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Last month, the Senate proposed twenty six amendments to Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, and the Heritage Minister rejected eight. One of those rejected amendments was proposed by Senators Paula Simons and Julie Miville-Dechêne. Its rejection may have a huge impact on many digital-first creators. Jesse sits down with Senator Simons to talk about the bill, this amendment in particular, and what the Senate can do in situations like this.

Host: Jesse Brown

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

Featured guests: Paula Simons

Further reading: 

• Heritage Minister rejects key C-11 amendment, puts himself on potential collision course with Senators — The Globe & Mail
• Alberta Unbound — Senator Simons’ Podcast

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Co-host Sean Silcoff walks us through the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and what it might mean for Canadians. And the Supreme Court Judge who mysteriously went missing from the bench for weeks and the alleged misconduct unearthed by journalists. 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Sean Silcoff

Further reading: 

• Silicon Valley Bank collapse shows our financial system is just a collective delusion - The Globe and Mail
• If you’re renewing a mortgage or buying a house, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is the best news in ages - The Globe and Mail
• Blackberry Trailer
• High court justice Russell Brown under investigation after altercation at Arizona resort - Vancouver Sun
• Witness to altercation involving Justice Russell Brown says he followed her to hotel room - Sean Fine
• Canada’s cult of confidentiality - The Globe and Mail
• DND claimed a July 7, 2021 document involving Canada's top soldier couldn't be found. Then we told them we had it. - Ottawa Citizen

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

Landback is not just about returning real estate.

It is about Indigenous people reclaiming who we are and making ourselves whole again.

An elder once told me that he believed residential schools were designed to hurt women, because "They knew that when you break the hearts of our women, you break the strength of our nations."

That story and other teachings tell us that women are central and even sacred to our communities. This episode looks at how women are reclaiming their role as mothers, teachers, leaders, and sacred beings, despite everything colonialism has thrown at them. 

This is not a story of hope, so much as it is a story of resilience and courage. 

In this episode of landback we interview three women, whose stories intersect; Terri Brown, a former chief of the Tahltan First Nation in British Columbia, and former president of the Native Women’s Association (NWAC); Dr. Beverly Jacobs, Mohawk, Six Nations, is the Senior Advisor to the President on Indigenous Relations and Outreach at the University of Windsor and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, who is also a former President of NWAC; Tori Cress Ojibway and Pottawattami, G’Chimnissing is a land and water defender. 

Music “Dare to Dream” by Brandi Morin

Please be warned this episode contains stories of violence, sexual assault and mentions the name and decribes some actions of a serial killer in B.C. 

Host/Producer: Karyn Pugliese 

Producer: Kim Wheeler

This episode contained research by Beverly Andrews.

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À l'automne dernier, le journaliste politique Paul Wells a assisté à l'enquête publique sur l'utilisation de la loi sur les mesures d'urgence lors du convoi de la liberté de 2022. Avec comme point de référence un chapitre du prochain livre de Paul sur le sujet, Paul et Emilie discutent de la réaction policière aux manifestations, et plus précisément du rôle des équipes de liaison. Puis quel serait l’impact du projet de loi C-18 sur les nouvelles en ligne sur le journalisme canadien ?

Last fall, political journalist Paul Wells attended the public inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act during the 2022 Freedom Convoy. With a chapter from Paul's upcoming book on the subject as a reference point, Paul and Emilie discuss the police response to the protests, specifically the role of police liaison teams. And what impact would online news legislation Bill C-18 really have on Canadian journalism?

Animation : Emilie Nicolas

Générique : Nancy Pettinicchio (Production), Tristan Capacchione (Production technique)

Co-animation : Paul Wells

Pour en savoir plus :

• An Emergency in Ottawa, prochain livre de Paul Wells
• Rapport de l’Enquête publique sur l’état d’urgence déclaré en 2022
• Ricochet Media sur C-18: Online News Act threatens Canadian press freedoms, warns senator

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The story about Chinese interference in our elections continues to evolve and the opposition leader has seized on it. Prime Minister Trudeau has now called for two probes despite specific calls for a public inquest - could this be the scandal that breaks him? And a conspiracy theory facilitated by Chat GPT. Arshy Mann co-hosts. 

