Canada’s democracy is under threat, and the stakes are high. But when we focus on how we are connected, we find the power to act - to strengthen what’s working and fix what’s not. This is what’s behind the Samara Centre for Democracy’s Group Chat podcast, hosted by Sabreena Delhon. It’s where we bring people together to make sense of this moment of democratic uncertainty - with a few friends.

Group Chat builds on the success of the Samara Centre for Democracy’s debut podcast Humans of the House which won a Canadian Online Publishing Award and was a Best Podcast nominee in the 2024 Radio Television Digital News Association Awards.

Listen to Group Chat on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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In this special bonus episode, we celebrate and reflect upon the tenth anniversary of the bestseller book, Tragedy in the Commons, written by Samara Centre for Democracy co-founders, Alison Loat and Michael MacMillan. Samara Centre CEO Sabreena Delhon hosts this conversation to ask, what has changed? What has stayed the same? Where are the fault lines in Canadian democracy?

THIS EPISODE FEATURES:

Alison Loat

The Samara Centre for Democracy, Co-founder

Tragedy in the Commons, Co-author

Michael MacMillan

The Samara Centre for Democracy, Co-founder

Tragedy in the Commons, Co-author

Andrew Coyne

Columnist

The Globe and Mail

Zain Velji

Samara Centre for Democracy, Board Member

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This podcast is part of the Samara Centre for Democracy’s MP Exit Interview Project. Listen to all 6 episodes: https://www.samaracentre.ca/podcasts/humans-of-the-house-podcast

This series is produced by Media Girlfriends (https://www.mediagirlfriends.com) for the Samara Centre for Democracy.

Visit our website (https://www.samaracentre.ca/) to learn more about how the Samara Centre for Democracy is working to secure a resilient democracy, and consider supporting our work with a donation.

Humans of the House is funded by the Government of Canada and Rosamond Ivey.

The Samara Centre for Democracy and SSENC/RESCC have partnered on curriculum-connected teaching resources based on Humans of the House. Click here to access free accessible teaching resources for your classroom!

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We’ve come to the final chapter of an MP’s civic journey. What is it like to leave office? Whether they resigned, decided not to run again, or lost an election, former MPs tell us their stories of leaving parliament. Just like any ending, it brings lots of mixed emotions.

After hearing all the ups and downs of their lives as MPs, one question remains: was it worth it?

THIS EPISODE FEATURES:

Matt DeCourcey, Liberal, Fredericton, (2015-2019)

Cheryl Hardcastle, NDP, Windsor-Tecumseh, (2015-2019)

James Cumming, Conservative, (2019-2021)

Hon. Lisa Raitt, Conservative, Milton, (2008-2019)

Romeo Saganash, NDP, Abitibi-Baie James-Nunavik-Eeyou, (2011-2019)

Hon. Scott Brison, Progressive Conservative, Kings-Hants, (1997-2003); Liberal, Kings-Hants, (2003-2019)

Hon. Peter Kent, Conservative, Thornhill, (2008-2021)

Adam Vaughan, Liberal, Spadina-Fort York, (2014-2021)

Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Liberal, Whitby, 2015-2019; Independent, Whitby, (2019)

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This podcast is part of the Samara Centre for Democracy’s MP Exit Interview Project.

This series is produced by Media Girlfriends for the Samara Centre for Democracy.

The Samara Centre for Democracy and SSENC/RESCC have partnered on curriculum-connected teaching resources based on Humans of the House. Visit samaracentre.ca to access free accessible teaching resources for your classroom.

Learn more at samaracentre.ca about how the Samara Centre for Democracy is working to secure a resilient democracy, and consider supporting our work with a donation.

Humans of the House is funded by Heritage Canada and Rosamond Ivey.

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