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    January 13, 2021
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    COMMONS
    THE POLICE #7 – The G20: Conspiracy
    In the first of a two-part series on the G20, two mysterious strangers start volunteering with activist networks in southern Ontario. It’s all part of one of the biggest undercover police operations in Canadian history
    Arshy Mann
    Host & Producer, COMMONS
    Jordan Cornish
    Producer, COMMONS
    Damilola Onime
    Producer, Wag the Doug
    Andréa Schmidt
    Managing Editor, Podcasts

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    In the first of a two-part series on the G20, two mysterious strangers start volunteering with activist networks in southern Ontario. It’s all part of one of the biggest undercover police operations in Canadian history.

     

    To learn more:

    “Unmasked: Searching for lessons in Toronto’s 2010 G20 debacle” by Andrea Bennett in Maisonneuve

    “How police infiltrated groups planning G20 protests” by Adrian Morrow and Kim Mackrael in The Globe and Mail

    Additional music from Audio Network

    This episode is sponsored by Dispatch Coffee, Cullen’s Foods, HelloFresh, and The Hopeful.

     

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