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The Daily NewsUCP donors get "non partisan" appointments from UCP governmentJeremy Appel writes for The Orchard on Substack. Jeremy finds that the Alberta Next panel is full of UCP donors. Read more here: https://www.theprogressreport.ca/alberta_next_appointees_have_donated_more_than_40k_to_the_ucp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-07-2705 min
The OrchardcastElection Update - Week 5Over the past five weeks, the Orchard has been releasing weekly election update podcasts with a different guest each episode. Joining me this week is Nora Loreto, a Quebec City-based independent journalist and author who likely needs no introduction. Nora’s latest book, the second part of her series on Canadian decline for Dundurn Press, Corporate Control, comes out May 6. Related Links* Corporate Control (Dundurn, 2025)* Carney says Trump raised ’51st state’ during their call but ’the president says a lot of things’, Radio-Canada* 'DOGE' and 'DOGE-lite': Public service unions react to c...
2025-04-2839 min
The OrchardcastThe Rise and Fall of Canada's Social Safety NetThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.orgConservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is fond of calling Canada “broken,” and he’s not wrong. Health care, housing, affordability — they’re all in crisis. But while Poilievre blames these problems on “woke” policies and “Big Government,” Nora Loreto has published the first book in a series that explains the causes and consequences of Canada’s decline. That first bo…
2024-09-1409 min
Sandy and Nora talk politicsDN - 150 markers found at fmr residential school, LCBO workers strike and Jeremy Corban wins (ok, labour too)Story 1 - 150 anomalies have been found at the site of the former residential school at Pimicikmamak.Story 2 - Strike at the LCBO for the first time in the Crown's history. Story 3 - Pro-Palestinian protesters at Western refuse to leave. Story 4 - Israel moves to make the biggest land grab in the West Bank since the Oslo Accords. Story 5 - With a small percentage of the popular vote, Labour careens to victory in the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast...
2024-07-0507 min
Harbinger Society PresentsFailed Federalism in a Pandemic YearOn a new episode the panel buries Federalism as writer Nora Loreto (Sandy and Nora Talk Politics), chemist Ada McVean and podcaster extraordinaire Aliya Pabani (We Are Not the Virus) join host Andre Goulet to discuss what the colliding crises in long-term care, homelessness and academia tell us about the limitations of government in an increasingly fake country after almost a year of pandemic trauma.Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown gets something off of his 'chess' and Forgotten Corner hosts Jeremy Appel, Scott Schmidt and Dr. Roberta Lexier weigh in on the insane possibility of a spring federal...
2021-07-0457 min
Harbinger Showcase(UNLOCKED) Failed Federalism in a Pandemic Year (Harbinger Society Presents ep9)On an unlocked new episode of Harbinger Society Presents the panel buries Federalism as writer Nora Loreto (Sandy and Nora Talk Politics), chemist Ada McVean and podcaster extraordinaire Aliya Pabani (We Are Not the Virus) join host Andre Goulet to discuss what the colliding crises in long-term care, homelessness and academia tell us about the limitations of government in an increasingly fake country after almost a year of pandemic trauma.Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown gets something off of his 'chess' and Forgotten Corner hosts Jeremy Appel, Scott Schmidt and Dr. Roberta Lexier weigh in on the insane...
2021-02-2757 minHarbinger Showcase(UNLOCKED) Failed Federalism in a Pandemic Year (Harbinger Society Presents ep9)On an unlocked new episode of Harbinger Society Presents the panel buries Federalism as writer Nora Loreto (Sandy and Nora Talk Politics), chemist Ada McVean and podcaster extraordinaire Aliya Pabani (We Are Not the Virus) join host Andre Goulet to discuss what the colliding crises in long-term care, homelessness and academia tell us about the limitations of government in an increasingly fake country after almost a year of pandemic trauma.Plus: Atlantic correspondent James Brown gets something off of his 'chess' and Forgotten Corner hosts Jeremy Appel, Scott Schmidt and Dr. Roberta Lexier weigh in on the insane...
2021-02-2757 min