Tuesday, October 5th 2021

Trudeau drops the first apology of his third term and has us wondering how reconciliation can go beyond symbolic actions. And as the Two Michaels make it home, what have we learned from this whole saga?

This week's contributors: Joanna Chiu, Stuart Thomson, Riley Yesno

Links:

• Riley's piece on the spring federal budget
• More on what Land Back & Cash Back are about
• How to order Joanna's book, "China Unbound"

This episode is supported by Dispatch Coffee.

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Tuesday, September 28th 2021

This week, we bring you something different: an in-depth chat with a People’s Party of Canada supporter. Derek Taylor emailed Fatima after she called the party racist. He agreed to an interview. Derek gets into how he heard about the party, why he supports them, and the direction the party has taken since its creation in 2018. 

This is the extended version of an interview featured on Canadaland.

This episode is supported by Dispatch Coffee and Rotman.

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Tuesday, September 21st 2021

At the time of recording this episode, #elxn44 literally has yielded the same number of seats (give or take several seats) for all of our federal parties. Here's a coast-to-coast-to-coast chat on what this outcome suggests and where Canadian politics goes from here.  

This week's contributors: Drew Brown, Jason Markusoff, Leena Minifie, Jaskaran Sandhu, Stuart Thomson.

This episode is supported by Dispatch Coffee, The Peak Daily and Rotman.

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Tuesday, September 14th 2021

What issues did the federal leaders not speak on throughout the campaign? We get into some of them. And a look into what pandemic debts and costed platforms tell us.

This week’s contributors: Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Murad Hemmadi feat. Pam Palmater

Links:

• Murad’s past Maclean’s piece on why the ethnic vote isn't real;
• The Institute of Fiscal Studies’ assessments of NDP, Liberals, and Conservatives’ costed platforms.

This episode is supported by The Peak, Aussie Hair, Rotman, and Canadian Politics Is Boring. 

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Wednesday, September 8th 2021

The show after Labour Day warrants a look at federal parties' commitments to workers and how they say they will grow our economy. And when it comes to climate change proposals, will voters respond to ambition or reality? 

This week's contributors: Caroline Elliott (Welcome!), Murad Hemmadi, and Jaskaran Sandhu

UPDATE: The Green Party released their platform after we recorded the episode, which includes a section on a just transition for workers via introducing a Just Transition Act before the end of 2021 that would take care of workers during the climate transition.

Links:

• To honour Murad's point of order, here are parties' platforms:
• Liberal Party
• Conservative Party
• New Democratic Party
• Bloc Quebecois (en français)
• Green Party
• Maverick Party
• People's Party of Canada
• More on platforms' "climate sincerity" this federal election

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