The sun sets on Justin Trudeau’s progressive neoliberalism
Desmond Cole and Martin Lukacs reflect on Justin Trudeau’s almost decade in power, from the initial psychic relief of Conservative Stephen Harper’s ousting to the grim accumulation of symbolic Liberal postures and assists to Canada’s corporate elite. Plus, what Justin deserves real credit for.
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Who’s afraid of Chrystia Freeland?
In the wake of Chrystia Freeland’s explosive departure from the Liberal cabinet, Martin Lukacs and El Jones discuss the establishment media’s infatuation with Ottawa’s palace intrigue and what the future for a hobbled Trudeau government might look like.
Plus, we answer listener questions just in time for the holidays.
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Why this Canadian mayor is criticizing her city’s spiralling police budget
Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish recently generated headlines when she stepped down from her local police services board, calling the city’s escalating police budget “out of control.”
Desmond Cole visits her office to discuss her resignation and the alternatives to policing.
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A weekend at the Davos of warmongering
It was a big week for the military-industrial complex in Canada, with the west’s war-making establishment convening in Halifax for the annual International Security Forum (then hopping over to Montreal for a NATO summit).
El Jones fills Martin Lukacs in on her attempts to report on the Security Forum, where the hand towels were plush, the security uptight, and the drumbeat for increased Canadian military spending strong.
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Little Nazi-sympathizing surveillance state on the prairie
Independent journalist Duncan Kinney of Progress Report was charged with mischief for allegedly spraypainting two monuments dedicated to Nazis and their collaborators—a charge he says the Edmonton Police have used to surveil and silence him. Kinney sits down with Desmond Cole to discuss his case.
To donate to Kinney's legal fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/duncan-kinney-legal-defense-fund
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