CANADALAND
CANADALAND
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The best newspaper in Canada is a podcast.
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Original reporting, sharp political analysis, and media criticism you won’t get anywhere else. Keeping you informed about what’s happening now in your country.
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NATO Says they Caught a Spy – From Canada!
A Canadian intern, Biwei Zhang, is alleged to have spied on NATO for China, raising questions about the persistence of Chinese espionage in Canada. The former civil servant held positions for a number of Canadian…
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Money Mark or Concession Carney?
A report in the Globe and Mail says Canada is offering concessions to get a trade deal. Canadians and pundits aren’t happy with the idea. Is it just a trial balloon or is Carney willing to pay the political price to…
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Prediction Markets Come to Canada via Wealthsimple. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Wealthsimple just launched its new betting platform, but for now, Canadians can only bet on the economy, financial markets, and the weather. So what happens when we start betting on politics? Host Sam Konnert talks…
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Repugnant Markets: Where Blood is Sold and Kidneys Swapped
They’re shamed, banned, or driven underground but “repugnant markets” have a way of surviving. Organ sales, MAID, even blood sales fall into the category. Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin Roth comes to Canadaland to…
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Does Canada have Israel Derangement Syndrome?
Last Wednesday, Foreign Policy CAN tweeted that "Canada condemns the ongoing violence in the West Bank..." So later that day, the Embassy of Israel in Canada responded with "Israel condemns the ongoing violence against…
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BONUS: Three Interviews We Never Aired, and Why
Last year, we published an episode about all the tape that didn’t make it into one of our shows. Today is different… but similar. Here are three interviews we did that just never made it to air. And we’ll tell you why…
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Wet Hot Libel Summer: the Caylan Ford/Press Progress Fiasco
Seven years in, we're looking at what might just be the longest and most involved media defamation trial in Canadian history: former Alberta United Conservative Party candidate Caylan Ford is suing PressProgress, the…
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Mark Carney Wants You to Send Cash for his Home Reno
Stories about The Prime Minister’s residence at 24 Sussex just won’t die. Lumber barons, dead brides, Trudeau’s secret pool, nacho machines, you name it. But now, the Prime Minister’s crumbling, rat-infested, maybe…
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A Palestinian Activist on What's Wrong With the Pro-Palestine Movement
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib is a Palestinian-American writer who grew up in Gaza City. When he was eleven years-old he survived an Israeli airstrike that killed two of his friends and left him with permanent hearing loss in…
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Minority vs Minority Racism is Exploding
San Grewal and Rahim Mohamed discuss Robyn Urback's opinion piece in the Globe and Mail, titled, “Like a bad ex, Donald Trump is accidentally making Canada become its best self”. Indeed, national pride seems to be at…
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Is Doug Ford Dead in the Water?
After the Premier's meeting in PEI last week hosts San Grewal and Rahim Mohamed look at who got the media's attention, who didn't, and what strategies Premiers are using to capture the nation's interest. Correction:…
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Mexico is Giving Trump What he Wants. Is it Working?
Canada's relationship with Donald Trump feels like it's one big, messy, public fight. Meanwhile, Mexico seems... strangely calm. Has President Claudia Sheinbaum figured out how to deal with Trump in a way we haven’t?…
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Fastened to a Dying Animal: How to Survive the Collapse of the U.S. Empire
Is the American empire officially in its "dying animal" era? Author and cultural critic Stephen Marche certainly thinks so and for the first time in his career, he’s feeling downright optimistic. In Stephen's view, the…
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Carney is Brilliantly Bullsh*tting Alberta on Energy
Decoding Carney’s climate pivot. Despite the headlines about pipelines and Carney’s offer to double oil exports to the US, Canada’s future as an energy superpower may still be clean and green. Max Fawcett joins to…
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Surprise! More Trump Tariffs
After threatening to tariff Canada in response to wildfire smoke crossing the border, Trump announces 50% tariffs on a long list of products, ostensibly in response to Canada’s "discriminatory" trade practices. Trump…
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Inside the Bishnoi Gang
Unsealed U.S. indictments allege that India-based organized crime networks orchestrated political assassinations, extortion schemes, and large-scale drug trafficking across North America and Europe. And according to…
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The Canadaland Guide to Kevin O’Leary
Kevin O'Leary is not just a rich Canadian businessman — he's a phenomenon. He's a media phenomenon both here in Canada and in the US. And he's known for one thing: being an asshole. But is he really an asshole? Is it…
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Meta's Gas-Guzzling $13 Billion Data Centre Coming to Alberta
Danielle Smith announces a $13 billion Meta data centre in Sturgeon County, Alberta, set to be the largest in Canada. In contrast to Carney’s federal A.I. strategy, which promised clean, sovereign, and ethical A.I.,…
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Canada Wins at Booze but Did Trump Win at Bridge?
