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Another floor crossing MP spoils Pierre Poilievre’s entry into the men’s fitness ecosystem. 

Edmonton MP Matt Jeneroux’s decision to unresign and join Carney’s Liberals has resurfaced questions around Poilievre fitness for leadership. Pierre can swing a kettlebell, but can hold onto his own caucus?

Host: Jesse Brown 

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

Guest: Julian Abraham

Further reading: 

• MP Matt Jeneroux leaves Conservatives to join Liberals, citing 'national unity crisis' | CBC News 
• How Strength Training Builds Mental Resilience | Pierre Poilievre [YouTube] 
• Matt Jeneroux leaves Conservative party after being too intimidated by Poilievre's workout regime - The Beaverton 
• Matt Jeneroux's defection has Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives wondering if there will be more - Opinion 
• The post-Poilievre leadership race has begun - The Globe and Mail 
• The Rise of ‘Looksmaxxing’ | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen 
• Distraught family blasts Canada for euthanizing son, 26, who suffered from 'seasonal depression' | Daily Mail Online 

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Project South uncovers one of the worst cases of police corruption in Canadian history. 

The investigation into Toronto Police offers a staggering portrait of corruption, with allegations connecting officers to attempted assassinations, illegal firearms, drug trafficking, extortion, bribery, and leaking confidential information.

Plus, the death of “the last man in Africville” and the targeting of Jewish summer camps.  

Host: Jesse Brown 

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

Guest: Julian Abraham

Additional music by Audio Network

Further reading: 

• Who are the Toronto police officers accused of assisting organized crime? Here’s what we know so far | CBC News 
• York Regional Police Press Conference - Project South Results [YouTube] 
• 'A few bad apples': Doug Ford responds to police corruption arrests - North Bay News 
• The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone - Toronto Life
• Toronto cop arrested in corruption probe trafficked uniforms, mishandled police firearm: court documents | CBC News
• Opinion | Toronto Police officers have been accused of running a matchmaking service for violent crooks. The question now is how deep the rot goes - Toronto Star
• LORINC: When the police neither serve or protect - Spacing Toronto
• Public trust in Toronto police was ‘strained’ before officers’ arrest. What now? | Globalnews.ca
• How an armed Brink’s guard with persistent money troubles got swept up in the Toronto police corruption case - Toronto Star 
• 'He was a man on a mission': Eddie Carvery remembered for keeping memory of Africville alive | CBC News
• Anti-Zionist groups in Canada target Jewish children’s summer camps | The Times of Israel

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Surrey, BC has already recorded 51 extortions this year. 11 of them ended with shots fired. That might sound surprising until you realise last year there were 133 cases, and 49 related shootings. So what’s actually driving this? And how is it possible that after more than a year of this, no level of government (municipal, provincial, federal) and no police force has managed to get it under control? Host Noor speaks with former MP Jinny Sims, who was targeted in these campaigns, and Wade Deisman, a criminologist at the University of the Fraser Valley.

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: Jinny Sims, Wade Deisman

Background reading:

• B.C. politicians call on federal government to get tough on extortion crisis – CBC News
• Protest held against extortion wave in Surrey as 3 foreign nationals charged – CBC News
• Shots fired at Surrey radio station believed to be extortion-related – Global News
• Extortion is disrupting B.C. lives and businesses. And there's no end in sight – Vancouver Sun
• Extortion Theatre: Sikh Politicians, Party Scripts, & The Refusal To Name India – Baaz News

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Jay Baruchel, if you don’t know that name, you likely know his face from the string of hit movies he’s been in: Knocked Up, This Is The End, Blackberry, Million Dollar Baby, Almost Famous, and Tropic Thunder, among many others. He’s been in the belly of Hollywood’s beast for over two decades. 

But he’s also a self-proclaimed Canadian patriot with the maple leaf literally tattooed over his heart. So who better to join us to try and figure out where Elbows Up goes from here, and tease out some of its unlikely roots. Hint: Canadian censors were already cutting American flags out of films in the 1920s…

Host: Stephen Marche

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

Featured Guest: Jay Baruchel

Fact checking by Julian Abraham

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Photo: Gage Skidmore

More information:

• Elbows Up! Canadian Voices of Resilience and Resistance — McClelland & Stewart

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While the Canadian mainstream media was reluctant to reveal unverified information, far right outlets and bad actors swarmed to score political points for their anti-trans agenda.

Why is Jesse Van Rootselaar’s gender the focus of the online discussion? And how should it fit into the coverage? 

Mel Woods of Xtra Magazine joins Noor Azrieh. 

Host: Noor Azrieh

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

Guest: Mel Woods

Further reading: 

• What we know about the teenager behind the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting | CBC News 
• Deadly B.C. shooting is one of Canada's worst school shootings | CBC News
• The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
• At least 43 outlets shared anti-trans misinfo after Charlie Kirk shooting: TJA | Xtra Magazine
• OLDCORN: Another transgender mass shooter, and no, gun laws aren’t the problem - Western Standard
• Tara Armstrong Post - X/Twiiter  
• Trans Journalists Association (Style Guide)
• Tumbler RidgeLines
• Curse of Politics Clip - X/Twitter 

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Playing rules-based games at the end of the rules-based order. 

