We interview Ottawa Citizen journalist David Pugliese about the allegations made against him in a House of Commons committee. 

Hosts: Alex Cosh and Sarah Rieger.

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We discussed an article published in The Walrus last year which brought to light research that indicated Ferdinand Eckhardt, the director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery from 1953 to 1974, was a committed supporter of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. We cover Eckhardt's biography, how he came to Canada, and what Canadian institutions are doing in response to the revelations about Eckhardt's past.

Further Reading:

https://www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entdecken/kunst-und-architektur/kunstgeschichte-kunstwissenschaft/50300/radiokunstgeschichte

First article in Walrus:

https://thewalrus.ca/was-the-winnipeg-art-gallery-founded-by-a-nazi/

Follow up: 

https://thewalrus.ca/art-gallery-accusations-nazi/

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In this episode, Chuka takes the lead on a discussion about the long evolution of American fascism, from the genocide of Indigenous peoples, through to the rise of the evangelical far-right, and everything in between.

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We discuss the phenomenon of "aristofascism" in Great Britain before and during the Second World War. Why did British Royals and so many other landed elites love Hitler and Mussolini? 

Further reading:

• https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/19/nazi-hitler-royal-family
• https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-passionate-eye/historians-believe-the-duke-of-windsor-actively-collaborated-with-the-nazis-during-the-second-world-war-1.6635225
• https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/10/the-fascist-sympathies-of-britains-aristocracy
• https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-britains-nazi-loving-press-baron-made-the-case-for-hitler/
• https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-14136044
• https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/the-mill-founder-his-descendants-and-their-canadian-tax-crusade/article20444632/
• https://jacobin.com/2022/09/right-wing-media-wwii-newspapers-olmsted
• https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/how-far-did-the-uk-aristocracys-love-of-the-nazis-really-go-x7ghk7lu

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We speak with guest Taylor Noakes about newly released government documents about Nazi war criminals living in Canada. Is this a move toward transparency, or a smokescreen?

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We read out a recent article from The Maple's opinion section titled "A More ‘Efficient’ Landlord And Tenant Board Will Mainly Hurt Renters." The article was written by Cole Webber on May 15, 2023, and can be found here: https://www.readthemaple.com/a-more-efficient-landlord-and-tenant-board-will-only-hurt-renters/

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We spoke to Alberta Politics writer David Climenhaga about the provincial election in Wild Rose Country. Why is healthcare such a key issue? Are Danielle Smith's extremist comments going to bite her at the ballot box? What should we make of the conflicting polls? And what will happen to Smith and NDP Leader Rachel Notley after the election? We unpack it all.

Read David's blog: https://albertapolitics.ca/

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Immigration lawyers are disappointed with the federal government’s slow response in providing aid and creating programs for Turkish and Syrian refugees who are fleeing the devastating effects of two earthquakes that struck earlier this year, and say the disasters highlight a need to better prepare for the impacts of future crises.

We read out a recent article covering this story from Maple contributor Ashlynn Chand.

Read the full article: https://www.readthemaple.com/immigration-lawyers-disappointed-by-measures-to-support-turkish-and-syrian-refugees/

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We spoke to OpenMedia campaigner Matt Hatfield about a recent poll showing that a majority of Canadians across the country and from every political background are fed up with corporate consolidation in the Telco market. We also talk about the Shaw-Rogers deal, the government-to-industry pipeline, and Canada's weak competition laws.

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Last week, The Maple announced that we are merging with Passage. On this week's episode of North Untapped, Alex Cosh and Davide Mastracci, Passage's former managing editor and now The Maple's opinions editor, talk about why we decided to make this big change, address questions about it from our readers, and discuss whether either of us will ever be invited onto a CBC political panel.

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We're joined by Moss Robeson, author of the Bandera Lobby blog, to discuss the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, its history and how it came to influence modern day politics in Canada, the United States and Ukraine.

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We spoke to writer Listen Chen about their recent article for The Breach examining how the current panic about alleged interference by China in Canadian elections is a troubling omen of a new Cold War.  We talk about the roots of the panic, how it puts ordinary members of the Chinese diaspora community at risk, and how it erases the diversity of viewpoints within that community.

Read Listen's article: https://breachmedia.ca/canadas-china-panic-is-an-omen-of-dangerous-cold-war-politics/

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We read out our recent scoop revealing that ahead of a meeting with Qatar’s minister of foreign affairs at the FIFA World Cup last year, International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan was briefed to lobby for a potential deal between a Canadian light-armoured vehicle supplier and the Qatari military.

Read the full story: https://www.readthemaple.com/minister-lobbied-qataris-for-light-armoured-vehicle-deal-at-world-cup/

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We spoke to Passage's managing editor Davide Mastracci about the problems with Global News' reporting on MP Han Dong, who was accused by two unnamed sources of advising the Chinese government to delay the release of two Canadians from jail in that country in 2021. Dong has emphatically denied the allegation.

