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There are just a few days left until Alberta’s referendum on separation (and more). If the vote goes through, it won't redraw the country’s borders overnight, but it could give Premier Smith a mandate to pursue the next vote where Alberta could actually separate.

Host Noor Azrieh sits down with Premier Smith to ask what she’s prepared to do if the vote goes through, and how much responsibility she takes for getting Alberta to this point.

Host: Noor Azrieh
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Danielle Smith
Background reading:
How some Alberta separatists are courting U.S. support for independence – The Globe and Mail
Establishing independent Alberta could cost up to $170B over 5 years: report – CBC News
Mounties reviewing First Nations' call for treason probe into Alberta premier, UCP – CBC News
Ottawa tracking allegations of foreign interference in Alberta referendum, Carney says – Toronto Star
Alberta, Saskatchewan premiers shut down Elon Musk’s call for separation – Global News

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It seemed like such a good plan. Doug Ford tried to save local news with cash from weed, liquor, and gambling. He told four provincial agencies, the ones in charge of booze, pot, the lottery, and transportation, that they had to buy ads from local Ontario publishers. Buy Canadian. This directive came after years of provincial ad money being funneled to American tech and media. Millions of Canadian taxpayer dollars fed to Meta or Google for ad buys or the now notorious $8 million ad spend that included a government of Ontario Super Bowl ad. They were basically advertising to Canadians through American outlets. So for Ontario publishers the about face to a Buy Canadian advertising plan was a welcome change.

So how did it pan out? Where did the millions in ad spending actually go? Who won? Who lost out on the cash? Our reporter Gemma Boothroyd went digging for answers.

And those questions Gemma chased are all the more important now that the Federal Government is rumoured to be considering scaling up the Ontario plan to the federal level.

Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: Gemma Boothroyd (Reporter), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Tristan (Audio Editing & Production), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)
Fact checking by Julian Abraham
Additional music by Audio Network
Image by LGOntario

More information:
Ontario ad campaign 'It's Happening Here' has cost taxpayers $8M | CBC News
Doug Ford promises 25 per cent of government agency, provincial advertising budgets to local media outlets — Toronto Star

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An editorial in the National Post considers “How to Deal with Avi Lewis” according to Jewish law, following a Yom Kippur post made by Lewis calling for the Jewish community to take responsibility for failing to stop “an ongoing genocide committed in our name.”

Critics of the editorial argue that the National Post crossed the line, advocating for violence against Lewis.

Meanwhile, a CBC journalist, Neil Herland, is taken off the air for documenting his personal experience of a protest outside a Yom Kippur Synagogue service in Toronto.

Harrison Lowman joins Jesse Brown to discuss why online discourse is more focused on X posts and editorials than the crisis facing Jewish Canadians, underscored by the violent antisemitic attack on a synagogue in Belleville.

Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Senior Producer), Julian Abraham (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Harrison Lowman
Additional music by Audio Network
Further reading:
Avi Lewis’ Yom Kippur Post on X
Avi Lewis’s foolish statement on ‘Jewish people’ should be disqualifying - The Globe and Mail
Yoni Goldstein: Jewish law tells us how to deal with Avi Lewis | National Post
National Post crosses dangerous line by publishing call for violence against NDP leader - Ricochet
I’m familiar with death threats. They show Avi Lewis is having an impact ⋆ The Breach
Neil Herland’s Post on X
CBC journalist faces discipline for documenting pro-Palestine protest | Toronto Sun
Poland Demands Tucker Carlson Apologize for 'False, Deeply Troubling' WWII Claims - Yahoo News
What If the U.S. Demanded This? The Cloud Provider Conditions Behind Canada’s EU Digital Pivot - Michael Geist

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It's true. Jesse Brown has fired himself as a host of Canadaland podcasts.

So who will Canadaland's new hosts be?

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Quebec has elected Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and the Parti Québéois to a minority government, whose platform includes a referendum on sovereignty.
Even though St-Pierre Plamondon intends to hold off on a referendum until after Trump has left office, Canada now has a two-headed separatism problem.
The current version of Quebec’s sovereignty movement is led by young people, who signal their support through reels and memes.
Meanwhile, in Alberta an investigation in the Globe and Mail details meetings between separatists and the US administration, where fresh water, oil royalties, and a train route to Alaska were reportedly offered in exchange for US support.

Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Senior Producer), Julian Abraham (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Harrison Lowman

Further reading:
PQ in power, CAQ wiped off the map: Key takeaways from Quebec's election | CBC News
Quebec Sovereigntists Are Back. This Time They’re All Young | The Walrus
How St-Pierre Plamondon Learned to Stop Worrying and Blame Immigrants | The Walrus
Who is Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, Quebec's new separatist premier? | National Post
PQ sought meeting with U.S. officials in Washington, State Department says - Montreal Gazette
How some Alberta separatists are courting U.S. support for independence - The Globe and Mail
Jen Gerson: Oh, so you want to send Ottawa a message, eh? - The Line
How some Alberta separatists are courting U.S. support for independence - The Globe and Mail
‘A new beginning’: Ottawa council votes to rename Trump Avenue | Globalnews.ca
Ex-defendant apologizes to Steven Galloway as defamation trial set to begin - The Globe and Mail

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