With the heated rivalry between the US and Canada, athletes speaking out against ICE, and the rupture of old world order in the background, the Olympics are especially political this time around.

Where do politics fit into the winter games and how did hockey become a symbol of geopolitical conflict? 

Rahim Mohamed of the National Post gets “Canada Down” with Noor Azrieh.  

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kattie Laur (Associate producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Masteringr), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Rahim Mohamed

Further reading: 

• Trump’s geopolitical tensions spill into the Winter Olympics - Politico
• ‘Boots on the Ice’: Hockey and politics are about to collide at the Milan Olympics - The Globe and Mail
• U.S. Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash — including from Trump | CBC Sports
• Welcome to new cold war as world descends on Italy amid global political chaos | Winter Olympics 2026 | The Guardian
• Amid rising political tensions, will there be controversy at the Olympics? - National | Globalnews.ca
• Olympic fans are loving the petty commercial battle between Team Canada and Team USA: 'They are so focused on us' - Yahoo News Canada
• Tate McRae responds to backlash over U.S. Olympics ad: 'Y'all know I'm Canada down' | CBC News  
• Paul Brandt removed from Alberta teachers’ convention speaking list - CTV News 
• Public Servant Surprised by Voicemail from Doug Ford Suggesting They ‘Get Another Job’ - PressProgress 

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NATO is building something new: a Defence, Security and Resilience Bank. Basically a World Bank for war, and Canada wants it.

From Toronto to Montreal to Ottawa to Halifax, mayors are campaigning hard, pitching their cities as the future headquarters of a global military finance hub. Thousands of high-paying jobs, direct access to defence capital and a front-row seat to the new security order are all at stake.

At the same time, Mark Carney is preparing to unveil his long-awaited Defence Industrial Strategy, a plan to pump billions into Canada’s military sector. After years of defence being politically taboo, hard power is suddenly a growth strategy.

So what does that actually mean for the companies building the tech? For the cities fighting to host the bank? And for a country that once prided itself on being defence-averse?

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: Sonya Shorey, Mayor Andy Fillmore, Maroy Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Rod Phillips, Councillor Brad Bradford and Sam Witherspoon

Background reading:

• Canada officially endorses leadership role in new defence bank - The Globe and Mail
• Local Ottawa officials 'frustrated' with Ford over support for Toronto's bid for new defence bank - iPolitics
• Canada in the running to headquarter new multinational defence bank - The Globe and Mail

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The government of New Brunswick has released its much-anticipated report on the mysterious neurological illnesses afflicting many in the province. The report doesn’t just aim to identify what’s behind the “cluster” of disease. It’s far more fundamental than that. Its findings raise questions as to whether the disease itself exists. Is it a single disease or a mass misdiagnosis of unrelated illnesses?

The physician at the heart of the controversy for much of the last decade, Dr. Alier Marrero, has blasted the report and labelled it as a “shockwave” to himself and his patients. He joins us today.

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)

Featured Guest: Dr. Allier Marrero

Fact checking by Kallan Lyons

Additional music by Audio Network

More information:

• The battle over Canada's mystery brain disease
• N.B. report finds herbicides, heavy metals not the cause of 'most' undiagnosed neurological illnesses | CBC News
• N.B. report finds no environmental links to unknown neurological illness in patients - The Globe and Mail
• Investigation of cases of undiagnosed neurological illness - gnb.ca

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Poilievre’s landslide victory at his leadership review raises questions about the flurry of coverage about his political demise only months ago. Why was there such a disconnect? 

With Carney riding high, and Poilievre’s likeability still a concern, Conservatives are betting on the long game (and hoping to avoid a spring election.) 

Host: Jesse Brown 

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kattie Laur (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Harrison Lowman

Further reading: 

• Poilievre clears leadership review with 87% support, following a rousing, campaign-style speech - CTV News
• I’m a former senior aide to Stephen Harper. Pierre Poilievre is dismantling the principled, trustworthy Conservative Party we tried to build  - Toronto Star
• When a Harper Conservative goes after Pierre Poilievre, you know there’s blood in the water  - Toronto Star
• Braid: Poilievre's team gets ready for epic leadership review fight in Calgary - Calgary Herald  
• John Ivison: Bad blood has infected Poilievre's Conservatives, and Liberals are loving it - National Post
• There are many reasons why Pierre Poilievre doesn’t want a spring election. There’s one surprising way he could buy more time - Toronto Star
• Braid: New-look Pierre Poilievre could be a lot more trouble than the Liberals expect - Calgary Herald
• Parks Canada planned to delete a heritage website — but one proud Canadian hit 'Save' | CBC News
• Heritage Guide
• I’m suing Frank Stronach – and yes, I’m in it for the money - The Globe and Mail  ​​     

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A lot of the time, local news sucks. It’s important, but it sucks. City council meetings, school board meetings, police board meetings… just plain boring.

But every once in a while, there’s a gold mine.

But at Canadaland we just don’t have the resources to find these little golden nuggets, these hyper local stories. We’re not on the ground, our audience is national, and we don’t usually get the scoops.

So we asked you to call in and let us know all about them. 

And boy did you deliver, we’ve got everything from throwing shovels at city workers, to Buddhist monks in PEI with alleged ties to the Communist Party of China. 

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Tony Wang (Executive Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Publisher)

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