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Canada recognized Palestine as a state, Pierre “take me home country roads” Poilievre is back in town, Freeland is on a mission to Ukraine, and the pressure is building on Prime Minister Mark Carney. Host Sam Konnert sits down with Mickey Djuric to break down what’s happened this fall sitting, who’s in, who’s out, and if the Carney honeymoon phase is over.

Host: Sam Konnert

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)

Guests: Mickey Djuric

Background reading:

• Canada first G7 nation to recognise Palestinian state – BBC
• Freeland leaving cabinet, won't run in next federal election – CBC News
• Government tables legislation targeting hate symbols, protecting places of worship – CBC News
• Alberta premier argues for potential use of notwithstanding clause on transgender laws – CBC News
• The fall budget will be an early reckoning for the Carney government – The Hill Times

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One December night in 2014, Matthew Church died from sudden cardiac arrest. Now, back from the dead, Matthew Church joins us in studio to talk about dying, coming back, and what exactly happened during those eight minutes when his heart stopped beating.

Credits: 

Host: Jesse Brown

Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Fact checking by Julian Abraham

Additional music by Audio Network

Further Reading

Zola’s Story in the Purina Hall of Fame

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Global News hires a non-journalist to cover politics.

Plus, parliament is back and it’s business as usual. With Canada in an existential crisis, is it time to stop the partisan shenanigans? 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate Producer and Fact Checking) tom sayers (Audio Editor), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Noor Azrieh 

Additional music by Audio Network

Further reading: 

• Carney and Poilievre exchange pleasantries, then resume an epic debate | CBC News
• As the House of Commons returns, Carney and Poilievre are both chasing a lost political moment - The Globe and Mail
• Carney government to table first budget on Nov. 4 | CBC News
• Top Trudeau-era ministers headed for diplomatic appointments - CTV News    
• World's first AI minister will eliminate corruption, says Albania's PM - BBC 
• Anchor Travis Dhanraj files human rights complaint against CBC, alleging discrimination, harassment - The Globe and Mail 

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Canadians react to the assasination of Charlie Kirk. 

The killing of a prominent US conservative dominates Canadian headlines and online comments trigger partisan debates, doxing, and threats of violence.  

Should we be concerned about political violence in Canada? 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate Producer and Fact Checking) tom sayers (Audio Editor), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Noor Azrieh 

Further reading on our website.

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Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner sits down with host Noor Azrieh to unpack why she thinks we should scrap the temporary foreign worker program, and how far she’d go to overhaul immigration. 

Host: Noor Azrieh

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

Guests: MP Michelle Rempel Garner

Credit to Film Mission and Joe Anidjar for footage from the Canada First Protest. 

Background reading:

• Toronto’s Christie Pits Riot  – Toronto Museum
• Police charge 9 people in connection with Christie Pits rallies – CBC News
• Popular support for more immigration has cratered. Politicians are taking note – CBC News
• Poilievre calls for temporary foreign worker program to be scrapped – CBC News
• Without national identity, integration is impossible and collapse is inevitable – Michelle Rempel Garner 

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Rabih (Robby) Alkhalil was in prison for one murder and on trial for another. Then on July 21st, 2022 Alkhalil slipped into a black jumpsuit and a high visibility vest and he walked out the front door of a BC prison. He hopped into a waiting white van and disappeared. And for the last three years Alkhalil has stayed, at least, one step ahead of the law.

Alkhalil made new headlines last week. A series of news reports claimed he'd been arrested in Qatar. The RCMP scheduled a press conference and promised an update on the case. 

Then something weird happened. 

The RCMP announced that three men had been charged in connection with helping Alkhalil escape, but the RCMP would neither confirm nor deny that he was arrested in Qatar.

Was his escape the most audacious in recent Canadian history? Was it a stunning display of the prison authority’s incompetence or corruption? And why won’t the RCMP confirm or deny his capture in Qatar?

Veteran crime beat reporter Peter Edwards joins us to try and make sense of the escape and manhunt of Robby Alkhalil.

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Host: Jesse Brown

Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Fact checking by Julian Abraham

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SOCIAL POSTS:

B.C Fugitive Rabih Alkhalil Arrested in Qatar

Five Men Arrested in Helping Rabih Alkhalil Escape B.C Prison

Peter Edwards Website

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Carney hits pause on EVs but moves forward on “nation-building” projects.

With Canola farmers being hit hard by Chinese tariffs, is the solution to drop the 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs? Scott Moe and Danielle Smith think so.

Plus, a goodbye to Franklin, Babar, and The Magic Schoolbus.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate Producer and Fact Checking) tom sayers (Audio Editor), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Jan Wong

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TIFF turns 50 with celebs, controversy, and Carney suggesting that we’re the John Candy of global trade.  

As the Toronto International Film Festival struggles to find its way in a changing film landscape, it leans into Canadiana with buzzy premieres from Canadian directors. 

But with its mishandling of controversial documentaries the last two years, can TIFF meet the moment? 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate Producer and Fact Checking) tom sayers (Audio Editor), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Jan Wong

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While Donald Trump is bent on achieving and maintaining “unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance”, we’re just starting to gear up for the race. There are only about 300 data centres across Canada. And about HALF of them are run by American tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. Host Noor Azrieh sits down with Don Lenihan and Vass Bednar and asks whether we can control our digital sovereignty. 

Host: Noor Azrieh

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

Guests: Don Lenihan, Vass Bednar

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Mark Carney recently made noises about the future possibility of Canadian boots on the ground as part of an international “coalition of the willing” to help guarantee security in Ukraine. In the 1990s Canada had up to 3,000 peacekeepers around the world at any given time. Today we have less than 30. That’s one per cent of what we used to be able to do.

So how would Carney get us back in the game? Is it a game we want to play? Or are even capable of playing anymore?

Lloyd Axworthy thinks so. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs at the height of our peacekeeping commitments in the late 1990s. But his vision today goes far beyond blue helmets.

Credits:

Host: Jesse Brown

Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Fact checking by Julian Abraham

Additional music by Audio Network

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Further Reading:

Hints at Canada’s Return to Peacekeeping - The Globe & Mail 

Lloyd Axworthy Substack 

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