CANADALAND

CBC's flagship TV newscast The National is revamped with a four-host format and released into the world. The Paradise Papers reveal what the Toronto Star calls a "worldwide shadow economy worth trill...

9 Nov 201745min

“Objectivity for the sake of objectivity often means make sure that the powerful always get their say. And sometimes Caesar shouldn’t have his say. Sometimes the truth is just true.”   As a foreign wa...

6 Nov 201736min

A series of media scoops have shown that some politicians are actually rich people who want to keep their money. Bernie Sanders comes to Canada to tell us about our healthcare system. The government h...

2 Nov 201743min

Adam Gopnik lived out a certain Canadian fantasy. He left the country and became a prominent New York intellectual. He writes about the move in his new book, At the Stranger's Gate. Gopnik is now a st...

30 Okt 201745min

Quebec passes a racist law. A bunch of media outlets ran a story that used video manipulation and questionable translation to make it look like an imam was calling for the slaughter of Jews. After he ...

26 Okt 201746min

The Toronto Star's Daniel Dale has become one of the most-watched journalists in Washington in part by simply enumerating Donald Trump's lies (Dale counted 720 as of last week). He got his start cover...

23 Okt 201743min

The Conservative Party leader walked away from a scrum when pressed about his campaign manager working in far right media company The Rebel's office during his campaign.    We look at the language aro...

19 Okt 201742min

Sarah Polley talks about how she helped Jesse break a major story.  And she discusses domestic abuse, sexual harassment and assault, and the culture that fuels it.  Support us at patreon.com/CANADALAN...

16 Okt 201754min