The Backbench
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If your Twitter feed’s a dumpster fire, and your dinner table discussions aren’t what they used to be, The Backbench has the insights you need on Canada's most important political issues.
Each Tuesday, we’ll ask bold questions and offer sharp analysis, giving you the tools to challenge any perspective — maybe even your own.
With the next federal election looming, you’ll want us in your ears and your back pocket.
The Backbench is made by Noor Azrieh, Aviva Lessard and Sam Konnert.
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Payday Loans: the Cost of Being Poor
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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The Undoing of Justin Trudeau
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Interview with a Conservative Bro
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Does Trudeau Know How to Deal with Trump?
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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The Government Deadlock Nobody Knows About
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Danielle Smith's All You Can Eat Alberta-Style Freedom
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, the Canadaland Interview
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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How Canadian Voters Could Sway the U.S. Election
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Trudeau, Trump, Poilievre, Harris: What Do Voters Even Want?
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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India’s “Horrific Mistake” in Canada
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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B.C.’s Batsh*t Election
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Trump Says Canada Doesn’t Pull Its Weight in NATO—He’s Right
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Canada's Gutless Palestine Policy
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Parliament is Back and More Childish Than Ever
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Introducing The Worst Podcast
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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What Trudeau's Housing Minister Has to Say for Himself
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Politics and Violent Threats: It’s Getting Worse
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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How Poilievre Will Win YOUR Vote
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Can Kamala Save Canada from Trump?
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Introducing: The Secret Life of Canada | Sorry not Sorry
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Introducing A Field Guide to Gay Animals
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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The Spy Who Loved MPs
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Flip-Flopping on Decriminalization
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Stop, Students What’s That Sound
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May 21, 2024 |
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Introducing Pretendians
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May 14, 2024 |
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Canada’s Exploited Foreign Workers Program
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May 07, 2024 |
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Conservative Comic-Con
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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State of Emergency Rooms
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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The Convoy Keeps Rolling
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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The Hate U Post
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Failing Universities 101
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Why Are Conservatives Obsessed With Trans People?
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Could Canada Be Complicit in a ‘Plausible Genocide’?
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Selling Sunset, Buying Stress
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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2023 Was the Year of Political Nonsense
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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The Food Bank Industrial Complex
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Roots of Tension in Canada’s Israel-Palestine Discourse
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Yukon's Path to Indigenous Self-Governance
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Israel, Palestine and Canadian Foreign Policy
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Would You Listen to a Government Regulated Podcast?
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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The End of Canadaland
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Where Anti-Sikh Press Leads Us & Manitoba Marks the Ballot
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Students in Strip Malls
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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GenZ’s Political Apathy-ocalypse
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Backbench Catch Up
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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The Controversial Carbon Tax
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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What’s Up With Canada’s Political Left?
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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The Musical Voice of the Nation
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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A Conversation With Erin O’Toole
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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These Rights Are Precarious: A History of LGBTQ+ Liberties
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Ctrl+Alt+Regulate: Can Canada's AI Act Save Us?
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May 30, 2023 |
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Alberta’s Wildfires Meet an Even Wilder Election
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May 16, 2023 |
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PSAC Strike and the Future of Labour
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May 02, 2023 |
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Who Benefits From Public Safety?
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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The Federal Budget: Betting on Clean Tech
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Welcome to The Backbench
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Food Costs Soar, Banks Collapse
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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A Ruckus at Roxham Road
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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99 Spy Balloons & 1 Rouleau Report
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Bail Reform And National Reconciliation
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Should Canada Intervene In Haiti?
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Flatlining On Healthcare
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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The Backbench Live: A Year in Review
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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A Matter Of Life And Death
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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TL;DR – Emergencies Act Inquiry
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Lost In Inflation
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Who's Afraid Of A Contested Election?
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Introducing our new series: Ratfucker
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Guns And Wild Roses
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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NDP - New Dental Plan
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Picking Apart Pierre's Populism
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Meet Mattea Roach, Our New Host! (Teaser)
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Fatima’s Last Episode
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Leaders Who Don't Lead
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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The Catastrophe Commissioner
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Why Don’t Women Run For Office?
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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All Policing Is Political
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Justinflation Or Chrystia Frecession
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Does Voting Have To Suck?
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Notes From a Young Progressive Conservative
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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A Jason Kenney-Sized Hole
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May 31, 2022 |
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Is Canada Ready to Decriminalize Drugs?
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May 24, 2022 |
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What Do Women Want? Sexual Healthcare
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May 17, 2022 |
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Confessions Of An International Student
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May 10, 2022 |
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A Generation-Defining Inquiry
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May 03, 2022 |
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The Conservative Candidating Game
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Can Government Fix Housing?
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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An Audience With The Pope
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Screaming Children, Dying Planet
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Justin And Jagmeet's Experiment In Democracy
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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A Shit Ton of Energy Insecurity
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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A Conversation With Bob Rae
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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Teaser: We're going weekly!
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Contradictions In Conflict
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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In Case of An Emergency
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Maximum Chaos
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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The NDP's Progressive Struggles
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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The So-Called Era Of Reconciliation
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Economy As Entertainment?
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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A Bill That's Ideally Never Used
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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A Cynical Guide To COP26
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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A Money Manel: Equalization & Inflation
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Two Former MPs Dish On China & Climate
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Truth, Reconciliation and China
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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A Conversation With A PPC Voter
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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An Unconsequential Election
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Fairy Tales & Picture Books
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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An Emergency, But First An Election
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Health Vs. Healthcare
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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Afghanistan & Affordability
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Teaser: An Election Means A Weekly Backbench
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Introducing The White Saviors
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Erin O'Toole Doesn't Want to Fight
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Border Politics
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Pandering Season
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Ep. 5 - A Two-Dose Election?
