The woes of fancy restaurants across Canada have been percolating - Who are we supposed to relate to? And the saga of the New York Times hit podcast comes to a close. Writer and restaurant-owner Jen Agg co-hosts. 
Links:

• Globe and Mail's piece on Canadian fine dining struggling
• Financial Post's piece about Mark McEwan 
• Chris Nuttall-Smith's Toronto Life piece on the fall of the Buca Empire
• New York Times' Ian Austen on Shehroze Chaudhry's dropped charges

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Virologist Angela Rasmussen listened to a recent Canadaland about the origins of COVID-19 and says we had it all wrong. Today she walks Jesse through the science and explains why the lab-leak theory remains highly improbable, what she feels previous guest Elaine Dewar got wrong, and how journalists should cover science during a pandemic and otherwise. 

Further Reading: The origins of SARS-CoV-2: A critical review, by Dr. Angela Rasmussen, et al. 

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Virologist Angela Rasmussen listened to a recent Canadaland about the origins of COVID-19 and says we had it all wrong. Today she walks Jesse through the science and explains why the lab-leak theory remains highly improbable, what she feels previous guest Elaine Dewar got wrong, and how journalists should cover science during a pandemic and otherwise. 

Further Reading: The origins of SARS-CoV-2: A critical review, by Dr. Angela Rasmussen, et al. 

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Jesse was not on board with #CdnMediaFailed when it came to the story on Trudeau in Tofino. And attacks on journalists might be more of a Canadian problem than we care to admit. CBC Managing Editor of Investigative Karyn Pugliese cohosts.
Links:

• Karyn duly noted The Current's segment feat. Natasha Reimer-Okemow
• Karyn references this 2020 report on Canadian activity on far-right forums (CBC piece on it here)
• Shree Paradkar's Star column on attacks on journalists as a workplace issue

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Jesse was not on board with #CdnMediaFailed when it came to the story on Trudeau in Tofino. And attacks on journalists might be more of a Canadian problem than we care to admit. CBC Managing Editor of Investigative Karyn Pugliese cohosts.
Links:

• Karyn duly noted The Current's segment feat. Natasha Reimer-Okemow
• Karyn references this 2020 report on Canadian activity on far-right forums (CBC piece on it here)
• Shree Paradkar's Star column on attacks on journalists as a workplace issue

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It's a question that has dogged the PPC since its inception. A question that leader Maxime Bernier blasted journalists for even coming close to asking.

One People's Party supporter spoke to our Backbench host Fatima Syed on why he believed the party was not racist, just like he wasn't. He is one of over 800,000 Canadians who just voted for the PPC in the last election. Surely, they can't all be racist either?

In our attempt to answer that question, we found a startling string of connections between the PPC and white supremacist groups - and evidence that suggests the party is being used by these groups to accomplish their own goals.

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It's a question that has dogged the PPC since its inception. A question that leader Maxime Bernier blasted journalists for even coming close to asking.

One People's Party supporter spoke to our Backbench host Fatima Syed on why he believed the party was not racist, just like he wasn't. He is one of over 800,000 Canadians who just voted for the PPC in the last election. Surely, they can't all be racist either?

In our attempt to answer that question, we found a startling string of connections between the PPC and white supremacist groups - and evidence that suggests the party is being used by these groups to accomplish their own goals.

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The release of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig shows what China really thinks about Canada. And Maxime Bernier asks his followers to "play dirty" with reporters. Jan Wong co-hosts.

Watch the Waipa District Council finance and corporate committee Zoom meeting here

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The release of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig shows what China really thinks about Canada. And Maxime Bernier asks his followers to "play dirty" with reporters. Jan Wong co-hosts.

Watch the Waipa District Council finance and corporate committee Zoom meeting here

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The lab-leak theory has more evidence supporting it than ever before. Journalist Elaine Dewar has written a new book documenting little-known scientific evidence and acts of deception and obfuscation from Chinese, American, and Canadian officials. So what exactly were they all trying to hide?

Further reading:

On the Origin of the Deadliest Pandemic in 100 Years

Globe and Mail: Chinese Major-General worked with fired scientist at Canada's top infectious disease lab

Vanity Fair: The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19's Origins

The Intercept: Leaked Grant Proposal Details High-Risk Coronavirus Research

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