Google and Meta respond to Bill C-18 by threatening to block Canadian news. And the first woman to head up the Assembly of First Nations is out after just two years, due to some combination of any or all of her own alleged misconduct, a conspiracy to depose her, and/or run-of-the-mill misogyny. 

Host: Jonathan Goldsbie

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Karyn Pugliese

Further reading: 

• Canadian news is starting to vanish from Instagram. Google is next. Here's how to find CBC as that happens - CBC News Editor’s Blog
• U.S. senator urges Canada to resist pressure from Meta, Google over Bill C-18 - The Globe and Mail
• ​​Asylum seekers on street amid tug of war between city, feds - Toronto Star
• Indigenous women leaders are having a #MeToo moment - Canada’s National Observer (2020)
• OP-ED: RoseAnne Archibald takes up the gauntlet against the Assembly of First Nations establishment - True North

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