Great Gilded North EP4 - Canada's Oil And Gas Barons w/ Jeremy Appel

A Canadian parliamentary committee report examining the international situation of human rights defenders and journalists is being criticized for not mentioning Israel’s killing of Palestinian journal...

18 Nov 202210min

We spoke to labour researcher Adam D.K. King about the standoff between Ontario education workers and the Doug Ford government. We discussed the roots of the dispute, why Adam thinks CUPE was right to...

10 Nov 202244min

We spoke to writer Ibnul Chowdhury about the NDP's virtual lockstep with the Liberal government on the war in Ukraine, and its abandonment of calls to push for a diplomatic solution to the conflict. ...

4 Nov 202234min

This week, we spoke to Jafrikayiti (aka Jean Saint-Vil), an activist and co-founder of the Canada-Haiti Action Network, about the reasons behind the current protests in Haiti against the US-backed gov...

25 Okt 202251min

We interview BC NDP leadership candidate Anjali Appadurai about her plan to address the intersecting crises impacting British Columbia's public health system. Support The Maple by subscribing to our ...

15 Okt 202227min

This week, we read out an article written by Jeremy Appel about Canada's ongoing arms sales to Saudi Arabia, a theocratic monarchy and notorious human rights abuser. The most recent data from Statist...

14 Okt 202211min

This week, we recap some of our reporting on Israel's killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh back in May, and Canada's subsequent refusal to condemn Israel or demand real accountability. ...

7 Okt 202227min

This week, we spoke to PressProgress labour reporting intern Ashlynn Chand about her work covering the challenges faced by sex workers, and what advocacy groups are doing to fight for their rights and...

30 Sep 202233min