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In 2016, a 56 year old Saskatchewan farmer named Gerald Stanley shot an unarmed 22 year-old Indigenous trespasser named Coulten Boushie in the back of the head. Stanley was acquitted of murder in 2018 — and nobody was happy.

Indigenous people considered the verdict proof positive of racial bias in the courts and a tacit declaration of open season on Indigenous people, including hunters, who take their lives in their hands when they exercise their treaty rights to access land.

Meanwhile, rural settlers in Saskatchewan formed a facebook group called Farmers with Firearms to protest slow RCMP response times to what they considered a growing epidemic of rural crime. 8500 people joined, and the comment section was filled with anti-Indigenous rhetoric and vows to exercise vigilante justice on anyone who sets foot on their property.

How do these two seemingly irreconcilable groups… reconcile?

Some Saskatchewan farmers and Indigenous hunters are trying to figure that out. As you might expect, reconciliation isn’t always easy.

Freelance reporter Kerry Benjoe brings you this true story from Saskatchewan, on this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Host: Jesse Brown 

Credits: Kerry Benjoe (Reporter), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Further Reading: 

• The Treaty Land Sharing Network
• The Gerald Stanley Case — The Canadian Encyclopedia

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La tension monte entre le Canada et l'Inde après que Justin Trudeau a accusé le gouvernement indien d'avoir joué un rôle dans l'assassinat du leader sikh Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Maïka Sondarjee rejoint Emilie pour discuter des angles morts des médias dans la couverture de cette accusation et des réactions qui s'ensuivent. Ce n'est pas la première histoire controversée impliquant le Canada et ses relations internationales dernièrement. Quelle est la réputation internationale actuelle du Canada ?

Tension rises between Canada and India after Justin Trudeau accused the Indian government of playing a role in the assassination of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Maïka Sondarjee joins Emilie to discuss the media's blind spots in covering this accusation and the reactions that followed. This isn't the first controversial story involving Canada and its international relations in recent news. What is Canada's current international reputation?

Animation: Emilie Nicolas

Générique: Nancy Pettinicchio (Production), Tristan Capacchione (Production technique), Karyn Pugliese (Rédactrice en chef)

Coanimation: Maïka Sondarjee

Pour en savoir plus :

• Trudeau facing cold reality after lonely week on world stage – BBC News
• La misère de la diplomatie canadienne – La Presse
• Trudeau’s India crisis shows he has lost control of Canada’s spies – Al Jazeera
• Un ethno-nationaliste à la commission parlementaire sur l’immigration – Pivot
• Réservé aux Blancs : une affiche suscite la colère en Colombie-Britannique – TVA Nouvelles
• Decentring the Western Gaze in International Relations – Millennium
• White Saviorism in International Development – Daraja Press

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A “Ukrainian who served in Nazi unit” was applauded in Canadian Parliament - let’s just call a Nazi a Nazi. And history is repeating itself in the “parental rights” movement. 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Andrea Houston

Further reading: 

• How did a Nazi fighter end up in Parliament? - Front Burner CBC
• Former Indian diplomat's claims 'troubling example' of disinformation: PMO - Toronto Sun
• Are we witnessing the beginning of an LGBTQ genocide? - Ricochet
• Protests and counter-protests around teaching LGBTQ rights in schools - The Current with Matt Galloway CBC

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This week’s show features Chris Oliveros, publisher and founder of Montreal’s Drawn and Quarterly, one of the most respected publishing houses for comic book literature in the world.

Chris has brought to the world books from authors like Robert Crumb, Julie Doucet, Chris Ware, Kate Beaton, Chester Brown and Dan Clowes. 

But eight years ago Chris left his job as publisher at D&Q to write and draw his own comic - his first in almost 30 years. It's called “Are You Willing to Die For The Cause,” a work of journalism that tells the largely forgotten story of the real origins of the FLQ -  the militant, violent Quebec separatist group that changed Canadian history forever. 

Host: Jesse Brown 

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Further Reading: 

• Are You Willing to Die for the Cause? — Drawn & Quarterly

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If it weren’t for the Globe and Mail, would Prime Minister Trudeau have publicly accused India of being involved in the killing of Hardeep Nijjar? And Canada loses 70 newspapers as Metroland ends their print circulation. 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Shree Paradkar

Further reading: 

• Trudeau accuses India in killing of Sikh leader on Canadian soil - The Globe and Mail
• Trudeau accuses India of involvement in Canadian’s murder -The Globe and Mail - The Decibel
• Here's why Justin Trudeau went public with an explosive allegation against India - Toronto Star
• Russell Brand sex assault allegations bear similarities to Ghomeshi case. But here's what's changed - Toronto Star
• Metroland ends print editions of community papers, keeps regional dailies - CP24
• Metroland ends print editions of community papers, flyers - Global

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André Proulx is a wine writer who has worked for Newstalk 1010, CTV News, Quench Magazine, and Toronto Life. As dollars in traditional media disappear for journalists, it’s getting harder and harder to make money writing lifestyle content — including wine writing. In today’s landscape, is one of Canada’s most influential wine writers double-dipping, taking money from both The Toronto Star - and the people who represent the wines she’s reviewing?

