CANADALAND
Episodes
It’s Time to Break Up with American News
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why are we reporting on American news when we have more than enough to cover here in Canada?Canadian media has been breathlessly covering Trump, Epste...
Dairy and Trump: The Art of The Veal
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canada is obsessed with dairy. It’s quite literally part of our culture…we’re talking soccer medals with the little blue milk logo on them. But ...
How Google’s A.I. Search May Kill News Dead
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s now common to get AI generated answers from Google when searching the web. The whole concept of searching Google to find actual websites is alm...
The Genius Plan to Fix the CBC Forever
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A closer look at Travis Dhanraj’s public breakup with the CBC. In a fiery open letter, former host of Canada Tonight, Travis Dhanraj, excoriate...
Conflict Con Carney
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carney’s sprawling ethics screen covers over 100 companies and reveals the details of what went into his blind trust. Did he lie to Canadians about ...
‘Pave the Arctic,’ They Said. ‘It’ll be Fine,’ They Said
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A 230km all-season road and deep water port could be one of Carney’s first major “nation-building projects.” Is everyone on board?The Grays Bay ...
How a Canadian Teenager Stole a Record Company
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we unmask the mastermind behind one of the most unlikely mysteries in hip hop history.Digging through old FBI files to reveal the name of the ar...
Record Breaking Poor Climate Coverage
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Too often, climate issues like wildfires, droughts, and extreme weather are reported in a way that ignores the root cause of these issues. How can cli...
BONUS: Things You’ll Never Hear on Canadaland
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re bringing you all the trash that’s not fit for the feed. But one person’s trash is another person’s treasure.Look, we record a lot ...
Canada’s Big Beautiful Clean Energy Opportunity
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carney’s clean energy disappearing act. Trump’s all out war on clean energy could be a huge economic opportunity for Canada’s energy future...
What Can Mark Carney Do to Get YOUR Support?
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been over 100 days since Mark Carney became Prime Minister. It’s time for a performance review! Last week, we held a call-in show where ...
After Depression Meds, She Lost Her Sexuality
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Grey’s been living with a condition known as PSSD for six years now. PSSD can lead to the effective erasure of a person's sexual sensatio...
Pierre Poilievre is Lost in the Wilderness
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Poilievre has never been further from the spotlight. After years of headlines and media attention, even Poilievre’s staunchest supporters have ...
BONUS: You Hate A.I., So We Wrote Some Rules
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Does Canadaland use A.I. in the newsroom? Why do some of our old episode tile art images look so glossy? Are all of our shows written by ChatGPT? The ...
Are We Done Hating On Canada Day?
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canada Day’s redemption arc.With patriotism surging in Canada, how do we balance reconciliation with a renewed sense of national pride? Arno Kopecky...
Shock & Awe
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are bringing you a great episode from our friends at Canada’s National Observer. Canada’s National Observer teamed up with DeSmog, an onl...
Canada’s Greatest Game (No, Not That One)
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know your hammer from your hanger?From the Netherlands to Japan competitors from around the world share one dream. To make it to the world cham...
Death of the Columnist
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why not all opinion pieces are created equally.A decade ago the National Post had an all-star roster of opinion columnists, but now they publish more ...
BONUS: Who Writes the Rules of News?
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“ When talking about immigration, you shouldn't use the word sweep because it implies that immigrants are something undesirable to be swept away. ...
King Carney: The PM's Naked Power Grab
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carney gets a pass in the “No Kings” moment.A flurry of omnibus bills include significant government overreach, but the Canadian coverage is reluc...
Meet the Liberal MP Who Went Against Carney (and Who Might Take Out Doug Ford)
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Carney promised one Canadian economy. Now, his signature bill is one step closer to law as Bill C-5 rocketed through parliament with some amendme...
There Are Hundreds of Thousands of Iranian-Canadians. How Are They Doing?
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a secret club in Canada. And trust me, you don’t want to be a member. If you’re in this club, your first response when you hear new...
Alberta's Green Energy Plan to Dig up the Rockies for Coal
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rescinding an almost 50-year-old coal mining moratorium to get out of lawsuits, Greenbelt FOI code words, mayoral power-fuelled bike lane challenges…...
BONUS: Should Canadaland Hire a Child?
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From chatting about pancake toppings, to kissing boys, to fixing America’s public schools, kids are turning to podcasts to say what’s on their min...
Rating Carney at 100 Days in Office
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Remember when you were a little kid and the first 100 days of school was a huge landmark? Well, yesterday Carney celebrated that milestone in his Libe...
