I accidentally uploaded the French version of the podcast yesterday. Here is the English one.

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This week was an eventful one, but most importantly, we celebrate one year of Carney. Happy Carneyversary everyone!

On the first anniversary of his 2025 election victory, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the creation of a $25 billion sovereign wealth fund. The new Crown corporation aims to fund major infrastructure projects through partnerships with Indigenous peoples and organized labor. Carney stated the fund would avoid the historical displacement associated with projects like the Canadian Pacific Railway. Specific financial details remain vague, with the Prime Minister stating that the upcoming economic update will clarify how the initial $25 billion investment will be sourced. A consultation period will take place over the coming months to finalize the fund's investment strategy.

In Quebec provincial politics, Minister Gilles Bélanger resigned from the CAQ after Premier Fréchette appointed Bernard Drainville as Minister of Energy and Finance. Bélanger had been one of Fréchette’s earliest supporters. Simultaneously, Fréchette announced a $400 million investment for preparatory infrastructure work in eastern Montreal, specifically targeting water, sewage, and power networks for the expansion of the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital. This pivot toward public reinvestment has led to a slight recovery for the CAQ in polls, though the Parti Québécois (PQ) remains positioned to win the next election. A poll indicated the PQ could win a supermajority if they dropped their referendum proposal, but leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon rejected the idea as dishonest.

A shooting occurred at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. A gunman is in custody, but the lack of footage from the media event has fueled online conspiracy theories claiming the event was staged. These rumors follow similar unverified claims regarding a previous shooting incident in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Other News

A Canadian woman was killed and 13 others injured in a shooting at the Teotihuacán pyramids in Mexico. Mexican officials report that a lone gunman opened fire at the tourist site, striking eight individuals, including another Canadian and citizens from the United States, Colombia, Russia, Brazil, and the Netherlands. Two minors, aged six and 13, were among the wounded. The woman’s identity has not been officially released.

The Prime Minister’s Office has vehemently rejected a report from The Globe and Mail claiming Ottawa is considering an oil pipeline from Alberta to Southern British Columbia. While the article cited anonymous sources, the government corrected the claim the following day. Alberta continues to favor a northern route for the pipeline.

The British Columbia NDP government has canceled planned amendments to UNDRIP laws for the spring session following significant public backlash. The controversy has negatively impacted the party's standing in recent polls.

In the West Bank, Israeli settlers murdered two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old, amid a surge in settler violence.

Instagram is testing premium, paid features, further transitioning the application toward a model where specific functionalities are locked behind a paywall.

Manitoba has introduced legislation to increase electricity rates for data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations to prevent industrial entities from being subsidized by the public. Quebec is set to implement a similar measure in June 2026. Additionally, Manitoba has introduced a ban on social media and AI for children. While intended to protect minors, the bill requires users to submit identification to technology companies, raising privacy concerns. This first-of-its-kind legislation in Canada has sparked intense debate across the political spectrum regarding government overreach and digital safety.

A British Columbia MLA faced widespread condemnation after using the Nazi slogan "blood and soil" in parliament. The MLA used the phrase while referencing the BC NDP’s policies regarding Indigenous peoples.

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This week was an eventful one, but most importantly, we celebrate one year of Carney. Happy Carneyversary everyone!

On the first anniversary of his 2025 election victory, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the creation of a $25 billion sovereign wealth fund. The new Crown corporation aims to fund major infrastructure projects through partnerships with Indigenous peoples and organized labor. Carney stated the fund would avoid the historical displacement associated with projects like the Canadian Pacific Railway. Specific financial details remain vague, with the Prime Minister stating that the upcoming economic update will clarify how the initial $25 billion investment will be sourced. A consultation period will take place over the coming months to finalize the fund's investment strategy.

In Quebec provincial politics, Minister Gilles Bélanger resigned from the CAQ after Premier Fréchette appointed Bernard Drainville as Minister of Energy and Finance. Bélanger had been one of Fréchette’s earliest supporters. Simultaneously, Fréchette announced a $400 million investment for preparatory infrastructure work in eastern Montreal, specifically targeting water, sewage, and power networks for the expansion of the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital. This pivot toward public reinvestment has led to a slight recovery for the CAQ in polls, though the Parti Québécois (PQ) remains positioned to win the next election. A poll indicated the PQ could win a supermajority if they dropped their referendum proposal, but leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon rejected the idea as dishonest.