To discuss the current landscape of wine writing André spoke with Chris Waters, wine writer for the Globe and Mail, and Rick VanSickle of Wines in Niagara. To explain how wine sales with the LCBO works he spoke with Ben Hardy of Vintage Selector wines, tech experts Carmi Levy and Dan Spearin, and media lawyer Miro Oballa. 

Host: Jesse Brown 

Credits: André Proulx (Reporter), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Further Reading: 

• Toronto Star wine column leaves bad taste — Columbia Journalism Review
• This red wine under $8 is so good it will clear off LCBO shelves — The Toronto Star

Additional music by Audio Network

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Le 10 septembre 2001, Rima Elkouri devient chroniqueuse au journal La Presse. Le 11 septembre 2001, elle devient chroniqueuse arabe. Rima se joint à Emilie pour réfléchir aux histoires nécessaires et nuancées qu'elle écrit depuis les 25 dernières années. Puis, dix ans après la présentation de la Charte des valeurs québécoises à l’Assemblée nationale, est-ce qu’il y a eu une évolution dans les médias québécois sur le sujet de la laïcité ? 

On September 10, 2001, Rima Elkouri became a columnist for La Presse. On September 11, 2001, she became an Arab columnist. Rima joins Emilie to reflect on the necessary and nuanced stories she has written over the course of the past 25 years. And ten years after the Parti québécois presented the Quebec Charter of Values to the National Assembly, has the subject of secularism evolved in Quebec media?

Animation: Emilie Nicolas

Générique: Nancy Pettinicchio (Production), Tristan Capacchione (Production technique), Karyn Pugliese (Rédactrice en chef)

Coanimation: Rima Elkouri

Pour en savoir plus :

• Pas envie d'être arabe – Les éditions Somme toute
• Manam – Les Éditions du Boréal
• Comment je suis devenue chroniqueuse arabe – La Presse
• Kevin Lambert et la « lecture sensible » au cœur d’une polémique en France – La Presse
• Tweet de François Legault au peuple marocain – X (Twitter)

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Oh what a circus, oh what a show, as a newly reenergized Conservative Party of Canada holds its first convention with Pierre Poilievre as leader. Under this tent, everyone from anti-trans activists to British aristocrats are apparently welcome, because nothing says “populism” like telling people you know what’s best for them.

And as the strike at TVOntario creeps toward month two, we anxiously await Polkaroo’s show of solidarity.

Jacobin’s Luke Savage joins Jonathan on Short Cuts.

Host: Jonathan Goldsbie

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Luke Savage

Further reading: 

• Tory convention seeks to dazzle supporters, but Poilievre the real draw - The Globe and Mail
• The working class inevitably becomes conservative: Full Comment podcast - National Post
• Opinion: The horrific food poisoning of Calgary children underscores the unravelling of public health in Canada - The Globe and Mail
• Biden books are still bombing - Politico

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Rob Goodman was a congressional staffer in the US and as a rising authoritarian movement brought America to the brink of a coup, he did what all Americans threaten to do when they are fed up with their country: he moved to Canada. Now an Assistant Professor in the department of Politics and Public Administration at Toronto Metropolitan University, he has an urgent warning for his adopted country.

Jesse sits down with Rob to talk about his new book, “Not Here: Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself.”

Host: Jesse Brown 

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Further Reading: 

• Not Here: Why American Democracy Is Eroding and How Canada Can Protect Itself, by Rob Goodman — Simon & Schuster

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We’re beginning to see the consequences of the Greenbelt scandal. Why does Premier Ford refuse to take accountability?  As the trial for the convoy organizers begins, Tamara Lich’s cult of personality is ramping up in the press. 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Alan S. Hale

Further reading: 

• Who is Mr. X? After scathing ethics probe raises questionable conduct of unnamed Greenbelt consultant, a picture emerges - Toronto Star
• https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/economy/they-dont-let-us-dollarama-stores-sell-bread-unless-theres-a-sobeys-nearby/
• How Tamara Lich transformed from spokeswoman to symbol of 'Freedom Convoy' movement - Canadian Press
• Carson Jerema: Tamara Lich exposed the incompetence of the Canadian state - National Post
• Canada’s Far-Right is Planning a Convoy to Toronto to ‘Save the Children’. It’s Already Spinning Out of Control. - Press Progress

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