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Decoding Carney’s climate pivot.

Despite the headlines about pipelines and Carney’s offer to double oil exports to the US, Canada’s future as an energy superpower may still be clean and green.

Max Fawcett joins to explain why Carney is distancing himself from Trudeau’s climate policies, while laying the groundwork for Canada’s energy transition.

Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Max Fawcett

Further reading:
Canada has been sold a false promise of being an ‘energy superpower’ - The Globe and Mail
Carney says Trudeau-era climate plan was 'too expensive' and 'divisive' | CBC News
Carney defends new pipeline in face of questions over wildfires, climate - National Post
Majority of Canadians support both pipelines, but Alberta-B.C. project is favoured: poll - National Post
Le gouvernement Carney dépense 4 M$ pour des publicités patriotiques pendant la Coupe du monde
Carney offered to double oil exports to U.S. as part of potential deal, Hoekstra says - The Globe and Mail
Terence Corcoran: Despite the heat, fossil fuel use keeps on growing - Financial Post
CBC/Radio-Canada expands international news - CBC News

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After threatening to tariff Canada in response to wildfire smoke crossing the border, Trump announces 50% tariffs on a long list of products, ostensibly in response to Canada’s "discriminatory" trade practices.

Trump says these aren’t the wildfire tariffs, but are they the wildfires tariffs?

Meanwhile, will Canada finally get serious about wildfires as a result of Trump’s absurd threats?

Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Max Fawcett

Further reading:
Trump retaliates against U.S. booze ban, dairy with 50% tariffs on Canadian goods - CTV News
Why Trump is threatening new 50% tariffs on Canadian exports right now | CBC News
As wildfires burn across Canada, Ford government faces growing criticism over province’s response - The Globe and Mail
Canada Is Primed to Burn. Why Aren’t We Ready? | The Walrus
Minister says nothing went wrong with Ottawa's response to Ontario wildfires | CBC News
Regulators investigating why CN workers were forced to flee wildfires on foot - The Globe and Mail
BC Conservatives Hire an Alberta Separatist and Far-Right Media Figure | The Tyee
He's 30, pragmatic -- and possibly our most crucial First Nations chief - National Post

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Unsealed U.S. indictments allege that India-based organized crime networks orchestrated political assassinations, extortion schemes, and large-scale drug trafficking across North America and Europe. And according to prosecutors, Canada wasn't just another country caught in the crossfire. It was both a target for extortion and a hub for cross-border operations.

Host Noor Azrieh asks Punjab-based journalist and author Jupinderjit Singh: who and what, exactly, are we dealing with?

Plus a conversation with Sikhs for Justice organizer Inderjeet Gosal, who says he’s got a bounty on his head.

Host: Noor Azrieh
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor), T ony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: Jupinderjit Singh, Inderjeet Gosal

Background reading:
International Crackdown on India-Based Organized Crime Gangs Results in 24 Arrests in U.S., Canada, and Europe – United States Department of Justice
Gangs of Punjab: Guns, Greed, and Girlfriends – Jupinderjit Singh
Indictments tying Bishnoi to Surrey, B.C., killing detail alleged global criminal network – CBC News
The story of a Bishnoi foot soldier – Global News
CBC INVESTIGATES | Extortion, drugs, assassination and transnational Indian crime syndicates: ’Operation Hard Ball’ explained – Radio Canada
Deportation order issued against Bishnoi associate linked to gun used in B.C. shootings – CBC News
Canadian border agency investigates almost 200 extortion-related cases in Greater Toronto – Toronto Star
Ontario Sikh leader explains why he refused protection: 'I’d rather take India’s bullet' – CBC News

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Kevin O'Leary is not just a rich Canadian businessman — he's a phenomenon. He's a media phenomenon both here in Canada and in the US. And he's known for one thing: being an asshole.

But is he really an asshole? Is it just a schtick? A character? A clown that he plays on TV to entertain us all? Or is it all sincere? Does he mean all of the stuff he says? And if he does mean it, why should we believe anything he says? Is he actually an expert? In life, in business, in politics?

We tracked down the people who worked with him as his legend was being spun, including the guy that "discovered" him.

Further Reading:
Kiddies’ Togs Manufacturing Company Ltd. — McCord Museum
Learning from Mattel — Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
MATTEL – How the Giant Toy Maker Fell So Far So Fast — L.A. Business Journal
Kevin O'Leary: He's not a billionaire, he just plays one on TV — Globe & Mail
Richard Stursberg leaves CBC — CBC
Lawsuits in fatal cottage country boat crash involving Kevin O’Leary finally settled. Here's what we know — National Post
Wonder Valley — O’Leary Ventures

Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer, Senior Production Supervisor), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editing & Production), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

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Photo: Philip Romano

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Danielle Smith announces a $13 billion Meta data centre in Sturgeon County, Alberta, set to be the largest in Canada.

In contrast to Carney’s federal A.I. strategy, which promised clean, sovereign, and ethical A.I., Smith refers to the Meta project as a “digital refinery,” fuelled by a natural gas plant that will be built to power it.

Instead of digital sovereignty, is Canada going to end up being a branch-plant, resource economy at the service of Big Tech?

Plus, the best Canadian films you probably haven’t seen, and Big Tech’s new hiring target: philosophers.

Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Douglas Soltys

Further reading:
Big Tech joins Calgary Stampede oil bash, as Alberta courts data centres | CBC News
Meta to build $13 billion data centre in Alberta, largest outside the U.S. | Globalnews.ca
'Responsible corporate citizen:' Meta, Premier Danielle Smith defend $13B Alberta mega data centre plan - Edmonton Journal
Supersized data centres are coming to Canada. One province is at the epicentre | CBC News
Meta to build Canada’s largest data centre north of Edmonton | BetaKit
Meta axes feature that allowed tagging Instagram users to generate AI images of them | CBC News
Vancouver’s Growing Anti-AI Movement | The Tyee
Meta’s AI Data Center Caught Leaking Deadly Bacteria Into Water Town Uses for Irrigation - Futurism
The Revenge of the Philosophy Majors - NY Times
The 100 best Canadian films ever made - The Globe and Mail

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