Democracy

Barry Rueger’s trip to China showed him what happens when the state media controls the news stories its population reads. He just didn’t expect to find a somewhat similar thing happening in Canada when he got back.

FRIENDS calls on Andrew Scheer to promise that he will not retaliate against CBC if elected on October 21st.

Ed the Sock has a few choices words about what’s been happening to Canadian media.

Stuart Coxe explains the thinking behind his new podcast, Attention Control with Kevin Newman, which examines the ways our technology is manipulating us—and maybe this election—and provides some tools for navigating the unpredictable news environment.

Elizabeth May has pledged her party’s support for increasing CBC funding by $300 million a year until its budget equals that of the BBC on a per capita basis.

Vancouver punk legend Joe Keithley on why the climate change emergency makes it crucial that everyone votes to protect the Earth this election, and how he’s trying to engage younger people to take on the system by throwing a pre-election punk festival.

Steacy Easton digs into what happened when Yellow Vests, evangelicals and LGBTQ activists clashed at Hamilton’s Pride Festival, and how social media messaging succeeded where police and city hall failed.