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Des feux de forêt font rage en Alberta alors qu’une élection provinciale est en cours. Emilie discute de l’état du conservatisme en Alberta, mais aussi la nouvelle génération d’intellectuels conservateurs au Québec avec Frédéric Boily, auteur et professeur de sciences politiques au Campus Saint-Jean de l’Université de l’Alberta.

While forest fires rage in Alberta, a provincial election campaign is underway. Emilie discusses the state of conservatism in Alberta, as well as the new generation of conservative intellectuals in Quebec with Frederic Boily, author and Professor of Political Science at the Saint-Jean Campus at the University of Alberta.

Animation: Emilie Nicolas

Générique: Tristan Capacchione (Producteur)

Coanimation: Frédéric Boily

Pour en savoir plus :

• ‘We are a skeleton crew out here’: UCP cuts led to disastrous Alberta wildfire situation — Trina Moyles, The Narwhal
• Take Back Alberta Leaders are Training ‘Scrutineers’ to Infiltrate Campaigns and Act as ‘Security’ on Voting Day — Stephen Magusiak, Press Progress
• Et pourtant, ils ne comptent pas — Paul Journet, La Presse
• La Chambre des communes adopte le projet de loi C-13 à la quasi-unanimité — Joël-Denis Bellevance, La Presse
• Génération MBC: Mathieu Bock-Côté et les nouveaux intellectuels conservateurs — Frédéric Boily, Presses de l'Université Laval
• Détours au Centre PHI

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Jesse Brown and co-host Manisha Krishnan dismantle a 10,000 word piece in the National Post claiming safe supply programs are killing people and fuelling a new opioid crisis. And three cheers for the new Canadian passport! 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Manisha Krishnan

Further reading: 

• Drug fail: The Liberal government's 'safer supply' is fuelling a new opioid crisis - National Post
• Conrad Black: Free hard drugs for addicts a catastrophic Liberal failure - National Post
• Poilievre accuses government of contributing to addiction crisis with drug strategy - National Post
• Yes, Canada’s new passport really is that bad - Globe and Mail

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canadaLANDBACK is a co-production by Canada’s National Observer and Canadaland.

Host Karyn Pugliese, producer Kim Wheeler, contributors Trina Roache and Cara McKenna reflect on the season, and — wait for it — Karyn and Jesse argue about whether or not journalism can change the hearts and minds of people. 

Contributors: Trina Roache, Cara McKenna, Jesse Brown 

Host: Karyn Pugliese, editor-in-chief, Canada’s National Observer

Credits: Kim Wheeler (Producer)

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Amidst escalating tensions between Canada and China, an independent MP thinks he’s found the shadowy hand manipulating his fate. If a person asserts there’s been a plot against them but can’t offer any proof, does that count as a literal conspiracy theory?

And has this government ever met a poorly-conceived policy for media regulation it didn’t like? Well, it has now!

PressProgress editor Luke LeBrun joins Jonathan on Short Cuts.

Host: Jonathan Goldsbie

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Luke LeBrun

Further reading: 

• As the spectre of China's meddling spreads, another MP claims he is a victim – National Post
• Independent MP Kevin Vuong explains to Moore In The Morning whether he was targeted by Chinese election interference. – Newstalk 1010
• The Liberal Party of Canada Wants to Regulate Truth Online. Even Justin Trudeau Thinks It’s a Bad Idea. – PressProgress
• This Must Stop: Government and Liberal Party Go All-In On Speech Regulation With Political Truth Oversight Bodies, Mandated Press Source Tracing, and Disclosure of Critics’ Communications – Michael Geist
• This Liberal resolution targets my work – Paul Wells (Substack)

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For nearly a decade, Research in Motion was the global leader in smartphones with its iconic QWERTY-keyboard-having Blackberry. Through a mix of guerilla marketing and an unexpected boost in sales after 9/11, the rather simplistic email device was transferring some of the world’s most closely guarded secrets, from government officials, business leaders, and celebrities through some servers in Waterloo, Ontario. 

What was the cause of its demise? The iPhone? Google? Hubris? 

Jesse chats with Cherise and Jonathan about his interview with Sean Silcoff, co-author of Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry, also written by Jacquie McNish. The book is also the source material for the new film by Matt Johnson, Blackberry, starring Glenn Howerton and Jay Baruchel, which releases on May 12, 2023.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Cherise Seucharan (Reporter), Jonathan Goldsbie (News Editor), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Further information:

• Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry
• Blackberry Film Trailer

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Get your tickets for Détours first live event and podcast recording in Montreal! Become a  Canadaland Supporter to get your free tickets.

