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The people behind Alberta separatism
The people behind Alberta separatism
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An award-winning podcast that digs deeper into important and often unreported issues, by the non-profit digital news organization PressProgress. Join the PressProgress team for conversations with experts and newsmakers across the country, including executive editor Rumneek Johal, Alberta reporter Stephen Magusiak and associate editor Emma Arkell. Produced by Ontario reporter, Eric Wickham.
Winner of the 2024 Canadian Podcast Awards "Outstanding News and Current Affairs Series" category.
Episodes
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- The people behind Alberta separatism · 28 minOn Monday October 19, the Alberta separatist movement is going to face a major test. Albertans are voting on whether to start a legal process to hold a referendum on full…
- Inside the fight against data centres in Canada · 38 minOn September 16, Mississauga passed an interim control by-law pausing approval on all data centres with a peak power draw of over 10MW for the next year. Mississauga is one of a…
- Canadian Healthcare: When Provinces Go Rogue · 1 h 2 minCanada’s single payer healthcare system has always been a point of national pride. But according to advocates, policy decisions by the provinces are actively undermining the…
- Why 5 Ontario Education Unions Served Notice to Bargain with Doug Ford's Government At the Same Time · 20 minFive of Ontario’s Education Unions representing over 250,000 workers have served notice to the province to begin bargaining ahead of next school year, in a move some are calling…
- What encampment residents would say to Doug Ford · 38 min"The homeless are not Other. They are Us," Ontario's Superior Court declared last month. In a ruling that had advocates cheering, Justice Michael Gibson affirmed that unhoused…
- What changes to Freedom of Information laws mean for Ontario · 25 minA wave of changes is hitting Ontario, including one that is going to make finding things out about the province more difficult for reporters and the public. In March, Doug Ford…
- How to Save Canadian Healthcare, with Dr. Danyaal Raza · 22 minFor decades, if you asked a Canadian to name something they appreciated about this country, our universal healthcare system would invariably come up. But in recent years, chronic…
- Why was our reporter kicked out of an Alberta separatist event? · 14 minLate last month, thousands of Calgarians trekked to Stampede Park to pledge their support for Alberta separation. Trekking there, too, was our Alberta reporter, Stephen Magusiak…
- Why won't Canada's government let Gazans come here to study? · 16 minMore than 100 students have been stuck in limbo as they wait for the Canadian government to approve the visas that would allow them to come here for graduate school. At least 26…
- The PressProgress Holiday Special · 56 minWhile, for the first time in decades, there’s a nonzero chance of Canada getting smaller (with Alberta maybe wanting out and the U.S. maybe wanting in), PressProgress, at least…
- Looking Inside Mark Carney’s ‘Extremely Orwellian’ Austerity Budget · 18 minMark Carney is billing his first budget as an "investment budget," but with plans to eliminate 40,000 jobs in the federal public service and cut $60 billion in program spending…
- Ostriches and deer and viruses, oh my! · 39 minAn ostrich farm in rural British Columbia keeps making national and international headlines. It's the subject of a federal cull order, after 69 birds were found dead from an H5N1…
- What a New Court Ruling Means for Encampments in Ontario · 22 minAs the housing crisis persists throughout Ontario and across Canada, more and more municipalities are struggling with how to manage vulnerable residents in need of support. In…
- What You Need to Know About Air Canada’s Flight Attendants’ Strike · 24 minOne of the top news stories in Canada this week was the tense stand-off between Air Canada and its 10,000 flight attendants. The Air Canada flight attendants' strike saw planes…
- How Doug Ford Is Changing Ontario · 56 minIn the months since winning its third consecutive majority, Doug Ford’s government has proposed or passed a flurry of laws with the potential to reshape Ontario. But with…
- Making Work Safer for Racialized Immigrant Women · 34 minRacialized immigrant women are some of the most disadvantaged workers in Canada, with an employment rate significantly lower than racialized immigrant men and non-racialized…
- Alberta’s Separatist Stampede · 30 minAlberta separatism is making headlines again, this time driven largely by figures associated with far-right politics and the Freedom Convoy who are disgruntled about the federal…
- What Canadians Need to Know About Germany’s AfD and the Far-Right’s Threat to Democracy · 39 minFar-right parties are on the rise across Europe. Germany’s recent federal election saw a dramatic and concerning rise in support for the Alternative für Deutschland, or AfD, a…
- Meet the Corporate Lobbyists Connected to Pierre Poilievre and his Inner-Circle · 36 minWho is lobbying Pierre Poilievre? An interactive map from DeSmog shines a light on the links between Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and various corporate lobbying interests…
- Organizing Against Queer and Trans Hate Ahead of Rumoured Election · 16 min · Episode 34As Justin Trudeau announced that he’s stepping down as Liberal leader, and many are saying that a federal election is just around the corner, one community is getting organized…
