Canadians like to think of their country as a safe haven for people fleeing persecution from other parts of the world. But when people fall through the cracks of the immigration system, they can end up behind bars — sometimes for years.   Toronto Star investigative reporter Brendan Kennedy and immigrant rights activist Nisha Toomey joined Vicky and Ishmael on Safe Space to explain how Canada's immigration detention system works, how it got this way, and what reforms are possible.    Follow Brendan: twitter.com/BKennedyStar Visit the End Immigration Detention Network: endimmigrationdetention.com

Why Does Canada Jail Immigrants?

A weekly show about news and politics that is making a safe space for your questionable takes. hosted by Vicky Mochama.

News & Politics

Society & Culture

Personal Journals

History

Philosophy

Places & Travel

Vice News reporter Steven Zhou returns to the podcast for a conversation with Financial Post reporter and host of the Down to Business podcast Emily Jackson. The panel tackles the big tricky question of housing affordability: do election promises matter? Will they solve the problem and is there even a point to home ownership?   

Buying An (Affordable) House and How To Feel (Again)

Co-host of Black Tea Melayna Williams and co-host of the Critics vs. Fans podcast Mike Sholars drop by the studio to recap the blackface scandal, the week that was and to answer who is corniest: Justin Trudeau or Chance the Rapper?

Canada's Hot Corny Dad and The Case Against Halloween

It's the first episode of the fifth season and the heady first weeks of the election! Macleans journalist Anne Kingston, Broadbent Institute policy analyst Brittany Andrew Amofah and Yellowhead Institute research fellow Courtney Skye are on the panel to talk through Justin Trudeau's blackface past, the questions on women's minds and the end of humility. 

An Ally in Blackface and the Power Rangers of Policy

In an all-star fourth season finale recorded live at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, the panel takes on climate change, climate strikes and the Green New Deal with former environment commissioner Dianne Saxe, NDP candidate Matthew Greene and National Observer investigative reporter Fatima Syed. Buzzfeed News' Jane Lytvynenko quizzes Vicky and Ishmael on all the disinformation that isn't fit to print. Anne T. Donahue and Sarah Hagi ... well, they do their thing.    Promotional support by Greenpeace Canada and the Canadian Association of Black Journalists. 

Climate Change, Fake News and Kangaroos

Author and commentator David Moscrop and investigative journalist for the National Observer Fatima Syed join the panel to discuss climate change, the future of the Green Party and why Canada might need a nuclear bomb. 

Why Does Canada Jail Immigrants?

Download our free app to listen on your phone