Booze, bridges, and the fog of the trade war. Canada’s booze boycotts are working, and Senator Adam Schiff says it’s unfair and devastating for the California wine industry. Isn’t that the point? Meanwhile, Carney…
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Mark Carney's System of Secrecy
Canada’s Access to Information Act was supposed to give Canadians a window into their government. But more than 40 years later, critics say the system is failing — with delays, redactions, and a culture of secrecy.…
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Cash for Eggs — Canada’s Fertility Industry Secret
Canada’s Assisted Human Reproduction Act made it illegal to pay a woman to donate her eggs in Canada. The goal was to avoid incentivizing women to donate their eggs without fully understanding the risks of the…
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Is A.I. a Threat or an Opportunity for Canadian Newsrooms?
Canadian newsrooms are hesitant to embrace A.I. but new tools offer the potential to revolutionize workflows and expand the capacity of individual journalists. Rather than a threat to journalism, Kevin Newman joins…
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New Canadian Social Media Platform is Too Canadian
A new strictly Canadian social media platform is promising a friendlier alternative, but is it too Canadian to succeed? Gander Social launched on Canada Day with an ambitious plan to “fix” social media with a…
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Alberta's Trillion Dollar Mistake
Fifty years ago, Alberta had a chance to build one of the greatest sovereign wealth funds in the world. It could have been a trillion-dollar province. This episode, host Sam traces the full story of the Alberta…
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Canada’s Goal to Save Footballers’ Lives
Investigative reporter Laura Robinson and Senator Marilou McPhedran were accused of faking government documents. The RCMP were called in followed quickly by the Senate Ethics Committee. Several weeks ago that…
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The End of the True Crime Industrial Complex?
You might not be super familiar with the name Corus Entertainment, but you definitely know their work: Global News, Teletoon, YTV, Treehouse, Showcase etc. Since 1987 Corus has dominated Canadian media across TV and…
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BONUS: State of the Podcast
Today we’re talking about Canadaland the company the show. Where is Canadaland going in 2026? CBS, CNN, maybe The Rivoli? CanCon jokes aside, today Sam sits down with Jesse to talk all about the state of Canadaland.…
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The Risks and Rewards of Tolerating FIFA
It's hard not to be swept up into the overflowing joy and national pride gripping millions across the country, as Canada’s men’s national soccer team plays on the world’s largest stage, and it’s certainly an…
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Is Iran Behind Attacks in Canada?
An Iraqi man, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, is at the center of a major U.S. terrorism case. Federal prosecutors allege he helped coordinate nearly 20 attacks across Europe and North America as an operative of…
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Why it's Illegal to Spy on Cows in Ontario
From Upton Sinclair to modern day animal activists, going undercover has been a staple of animal cruelty reporting. But in Ontario, a court recently ruled that it might be illegal to get that footage, that reporting,…
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Is Mark Carney Trump's Bossy Bottom?
In advance of the trilateral CUSMA negotiations, Carney’s relationship with Trump has gone from Elbows Up to Heated Rivalry. Will Carney’s flattery of Trump pay off for Canadians? Rahim Mohamed of the National Post…
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The Montreal Shooter’s Manifesto
A tragic shooting in Montreal resulted in the deaths of a police officer, a civilian, and the shooter. Following the incident, Canadian media withheld the shooter’s manifesto from the public, offering cursory…
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Is the Era of Conservative Premiers Over?
