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The tense relationship between Canada and China after allegations of interference in our federal election. And do we need a mask mandate to prevent mask laziness and save our kids? Steven Zhou co-hosts.  

Host:  Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), André Proulx (Production Coordinator)

Guest: Steven Zhou

Further reading: 

• Canadian intelligence warned PM Trudeau that China covertly funded 2019 election candidates: Sources - CTV
• Chinese President Xi berates Trudeau on sidelines of G20 for leaking conversation - Globe and Mail
• MPs agree to probe allegations of Chinese interference in federal elections - CBC
• Hydro-Québec employee accused of spying for China is a flight risk, Crown says - CBC
• Woman risking homelessness because tenant won't leave gets eviction hearing date - CBC
• To slow the spread of childhood respiratory viruses, do we need a few weeks of mandatory masking? - Globe and Mail

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Thanks to David Wallace and Richard Marsh, the Klondike Papers blew up online - and nothing garnered more attention than Wallace’s claim that there was a plot to get rid of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 

Could it be true? Cherise and Jesse try to get to the bottom of what actually happened, and in doing so discover a complex network of Brethren business with extensive political connections around the globe. 

Written and reported by Jesse Brown and Cherise Seucharan

Audio editing and sound design by Tristan Capacchione

Original music by Nathan Burley

Additional music by Audio Network

Editorial Assistance by Sarah Lawrynuik

Executive Producer, Jesse Brown

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Le calcul politique de Doug Ford se retourne contre lui alors que les Ontarien.nes démontrent leur soutien aux travailleurs et travailleuses de l'éducation suite à la tentative du gouvernement provincial d'empêcher une grève historique. Puis quelle est la conversation entourant le bilinguisme au Nouveau-Brunswick suite à la nomination controversée de Kris Austin au Comité de révision de la Loi sur les langues officielles ? Emilie Nicolas anime cet épisode de Détours avec Stéphanie Chouinard.

English: Doug Ford's political maneuvering backfires as Ontarians show their support for education workers after the provincial government tried to prevent a historic strike. And what is the conversation surrounding bilingualism in New Brunswick following the controversial appointment of Kris Austin to the Official Languages Act review committee? Emilie Nicolas hosts this épisode of Détours with Stéphanie Chouinard.

Liens : 

Poll: 6 of 10 Ontarians blame Ford government for labour disruptions

Chantal Hébert sur la loi 28 en Ontario

Andrew Coyne sur la loi 28 en Ontario

François Gravel : Démissionnez, M. Higgs

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Correction : L'épisode a été modifiée pour corriger une erreur factuelle. Les travailleurs et travailleuses de l'éducation en Ontario revendiquent une augmentation de salaire de 3,25 $ l’heure et non pas une augmentation de 11% par année sur trois ans.

Correction: This episode has been edited to correct a factual error. Education workers in Ontario are demanding a wage increase of $3.25 per hour, not an 11% increase per year over three years. 

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Unpacking the changes at Twitter and how chaos is Elon Musk's product. And what would it take for Canadians to change their mind on the use of the Emergencies Act? Douglas Soltys co-hosts.  

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio and Technical Producer), André Proulx (Production Coordinator)

Guest: Douglas Soltys

Further reading: 

Protected Duffins Creek wetland in Ontario has been damaged The Narwhal

Editorial: Conservatives cozy up to biased Facebook National Post

Millions Following Emergencies Act Commission. Most are Concluding Ottawa Had No Better Choice Abacus Poll

Was the Emergencies Act necessary? Globe and Mail

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Richard Marsh was born into the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. He got out of the group he calls a cult and has made it his mission to expose the Brethren for their alleged abuses. Now he’s on the run from Brethren members who’ve been searching for him for years. The man hired to hunt Marsh down? David Wallace. 

Written and reported by Jesse Brown and Cherise Seucharan

Audio editing and sound design by Tristan Capacchione

Original music by Nathan Burley

Additional music by Audio Network

Editorial Assistance by Sarah Lawrynuik

Executive Producer, Jesse Brown 

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The curious case of a journalist charged with the vandalism of a Nazi statue. And the first order of business for 10 newly elected politicians in Hamilton is to boycott the local newspaper. Jeremy Appel co-hosts. 

