The huge rise in international students in Canada — most of them from Punjab, India — has become one of the biggest stories in the country.
June 26, 2024
The Backbench
#89 Canada’s Exploited Foreign Workers Program
Temporary foreign workers are relied upon to fill the gaps in the Canadian labour market.
May 7, 2024
Short Cuts
#975 Organ-Transplant Radio Bingo
Why are New Zealand libertarian think-tanks so into Canada’s Indigenous skyscrapers?
March 28, 2024
CANADALAND
#960 Tent Cities, Karaoke And Birthday Cake
Tent cities are becoming a common sight in city centres across the country. Is this just the new normal?
February 5, 2024
The Backbench
#81 Selling Sunset, Buying Stress
How the hell do we get out of this crisis while still being able to sip on our $5 coffees?
January 16, 2024
The Backbench
#80 2023 Was the Year of Political Nonsense
This year has been one hell of a political rollercoaster.
December 26, 2023
Détours
#16 Proprios solidaires
Presque tous les ministres du gouvernement Legault sont des propriétaires. Les intérêts des locataires, qui représentent 40% de la population québécoise, sont-ils vraiment pris en compte ?
July 8, 2023
The Backbench
#65 Ctrl+Alt+Regulate: Can Canada’s AI Act Save Us?
This week Riley Yesno, our interim host, is joined by Meagan Simpson, Nicholas Keung, and longtime panelist David Moscrop to talk AI regulation and economic immigration.
