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You might know Ed Broadbent as the former leader of Canada's federal NDP.

But Broadbent was more than just a political party leader -- he also spent a lifetime seeking social and democratic change outside partisan politics in academia and civil society, both in Canada and around the world.

On this episode of Sources, PressProgress Editor Luke LeBrun is joined by Luke Savage, a contributor to Jacobin and co-author of Broadbent's book  Seeking Social Democracy, to explain and remember Ed Broadbent's life and his ideas.

Additional reading:

• Seeking Social Democracy

• How Ed Broadbent and His Democratic Principles Made an Impact on PressProgress’ Journalism (PressProgress)

• Ed Broadbent Was a Socialist Because He Believed in Democracy (Jacobin)

• Ed Broadbent state funeral (CBC News)

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Canada’s spy agency is investigating the nomination of an Ontario Conservative MP, according to evidence from a recent investigation by PressProgress Associate Editor Rumneek Johal. 

Questions surround the nomination of MP Arpan Khanna, who was allegedly favored by the party establishment with ties to figures including Jason Kenney, Stephen Harper and Pierre Pollievre.

Rumneek joins Stephen Magusiak to talk about what happened with the Oxford nomination in 2019, and why CSIS would be looking into it now.

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Francis Hébert-Bernier, a reporter with Quebec’s independent news outlet Pivot, speaks about the historic public sector strikes currently underway in the province.

These strikes are part of the Common Front movement where multiple public sector unions are bargaining at once with Premier Francois Legault's government. These are the largest strikes in the history of Canada and North America.
 Read more from Francis Hébert-Bernier:

“The government is deliberately discouraging us from working in the public sector”

Quebec's common front of public sector unions launches 7-day strike

Backgrounder on the Common Front movement: Public Sector Workers in Quebec May Be on the Verge of a General Strike

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Dr. Roberta Lexier joins Stephen Magusiak to discuss her recent OpEd in Medicine Hat News, where, as a Jewish Canadian, she strongly condemned the violence and oppression happening to Palestinians in Gaza.

In this episode we explore the narratives that dominate mainstream media and politics in Canada.

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Social media companies are enforcing an Indian Law that censors social media content critical of the Indian government and its ongoing crackdown in the Punjab state.

Canadian Sikhs have found themselves in the crosshairs of this aggressive campaign of censorship, harassment, and intimidation. 

The campaign has escalated on Facebook since the assassination of BC Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, which was tied to the far-right nationalist Modi government, with posts being blocked and accounts banned just for talking about it.

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Dark money networks from out of province have set their sights on Manitoba.

Emily Leedham joins Stephen Magusiak to discuss her investigative series into the Canada Growth Council, a registered third party advertiser tied to Alberta and Saskatchewan conservatives, oil lobbyists, and an obscure religious sect known as the Plymouth Brethren.

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Far-right groups are planning a convoy to Toronto to “Save the Children,” and it’s already spinning out of control.

 PressProgress Editor Luke Lebrun joins Host Stephen Magusiak to talk about the convoy movement’s latest conspiratorial obsession, and what they have planned for the fall if they can get along enough to organize it. 

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Researcher Kurt Phillips with Canadian Anti-Hate Network joins Stephen Magusiak for a look at the recent wave of anti-LGBTQ2SA+ protests and hate crimes happening in Alberta and across Canada. From acts of vandalism, mobbing town councils and school board meetings, and chemtrail conspiracy theories, we take a look at what its about and where its coming from.

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PressProgress Ontario Reporter Mitchell Thompson joins Stephen Magusiak to talk about the Toronto mayoral race, and one unlikely candidate who stands out in the crowded field of conservative hopefuls.

Though still a long shot, former Toronto Sun columnist Anthony Furey has seen some momentum in the polls with his right wing populist positions and some big endorsements from right wing media figures like Conrad Black and Jordan Peterson.

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As funding for charter schools in Alberta increases rapidly, public schools are under attack. 

Rumneek Johal is joined by Wing Li with Support Our Students to discuss the rapid expansion of Charter schools in Alberta under conservative governments, and how they almost exclusively cater to elites using public funds, at the expense of everyday Albertans.

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