Politics Is Broken

TikTok is a national security threat… according to the François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry of Canada. So he’s banned the… TikTok office but not the app? We take some wild guesses as to why.

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The downstairs neighbours just got back with their abusive and convicted criminal ex. What happens now? We think we know what the Liberal Party of Canada should do.

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Yes, yes… we know it’s not Halloween anymore but on Halloween we dressed up as some iconic characters and went live with our favourite spooky Canadian politics stories. Our producer, Owen, and video editor, Lisa, even joined us!

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The BC and New Brunswick elections have ended… well, the New Brunswick one has. Saskatchewan is up next. Do they even know about each other in those provinces? Or is it like the black bears in the monkey enclosure at African Lion Safari and they exist seemingly unaware of each other’s existence?

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Poilievre said he can’t get his national security clearance so he can freely criticize the government… but how can you criticize something you don’t know anything about? Is this political games, national negligence, or is there a reason he can’t get it? We talk to Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May, who has national security clearance, to try and find out.

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Three provinces, three elections, ten days – Canada’s political stage is heating up, and the stakes couldn’t be higher for British Columbia, New Brunswick, and Saskatchewan. Plus we play Bonk, Marry, Banish.

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The provincial premiers of Canada have seemingly all decided that this was the week to collectively start announcing their most off-the-wall almost-ideas. Let’s go over some of thoe more bananagram ones.

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Prime Minister Trudeau went on Late Night with Stephen Colbert. It’s the number one late night talk show in the USA… does it matter?

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It’s a battle of confidence in the House Of Commons these day. Trudeau, Poilievre, and Singh have lots of confidence but do voters have confidence in them?

Plus what superhero would Blanchet be?

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The Liberal Party have enlisted Mark Carney as political advisor, journalist and professional pessimist David Moscrop weighs in and claims to have the guitar from Jurassic World (we think).

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