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Of the more than 1,400 Starbucks stores in Canada, only a single location in Victoria, B.C. has a union. One former barista spoke to Canadaland about the working conditions that led baristas to organize for better protections - and how the flurry of anti-union messaging from Starbucks HQ was still not enough to deter the workers. 

But companies across Canada and the U.S. have been employing these types of tactics for decades to prevent their workers from unionizing: including persistent messaging, hiring third-party crisis management firms, and even shuttering stores completely. 

Do these new unionized workers stand a chance? Cherise Seucharan reports. 

Featured in this episode: Izzy Adachi, former Starbucks worker; Pablo Guerra, organizer with United Steelworkers; Mitch Thompson, journalist; David J. Doorey, professor of labour law at York University

Correction: An earlier version of this episode incorrectly identified the Victoria Starbucks location as the first location in Canada to unionize. While it is currently the only location that is unionized there were a number of stores that unionized in the ‘90s and 2000s. These locations are no longer unionized for a number of different reasons.

Further reading:

• Only one Starbucks in Canada is currently unionized, and it's in B.C. Why is Starbucks so afraid of unions?, Toronto Star
• A ‘Gen U' of young Starbucks baristas is powering a growing push to unionize, CNBC
• LEAKED AUDIO: Amazon Union Buster Warns Workers ‘Things Could Become Worse', Vice News
• Walmart has everything - except unions, The Walrus 
• Union-Bashing Is on the Menu at Tim Hortons, Mitchell Thompson, Jacobin

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Devenir propriétaire d'une maison n'est désormais plus qu'une chimère pour toute une génération de Canadien‧ne‧s. Et qu'est-ce qui s'est passé avec la couverture médiatique de l'élection ontarienne ? Emilie Nicolas anime cet épisode de Détours avec Émilie Gougeon Pelletier.

English: Owning a home is now no more than a pipe dream for a whole generation of Canadians. And what happened with the Ontario election media coverage? Emilie Nicolas hosts this episode of Détours with Émilie Gougeon Pelletier. 

Liens : 

Radio-Canada sur la viabilité financière des grandes villes

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Global News sur les dépenses du parti Libéral en Ontario

Sondage Radio-Canada sur les priorités des Franco-Ontarien‧ne‧s

Le Devoir sur l'absence de chef bilingue en Ontario

Le Devoir sur le désintérêt des Ontarien‧ne‧s pour la politique provinciale

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Finding misinformation in the Quebec government's misinformation campaign on Bill 96. And why Tiktokers are speaking out against Bill C-11. Lela Savić co-hosts. 

Links:

• CBC article re: Bill 96
• Globe and Mail Opinion piece re: Bill 96
• Washington post Opinion piece re: Bill 96
• New York Times piece re: Bill 96
• CBC piece re: Jacob Hoggard

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Ostensibly the idea was to do media criticism. That is what the article in the National Post, The Year Of The Graves, set out to do; to hold the press to account and to correct errors that occurred in the reporting of the discoveries of unmarked graves at former Indigenous residential schools.

But that was not its impact.

Featured in this episode: Terry Glavin, author of Year Of The Graves and National Post columnist; Karyn Pugliese, executive editor at National Observer; Robert Jago, freelance writer and entrepreneur.

Further reading:

• The year of the graves: How the world's media got it wrong on residential school graves, Terry Glavin, National Post
• Pushing through residential school denial no easy task, Niigaan Sinclair, Winnipeg Free Press
• Truth before reconciliation: 8 ways to identify and confront Residential School denialism, The Conversation
• Fighting 'denialists' for the truth about unmarked graves and residential schooling, Kisha Supernant and Sean Carleton, CBC News

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Denials of the unmarked graves at residential school sites push through to the mainstream. And a new report shows that journalists' mental health is in jeopardy. Dani Paradis co-hosts. 

Links:

• New York Post article re: graves
• National Post article re: graves
• Toronto Star article re: Genocide deniers
• Taking Care report
• Toronto Star article re: CBC reporter with PTSD

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A field report from coast Salish territory on the irreconcilable conflict between the Tsleil-Waututh Nation and the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project. There are 73 remaining Southern Resident Killer Whales in existence. The Tsleil-Waututh Nation consider the survival of these orcas and the survival of their people to be the same thing. The government insists a compromise can be met. The Tsleil-Waututh reject this notion, and many are prepared to die in defense of their "wolves of the sea". Brandi Morin reports.

Further reading:

• Losing language, children, culture: Parallels drawn between endangered orcas and Indigenous experiences, CBC News
• Ottawa approves new $10B loan guarantee for the Trans Mountain pipeline project, Canadian Press
• Indigenous land defender sentenced to jail time over Trans Mountain pipeline protest, CTV News
• Trans Mountain pipeline insurers dropping like flies, National Observer
• UN committee criticizes Canada over handling of Indigenous pipeline opposition, Canadian Press
• Trans Mountain pipeline expansion cost climbs 70%, now $21.4B, Canadian Press

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A glowing opinion piece about Doug Ford has us wondering how he miraculously overturned his sinking approval ratings. And why Jesse can't report on the Online News Act anymore. Stephen Maher co-hosts. 

Links:

• Toronto Star Opinion piece re: Doug Ford
• Globe and Mail piece re: Gas prices and Doug Ford
• IndigiNews Open Letter
• Globe and Mail Opinion piece re: RCMP

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Sometimes investigative journalism begins with an anonymous tip. Sometimes it begins with an access to information request for secret government documents. In this case, Marcello Di Cintio started his investigation because he had an article reprinted without permission. But the story he walked away with in the end was so much better than he could have imagined. 

Featured in this episode: Marcello Di Cintio, Calgary-based journalist and author.

• Vancouver Public Library's Story City project: Interview with Pia Tofini-Johnson

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The many, many opinion pieces on why Pierre Poilievre shouldn't fire the head of the Bank of Canada. And why some Canadians insist on bragging about how we're better than America while ignoring the hate being brewed here. Ryan Thorpe co-hosts.

Links:

• Campbell Clark Globe and Mail Opinion piece re: WEF conspiracy
• Andrew Coyne Globe and Mail Opinion piece re: Pierre Poilievre 
• Halifax Examiner piece re: Portapique mass shooting
• Fox News piece re: Jordan Peterson departing Twitter
• Blog TO piece re: Simu Liu's Juno speech
• Bashir Mohamed Tweet re: Vancouver Sun replacement theory

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Operation Medusa has become the most celebrated battle in recent Canadian history. It was hailed as a stroke of military genius that may have vanquished the Taliban once and for all.

But the soldiers and commanders who were on the ground in 2006 have a different story to tell. A rushed battle. Flawed intelligence. And generals putting political considerations ahead of Canadian lives.

And even though Canada had defeated the Taliban on the battlefield, that didn't mean they were winning the war.

Featured in this episode: Cpl. Sean Teal, Canadian Armed Forces; Bruce Moncur, veterans advocate and former reservist; Lt.-Gen. Omer Lavoie, Canadian Armed Forces; Adnan R. Khan, journalist and contributing editor at Maclean's; Eugene Lang, fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Further reading:

• Operation Medusa: The Battle For Panjwai, Adam Day, Legion Magazine
• Afghanistan veteran recounts brutal battle, Stephen J. Thorne, Legion Magazine
• It's time for a hard look at Operation Medusa, Adnan R. Khan, Maclean's
• The Unexpected War: Canada In Kandahar, Janice Gross Stein and Eugene Lang

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