A shooting occurred at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. A gunman is in custody, but the lack of footage from the media event has fueled online conspiracy theories claiming the event was staged. These rumors follow similar unverified claims regarding a previous shooting incident in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Other News

A Canadian woman was killed and 13 others injured in a shooting at the Teotihuacán pyramids in Mexico. Mexican officials report that a lone gunman opened fire at the tourist site, striking eight individuals, including another Canadian and citizens from the United States, Colombia, Russia, Brazil, and the Netherlands. Two minors, aged six and 13, were among the wounded. The woman’s identity has not been officially released.

The Prime Minister’s Office has vehemently rejected a report from The Globe and Mail claiming Ottawa is considering an oil pipeline from Alberta to Southern British Columbia. While the article cited anonymous sources, the government corrected the claim the following day. Alberta continues to favor a northern route for the pipeline.

The British Columbia NDP government has canceled planned amendments to UNDRIP laws for the spring session following significant public backlash. The controversy has negatively impacted the party's standing in recent polls.

In the West Bank, Israeli settlers murdered two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old, amid a surge in settler violence.

Instagram is testing premium, paid features, further transitioning the application toward a model where specific functionalities are locked behind a paywall.

Manitoba has introduced legislation to increase electricity rates for data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations to prevent industrial entities from being subsidized by the public. Quebec is set to implement a similar measure in June 2026. Additionally, Manitoba has introduced a ban on social media and AI for children. While intended to protect minors, the bill requires users to submit identification to technology companies, raising privacy concerns. This first-of-its-kind legislation in Canada has sparked intense debate across the political spectrum regarding government overreach and digital safety.

A British Columbia MLA faced widespread condemnation after using the Nazi slogan "blood and soil" in parliament. The MLA used the phrase while referencing the BC NDP’s policies regarding Indigenous peoples.

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Mark Carney earned a majority! It’s a tiny little majority bolstered by floor crossers. Many people have gone around calling this an illegitimate majority, but is it? And what are the consequences of this majority? Will Canada collapse now? We’re gonna find out in the next few years, as Mark Carney and the Liberals seem determined to continue selling off Canada to private corporations and get new corporate overlords possible.

Here are the top headlines of the week

Recruitment in the Canadian Armed Forces reached a 30-year high last year, with 7,310 new members. According to Defence Minister David McGuinty, these recruits “want Canada to remain safe and sovereign.” The Canadian Armed Forces thus exceeded its recruitment target for 2025–2026—set at 6,957—by 5%. Among the new members, 1,275 are women, 1,400 are permanent residents, and 241 are Indigenous. These figures even surpass those from the early 2000s, during operations in Afghanistan.

Trump offered mixed messages Monday about the path ahead for the U.S. war against Iran, declaring that he was in no rush to end the conflict while also expressing confidence that further negotiations with Tehran will soon take place in Pakistan.
With the 14-day ceasefire set to expire Wednesday, Iran still does not seem open to new peace talks. Iran still has control over the strait, despite US attempts to manipulate information around the war.

Wab Kinew, the premier of Manitoba, has hinted that Liquefied natural gas will be shipping out of the port of Churchill by 2030– or at least that’s what he believes Ottawa wants. He says Carney has presented an aggressive timeline of getting LNG outta the province.

Air Canada suspends flights to several locations due to the unavailability of fuel, and rising fuel prices starting on June 1st. They will no longer offer flights to New York until Oct 25th they say.

Doug Ford gets eaten alive by the media for the purchase of 28.9 Million dollar private jet ! He complained this morning that he’s more scrutinized than other leaders, and he can’t do anything. He quickly reversed the decision and set out to sell the jet he bought within a couple days. The criticism was levied that he did this while most ontarians can’t even afford rent.

Danielle Smith is gerrymandering the electoral map in Alberta— Later this year, the government will present the new electoral map that will define Alberta’s political playing field for the next decade. This is a common tactic in the USA, and is completely against the way that every other electoral system in the country does it. It has been called an attempt to steal the election— something that Danielle smith doesn’t really need to do, considering she’s 14 points ahead in the polls.

Quebecers are less favourable to Israel and the USA than the rest of the countries. Studies are indicating that this is due to the different media ecosystem that doesn’t favour US imperial thought as much as the English media system— this particularly comes into focus when looking at postmedia, and the hundreds of media companies they own across the country while being owned by a United States Hedge Fund.

Slafkovsky gets a hat trick in the opening game of the playoffs, winning the first game for the habs!