Progressive Conservative Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston had been one of the most popular politicians in the country. Mark Carney-level popular. Regina George-level popular. For a while, it looked like Nova Scotia…
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Cluster-F**ked! How Media Derailed Scientists in New Brunswick's Medical Mystery
For the past four years Canadaland has been investigating a cluster of terrible illnesses in New Brunswick. A group of people were suffering from debilitating symptoms that nobody could explain. Those people lost…
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Should Robert Fife be Celebrated, or Should Reporters Retire Friendless and Despised?
Journalists and politicians are honouring Robert Fife, who retired after 48 years. Known for his big scoops, Fife leveraged anonymous sources to hold the powerful accountable. But Fife’s brand of “access journalism”…
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Teenage Gunmen? There's an App for That (also, that Kielburger stuff)
A gun-for-hire network is revealed after a Toronto Police Officer is killed in a raid investigating a shooting at the US consulate. The network is potentially linked to a slew of shootings across the GTA, including…
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Shouty Carney Gets Sh*t Done
Mark Carney’s Liberals are trying to push a whole stack of bills across the finish line–and it’s no small stack. Bail reform, hate crimes, gender-based violence, housing, election financing, digital safety, lawful…
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Kick to the Balls: MAGA’s World Cup
The World Cup finally came to Canada. But has MAGA turned the Beautiful Game into something ugly? According to the BBC fans from about a quarter of the countries taking part in this World Cup are facing travel bans,…
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Poilievre Trolls Carney With Help From A.I.
So it looks like technically Canada is in the midst of a “technical” recession, but, technicalities aside, is a 0.2% drop in growth really that big a deal? Carney hasn’t said much on the subject, just that this is…
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Did Carney Invest in A.I. Right Before it Crashes?
Carney just released his new 55-page strategy, “AI for All,” to much fanfare, over $2B in funding commitments, and…very few details on how he’s going to accomplish any of it. Canadians were at the forefront of AI’s…
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Ottawa’s Killer Robot Problem
Host Sam spent a day at Canada's biggest defence trade show asking about autonomous weapons. The good news: Canada says humans must always be part of the decision to kill. The bad news: nobody can define what that…
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A Cohere Founder on What A.I. Critics Get Wrong
Last week, Mark Carney announced his big A.I. strategy. Two billion dollars to support creating jobs, providing free A.I. literacy training, and protection against some of the potential harms and risks around A.I.,…
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What the Media (Including Us) Got Wrong About Residential School Graves
The Globe and Mail’s editorial board calls the initial reporting on Kamloops residential school graves a “failure of journalism.” Five years later, debate continues over small errors in the language used to report on…
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BONUS: Local Legends and Lore
As journalists, our work brings us to stories that fall into one large category: the public interest. If something is happening in your community that people need to know about, it’s our job to tell it. But of course,…
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Mark Carney's First Big Failure
Carney’s big address on antisemitism didn’t amount to much. Acknowledging what he called a “crisis,” Carney spoke at a Toronto synagogue, highlighting measures taken to address antisemitism in Canada, including…
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Carney Wants Your Data. Why Won't Big Tech Give it to Him?
This is the Liberal government’s second attempt at passing lawful access legislation. Last year, the government pushed Bill C-2, their marquee border security bill that didn’t even make it to committee because of the…
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Introducing the Nuance: Chrystia Freeland on Trump and Putin
Trump and Putin both hate Chrystia Freeland. But her ability to unite world leaders under a single banner isn't her greatest accolade. Freeland is quite simply one of the most acrcomplished public servants in Canada's…
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Sorry! We Were Wrong about Alberta Separating from Canada
Danielle Smith sidesteps the courts to ask Albertans a question about a referendum on separation. Carney calls it a “dangerous bluff,” reminiscent of Brexit, and Smith’s question is being criticized as confusing and…
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Do You Know Someone Who Should Work at Canadaland?
This industry is notorious for exploiting interns. Thanks to our supporters, we’ve been able to build a program that does the opposite: pay a fair wage to emerging journalists to work on their own stories, not ours.…
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The Whole Megillah on the Gaza Flotilla
After Israeli minister Ben-Gvir posts a video of the inhumane treatment of detained protestors, Canada joins the global condemnation of Israel’s treatment of Gaza flotilla participants, including 12 Canadians. Rahim…
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