November 19, 2020
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#286 Off The Reconciliation Train Again
Addressing the drinking water crisis in First Nations communities is not rebuilding post-war Europe. And mandating Indigenous content on Canadian broadcasters could get baked into the Broadcasting Act.
Tiffany Lam
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Cait MacIntosh
Producer
Andréa Schmidt
Managing Editor, Podcasts

Return to Thunder Bay host Ryan McMahon and co-writer/reporter Jon Thompson take over in Jesse’s absence.

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Chris Hannay’s Globe and Mail piece on the updates to the Broadcasting Act can be found here.

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