A primer on the Green New Deal in the U.S. and Canada
This week a new government report outlined the most pressing threats facing Canada due to climate change. The report warned of infrastructure failures, flooding and storm surges on the coasts, and mel...
5 Juli 201925min
Dumpster diving, forged signatures, and alleged immigration fraud
CBC News has learned about an alleged massive immigration scheme involving illicit job offers, hundreds of Chinese nationals, and dozens of business people in Saskatchewan. The story follows an invest...
4 Juli 201920min
What the Taylor Swift controversy tells us about who really profits from recording artists' work
This weekend, pop superstar Taylor Swift penned a distraught Tumblr post in which she took the news of a business deal very, very personally. Her former record label, Big Machine, was sold to music mo...
3 Juli 201921min
What’s the toll of tough U.S. sanctions on Iranians?
On Monday, news broke that Iran violated a key part of the 2015 nuclear agreement. This comes about a year after the U.S. unilaterally pulled out of the deal. Iran says it breached the agreement becau...
2 Juli 201924min
Families grieve, seek justice, after Ethiopian Air plane crash
This March, a Boeing 737 Max 8 plane crashed in Ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board. 18 of them were Canadian, and several more were permanent residents. Now, six families from Canada who lost r...
1 Juli 201922min
“The place is a jail”: How kids are treated at the U.S.-Mexico border
There has been renewed attention on the treatment of migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border over the last two weeks. First, accounts of inadequate food, water and sanitation at U.S. Customs and Bo...
28 Juni 201926min
The fight to make handguns illegal in Canada
Today on Front Burner, we speak to Toronto Liberal MP Adam Vaughan, who says he disagrees with his party’s stance to rule against a handgun ban. Is the fight to ban handguns in Canada over?
27 Juni 201926min
After thirty horses die, questions about racing’s future
The death of 30 horses at the famed Santa Anita racetrack in California this season has sparked a public outcry over animal welfare. The facility is owned by The Stronach Group, a wealthy Canadian com...
26 Juni 201921min