Host: Jesse Brown

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

Guest: Arshy Mann

Further reading: 

• Beijing may have tried to discourage Canadians from voting Conservative: federal unit - Canadian Press
• Hear No Evil, Write No Lies - The Walrus
• Two high-level memos allege Beijing covertly funded Canadian election candidates - Global News
• African students over five times more likely to be denied visas than Europeans - Investigative Journalism Foundation
• Suspected money launderer won't be charged, special prosecutor rules - Vancouver Sun
• How Wired Will Use Generative AI Tools - Wired

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Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, has been a long-time coming. After initially being proposed in 2021 as Bill C-10, it is in the final stage of becoming law. The bill would regulate online video streamers, forcing them to contribute towards the Canadian Content system and promote “CanCon” on their platforms, like traditional Canadian broadcasters do. Online-only creators have fears it would impact their livelihood.

Most Canadians aren’t even watching CanCon, will this Bill change that? Will it make CanCon better? Can a system that was built for traditional film and TV, be made to work for an increasingly online, global market?

Audio Editor and Technical Producer Tristan Capacchione sits down with Canadian filmmakers to talk all about the “CanCon” system and the problems they’ve experienced with it.

Host: Jesse Brown

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

Featured guests: Matt Johnson, Andrew Chung, Marc Almon, Valerie Creighton, Miki “Xwater” Ljuljdurovic

Further reading: 

• CMF Annual Report, 2021-2022
• A new streaming bill is close to becoming law in Canada. Here's how it works — CBC
• Bill C-11 — Parliament

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As we cross the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, former Canadaland producer Sarah Lawrynuik returns to Short Cuts to talk with Jonathan about why she became a freelance war correspondent, taking night trains to the front lines.

They also look at China’s reported interference in Canada’s elections & why our institutions tend to throw up their hands the moment they encounter even slightly sophisticated malfeasance.

Host: Jonathan Goldsbie

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

Guest: Sarah Lawrynuik

Further reading: 

• Still standing: A year post-invasion, defiant Ukrainians have truly come together to build something, even in the face of Russian atrocities and destruction - Winnipeg Free Press
• Bell Media wouldn’t nominate Lisa LaFlamme for an award — so she did it herself - Toronto Star
• CSIS documents reveal Chinese strategy to influence Canada’s 2021 election - Globe and Mail
• Liberals ignored CSIS warning on 2019 candidate accused in Chinese interference probe: sources - Global News
• CSIS uncovered Chinese plan to donate to Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation - Globe and Mail
• Ottawa must sharpen its monitoring of foreign interference in elections, report says - Toronto Star
• CSIS documents reveal a web of Chinese influence in Canada - The Decibel, Globe and Mail

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There aren’t a lot of dedicated spaces for Black, Indigenous and People of Colour in Nova Scotia. One community group wanted to change that.

They decided to create a cottage retreat for BIPOC in Birchtown, Nova Scotia, a site of significant Black history. It would be owned and run by the community, a place where they could rest, relax and have access to nature. They raised money through donations and memberships. 

But now some of the organizers of Buy Black Birchtown are speaking out, saying they were promised a safe space for the community - but instead were betrayed. 

Clarification: Shekara Grant became involved with Buy Black Birchtown via the Change is Brewing Collective in early 2021, not in 2020 as some listeners may have concluded.

Host: Jesse Brown

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

Further reading:

• Black professional women are exhausted. They’re finally claiming the time to rest. The Washington Post, August 2021
• Who were the Black Loyalists?, Black Loyalist Heritage Centre
• Reported hate crimes jumped across Nova Scotia in 2020, most involving race, CBC News, March 2022

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Rouleau has rolled out his verdict and Prime Minister Trudeau is vindicated. What precedent does this set? And a look at how anti-trans rhetoric manifests in the Canadian media landscape - we’re looking at you National Post. Ziya Jones co-hosts

Host: Jesse Brown

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

Guest: Ziya Jones

Further reading: 

• 9 things you might have missed in the Emergencies Act inquiry report - CTV  News
• Quebec housing groups say CAQ government hasn't kept promise to increase funding - CBC News
• NYT Open Letter
• Canadian conservatives can’t cherry-pick the ‘culture war’ they want to fight - Xtra
• Scotland scandalized by trans sex offenders in women's prisons as Canada ignores it - National Post

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Ian Runkle, firearms lawyer, makes the pro-gun case to Jesse, following a political victory for gun rights advocates. 

Further reading:

• Ian Runkle's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/runkleofthebailey
• Gun crime rates from StatsCan https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-005-x/2022001/article/00002-eng.htm
• "Ghost Guns" are on the rise? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/3d-printed-guns-canada-increase-1.6708049

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