The Breach Show

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A bi-weekly podcast from The Breach featuring sharp commentary on politics and movements in Canada.

  1. 2025-12-19

    Elbows…up? A 2025 rewind

    2025 started with Justin Trudeau in power and ended with a more mask-off variant of Liberalism. In between there were Trump’s tariff wars, genocide, and some small hard-won victories for the left. El Jones joins Desmond Cole and Martin Lukacs to take a look in the rearview mirror and reflect on one year in Canadian politics and social movements. The Breach Show is our podcast featuring sharp analysis on politics and social movements in Canada. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Iheartradio, Youtube Music or your favourite service. _______________________________________________________________ Want more podcasts like this?  Become a sustaining member at https://breachmedia.ca/support-us/  An hour of your wages each month will fuel independent and progressive journalism, free of corporate agendas – and never behind a paywall. _______________________________________________________________ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBreachMedia  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebreachcommunity  Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/breachmedia.ca  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebreachmedia

    43 min

  2. 2025-12-04

    Mark Carney’s pact with Danielle Smith is climate carnage

    Mark Carney’s deal with Alberta’s Danielle Smith is the climate sell-out of the century. Author and analyst Seth Klein joins Desmond Cole to break down everything it contains—from pipelines, to AI data centres, to dirty electricity, to a rollback of almost every Trudeau-era climate policy. The Breach Show is our podcast featuring sharp analysis on politics and social movements in Canada. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Iheartradio, Youtube Music or your favourite service. _________________________________________________________________________ Want more podcasts like this?  Become a sustaining member at https://breachmedia.ca/support-us/  An hour of your wages each month will fuel independent and progressive journalism, free of corporate agendas – and never behind a paywall. _________________________________________________________________________ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBreachMedia  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebreachcommunity  Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/breachmedia.ca  Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebreachmedia

    43 min

  3. 2025-11-27

    Sudan suffers, Canada cashes in

    For two years, a Sudanese paramilitary force has been massacring civilians—with Canadian-made weapons. Professor Nisrin Elamin and activist Ismail Adam join Desmond Cole to discuss Canada’s long-term complicity in destabilizing Sudan, and recent efforts to close the loophole that allows for Canadian weapons to be brought into Sudan via the UAE.  Read their article co-authored with Robyn Maynard: https://breachmedia.ca/in-the-genocide-in-sudan-canada-has-a-hand-in-the-violence/

    34 min

  4. 2025-11-06

    A budget for tanks, banks, and oil barons

    Despite promising a “generational” and “transformational” budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney is doubling down on resource extraction, militarism, and corporate handouts—appeasing Donald Trump and Canada’s corporate class, but doing little for working people. Martin Lukacs and Desmond Cole break down the Liberal government’s Stephen Harper-esque spending cuts to the public service and their failure to address the crises of affordability and climate breakdown. The Breach Show is our podcast featuring sharp analysis on politics and social movements in Canada. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Iheartradio, Youtube Music or your favourite service.

    34 min

  5. 2025-10-30

    Mark Carney, Doug Ford keep serving Big Landlords

    Doug Ford and Mark Carney are making big moves on housing — but tenant groups and housing experts are raising an alarm. Economist Ricardo Tranjan joins Desmond Cole to discuss how the emerging policy heavily favours corporate landlords. The Breach Show is our podcast featuring sharp analysis on politics and social movements in Canada. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, Iheartradio, Google or your favourite service.

    30 min

  6. 2025-10-18

    Who can take the NDP leftward?

    The NDP leadership race could turn the party into a vehicle for bold left politics—or cement its decline. Martin Lukacs and Desmond Cole analyze the various campaigns and some of the emerging themes, from “purity tests,” proclamations of class war, and candidates who are flouting race rules.

    39 min

  7. 2025-10-02

    Canada Post on the chopping block?

    Mark Carney is out to dismantle Canada Post. What interests does that stand to benefit? And what could a revitalized public postal service look like? Dru Oja Jay, a long-time collaborator of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, joins Martin Lukacs to discuss how the post office could be a “genuinely positive nation building project.” Read the article: https://breachmedia.ca/canada-post-faces-two-futures-a-revitalized-public-service-or-a-billionaire-cash-machine/ _________________________________________________________________________ Want to hear more podcasts like this?  Become a sustaining member at https://breachmedia.ca/support-us/  An hour of your wages each month will fuel independent and progressive journalism, free of corporate agendas – and never behind a paywall. _________________________________________________________________________ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBreachMedia  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebreachcommunity  Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/breachmedia.ca  Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebreachmedia

    25 min

  8. 2025-09-25

    Confronting a new anti-immigrant chapter in Canada

    With the Liberal government passing harsher immigration policies and anti-immigration rhetoric on the rise, what does this mean for migrant workers?  Deena Ladd from the Workers’ Action Centre joins Desmond Cole to discuss how to build solid solidarity between all workers, regardless of status. _________________________________________________________________________ Want to hear more podcasts like this?  Become a sustaining member at ⁠https://breachmedia.ca/support-us/ ⁠ An hour of your wages each month will fuel independent and progressive journalism, free of corporate agendas – and never behind a paywall. _________________________________________________________________________ Twitter:⁠ https://twitter.com/TheBreachMedia ⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thebreachcommunity⁠  Bluesky: ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/breachmedia.ca⁠  Tiktok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@thebreachmedia

    38 min
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A bi-weekly podcast from The Breach featuring sharp commentary on politics and movements in Canada.

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  • Creator
    The Breach
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    69
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © The Breach
  • Show Website
    The Breach Show

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