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The Conservative Party leader walked away from a scrum when pressed about his campaign manager working in far right media company The Rebel's office during his campaign. 

 

We look at the language around Gord Downie's death.

 

And there are a lot of unanswered questions in the story of freed hostage Joshua Boyle.

 

Freelancer and former VICE reporter Justin Ling co-hosts.

Justin's Twitter: @justin_ling

Sarah Polley talks about how she helped Jesse break a major story. 

And she discusses domestic abuse, sexual harassment and assault, and the culture that fuels it. 

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Sarah Polley talks about how she helped Jesse break a major story. 

And she discusses domestic abuse, sexual harassment and assault, and the culture that fuels it. 

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An "unprecedented national collaboration" between The National Observer, Global, The Toronto Star and more exposes the dangers of sour gas in Saskatchewan. But as OurSask.ca points out, they forgot to mention the CBC broke the story two years ago. 

 

The Globe and Mail pillories the Liberals' tax plan.

 

CBC journalists find creative ways to criticize the CBC.

 

The National Post's Jen Gerson co-hosts.

 

Jen's Twitter: @jengerson

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An "unprecedented national collaboration" between The National Observer, Global, The Toronto Star and more exposes the dangers of sour gas in Saskatchewan. But as OurSask.ca points out, they forgot to mention the CBC  two years ago. ...

An "unprecedented national collaboration" between The National Observer, Global, The Toronto Star and more exposes the dangers of sour gas in Saskatchewan. But as OurSask.ca points out, they forgot to mention the CBC broke the story two years ago. 

 

The Globe and Mail pillories the Liberals' tax plan.

 

CBC journalists find creative ways to criticize the CBC.

 

The National Post's Jen Gerson co-hosts.

 

Jen's Twitter: @jengerson

The way we make culture in Canada is finished. The CanCon system was built around radio frequency and cable subscriptions. That's done. 

Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly had the thankless task of crafting a new culture plan that was sure to disappoint. She is now being viciously attacked by the press, the same press that did not get their requested newspaper bailout. 

In the plan, Joly announced a boost (as yet unspecified) to the Canadian Media Fund, funding for a cultural export strategy and a digital news incubator envisioned as a joint venture between Ryerson University and Facebook.

But all anybody seemingly wants to talk about is the deal in which Netflix has pledged $500-million over five years toward original Canadian content - and why that's somehow a terrible thing.

Joining Jesse is University of Ottawa professor and digital technology expert Michael Geist to unpack the deal.

Also on this episode Ira Wells, contributor to The Walrus, discusses how Canada's revamped cultural policy aims low and ignores art.

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The way we make culture in Canada is finished. The CanCon system was built around radio frequency and cable subscriptions. That's done.  Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly had the thankless task of crafting a new culture plan that was sure to...

The Creative Canada plan is here.

After months of consultations with stakeholders, and meetings and forums across the country, Heritage Minister Melanie Joly finally unveiled the much-anticipated plan to reinvigorate Canada's cultural sector.

Joining Jesse is University of Ottawa professor and digital technology expert Michael Geist.

Also on this episode Ira Wells, contributor to The Walrus, discusses why Canada's revamped cultural policy may actually be terrible for Canadian culture.

Co-host Omar Mouallem lives in the Edmonton neighbourhood where the terror attack took place over the weekend. He discusses what he saw in the news versus what he saw in real life.

On Jagmeet Singh's first interview with CBC's Power and Politics as the NDP's leader, Terry Milewski takes the opportunity to grill him about the Air India bomber.

The takes are in for the Government's #DigiCanCon plan, AKA The Netflix Deal, to revamp the Canadian content industry.

 

Omar's Twitter: @omar_aok

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