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For the past six years, Arshy Mann has been the voice of COMMONS.

When I heard that Mann and his producer Jordan Cornish recently decided to leave Canadaland and start their own project, the Hatchet, I knew I wanted to interview Arshy about the state of independent Canadian media.

We spoke about his latest project, the risks of going independent, why the…