There is a 30% risk Canada enters a recession, the former governor of the bank of Canada says. Of course, for most people in Canada they’re already living through a recession considering the price of food at the grocery store and their monthly rent.

Eight children are killed in a mass shooting in Louisiana.

Large majority of women have a negative opinion of Pierre Poilievre. According to Angus Reid, 63 per cent of women have a negative opinion of him, and only 26 per cent say they’re positive about him. Poilievre has given some interesting comments about him, as he’s commented on their biological clocks before— but also only 33 per cent of Canadians in total like the man, almost exclusively conservative men building out that number.

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12000 people are living on the streets in Quebec, a record amount. People are lining up more than ever at food supports, and for help with their basic needs, and as per usual, the government hasn’t done anything to help out with those who are suffering.

Meanwhile, Christine Frechette is the new leader of the CAQ, and thus the new leader of Quebec. In an interview with Alexplique, she said she wants to be the leader of people owning their houses, instead of the leader of a province of renters– she will do this by cutting pst on new homes. Of course, when a house costs 1.5 million, this will lead to few savings and not make it more affordable for most people.

Finally, A social conservative crosses the floor to the liberals. Marilyn Gladu has spoken out against abortion, and didn’t want to ban conversion therapy– the practice of trying to convert people away from being homosexual. She also supported the convoy truckers in 2021, and opposed vaccines during the pandemic. She says now that she will support abortion, and the LGBTQ, although that is yet to be proven. Mark Carney and the Liberals are under fire for this decision. Carney says that it doesn’t change the values of the party… but does it?

Artemis II returns to earth! The first astronauts to see the dark side of the moon since the 1970s, they returned after a great success. Apparently there wasn’t much news coverage of it, but In Canada we had loads! Apparently Americans are not as cool as Canadians.

Trump declares he won’t invade Canada after all. “I can’t deal with 200 years of history” during his remaining time in office, he told a biographer.

Israel is wiping out entire villages across the south of Lebanon in their illegal invasion.

Trump said “a whole civilization will die tonight” in a menacing tweet, prompting bi-partisan calls to remove him from office, as well as an acute rejection of his actions by MAGA influencers. Trump did not, in the end, carry through on these threats, instead signing a two week ceasefire.

18000 lives have been lost to the opioid emergency in British Columbia. Despite recently declining fatality rates, almost five people a day continue to die from fentanyl overdose. Illicit drug toxicity is the leading cause of unnatural death in the province, accounting for more deaths than homicides, suicides, motor vehicle accidents, drownings and fires combined.

BC cuts the climate agency and sends some of their staff to work on pipelines, another step towards the BC NDP becoming a right wing government.

Cole Caufield scores his fiftieth goal, and Nick Suzuki gets his 100th point! This is probably one of the greatest news pieces of all time.

Mexico is rolling out universal health care. Another amazing reform by their president, Claudia Sheinbaum.

Viktor Obran has been voted out as leader of Hungary! After spending 16 years running the country and creating an “illiberal democracy”, it seems that the country is set to go back towards democracy.

The Alberta NDP are incredibly unpopular! 53 per cent look to vote for the UCP and 36 per cent are looking at the NDP

The Federal, and Provincial governments are reducing public access to information. There is a trend towards secrecy, as seen this morning on the IJF.

The US began a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz after ceasefire discussions broke down. Iran is threatening retaliation. It is likely to escalate this week.

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Another week with lots of headlines– but none more interesting than Lionel Carmant returning to be among the CAQ faithful. After leaving the party because of their poor management of doctor’s remuneration, he has returned to the fold. Is it to run again under the CAQ colours? No! Instead Carmant is returning for the last few months of the CAQ, not running again, and then leaving the party to flail in the wind, likely to lose every seat that they have.

The new leader will be elected for the party next week, and they seemed doomed before even starting. What will happen to the CAQ? Without Francois Legault, who are they? Meanwhile, Canada is introducing a fascist immigration bill that can allow for people to be deported as they wait for asylum. What happens next? I suppose we’ll find out.

Israel kills three more journalists.

Spain closes airspace to US planes involved in Iran conflict.

Report finds Canadian healthcare access favors the wealthy over universal availability.

Exploding food costs place major burden on Quebec public hospitals.

Three Indonesian UN peacekeepers killed in Lebanon with suspected Israeli involvement.

Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne paid consultants 14000 dollars for a speech.

Mark Carney tells Indigenous protester I can outlast her during Toronto talk.

