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Last Wednesday, Foreign Policy CAN tweeted that "Canada condemns the ongoing violence in the West Bank..." So later that day, the Embassy of Israel in Canada responded with "Israel condemns the ongoing violence against Jews in Canada..." Which begs the question, just what exactly is Canada’s social media strategy? Does it even have one?

It also got us thinking about the responsibility both the government and the media have when it comes to discussing Israel, and how the hyperfocus on one country impacts the safety of Canadian Jews.

Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: Andrea Varsany (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Jen Gerson

Additional music by Audio Network

Further reading:

https://x.com/CanadaFP/status/2082478897514389914
https://x.com/IsraelinCanada/status/2082538835930669094
https://x.com/IsraelMFA/status/2082554515962651030
Opinion | It's time Canada cut diplomatic ties with Israel
Opinion | As former diplomats to Israel and Palestine we know why Canada shouldn't cut ties with Israel
Canada, 3 other countries summon Israeli ambassadors over video taunting flotilla activists
Canada summons Israeli ambassador over video of minister taunting activists | CBC.ca
‘Israel Behind it’: Spain ACCUSES Israel For Migrants Crisis After 60,000 Moroccan’s Storms Ceuta
MLS investigating reports of antisemitic comments hurled at player in Montreal | CBC News
China's 'ethnic unity' law- a new tool to silence dissent? | DW News
Canada's Carney warns antisemitism at postwar high - YouTube
Two Jewish-owned bakeries attacked in Toronto; police release image of vehicle involved
Owners of Montreal kosher restaurant vow to rebuild after 'suspicious' fire


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Last year, we published an episode about all the tape that didn’t make it into one of our shows. Today is different… but similar. Here are three interviews we did that just never made it to air. And we’ll tell you why they never made it to air.

Next month on Off The Record we are back to our call-in show format. On Thursday August 27, 2026 we will be taking your calls on a new question.

Seasonal news hooks are really common in the news business, they’re practical, easy to plan for, and most people need them. So we wanted to flip that a bit for the back to school season.

What do you wish you had known when starting school or what’s a piece of advice you would give to someone starting school. That can be Kindergarten, Middle school, High school, CEGEP, university, anything.

The call-in period will be Thursday, August 27th, 4:30-6:30 PM ET. When the time comes, head over to https://callinstudio.com/show/canadaland. You can also dial in at 1-888-401-7056.

Host: Sam Konnert
Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer, Senior Production Supervisor), Tony Wang (Executive Producer), Jesse Brown (Publisher)

Photo: Tony Wang
Additional music by Audio Network

Further Reading:
Korean Messiah: Kim Il Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea's Personality Cult
North Korea's girl dad dictator — Apple Podcasts
O'leary Reserve Wines - Crazy Deal — Kevin O’Leary YouTube Channel
Last of the lookouts — Canadian Geographic
Fire Tower Trailer — Underwire Films
Hot Docs president warns this year's festival could be its last without more financial support — CBC

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Seven years in, we're looking at what might just be the longest and most involved media defamation trial in Canadian history: former Alberta United Conservative Party candidate Caylan Ford is suing PressProgress, the CBC, Toronto Star and several others, for $7.65 million. She says that they wrongly portrayed her as a white supremacist, they say that they were only quoting her…

Host: Jesse Brown
Credits: Andrea Varsany (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Jen Gerson

Photo

Further reading:

Caylan Ford Statement of Claim
PressProgress Statement of Claim
Defend Canadian Journalism - Broadbent Institute
Defend Canadian Journalism - PressProgress
Litigation — Caylan Ford
Support PressProgress - Defend Canadian Journalism
Caylan Ford speaks out: Former UCP candidate reveals why she was “cancelled” | Keean Bexte
Resisting the mob (feat. Caylan Ford)
When the Mob Came
Alberta Needs Anti-SLAPP Legislation!
UCP Candidate Complained ‘White Supremacist Terrorists’ Are Treated Unfairly, Leaked Messages Show
Press Progress claims my lawsuit is a frivolous SLAPP action. Here are the facts.


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Stories about The Prime Minister’s residence at 24 Sussex just won’t die. Lumber barons, dead brides, Trudeau’s secret pool, nacho machines, you name it.

But now, the Prime Minister’s crumbling, rat-infested, maybe haunted official residence is getting a re-vamp. Carney just launched a fifty-million-dollar national campaign to actually fix the place. What is he planning? And what does it say about Canadians that we’d rather crowdfund a roof than just pay for one?

Host: Sam Konnert
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), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Background reading:
More than 2,000 Canadians have donated toward restoration of 24 Sussex Drive - CBC News
Scrap 24 Sussex Drive. Canada Can Do Better - The Walrus

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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib is a Palestinian-American writer who grew up in Gaza City. When he was eleven years-old he survived an Israeli airstrike that killed two of his friends and left him with permanent hearing loss in one ear. He travelled to the United States as a teenage exchange student in 2005 and later received political asylum after Hamas took over in Gaza. He now leads Realign for Palestine, a project advocating for what he calls, "a radically pragmatic approach to peace.”

Today he talks to Canadaland about Hamas, Israel, the international response to the war in Gaza, and how his views on war and possible peace have turned him into a target from almost every direction.

Host: Archie Matlow
Credits: Caleb Thompson (Mixing & Mastering), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Additional music by Audio Network
Fact checking by Julian Abraham

More information:

Realign For Palestine
Atlantic Council
Hamas and It’s Two Million Hostages - Jewish Quarterly
Hamas’s Western Apologists Have Become Hamas Enthusiasts. As a Gazan, I’m Horrified - Newsweek
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Follow Amhed on Instagram

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