Justin Trudeau, WE Charity and a third ethics investigation
Federal Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion is investigating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the Liberal government's decision to task WE Charity with administering a $900-milli...
7 Jul 202025min
Can an ad boycott fix Facebook’s hate speech problem?
Over 800 companies, including Microsoft, Lululemon, Pfizer and Canada’s five biggest banks are pulling their ads from Facebook this month. They’re just a few of the companies responding to the Stop Ha...
6 Jul 202023min
The politics of a dramatic COVID-19 surge in the U.S.
Today on Front Burner, CBC Washington correspondent Paul Hunter walks us through how the U.S. got to this point, President Donald Trump's role in it, and how even a mask has become a political stateme...
3 Jul 202024min
Maria Ressa on her conviction, press freedom and Duterte
On June 15, Maria Ressa, along with a former colleague of her news organization, Rappler, were convicted of ‘cyber libel’ in the Philippines. This, along with seven other charges, are widely seen as a...
2 Jul 202023min
Canada’s top court just sided with Uber drivers. What now?
Canada’s Supreme Court has sided with a former Ubereats driver in his quest to pursue a class action lawsuit against Uber. At the heart of that lawsuit lies a long-standing question: Should drivers be...
1 Jul 202022min
In Saskatchewan, a domestic violence prevention law hits roadblocks
Saskatchewan has just become the first Canadian province to enact Clare’s Law, which aims to help prevent domestic violence by allowing police to warn people about a partner's violent past. But it’s a...
30 Jun 202024min
Lawyer Julian Falconer on Dafonte Miller’s fight for justice
In 2016 a violent altercation with an off-duty Toronto police officer, and the officer’s brother, cost Dafonte Miller his eye. On Friday, officer Michael Theriault was convicted of assaulting the Blac...
29 Jun 202020min
Introducing This is Not a Drake Podcast
This is Not a Drake Podcast is a new series that uses seminal moments in Drake’s career to explore the history and evolution of hip-hop, R&B, and Black culture. It’s about the rapper who’s blurred gen...
27 Jun 202047min