Doug Ford and Mark Carney announce 8 billion dollar Ontario housing initiative for developers.

Canada Transportation Agency lowers airline fees despite consumer advocate backlash.

Catholic priest killed during Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

Alberta bill removes government deadlines for responding to citizen petitions.

Clarification: Stephen Lewis passed away in 2021.

Mark Carney pledges not to prorogue parliament if he wins a majority.

Newfoundland and Labrador government withheld 1000 freedom of information requests in one year.

Correction: Pam Bondi was not fired as US Attorney General; she previously served as Florida Attorney General.

Doug Ford appeals for Liberal majority and claims Mark Carney is more conservative than him.

Artemis II breaks the record for the furthest crewed flight from Earth.

David Eby faces backlash and polling decline over Indigenous rights legislation in BC.

Pierre Poilievre returns to populist branding with new Axe the Gas Tax slogan.

Alberta eliminates environmental assessment for world’s largest data center.

Scientists complete first full map of the human clitoral nerve system.

Donald Trump posts an easter sunday special: Open the fuckin strait you crazy bastard or you’ll be living in hell– praise allah he said in a tweet

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Avi Lewis is the new leader of the NDP, indicating a move to the left. The party has gone back to its roots, literally and philosophically. Lewis is the third in a lineage of Lewises who have led NDP parties– his grandfather led the federal party, and his father led the Ontario NDP. Avi Lewis did a few things this past weekend that are set to radically transform the party.

Not only is his ideology more radical and openly populist left than the NDP of the past twenty years, but the executive elections this past weekend are going to be the most significant part of this election. Lewis won, yes, but if his team hadn’t won the executive elections as well, his job would be much harder. Now, with the insiders all aligned with one vision, it’s set to move the NDP into a truly social democratic territory. Of course, many people argue that they were already this under Singh, but this is debatable.

Isaac and Ludvic dig into what it means to be socialist in a post-industrial world– Ludvic, a philosophy teacher, explains what constitutes socialism today and why labourers have moved away from the movement. Afterwards, the two discuss the Danish Parliament, and the lessons that might be learned by the Liberals from that election!

Top Headlines this week:

Trump is trying to back out of his war with Iran, but Iran isn’t letting him.

2 Pilots were killed in a collision at LaGuardia Airport. The Two Pilots saved many other lives with their quick decision making, and sharp instincts. The Air Canada CEO is stepping down after he didn’t speak in French in his video mourning the death of the two pilots.

Us Military is using Canadian airspace in order to refuel on the way to the middle east. NORAD agreements mean that they don’t have to seek permission to do so.

Leonid Radvinsky, the secretive billionaire owner of Only Fans, died at 43.

Celine Dion is set to retake the stage! The Eiffel tower created a lights display to honour her.

Mark Carney has left the federal ombudsman empty whose job it is to assure that human rights abuses are not being done by Canadian corporations overseas. The government is declining to say whether federal budget cuts have affected staff who enforce canada’s forced labour import laws. It seems Carney is starting to ignore his commitment to human rights to promote interests with India and China.

Michael Ma, the floor crossing MP, is in hot water after becoming aggressive with a human rights watchdog who monitors china. He aggressively cast doubt on the proven fact of the ongoing Uygher genocide and the concentration camps of Uyghers in China, further feeding questions about Carney’s position on labour human rights overseas.

Ontario hospitals are on the brink of collapse, Ontario’s budget does little to address this, although more than expected.

Pakistan offers to host peace talks with Iran and the US. Iran vows to fight until complete victory.

The Liberals debated the use of “disallowance” against laws passed with the notwithstanding clause. This power hasn’t been used in a century, but it is within the right of the federal government to shut down any law that a province passes.

Sora, the AI video making social media app, is shutting down.

Violence is growing at an alarming rate at schools in Quebec– specifically violence against girls.

There are no francophones in the writing team of Mark Carney.

Karl Malenfant, the architect of the SAAQ Cliq scandal, is demanding a cancellation of the Gallant Report.

Canada officially hits 2% Nato spending target.

Montreal saw no frostbite amputations in 2026, thanks greatly to Soraya Martinez-Ferrada’s warming stations.

Sponsored travel by MPs dropped to a 15 year low outside of Covid-19 pandemic.

Nova Scotia budget bill vote was shut down by singing protestors

Trans women barred from participating in women’s sports at the olympics.

Israel has been officially certified as invading lebanon by AP news.

BC conservative MLA ousted from caucus over domestic abuse charges.