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Updated 26/11/2019
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Updated 26/06/2019
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21/10/2024

The opioid crisis has a 'hidden' brain injury epidemic

For years, Canada has wrestled with an overdose crisis, with thousands of people succumbing to the deadly effects of toxic drugs like fentanyl. But there’s a second brewing crisis involving those who don’t die after overdosing. Ottawa Sun reporter Andrew Duffy joins the show to discuss the effects a non-fatal overdose can have on a person, how that may manifest in an already vulnerable population, and what stresses it puts on the health-care system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21/10/2024

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19 min
29/09/2025

It’s now thinkable that Carney and co. don’t want Israel to win

No military in history has been as careful as Israel to minimize civilian casualties in war. And no country has been criticized for it like Israel has — including by Canada. That’s the assessment of guests Richard Kemp and John Spencer, former military men and two of the highest authorities on urban warfare. They explain to Brian the groundbreaking lengths the IDF goes to in Gaza to mitigate harm, and wholeheartedly reject claims against Israel by Prime Minister Mark Carney and his confederates in the U.K., France and Australia who last week recognized a Palestinian state. The antagonism of Canada and co. suggests they don’t really want Israel to succeed, helping Hamas to prolong the war. The West, they say, has “blood on its hands.” (Recorded September 26, 2025) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29/09/2025

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1h 8m
25/11/2024

They call us ‘settlers’ because they’re planning to kick us out

You’re not welcome in “so-called Canada.” That’s what academics and activists call this country, which they declare “illegitimate.” And, as Adam Kirsch, author of the new book On Settler Colonialism tells Brian, these people aren’t using metaphors. They truly see anyone who isn’t Indigenous as an active colonizer and criminal who doesn’t belong. The idea is steadily gaining currency in our schools, society and government, and it’s brutally playing out against Israel, where Hamas supporters euphorically envision forcing out all Jews (despite the Jews’ own indigeneity). But don’t kid yourself, Kirsch warns: They’re working to dismantle other countries, too — especially this one. And with every land acknowledgment and libel against our nation’s history, we’re helping them do it. (Recorded November 15, 2024) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25/11/2024

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39 min
29/10/2025

What we know about the alleged ‘deputy’ in the cocaine ring led by a former Vice editor

A Vice Canada scandal resurfaces — new details about a former staffer accused of helping run an international cocaine ring. Adrian Humphreys joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss the “deputy” at the centre of the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29/10/2025

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29 min
14/02/2025

How Trump is pouring gas on the fire of de-globalization

Meredith Lilly, a trade adviser under former prime minister Stephen Harper, says the world is on the cusp of a new trade order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14/02/2025

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30 min
03/02/2020

Gangs of Montreal: Who controls the underworld?

On the morning of October 9, 2015, five full-patch Hells Angels members filed into a heavy-security courtroom at a specially-built courthouse in north-end Montreal. They were among 100 Quebec Hells Angels arrested in sweeping raids in 2009 and accused of conspiring to murder more than 150 people during Quebec's biker war in the 1990s. The five men in court in October 2015 had been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. But in a stunning move, Superior Court Justice James Brunton ordered a stay of proceedings and ruled that the five men should be set free. The last episode of our podcast, The Dark North: Gangs of Montreal, looks at that court case and the fate of the Hells Angels since 2015. Montreal's underworld looks very different today than it did in 1977, where our story began. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

03/02/2020

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38 min
03/07/2025

What's ahead for Canada's energy sector as new era of nation-building dawns

This episode of Down to Business explores what's lies ahead for Canada's energy sector as the country enters a "generational opportunity" for economic development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

03/07/2025

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57 min
04/04/2019

Quebec's religious symbol ban explained

Living up to one of his key election promises, Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s government introduced its secularism bill recently. One of Bill 21’s most controversial sections deals with religious symbols, and would ban public workers in positions of authority from wearing them. We look at who the ban affects, what symbols are being banned and how some are saying they won’t follow the new rules. Dave is joined by Montreal Gazette reporter Rene Bruemmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

04/04/2019

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19 min
26/06/2024

Charging up on sun power

Just as electric vehicles are seen as a sustainable solution to the world’s transportation needs, solar energy is considered essential to achieving our planet’s clean energy needs. Which makes the combination of the two seem only natural. That’s certainly what GoSun founder and CEO Patrick Sherwin thought, and the result is a clever, roof-mounted and expandable solar power panel that plugs directly into the vehicle that is carrying it. It’s an obvious solution for off-grid camping, van lifers and work sites, but it’s also an elegant solution of using the sun’s rays to charge up your car’s battery pack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26/06/2024

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32 min
08/09/2021

How facial recognition technology impacts our dignity, autonomy and human rights

This week on Down to Business, Wendy Wong, a professor of political science at the University of Toronto where she is also a research lead at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society and Canada Research Chair in Global Governance and Civil Society, discusses the ways that facial recognition technology has changed the world. Wong is an advocate for data literacy — being aware of the many ways our data is collected and how it’s used. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08/09/2021

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20 min

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