBC journalist Travis Dhanraj accuses broadcaster of 'tokenism' [YouTube] 
• Former CBC News host Travis Dhanraj says he was 'pulled off the air' for fighting against bias - CBC News
• Former CBC host Travis Dhanraj tells MPs of internal conflict over sources and political bias - Toronto Star 
• Terry Newman: Finally, proof of what we've known all along — CBC is biased against conservatives - National Post
• Jewish leaders demand action after 3 Toronto synagogue shootings in a week | Globalnews.ca
• Can't Be Censored - YouTube  

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In February, controversial Sikh YouTuber Nancy Grewal told CBC News that she feared for her life. Days later, she was stabbed to death outside of Windsor, Ontario. 

Was her murder related to her criticism of the Khalistan movement? 

San Grewal of The Pointer joins to unpack the political pressures and misinformation shaping the reporting of the case.

Host: Jesse Brown 

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

Guest: San Grewal

Further reading: 

• Social media account touting Khalistani extremism claims responsibility for death of Windsor, Ont., woman | CBC News 
• Slain Windsor woman expressed fears to CBC News days before she died - CBC News 
• Nancy Grewal murder: Conflicting claims of responsibility emerge on social media - The Tribune 
• Nancy Grewal's mother retracts allegations after daughter’s murder in Canada | Chandigarh News - The Times of India
• Nancy Grewal murder: Canadian Jewish groups seek terror tag for Khalistani extremists | Hindustan Times
• CSIS flags extremist Khalistani activists as national security threat - The Globe and Mail 
• India never provided their own evidence amid concerns about Sikh separatists in Canada: former NSIAs - CTV News 
• Some million-dollar properties on list to be auctioned off by the city due to unpaid taxes - Calgary Herald 
• Peter Mansbridge didn't tell Pierre Poilievre, podcast audience about work for South Korean firm | CBC News 

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AI chatbots are encouraging violence, social media is hurting kids, and Ottawa is still trying to figure out how to regulate the harms of the internet after two very public failed attempts. Host Noor Azrieh and Taylor Owen, professor and member of the federal task force on AI and online safety, dig into the federal government’s latest Online Harms push. 

Why does regulating the internet, especially its nastier corners, keep proving so hard to actually do?

PLUS, we hear from Thomas Juneau, former defence analyst and current professor of Middle Eastern security & intelligence, on what a possible Canadian intervention in the region could look like.

Host: Noor Azrieh

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

Guests: Taylor Owen, Thomas Juneau

Background reading:

• Canada could be the next nation to ban social media for kids – POLITICO
• Online harms bill needs framework for reporting threats in AI chats, experts say – The Globe and Mail
• Justin Ling: Canada has studied the problem of online harms enough. Now we need to solve it – Toronto Star
• The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all | Taylor Lorenz – The Guardian
• Canada’s rhetorical support for the war on Iran has an audience of one: Donald Trump– The Globe and Mail

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