- The market won’t house you
Friday, March 21st 2025
A recent Housing Justice Convergence in Montreal brought together organizers, policy experts, funders, and housing advocacy groups from across Canada.
For this episode, we’re rebroadcasting the keynote panel, facilitated by The Breach’s Dru Oja Jay.
Featuring tenant organizers Chiara Padovani and John Clarke, and economist Ricardo Tranjan, the panel explores what it takes to build a winning housing justice movement—and why removing profit from housing is a necessary red line.
- The crime of land defence
Friday, March 14th 2025
A recent court ruling found the RCMP breached land defender Molly Wickham’s Charter rights—but still upheld her criminal conviction for blocking the CGL pipeline.
Wickham sits down with Desmond Cole to discuss Canada’s colonial courts, police violence, and what she’s learned from a decade of land defense.
- Mark Carney’s centrist Hail Mary
Thursday, February 20th 2025
Mark Carney is selling himself as a pragmatic outsider who can rescue the Liberals—and maybe even beat the Conservatives. But behind the polished image and steady-hand rhetoric is the same old agenda: cuts, pipelines, and corporate giveaways.
Journalist David Moscrop joins host Donya Ziaee to break down how Carney is rebranding failed ideas as fresh solutions—and who stands to benefit.
Read Moscrop’s article on Mark Carney here: https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carney-says-hes-a-pragmatic-outsider-but-hes-a-banker-selling-yesterdays-failed-ideas/
- Doug Ford’s devastating legacy
Thursday, February 6th 2025
With Ontario facing a snap election, we take a deep dive into more than six years of austerity and free market fundamentalism under Doug Ford.
Desmond Cole is joined by Bryan Evans, co-editor of Against the People: How Ford Nation is Dismantling Ontario, to break down the Ford playbook and unpack the damage done.
- Trump’s tariff tantrum explained
Thursday, January 30th 2025
As Trump’s tariff threats loom, trade expert Stuart Trew talks to host Donya Ziaee about what Canadian workers should be prepared for, how the corporate elite are exploiting the crisis, and how the Left can seize on the moment to push for more progressive change.
