Depending on which headline you read, you might think Canada announced two different immigration plans. Are we staying the course on “taking back control”? Or is Mark Carney lying to us?

Host Noor Azrieh is joined by Dr. Rupa Banerjee to unpack the numbers behind the outrage, and the people getting lost in the math. From the Conservatives’ advance instructions to reporters to the Globe and Mail’s barrage of opinion pieces, how did a badly explained policy become a story about deception?

Plus: a viral Carney misclip, a Globe correction, and David Cochrane’s accusation that Noor invented a quote.

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: James Nicholson (Senior Producer), Julian Abraham (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Mixing & Mastering), Harrison Lowman (Managing Editor), Jesse Brown (Editor & Publisher), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guest: Rupa Banerjee 

Additional music by Audio Network

Further reading:

• Mark Carney cranks up immigration again, while pretending not to – The Globe and Mail
• Poilievre accuses government of cooking books on immigration –  CityNews Toronto
• Why Ottawa’s move to grant 200,000 temporary residents permanent status is facing backlash – The Globe and Mail
• The Liberals’ immigration numbers game – The Globe and Mail
• The Carney government’s immigration targets are a fib and a dodge – The Globe and Mail
• Tasha Kheiriddin: Carney’s immigration subterfuge a threat to his nation-building project – National Post
• Conservatives: Seven Reporting Issues To Watch For In Today’s Immigration Levels Plan – Michelle Rempel Garner
• Mark Carney Announces Highest Permanent Immigration in Canadian History, Tries to Hide It – Michelle Rempel Garner

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