Covering BC's anti-logging protests raise issues about journalists' decorum, access, and how stories about land protectors are framed. And Native Twitter gets a CNN pundit fired for spewing racist views about Indigenous people.
May 27, 2021
CANADALAND
#59 The Family That Owns New Brunswick
A repost of one of the most popular Canadaland episodes ever, from way back in 2014.
May 24, 2021
Short Cuts
#310 The Truth About Media Coverage Of Israel (Pt. 2)
CIJA has called-out Canadaland for not adequately denouncing last week's guest. Meanwhile, controversy over coverage of pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Canada. And filmmaker Michelle Latimer launches her inevitable comeback campaign, damn the consequences.
May 20, 2021
Wag the Doug
#28 The Government’s Hidden Attack On Sex Workers
In Doug Ford’s Ontario, there’s no problem that can’t be solved by giving police new powers. This time, the issue is human trafficking— which, well that makes sense, right? The reality is far more complicated.
May 19, 2021
Canadaland Politics
#2 Justin Trudeau Has No Friends
The conflict of interest and ethics commissioner weighs in on the meaning of friendship; is Prime Minister Trudeau home free from WE? And the government steps into a legal battle over the Line 5 pipeline.
May 18, 2021
CANADALAND
#370 Why Can’t the Military Stop Sexual Assault?
The Canadian Armed Forces has known that they have a problem with sexual misconduct for over two decades. Why can't they figure out how to stop it?
May 17, 2021
Short Cuts
#309 The Truth About Media Coverage of Israel
Reporting on the occupation of Palestine is "all stick, no carrot." And Canada's National Newspaper Awards is more like the Golden Globes than we thought.
May 13, 2021
CANADALAND
#369 Stranded Servants: Nannies And Cleaners During Lockdown
Farm workers aren't the only temporary foreign workers who have been largely forgotten and failed during the pandemic.
May 10, 2021
Short Cuts
#308 Rogers and Trump
Torstar publishes pro-gambling content now. And the Rogers family vacation at Mar-a-Lago.
May 6, 2021
Canadaland Politics
#1 Every Province For Itself
The third wave has shattered any remaining notion that we're all in this pandemic together. And the government commissions a new review into sexual misconduct in the military, just six years after the last one. What will it take for actual change?