Read Davide's article: https://readpassage.com/i-dont-trust-global-news-reporting-on-han-dong/

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We spoke to B.C.-based journalist Emma Arkell about how for-profit corporations expanded into the province's long-term care sector, the consequences on public health, and how workers fought back against the changes.

Follow Emma on Twitter: @EmmaArkell7

Read Emma's recent piece for The Maple: https://www.readthemaple.com/how-for-profit-corporations-swallowed-up-b-c-s-long-term-care-sector/

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We spoke to Dru Oja Jay from The Breach about why a new bill proposing to make Google and Facebook share a portion of their profits with Canadian news outlets will likely end up subsidizing the profits and debt repayments of corporate media giants.

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We share our readers' thoughts on whether we should continue tipping service workers more or demand that employers pay their workers better base wages, even if that means increasing costs for the consumer.

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We're joined by Peter Smith of the Canada Anti-Hate Network to discuss why Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warmly congratulated far-right leader Giorgia Meloni's election victory in Italy last fall, and what newly obtained documents tell us about the balancing act between diplomacy and criticizing right-wing extremism on the world stage.

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This week, North Untapped host Alex Cosh went on the CJPME Debrief podcast to talk about The Maple's recent reporting on Canada's response to major incidents in Israel.

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We read out some of our readers' thoughts on a recent Statistics Canada report that showed one-in-five houses and condos were used as investment properties in British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in 2020.

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We spoke to Jen Hassum, executive director of the Broadbent Institute, about the political threat posed by Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, and what progressives can do to harness public anger for positive change.

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We interview Ottawa Citizen journalist David Pugliese about the scramble inside of Canada's Department of National Defence to get ahead of stories about the military's brushes with neo-Nazis in Ukraine.

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We're joined by PressProgress reporter Stephen Magusiak and independent journalist Jeremy Appel to discuss the story about Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office allegedly contacting Crown prosecutors to challenge its direction on cases involving members of last year's Coutts border blockade. 

We talk about the problems with the internal investigation that turned up no evidence of wrongdoing, and whether this story is likely to harm the UCP's election chances in May.

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Follow Stephen on Twitter: @Magusiak

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We recap two recent stories from The Maple revealing that despite internal warnings about the dangerous behaviour and extremist views of newly appointed Israeli ministers,  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly warmly welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu's new government.

Read the articles:

• https://www.readthemaple.com/canada-welcomes-israels-new-government-despite-internal-warnings-of-far-right-extremism/
• https://www.readthemaple.com/canadian-diplomats-warned-about-israeli-politician-who-provoked-violence-against-civilians-then-trudeau-welcomed-his-government/

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We're joined by Ottawa Citizen reporter David Pugliese to discuss Canada's deal with Lockheed Martin to purchase the F-35 fighter jet. We talk about the broken promises, about turns, ballooning costs and technical hiccups that led to the deal, and the lack of accountability in Canadian military procurement.

Follow David on Twitter: @davidpugliese

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We're joined by PressProgress editor Luke LeBrun to reflect on last year's 'Freedom Convoy' that occupied downtown Ottawa for a month last year, and whether or not there is going to be a second Convoy in 2023.

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This week, we spoke with Alberta politics writer and commentator David Climenhaga about why Premier Danielle Smith pushed ahead with the so-called Sovereignty Act, despite legal experts tearing it to shreds and predicting it will die in the courts.

We talk about the bill's likely unconstitutionality, Smith's political calculation in ramming it through the legislature anyway, and whether it will cost the United Conservative Party the next election.

Read David's blog: https://albertapolitics.ca/

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We spoke with Maple contributor Jeremy Appel about his reporting on the Halifax International Security Forum (HFX) that took place last month. We talked about what HFX is and why it was founded, went over some of the more eyebrow-raising comments made by attendees at this year's event, and critiqued some of the corporate media coverage that came out of it.

Read Jeremy's two-part coverage:

https://www.readthemaple.com/peace-a-distant-prospect-at-the-halifax-security-forum/

https://www.readthemaple.com/panelists-extol-virtues-of-western-military-power-at-halifax-forum-lament-too-much-critical-thinking/

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith introduced Bill 1, the much anticipated "Alberta Sovereignty Act," Tuesday, prompting a stream of intense criticism from experts and analysts who say the bill is unconstitutional and undermines democracy.

https://www.readthemaple.com/alberta-sovreignty-a/

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We spoke to Michael Bueckert, vice president of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, about his recent trip to the occupied Palestinian territories, what he heard from Palestinians, and why Canada decided that an Amnesty International report on Israel's system of apartheid would not change its relationship with Israel.

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A Canadian parliamentary committee report examining the international situation of human rights defenders and journalists is being criticized for not mentioning Israel’s killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and giving scant attention to Israel’s other abuses. We provide the full update.

Read the full story: https://www.readthemaple.com/parliamentary-human-rights-report-excludes-mention-of-shireen-abu-akleh/

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Sarah walks us through a deeper look at the Nuremberg Trials, focusing on the important legal frameworks and precedents that they set. We talk more about how the first trial was set up, some of the practical details of the proceedings, and their legacy.