G7! The One Where Trump Bounces
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canada is hosting the G-7 in Alberta, one of the most consequential meetings yet. Is this Carney’s moment to become a world leader, reorient our eco...
Men’s Elegant Cardigan, XL
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A couple silver foxes from the Mink Mile took Jesse Brown for a ride. They said their names were Walter and Beverly. The Mink Mile, for those of you w...
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Help B.C. Ostriches Go Viral
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A flock of BC ostriches becomes a far-right circus.Why do RFK, Dr Oz, and an American billionaire want to save our ostriches? A BC Ostrich farm garner...
Off The Record: Here's a Segment We Killed, and Why
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not all interviews go according to plan. Even on a show that has over 500 episodes and the host has recorded over a thousand interviews. So what do yo...
Carney Catches Trump on the Rebound
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the day of Trump’s spectacular public breakup with Elon Musk, news broke of phone calls and texts between Carney and Trump. Is a bromance blossom...
Is Carney’s Bill C-2 ‘Much Worse Than Trump’?
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Liberals’ first piece of legislation, Bill C-2 is a sweeping 139-page omnibus bill.It would allow police to open and inspect mail from Canada Po...
Brian Reed on Trump’s War on the Press
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You probably know Brian Reed from his award-winning podcast S-Town. Or from his other excellent podcast series, The Trojan Horse Affair. Finally, ther...
Is it Patriotic to Support our Terrible Grocers?
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canada’s ongoing grocery redemption arc.The “Buy Canadian” moment has supplanted the grocery “Greedflation” narrative for now, but the $500 ...
Carney is “Horny” for Productivity, Can A.I. Minister Evan Solomon Bring It?
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve got a Minister of A.I. Now what?Former Journalist MP Evan Solomon leads Canada’s Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation,...
When Politics Ruins Friendships
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Political divides are growing, and it’s not just over basic issues anymore. Increasingly, people are feeling differences in basic conduct, morality,...
Scoop: Cabinet Minister “Harassed” and “Humiliated” Employee
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The election is done and dusted. Votes cast, tallied, and 343 newly minted MPs are on the job. But even though we, the media collectively, tried our b...
What Canada’s Left Must Learn from Bernie and AOC
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The American populist left has a roadmap for Canadian progressives. With the NDP wandering the political wilderness, the rise of Bernie Sanders a...
The Big Scary Canada-US Border
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canadians and Americans alike are afraid of crossing the border, and for political commentators like Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks travel requires ext...
Endangered Species – an Interview with an NDP MP
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this year, Jagmeet Singh laughed off the idea of losing. Now, he’s out and the NDP is in free fall. They lost official party status. They lo...
Dave Thomas of SCTV on Why Canadians Rule Comedy
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canadian comedy legend Dave Thomas is here. What else is there to say? If you want to understand the last half century of comedy from SCTV to SNL to T...
The Mystery of the Disappearing Mystery Disease in New Brunswick
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new study suggests that New Brunswick’s mystery brain illness doesn’t exist, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. Recent headlines declar...
Inside the Lurid Hockey Canada Trial
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What the coverage isn’t capturing about the Hockey Canada Trial.Five former junior hockey players are on trial for sexual assault, and the reporting...
Can Carney Run Canada Like a CEO?
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a couple of weeks of pats on the back and trying to find Pierre Poilievre a new home, we’re finally seeing how Mark Carney’s government plan...
Confessions of a Girls Gone Wild Merch Girl
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2005 Courtney Kocak was a “merch girl” on the Girls Gone Wild tour bus. She doled out the swag, T-shirts, thongs, drinks, to help get the GGW p...
Why is Canadian Corruption Being Exposed by U.S. News?
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a new era for corruption in Canada, but the coverage isn’t keeping pace. Meanwhile, American outlets are breaking stories about Doug Ford and B...
For King and Carney
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stuck between a monarchy and a superpower.Carney calls on King Charles to deliver the Throne Speech–brilliant strategic move or colonial regression?...
Is Carney Actually Tough on Crime?
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Carney promised tougher bail and more police – a “get tough” agenda that the Liberals shoplifted right off the Conservative shelf. Host Noo...
To Catch a Creep Catcher
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He was a man who was convinced he was fighting monsters. A video vigilante capturing alleged paedophiles with a camera and shaming them online. He was...
Why Alberta Separatists are Whiny Losers
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s really behind Danielle Smith’s separatist flirtations. Is separatist sentiment rising in Alberta, or is it just a convenient distracti...
Introducing Our Newest Show
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last month, Sam Googled your candidates. It was a hoot. Today, we’re excited to announce that we’re working on something new, exclusively for our ...