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BuzzFeed is going bust and Vice is headed for bankruptcy - is it the end of viral news sites? And the press has been reporting for years the name of a prominent and powerful man accused of abusing Indigenous children - but now it’s illegal for us to do so. 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Karyn Pugliese

Further reading: 

• How Mark Zuckerberg broke Meta's workforce - Washington Post
• Vice Media reportedly headed for bankruptcy - The Guardian
• Algonquin power lifter bulks up for first provincial competition - APTN News
• Human Rights Tribunal Hearings Start Today in Burns Lake - The Tyee
• Human rights tribunal into complaint against RCMP underway in Burns Lake, B.C. - APTN News

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Ads are everywhere in our life and they seem to keep creeping into more and more places. Movies, games, sponsored “news” content, and of course, the digital tracking that follows your every online move to sell you something you’ve already bought. (You know, you can never have enough washing machines.)

For eighteen years, Terry O’Reilly has been studying and explaining human nature through the lens of advertising. His first show, called O'Reilly on Advertising, started on CBC in 2005 followed by The Age of Persuasion in 2006, and since 2011 it continues as both radio show and podcast, by the name Under the Influence, on his own network, Apostrophe.

Jesse sits down to talk with Terry about all things advertising, podcasting, and why some people want to touch their favourite radio show hosts.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Further information:

• Apostrophe Podcasts

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From his perch at the top of the far-right ecosystem, Tucker Carlson regularly soaked up stories from Canada and half-jokingly called for forcible regime change here. But when it comes to demagogues who suddenly find themselves with time on their hands, even the half-jokes might merit another look.

And speaking of people who managed to maintain a mainstream platform long after their views took dark, paranoid turns, Toronto Sun columnist Tarek Fatah passed away.

APTN’s Dani Paradis joins Jonathan to talk about both.

Host: Jonathan Goldsbie

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Dani Paradis

Further reading: 

• Tucker Carlson’s Prayer Talk May Have Led to Fox News Ouster: “That Stuff Freaks Rupert Out” - Vanity Fair
• A first look at 'Tucker Carlson Originals: O, Canada!' - Fox News
• Toronto twins’ claim of being Inuit nets thousands in scholarship money from various organizations - APTN
• 'A real force of nature': Pakistani-Canadian journalist Tarek Fatah dead from cancer at 73 - National Post

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The recent expansion of the Safe Third Country Agreement — which started as a 9/11 era deal that Canada negotiated in order to exert more control over immigration levels — prohibits asylum seekers from entering at unofficial ports of entry. 

The agreement allows Canada to share responsibility for asylum seekers with the US, because the US is “safe” for refugees. 

But there are years of documented evidence suggesting the US is not actually safe, including two Supreme Court rulings, reports from international human rights organizations, and data on the detainment and deportation of asylum seekers. 

So why have we ignored it? 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Cherise Seucharan (Reporter), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Further reading:

• The new Canada-U.S. border deal will cost Canadian taxpayers at least this much, Toronto Star, April 14, 2023
• What the new US-Canada border deal means for asylum seekers, Al-Jazeera, 24 Mar 2023
• Why we are challenging the USA as a “safe third country” in the Federal Court of Canada, Canadian Council for Refugees 
• US: Detention Hazardous to Immigrants’ Health, Human Rights Watch
• Canada could save lives, but closes Roxham Road instead, Law360 Canada

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Deux lettres ouvertes ont été publiées récemment. Une appelle à la prudence avec la recherche en intelligence artificielle, l’autre à une accélération de sa législation par le gouvernement fédéral, via le projet de loi C-27. Montréal rassemble certains des meilleurs chercheurs mondiaux en IA. Aujourd'hui, Emilie s'entretient avec Benjamin Prud'homme, directeur exécutif de IA pour l'Humanité - Mila, l'Institut québécois d'intelligence artificielle. Ensemble, ils démystifie les enjeux éthiques et les dangers qui nous guettent, et réfléchissent au rôle des journalistes scientifiques dans le contexte. 

Two open letters have been published recently. One calls for caution with AI research, the other for an acceleration of the federal government’s legislation around AI, C-27. Montreal is home to some of the world’s leading researchers in AI. Today, Emilie speaks with Benjamin Prud’homme, Executive Director for AI for Humanity at Mila, the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute. Together, they break down the ethical issues and the dangers that could arise, and discuss the role of scientific journalists in this context.

Animation: Emilie Nicolas

Générique: Tristan Capacchione (Producteur)

Coanimation: Benjamin Prud'homme

Pour en savoir plus :

• Il y a urgence à adopter la Loi sur l’intelligence artificielle et les données - La Presse
• Angles morts de la gouvernance de l’IA - UNESCO
• BARBADA : VIVE LE CONTE LIBRE! - Tout le monde en parle

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