- Election Update - Week 2
Monday, April 7th 2025
From now until the election day, the Orchard will be releasing weekly election update podcasts with a different guest each episode. The entirety of each election update episode will be free for anyone to listen to or watch.
Joining me this week is MacEwan University communications professor and freelance journalist Dani Paradis.
Related Links
* Carney pledges $150M boost to 'underfunded' CBC, CBC
* Conservatives drop Quebec candidate for accusing Polytechnique survivor of exploiting shooting, CBC
* Conservative Candidate Used a Secret Signal Group Chat With Freedom Convoy Leaders, Right-Wing Media and Far-Right Influencers, PressProgress
* Canada slaps 25% counter-tariffs on U.S.-made cars, but not parts, National Post
* NDP proposes reviving war-era Victory Bonds to raise money for trade fight with U.S., CBC
* First Nations leaders in B.C. call for Conservatives to drop candidate Aaron Gunn, CBC
* Liberals drop Edmonton candidate who praised Hamas, Hezbollah in video, National Post
* CPC Candidate Don Patel's Online Activity Raises Foreign Interference Concerns, Baaz
* CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives, PressProgress
* Amid bleak polling numbers, Edmonton could be an essential NDP stronghold: expert, CBC
* Liberal candidate Paul Chiang ends re-election bid after ‘bounty’ comments about former rival, Toronto Star
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.readtheorchard.org/subscribe - Election Update - Week 1
Monday, March 31st 2025
From now until the election day, the Orchard will be releasing weekly election update podcasts with a different guest each episode. Unlike other Orchardcast episodes, the entirety of each election update episode will be free for anyone to listen to or watch.
Joining me this week is fellow Substacker Jake Landau.
Related Links
* Carney promises $2B auto industry fund as Trump hits sector with tariffs, CBC
* Carney's green funds at Brookfield used Bermuda tax haven to attract investors, Radio-Canada
* NDP proposes boost to untaxed income threshold, removal of GST on 'essentials', CP
* Poilievre tries to outflank Carney with boosted plan to axe GST on new homes, National Post
* Poilievre pledges $14B annual income tax cut, saving average worker $900 a year, CBC
* New Democrats promise to get more homes built by using Crown land, CP
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.readtheorchard.org/subscribe - Doug Ford, King of Ontario
Tuesday, March 25th 2025
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Ontario premier Doug Ford has become a political juggernaut, in large part by cultivating an image of himself as a strong, steady leader in times of political crisis. But does the image match reality?
Eric Wickham, Ontario reporter for PressProgress joins me to answer this question, talk a bit about the upcoming federal election and reminisce about Ford …
- What is the NDP's purpose?
Thursday, February 20th 2025
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The NDP, Canada’s traditional party of the left, is sitting stagnant in the polls with an impending federal election campaign.
Avi Lewis, who was acclaimed as the party nominee in Vancouver Centre, joins the Orchardcast to discuss his view that the NDP is the party Canadians need at this moment of intersecting crises.
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- Gaza's Ongoing Humanitarian Catastrophe
Wednesday, February 12th 2025
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As the tenuous ceasefire in Gaza hangs by a thread, it’s crucial not to lose sight of the humanitarian nightmare in the besieged coastal enclave, which will only get worse if the war resumes.
Joseph Hazboun, the Catholic Near East Welfare Association’s regional director for Jerusalem, joins the Orchardcast to discuss the humanitarian situation in Gaza b…
