We have reached peak batshit in the Ontario election. Ford suing Ford, octogenarians in "physical altercations" with seventh-graders while illegally campaigning at schools, loopy NDP candidates – and that's just this week. And no one, NO ONE, can believe that Trump is following through on his campaign promise to dissolve NAFTA.
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher
David Crosbie
Senior Producer
Hosted by Jesse Brown and Emilie Nicolas and Justin Ling
Correction: This show originally misattributed comments made about Venezuela to Gail Vaz Oxlade. The Toronto Sun alleges those comments to have come from Joel Harden. We regret the error.
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Bots are buzzing about Pierre Poilievre and the McGill campus protests, but is it worth reporting? Elie Cantin-Nantel joins Justin Ling to assess the impact of two questionable “bot attacks” recently making headlines in Canada.
In a new ruling out of the US, Google is found to have an illegal monopoly on search. Michael Geist joins to compare the American antitrust approach to Big Tech to Canadian taxation efforts.
Drones make headlines at the Paris Olympics, and it’s all Canadian soccer’s fault. Mattea Roach joins Jonathan Goldsbie to consider the narratives around cheating in sports, and why it’s less personal than it was with Ben Johnson.
