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The best newspaper in Canada is a podcast.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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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.
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...
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...
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 categ...
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...
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 inter...
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 Co...
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...
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 kil...
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 C...
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...
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...
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 h...
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 a...
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, ostensib...
Inside the Bishnoi Gang
Unsealed U.S. indictments allege that India-based organized crime networks orchestrated political assassinations, extortion schemes, and large-scale d...
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 f...
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 fe...
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...
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...
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 do...
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 jou...
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...
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...
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 quic...
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...
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 as...
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...
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 ne...
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 r...
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...
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...
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. Regin...
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 debi...
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...
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 pot...
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-base...
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 th...
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...
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...