September 5, 2024
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#1021 What the Sh*tshow at Elle Canada Tells Us About the Future of Journalism
Riley Yesno joins Emilie Nicolas to unpack the editorial shitshow at Elle Canada, as well as big changes at APTN. 
Emilie Nicolas
Host
James Nicholson
Producer
Caleb Thompson
Audio Editor
max collins
Production Manager
Karyn Pugliese
Editor-in-Chief

To celebrate its 25th year as a national broadcaster, APTN is betting big on languages (18 of them to be precise) with the launch of the APTN languages channel. But can language preservation preserve the bottom line? 

Then, how a list of groundbreaking Canadian women led to online backlash and a series of questionable editorial decisions at Elle Canada. Is Canadian media about to get a lot more boring?

Editor in Chief note:  Hamilton Centre NDP MPP Sarah Jama is mentioned as a controversial figure in this podcast. Here are some tension points since the Hmaas attack on October 7th.

Jama attended a pro-Palestine rally in Toronto on October 8. On Oct. 10, she posted a statement on social media regarding the Palestine-Israel conflict, calling for a ceasefire and condemning Israel’s occupation of Palestine, which some Jewish groups called anti-Semitic. However, Independent Jewish voices have supported her. Ontario Premier Doug Ford called for her resignation. Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles asked Jama to retract the remarks. Read Jama’s complete statement here: https://www.thepublicrecord.ca/2023/10/coleman-free-expression-sarah-jama-and-the-governments-motion-to-remove-her-from-the-legislature/

On October 11, Jama posted an apology for the pain Jewish Canadians felt and condemned terrorism by Hamas. But she did not retract her remarks. Two weeks later, Stiles ejected her from the party caucus for insubordination, saying Jama’s comments “have contributed to unsafe work environments for staff.”

The progressive Conservatives censured Jama, which prevented her from asking questions of the government or speaking in the legislature.  In April 2024, an Ontario court dismissed Jama’s request for a judicial review of her censure from the legislature. That same month, Jama refused to leave the Ontario legislature because she was wearing a Palestinian kaffiyeh despite the prohibition on “overtly political” attire. A month later, she was removed from the legislature for refusing to take off her keffiyeh.

https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/mpp-sarah-jama-refuses-order-to-leave-ontario-legislature-for-wearing-a-kaffiyeh/article_31dfbc5c-0328-11ef-bdcd-eb710589ebf0.html

https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/mpp-sarah-jamas-court-challenge-of-her-censure-at-ontario-legislature-is-dismissed/article_ac8e7b48-1d07-11ef-99c8-d725a90a8903.html

https://www.chch.com/hamilton-mpp-sarah-jama-ejected-from-ontario-legislature-again/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/jama-ndp-caucus-1.7005056

https://www.ijvcanada.org/ontario-jewish-support-for-mpp-candidate-sarah-jama

https://www.thepublicrecord.ca/2023/10/coleman-free-expression-sarah-jama-and-the-governments-motion-to-remove-her-from-the-legislature/

https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/mpp-sarah-jama-refuses-order-to-leave-ontario-legislature-for-wearing-a-kaffiyeh/article_31dfbc5c-0328-11ef-bdcd-eb710589ebf0.html

https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/mpp-sarah-jamas-court-challenge-of-her-censure-at-ontario-legislature-is-dismissed/article_ac8e7b48-1d07-11ef-99c8-d725a90a8903.html

chch.com

https://www.chch.com/hamilton-mpp-sarah-jama-ejected-from-ontario-legislature-again/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/jama-ndp-caucus-1.7005056

Host: Emilie Nicolas

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), max collins (Production Manager), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Riley Yesno

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