All this talk of major leaders stepping aside, but it’s the Mayor of Kamloops BC, Reid Hamer-Jackson, who has our attention.

Do we need to “dial down” our political rhetoric in Canada, following the attempted assassination of Trump?

Over the past two weeks, the media has suddenly become experts in diagnosing neurodegenerative disorders following Biden’s stumbles at the debate. Canadian Youtuber J.J. McCullough joins Justin Ling to dissect this presidential testing of our patience. 

It’s been a tough week for leadership in North America, with calls for resignation dominating the headlines on both sides of the border. 

What’s going on in Han Dong’s defamation case against Global News?

Can a newspaper commit treason? The NSICOP report singles out China as the biggest foreign influence on Canadian media (and it’s more than just advertorial inserts.)

5:25  Canadaland Episode #61 with Laura Robinson (December 2014) 5:28 Laura Robinson’s original piece in The Georgia Straight (published September 2012) 16:55 Sunday Times article, “British spies betrayed to Russians and Chinese“ 16:55 Full Text of Sunday Times article 16:55 Glenn Greenwald’s Intercept editorial about Sunday Times article 18:37 CBC article, “Journalists slam article claiming Russia, China cracked Edward Snowden files”  (previously entitled “Russia, China crack Edward Snowden files, UK pulls out spies”) Denise Balkissoon: https://twitter.com/balkissoon

Trump’s 34 felony convictions made history in the U.S., but will his efforts to undermine the Rule of Law have an effect on Canadian attitudes towards the legal system?