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Mark Carney’s budget would make a Conservative proud
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If Mark Carney were really serious about nation-building, Dru Oja Jay writes how the post office could become an engine for green energy, public banking, and better services
Deena Ladd from the Workers’ Action Centre joins Desmond Cole to discuss how to build solidarity between all workers, regardless of status.
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Harrison Samphir and Nikolas Barry-Shaw analyze a new breed of financial advice that celebrates the benefits to the elite of a cost-of-living crisis screwing everyone else.
Policy analyst Steven Staples joins Desmond Cole to explain who stands to lose and who to win (hint, it’s mostly the weapons lobby).
Policy analyst and peace activist Steve Staples joins Desmond Cole to explain why the biggest winner is the weapons lobby—at the expense of Canadians’ social programs and standard of life.
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We break down their 4-step playbook for deceiving the public about how Canada continues to send Israel weapons.
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Shiri Pasternak & Tia Dafnos reveal B.C. will deploy the unit as it deregulates environmental laws and overrides Indigenous rights.
As Prime Minister Carney prepares major cuts and attacks on public sector workers, it’s a model for bold labour action.
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But El Jones and Desmond Cole discuss how Mark Carney and the establishment media’s complicity continues unabated.
Janelle Lapointe breaks down why Indigenous communities—and everyone else in Canada—must reject this false promise.
They’re fighting for an end to unpaid work and fair wages.
Winning a fair deal wouldn’t just improve the conditions for flight attendants—it would set a precedent for other workers coast-to-coast.
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The anthology is a critical look at the Canadian establishment media’s cover-up of the destruction of Gaza.
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Martin Lukacs says it’s time to clue in to what’s happening, follow the money—and put up a fight. Read this article in our bio.
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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson joins Desmond Cole to discuss her new book “Theory of Water” and explores how Indigenous knowledge can guide us through the political and ecological crises we face today.
Multi-hyphenate Leanne Betasamosake Simpson joins Desmond Cole to discuss her new book, Theory of Water: Nishanaabe Maps to the Times Ahead, and explores how Indigenous thinking on resistance and adaptations can inform our collective survival.
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Desmond Cole writes about the documented harms — and why schools need more funding, not a pipeline to punishment and incarceration: breachmedia.ca/doug-fords-plan-to-put-cops-back-in-schools-will-make-students-less-safe
But the reality is more complicated, says activist Celeste Trianon, with well-funded right-wing groups fuelling a creeping backlash.
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Trianon unpacks how well-funded right-wing groups and some Canadian politicians are fueling a creeping backlash, how strict immigration policies under Carney are making it harder for trans refugees to find protection here, and what it will take to protect trans lives.
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Desmond Cole and Martin Lukacs break down why Mamdani’s campaign won, and what Canadian progressives can learn from it.
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Meanwhile, over half of Canadians believe that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza.
Carney and Israel’s other western allies have no regard for public opinion, says Donya Ziaee, nor for international law.
This couldn’t be farther from the truth, says Donya Ziaee in this week’s episode of The Breach Show.
‘[Iranians] know that no matter how deep their disdain for their government is, that Israeli bombs are not going to liberate them.’
On this week’s Breach Show Podcast, Donya Ziaee and Desmond Cole discuss why the bombs won’t bring liberation for the Iranian people—and why Canada must stop backing Israeli aggression in the name of ‘right to self-defence.’
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Now, it’s up to social movements to respond as quickly.
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Desmond Cole writes about Mark Carney’s dangerous new border bill.
Pam Palmater talks about Canada's legal duty to obtain free, prior, and informed consent from First Nations.
Jason Toney breaks down how the paper edited stories to erase Israeli occupation and frame Palestinians as terrorists.
Pam Palmater joins Desmond Cole to discuss Canada’s legal obligations to Indigenous peoples—and the resistance on the horizon
Lawyer Pam Palmater joins Desmond Cole on the Breach Show podcast to discuss the current resource push, Canada’s legal obligations to Indigenous peoples under domestic and international law, and the new wave of resistance brewing across the country.
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We gave the Liberal's announcment video an edit to make it more accurate. Watch:
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It bulldozes Indigenous rights, the environment, workers, and democracy—and is a gift to the corporate elite.
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As they are passed by cities and promised by PM Carney, Desmond Cole reports on the threat to dissent—and long history of their use.
Desmond Cole and Martin Lukacs discuss the consultant class’s grip on the party, and what a different kind of NDP might look like.
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Martin Lukacs dissects how party brass are stacking the deck before the leadership race even begins.
Actually, establishment media outlets blur the faces of people engaging in racist acts on the regular—and almost never explain why they’re doing it.
Desmond Cole explains why the practice of covering up racism isn’t just bad journalism, but a gift to white supremacy.
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Martin Lukacs and Desmond Cole reflect on the gains and setbacks for the various parties, and explore how progressive forces can rally amidst a rightward-moving political consensus.
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On The Breach election livestream, migrant justice organizer Syed Hussan urged progressive movements not to give Carney the chance at a honeymoon.
“Let’s take our first 100 days.”
On The Breach election livestream Luke Savage warned Carney’s rise fits a broader global shift to the right in centrist and centre-left parties.
“There are probably millions of people who voted Liberal not fully understanding the extent to which the party has moved to the right
Prefer to anxiously hit refresh and watch the results pour in? We’ve got you covered there too.
Your hosts for the evening are The Breach’s Desmond Cole and Donya Ziaee, with Martin Lukacs joining as a regular analyst.
And throughout the night, you’ll hear from journalists, organizers, and analysts from around the country: Pam Palmater, El Jones, Syed Hussan, Dania Majid, Ricardo Tranjan, Paris Marx, Emma Jackson, Stuart Trew, Miles Krauter, and Nora Loreto.
Canada’s 2025 election has been grim—torpedoed by Trump’s tariffs, offering bleak choices between a Bay Street banker promising a return to Liberal austerity and a faux populist pushing a rapid-fire corporate makeover of the country. The NDP, meanwhile, is struggling just to hang on to official party status.
We’ll cut through the shallow mainstream discourse to talk about the issues either ignored or underexplored on the campaign trail—tax and trade policies that serve people instead of profits; climate action that takes on big polluters; Canada’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza; housing unaffordability; migrant scapegoating; Indigenous rights and sovereignty; and more.
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Desmond Cole, El Jones, and Martin Lukacs debrief who came out well—and if it will have an impact on the polls.
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Desmond Cole spoke to his supporters about their priorities in the upcoming federal election. He heard about bail reform, immigration, woke ideologies, and communism.
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The origins of this radical plan can be traced to Poilievre’s political guru, Milton Friedman.
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Lawyer and professor Pam Palmater of the Eel River Bar First Nation joins Desmond Cole and Martin Lukacs on The Breach Show to discuss campaign promises and the future of reconciliation.
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Desmond Cole and Martin Lukacs discuss Carneymania and the quiet strength of the Conservatives, and get up to speed with campaign promises on housing, energy, and taxes.
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The riding is part of the 905 area, the ring of municipalities around Toronto. These ridings often flip back and forth between the Conservatives and the Liberals, and whoever wins them often has a very good chance of forming the next government.
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But documents reveal his own relative crossed at Roxham Road—and then was helped by Anaida Poilievre and a MP’s office to stay in Canada.