Carney Sits Quietly Like a Good Boy
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carney dodges a “Zelenskyy Moment” in the Oval Office. In their first official meeting, Trump and Carney adopt a friendly tone amid 51st stat...
Bruce Fanjoy - The Liberal Who Took Pierre's Riding
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pierre Poilievre is packing his bags to rural Alberta, after losing his seat to Bruce Fanjoy. How the hell did Fanjoy do it? We asked him.Plus, pollst...
Is Canada Leading the Anti-Trump “Resistance”?
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canada will not bend the knee to Orange Jesus. That’s one reading of our recent federal election. The ballots were barely tallied before headline wr...
Pierre and the Plotting Premiers
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The deck is being shuffled in the conservative movement. After Poilievre’s bad week, Tim Houston, Doug Ford, and Danielle Smith are making move...
How Does Pierre Like These Apples?
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Mark Carney was the big winner, but we dig into the narratives the rest of the field spun in the aftermath o...
It’s Poiliover
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carney wins, Poilievre loses, Jagmeet steps down. What went down? Politico’s Mickey Djuric breaks it down for us, way past bedtime.Host: Noor Azrieh...
Canadaland’s Election Confessions
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Brown is an ideological slut. Well, so he says. His past votes have jumped, in no particular order, from the Conservatives to the NDP “.....
What Rebel Media Really Did
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Autopsy of a News Media Meltdown.More details have emerged about Ezra Levant’s confrontation with the CBC on debate night, as well as new informatio...
BONUS: The Candidates Caught on Doorbell Cams
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the final election stretch, and the vetting continues. This week we talk conversion therapy, million-dollar pyramid schemes, & the dangers ...
Mark Carney Has a Temper
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The “adult in the room” tends to be shouty. Mark Carney has been portrayed as a measured and methodical counterpoint to Trump throughout his ...
Will Canada Split if Carney Wins?
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While most Canadians are gearing up to head to the polls, some are looking for an escape plan. This week, we’re examining the deep roots of Western ...
Larry of the North: 70 Years of Arctic Sovereignty
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The north is a hot topic. Trump, China, Russia, everyone suddenly has eyes on the Arctic. The Canadian government is promising everything from submari...
Ezra Levant's Debate Night Circus
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Complaints of Rebel Media hogging question period after Wednesday's French-language leaders debate led to chaos just minutes before the English-langua...
BONUS: The Loose Moose Candidate
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are 1959 people running to represent YOU in this federal election in the year of our lord 2025 - and we’re looking for dirt. This week - ...
What Carney and Poilievre Only Say in French
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Radio-Canada’s Tout le monde en Parle asked some tough questions. We decided to translate. Hear what Poilievre and Carney had to say about Tru...
Political Animals in the Wild (a Field Report from Ottawa)
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With two weeks out from election day, Ottawa is buzzing. Staffers are partying late into the night and reporting to work at 7 a.m., Chipotle’s are t...
Investigation: What Mark Carney Won’t Say About Brookfield
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We have been hearing a lot about Prime Minister Mark Carney and a company called Brookfield Asset Management. That's the company he left when he enter...
Pierre’s Pissy Press Protocol
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What would it look like to take the agenda back?With reports of unprecedented message control on the Conservative campaign trail, San Grewal and Dr Lo...
BONUS: The Garfield Porn Guy Running for Parliament
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s an election, we’re googling your candidate.There's a candidate for the Green Party who’s actively campaigning for the Conservative Party. T...
Dude, Where’s My Fact Check?
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CTV faces backlash after hiring (then firing) Rachel Gilmore for an election fact checking segment. Is the role of the fact checker still viable ...
Is Pierre Actually a Girl's Girl?
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, Pierre Poilievre said tick tock goes your biological clock. This was the first time that host Noor Azrieh noticed, during the campaign, tha...
Election Dysfunction and Bozo Eruptions
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the last 50 or so years the number of independent first-time political candidates elected to office in Canada could fit in a car. Five candidates h...
Carney Flubs His First Big Test
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A lapse in leadership and Canada’s China conundrum. Liberal MP Paul Chiang’s troubling comments gave Carney an opportunity to take a strong s...
BONUS: The Hams for Terrorism MP
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are hundreds of unvetted candidates vying for a seat in Parliament…Canada has 343 federal electoral districts stretching from coast to coast t...
The Conservative Plot Against Pierre Poilievre
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The call is coming from inside the party. With reports swirling about Poilievre’s campaign dysfunction at the end of week one, Sandy Garossino ...