Host:  Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Audio and Technical Producer), André Proulx (Production Coordinator)

Guest: Jeremy Appel

Further reading: 

• A journalist broke a story about vandalism. Now police claim he did it - Toronto Star
• 10 incoming councillors, trustees say recent coverage in Hamilton newspaper 'perpetuated anti-Black racism' - CBC
• Nazi collaborator monuments in Edmonton defaced with red paint and words “Actual Nazi” and “Nazi Monument” - Progress Report
• Here’s what I can tell you and here’s how you can help - Progress Report
• Hamilton community organizer alleged to have helped kidnappers escape in fatal Glanbrook home invasion - The Hamilton Spectator
• Instagram Post Statement of the Hamilton Spectator boycott

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Meet David Wallace, political fixer and dirty tricks operative. 

After a career in the shadows, he’s turned whistleblower, leaking his files and sparking a conspiracy theory. 

But why? And can he be trusted?

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Written and reported by Jesse Brown and Cherise Seucharan

Audio editing and sound design by Tristan Capacchione

Original music by Nathan Burley

Additional music by Audio Network

Editorial Assistance by Sarah Lawrynuik

Executive Producer, Jesse Brown

Update (January 15, 2024) On October 31, 2022, Canadaland published an article and podcast prompting legal action by Shane and Edith Wenzel, which has now been resolved. Canadaland accepts that there exists no evidence that Shane or Edith Wenzel were aware of or knowingly contributed to a plan to deceive and entrap Mayor Nenshi.

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Like the next-piece box in Tetris, the United States often offers a preview of political trends that will soon come to Canada. So with dozens of 2020-election deniers set to be elected to Congress next month, what does that bode for our own near future?

The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur joins Jonathan Goldsbie to chew over that and also why the right seems to have a structural advantage in the media.

Host: Jonathan Goldsbie

Credits: Kattie Laur (Producer) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor & Technical Producer) André Proulx (Production Coordinator) SoCalled (Music)

Guest: Cenk Uygur

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What began as a peaceful land reclamation would turn into one of the most terrifying acts of violence and state force against unarmed people in Canada.

In part one: Bonnie Bressette was only 5 years old when a truck came to Stoney Point, and she watched as her house was loaded up onto the truck to be taken away. Her father explained the government was taking their land to build an army base, but promised to return it after the war. Legally, the government had to. They didn’t.

In episode one we hear from three generations of Stoney Pointers of how every system failed them. They explain their longing to rebuild their community and what led them to take over a military base in 1993. 

The story of Stoney Point is, in many ways unique, but in many ways it is the story of every land action: unresolved, intergenerational, highly politicized by Canada, that leads to confrontations between protestors and heavily armed police. The story sets up to ask, why have these scenes become so acceptable in Canada, and is there a way out?

In this podcast: interviews include Bonnie Bressette, Caroline “Cully” George, Pierre George, Kevin Simon. 

The episode is in memory of Anthony “Dudley” George.

Host: Karyn Pugliese

Credits: Karyn Pugliese (Producer), Kim Wheeler (Producer) 

Stoney Pointers full story in their own words:

• Our Long Struggle for Home: The Ipperwash by Aazhoodenaang Enjibaajig 

Research for this episode included:

• The Ipperwash Inquiry Report: A road map to better relationships between Aboriginal people and the Ontario government
• One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police, and the Ipperwash Crisis, a book by Canadian investigative journalist Peter Edwards

Sound in this podcast included:

• “Fifty ways to trick a treaty” by Davd A Moses with many meegwetch-es for writing that for us, reach him on Twitter
• This episode included sound from Ipperwash Land Expropriation : Hell of a Deal (1989) - The Fifth Estate and Royal Canadian Army Cadet recruiting film pt 1 - 1977

Podcast artwork by Jessie Boulard

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Loblaws takes the heat over a tone-deaf price freeze. And the unprecedented, unjustified, and perhaps unnecessary federal government power grab that nobody cares about. Our very own Arshy Mann co-hosts. 

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer) Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor & Technical Producer) André Proulx (Production Coordinator) SoCalled (Music)

Guest: Arshy Mann

Background reading:

• Canadians must give thanks to our Loblaw overlords for their generous new marketing campaign
• Supermarkets are hiking prices faster than necessary — and profiting from inflation, Star investigation suggests
• Controversial political fixer re-emerges in Toronto election campaign
• Commons: Papa Pump and the Small Town Shakedown
• Use of Emergencies Act OK by me, whatever the hearings find
• Justin Trudeau accused Doug Ford of ‘hiding’ during convoy protest, documents show
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