There’s still confusion around MP Vince Gasparro’s announcement that Irish rap group Kneecap is banned from Canada, but, at the same time, Carney’s government is moving forward with a new law focused on hate symbols.

Is this new approach to hate worth the risk to free speech?

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Isaac Peltz

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Off The Record is back in its new call-in format. The question for this week was “What should Canadaland NOT have published?”

Host Sam Konnert sat down with Jesse Brown to field all of your calls for two hours this past Monday and we were honestly quite surprised by how it went.

Host: Sam Konnert

Credits: Tristan Capacchione (Producer), Tony Wang (Executive Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Publisher)

Guests: Jesse Brown

Photo: Tony Wang

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• Canadaland’s Reddit Post — Reddit

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Carney says Canada Post is “insolvent,” but is it possible to save it?

Isaac Peltz joins to brainstorm ways to get Canada Post off life support and to explain why coverage in Canada is missing out on the big story of labour in this country.

Plus, an update on Travis Dhanraj’s issues with the CBC.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Isaac Peltz

Further reading:

• Canada Post workers walk off the job after government demands reforms | CBC News
• In France, Elder Care Comes with the Mail | The New Yorker
• The truth is that Canada Post was simply set up to fail - The Globe and Mail
• Why the Canada Post strike is not just a ‘labour dispute’ – The Independent
• Edmonton MP Heather McPherson enters NDP leadership race | CBC News
• Travis Dhanraj Breaks His Silence: "CBC Tried to Shut Me Up" - Can’t Be Censored [YouTube]

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