Pardon His French? Quebec's Crush on Carney
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With 78 of the 343 seats in the House of Commons, Quebec isn’t just a battleground…it could decide the entire election. And this time, the usual B...
When the Alt-Right "Infiltrated" a Small Town
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Internet trolls, doxing, conspiracy theories, harassment, criminal investigations, all the usual things that spring to mind when you think of small to...
How Trump United Canada
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canada’s sudden political reorientation.As Trump continues to escalate the trade war, Paul Wells joins to consider the lasting impact on our relatio...
Is the Media Biased for Carney?
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First on the list of Paul Wells’s 4 Rules of Canadian Politics: “For any given situation, Canadian politics will tend toward the least exciting po...
How Poilievre Went From Top Dog to Underdog
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And we’re off to the races! It’s time for the matchup, and election, of a generation. Newly minted Prime Minister Mark Carney is taking on former ...
Election Snap! Here's Exactly Who You Should Vote For
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s possible that this will be the most consequential vote you’ll ever cast. With our sovereignty, our nation, our very future on the line Jesse ...
Pierre Poilievre Won’t Ride With Journalists
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Poilievre bans journalists from travelling with him on the campaign trail, but did he get a free ride in the press so far? Dougald Lamont joins ...
Trade War Economics in Mark Carney's Canada
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Carney’s visit to Europe signals Canada’s new approach to the trade war with the US. Dougald Lamont joins The Pointer’s San Grewal to discu...
Why AI Isn't Going To Steal Our Election
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is AI slop the ultimate weapon for foreign interference? Or are we spiraling into another internet-fueled moral panic?Last week several AI-generated p...
Who’s Banning Thousands of Books? The Left and the Right
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Take your pick: censoring, banning, removing, or “weeding.” However you want to describe it, Canadians are pulling books from library shelves. ...
Did Trudeau Salvage His Legacy?
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trudeau rides off into a ‘Sunny Ways’ sunset.As Mark Carney takes over as Prime Minister, Stuart Benson joins to consider Trudeau’s legacy and w...
Mark Carney Wins in a Blandslide
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Liberal’s Carneycopia is betting big on Dad Energy. Mark Carney wins the Liberal leadership in a landslide, but is he a saviour or a ...
None of That 51st State Sh*t
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canada is deep in the trenches of a trade war with the United States. After U.S. President Trump unpaused the 25% tariffs on all Canadian imports, all...
Trudeau Dumpster Dive
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Trudeau prorogued Parliament 26 bills were binned. Bills are the democratic process made concrete and the laws that they can turn into are the en...
Should We Be Worried About Canadian DOGE?
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Battle lines are being drawn in the Canadian tech industry around a policy initiative that is drawing comparison to Elon Musk’s DOGE. Plus, upd...
How to Win The Dumb Trade War
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Making Sense of Trump’s Tariffying Tuesday.Douglas Soltys joins to dissect Trump’s trade war chaos, Doug Ford’s tough talk, and Trudeau’s non-...
Mark Carney — the Less We Know, the Better
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time since 2021, the Liberals are beating the Conservatives in a recent poll. We’ll find out on March 9th if Carney is officially stic...
How to UnF*ck the CBC
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's so normal to complain about the CBC that it's hard to imagine that one day, maybe one day soon, there may no longer be a CBC to complain about. T...
Screw You, Wayne Gretzky
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why not being American is at the core of Canadian identity. With Canada’s big win at the 4 Nations and SNL’s 50th anniversary, Canada entered...
Cross Country F*ckUp
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canadians are furious at CBC’s Cross Country Checkup trainwreck. Plus, why did CBC’s new mandate sit on Trudeau’s desk for months? Na...
Is There Going to Be a War Over the Arctic?
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Arctic is quickly becoming the center of a geopolitical shitstorm. We’re talking power, resources, and territory at stake. And everyone wants a ...
Preston Manning goes BEAST MODE
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Has everybody lost their minds? Are we buying guns and deploying troops and making plans to fend off a U.S. invasion? Are some of us pre-emptive...
Where’s Pierre?
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pierre Poilievre’s patriotic pivot. At his “Canada First” rally, Pierre Poilievre unveiled his new messaging, but will it be enough to coun...
Court Shuts Down Podcast That Helped Expose Alberta Scandal
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The $6 million lawsuit that killed an indie Alberta podcast. Nate Pike’s The Breakdown has been covering allegations of corruption in Danielle ...
Jagmeet Singh On Why He Won't Step Down
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jagmeet Singh has taken a lot of shit: his nice watch, his ambivalence on taking down the Liberals, and of course his polling. But he says he’s not ...