COMMONS

COMMONS

COMMONS is a documentary podcast that proves Canada is anything but boring. Each season, host Arshy Mann guides you through the country’s dark underbelly, bringing you stories about crime, corruption and all manner of misdeeds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

April 8, 2015 1 min

Desmond Cole & Andray Domise talk about their ambitions for their new weekly political podcast 

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Is it the Prime Minister? The Governor General? The Queen? Canada's Head of State may be symbolic, but symbolic of what? Desmond Cole and Andray Domise start with the basics. 

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May 12, 2015 29 mins

Desmond and Andray try to understand the NDP's shocking victory. Guests: professor Melanee Thomas and writer Drew Brown. 

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May 19, 2015 28 mins

Desmond Cole taks to Green Party leader Elizabeth May about her plans to get arrested, and more. 

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May 25, 2015 27 mins

What is the Prime Minister's Office? How many people work there, who are they, and what do they all do? Just how powerful is the PMO, and is the Prime Minister responsible for what it does?

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June 1, 2015 25 mins
Kerry Porth, Akio Maroon, Elene Lam join for a panel discussion on Bill C-36 and more.

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June 8, 2015 30 mins

We haven't even begun to talk about what happened. 

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June 15, 2015 29 mins
Andray and Desmond speak with former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith about crossing the floor from the official opposition to the governing party.
 

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June 22, 2015 29 mins

Andray Domise, guest-host Supriya Dwivedi and Ishmael Daro talk about the Zero Tolerance For Barbaric Cultural Practices Act, the new Quebec secular legislation, and the massacre in Charleston.

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June 29, 2015 31 mins

Paul Wells and Heather Hughson talk about what the Senate does, and whether or not it's worth hanging on to. 

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July 6, 2015 25 mins

Rachel Décoste joims to talk diversity quotas, tokenism and equity in Canadian politics.

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July 14, 2015 24 mins

Desmond Cole and Andray Domise talk election fraud, Justin Trudeau, and the TRC.

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July 20, 2015 31 mins

Andray Domise and guest host Supriya Dwivedi talk government debt, recessions and the Balanced Budget Act with Mike Moffatt of the Mowat Centre, and Aaron Wudrick of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. 

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July 27, 2015 29 mins

Desmond Cole and Andray Domise talk about the Canadian government's detention of migrants, many of whom have committed no crime, with Renu Mandhane and Syed Hussan. 

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August 3, 2015 32 mins

To kick off the official federal election campaign, Desmond Cole and Andray Domise talk to Harold Jansen and Gerry Nicholls about campaign financing, party fundraising, and why this campaign is set to be the longest in modern Canadian history.

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Desmond Cole and guest host Supriya Dwivedi present The CANADALAND: COMMONS Guide To Debates. 

 

From the zinger to the dodge, Desmond and Supriya break down what you can expect to see in the federal leader's debates this election season. 

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August 18, 2015 27 mins

Andray Domise and Desmond Cole talk to Kyla Ronellenfitsch from the Gandalf Group and David Coletto, the CEO of Abacus Data to help figure out political polling. When should you pay attention to a poll and why and when should you take the results with a grain of salt. 

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August 24, 2015 25 secs

Back next week with a new episode!

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August 31, 2015 30 mins

Andray Domise speaks with former 18-year-old mayoral candidate Morgan Baskin (@MorganBaskinTO) and Generation Squeeze founder Paul Kershaw (@GenSqueeze) about youth in politics.

 

Don't worry. No one asks you to rock the vote. 

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September 7, 2015 31 mins

 

We've never seen one like this before. Desmond Cole is back to talk three-way races, minority governments and party cooperation with Paul Fairie (@paulisci) and Mychaylo Prystupa (@Mychaylo). Plus, Andray Domise is reticent to embrace coalitions. 

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