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We spoke to labour researcher Adam D.K. King about the standoff between Ontario education workers and the Doug Ford government. We discussed the roots of the dispute, why Adam thinks CUPE was right to call off strikes in exchange for Ford promising to repeal Bill 28, and the lessons learned for future struggles.

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We spoke to writer Ibnul Chowdhury about the NDP's virtual lockstep with the Liberal government on the war in Ukraine, and its abandonment of calls to push for a diplomatic solution to the conflict.

Read Ibnul's recent piece for Passage here: https://readpassage.com/a-cowardly-ndp-has-abandoned-anti-war-politics-to-the-far-right/

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This week, we spoke to Jafrikayiti (aka Jean Saint-Vil), an activist and co-founder of the Canada-Haiti Action Network, about the reasons behind the current protests in Haiti against the US-backed government, and why the protesters strongly oppose the government's request for foreign military intervention.

Jafrikayiti's website: https://jafrikayiti.com/

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We interview BC NDP leadership candidate Anjali Appadurai about her plan to address the intersecting crises impacting British Columbia's public health system.

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This week, we read out an article written by Jeremy Appel about Canada's ongoing arms sales to Saudi Arabia, a theocratic monarchy and notorious human rights abuser.

The most recent data from Statistics Canada shows that in August 2022 alone, Canadian firms sold $132,445,056 worth of tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles to Saudi Arabia.

Read the original article: https://www.readthemaple.com/its-time-to-rethink-canadas-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia/

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This week, we recap some of our reporting on Israel's killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh back in May, and Canada's subsequent refusal to condemn Israel or demand real accountability.

The articles we read out in this episode:
1.  https://readpassage.com/will-canada-ever-blame-israel-for-killing-shireen-abu-akleh/
2. https://www.readthemaple.com/new-investigation-shows-israeli-shooter-deliberately-killed-journalist-shireen-abu-akleh/
3. https://readpassage.com/i-asked-mps-why-theyve-ignored-reports-on-shireen-abu-aklehs-killing/

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This week, we spoke to PressProgress labour reporting intern Ashlynn Chand about her work covering the challenges faced by sex workers, and what advocacy groups are doing to fight for their rights and protections.

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A read out of one of our recent articles, titled 'The Truth About Canada’s Involvement in Afghanistan,' written by Mitchell Thompson.

The piece explains: "2022 marks 21 years since Canada joined the U.S.-led War on Terror, and one year since the last U.S. troops exited Afghanistan. Today, a review of first-hand accounts authored by those involved in the operation dispels myths about the “humanitarian” nature of the war and occupation."

The article was read out by The Maple's managing editor, Alex Cosh.

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In the wake of Queen Elizabeth II's passing, we spoke to policy analyst and writer Chuka Ejeckam about the bloody imperialist legacy that the monarchy represents. We also discuss some of the bizarre reactions to the queen's death in the UK and Canada, the case for why the monarchy should be replaced with a democratic alternative, and some of the obstacles that stand in the way of advancing such a project.

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We spoke to labour researcher Adam D.K. King about the causes behind the so-called "quiet quitting" phenomenon, what it means, the responses from the managerial class, and what this apparent trend could mean for advancing worker solidarity and labour rights in the long term.

Read Adam's recent piece for Passage on "quiet quitting" here: https://readpassage.com/dont-write-off-the-quiet-quitting-trend-just-yet/

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We discuss the Nuremberg Trials, West Germany's failed 'denazification' process, and how the vast majority of Nazi war criminals escaped justice in the aftermath of the Second World War.

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In this week's early-release episode, we spoke to Maple contributor Jeremy Appel and PressProgress reporter Stephen Magusiak in Calgary, Alberta about the UCP leadership race, whether any candidate can beat frontrunner Danielle Smith, and how the Alberta NDP might respond to a Smith premiership. We also talk about Smith's political history, and some of the policies she might try to implement if she wins the leadership.

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This week, we spoke to Sean Orr, who is running for Vancouver City Council with Vote Socialist, a new organization that commits to restitution for Indigenous nations, promoting safe and affordable housing as a human right, making the rich pay their fair share for public services, and to defunding and disarming the police. We talk about why this new group was launched, how Sean's personal experiences inspired him to run for office, and how he would implement change as a lone Vote Socialist councillor.

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Read Sean's column, "Tea and Two Slices": https://scoutmagazine.ca/column/tea-and-two-slices/

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This week, we spoke to Dr. Amit Arya - a palliative care physician, board member of Canadian Doctors for Medicare, and advocate for those who live and work in the long-term care sector - about the Doug Ford government's plans to further privatize Ontario's public health system, and how this will impact health workers and patients. We also talk about better solutions to the provincial health system's current crisis.

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This week, we spoke to Michael Bueckert, vice president of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East about Israel's recent attack on Gaza, and the Canadian government's non-response. We also talk about the roots of the current situation in Palestine, and how Canada helps Israel act with impunity.

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