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Ep. 4 - The Politics Of Genocide: Kamloops Fallout
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Ep. 3 - Big Telecom, Big Quebec
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Ep. 2 - Justin Trudeau Has No Friends
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May 18, 2021 |
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Ep. 1 - Every Province For Itself
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May 04, 2021 |
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Introducing Our New Show: The Backbench
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Ep. 77 - Mao's Love Poetry and Chinese QAnon
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Ep. 76 - Biden's Clean Break
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Ep. 75 - What's The Point Of The NDP?
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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Ep. 74 - The Pre-U.S. Election Anxiety Show
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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Ep. 73 - Made In Canada Without Pride
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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Ep. 72 - Snap Election Clapback, CERB Forever!
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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Ep. 71 - Fall Political Preview
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Ep. 70 - Who's Afraid Of The COVID Alert App?
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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Ep. 69 - QAnon Comes To Canada
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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Ep. 68 - Why Working Moms Are Dreading September
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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Ep. 67 - Everybody Else Is Abolishing The Police, So Why Can’t We?
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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Ep. 66 - Get Me Outta Scheer
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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Ep. 65 - Stuck In the Middle With Meng Wanzhou
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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Ep. 64 - An Epidemic Of Racism
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May 19, 2020 |
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Ep. 63 - Under Cover Of Covid
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May 05, 2020 |
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Ep. 62 - Why This Recession Is Hitting Women Harder
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Ep. 61 - White Trash Hello Kitty
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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Ep. 60 - A Virus Designed To Test Society’s Weak Points
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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Ep. 59 - Double Trouble: Oil's Burst Bubble
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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Introducing: Cool Mules
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Ep. 58 - A Seizure of Political Power In Wet'suwet'en Territory
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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Ep. 57 - Peter MacKay's Yoga Tweet Apology Tour
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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Ep. 56 - A Huawei Executive Defends Their Record
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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Ep. 55 - Canada Gets Kicked In The Teeth
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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Ep. 54 - The Biggest Resignation Of The Year
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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Ep. 53 - OPPO Goes Nuclear
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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Ep. 52 - The Guy Behind Ontario Proud
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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Ep. 51 - Ministry Of Pandering
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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Ep. 50 - 50 Things We Want From The 43rd Parliament
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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Ep. 49 - Lisa Raitt’s Conservative Party Autopsy
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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Ep. 48 - Useful Losers
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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Ep. 47 - Is Scheer Done?
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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Ep. 46 - About Last Night
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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Ep. 45 - We Haven't Gotten To Truth Yet
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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Ep. 44 - OPPO's Big Queer Foreign Policy Extravaganza!
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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Ep. 43 - The First Official Leaders' Debate
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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Ep. 42 - Coasts With The Mosts
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Ep. 41 - Let's Talk Tech! ... And Blackface
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Ep. 40 - A Modest Plan To Eat The Rich
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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Ep. 39 - Who Has The Whitest Candidates? (It’s Not The PPC!)
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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Ep. 38 - Our House In The Middle Of An Election
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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Ep. 37 - Is Jason Kenney Stoking Aberta Separatism?
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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Ep.36 - Fake News Election Panic
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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EP. 35 - How Alberta Got Weed Right
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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Ep.34 - Does Québec Get A Pass On Racism?
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Jul 16, 2019 |
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Ep.33 - Don't Worry Britain, Stephen Harper Will Fix Brexit
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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Ep.32 - You Have No Constitutional Right To An Abortion
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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Ep.31 - Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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Ep.30 - The Best And Worst Election Ads So Far
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May 21, 2019 |
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Ep.29 - The Case For Guns In Canada
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May 07, 2019 |
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Ep.28 - Provinces At War
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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Ep.27 - Bozo Volcano
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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Ep.26 - Jason Kenney's $60,000 Problem
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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Ep.25 - Trudeau's OTHER Festering Scandal
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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Ep.24 - Everybody Loves Raybould
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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Ep.23 - This Scandal Will Live And Die In February
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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Ep.22 - The Political Parties' Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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Ep.21 - Sino The Times
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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Ep.20 - Where's Jagmeet Singh? He's On OPPO!
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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Ep.19 - All I Want For Christmas Is A New Justice Minister
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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Ep.18 - OPPO Flop House
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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Ep.17 - The Fascists Are Calling From Inside The House
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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Ep.16 - The Canadian Military's Radicalism Problem
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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Ep. 15 - Sure Climate Change Is Bad, But Do We Need Florida?
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Oct 23, 2018 |
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Ep.14 - The Liberals Are Doing An Awful Job On Justice
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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Ep. 13 - CAQ-Blocked
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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Ep.12 - Weekend At Bernier's
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Sep 11, 2018 |
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Ep.11 - This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The Year In Review
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Jun 26, 2018 |
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Ep.10 - Why'd You NAFTA Go And Make Things So Complicated?
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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Ep.9 - Ontario Election Spectacular!
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May 29, 2018 |
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Ep.8 - Quebec Explained and Antagonizing David Frum
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May 15, 2018 |
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Ep.7 - Convicted Criminal, Fraudster, Financial Bandit
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May 01, 2018 |
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Ep.6 - Decentralized Hot Mess
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Apr 17, 2018 |
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Ep.5 - Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sussex Street?
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Apr 03, 2018 |
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Ep.4 - Counter-PsyOps is a Good Place to Start
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Mar 19, 2018 |
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Ep.3 - Oh Great, A Trade War
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Mar 06, 2018 |
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Ep.2 - Patrick Brown Goes Full Sh**storm
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Feb 20, 2018 |
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So about those Justin Trudeau rumours...
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Feb 06, 2018 |