The Daily Brief
True North’s Daily Brief is a daily podcast to keep you up-to-date on the news you need to know. Featuring host Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and other True North journalists, the Daily Brief will bring you the top stories of the day and True North exclusive stories you won’t find anywhere else.
Episodes
November 21, 2025 • 16 mins
A customs and border union president warns that Canada's understaffed border security agency is prioritizing "facilitation" over public safety, jeopardizing national security by relying on phone apps instead of in-depth human interviews. A former Trudeau-era Liberal minister has been awarded a new position as Canada’s ambassador to the UN despite leaving behind a scandalous legacy from his time in government. In the name of “equity...
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November 20, 2025 • 14 mins
Liberal ministers admit they don’t track how many immigrant doctors, who the immigration minister Lena Diab said is a "vital role" of her department to bring into the country, actually become doctors once in Canada. More BC Conservative riding association officials join the now 30-person chorus calling for their leader, John Rustad, to resign, but Rustad refuses to budge. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she’s just days away fro...
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November 19, 2025 • 14 mins
Prime Minister Mark Carney applauded Toronto for now having an immigrant population which surpasses ts native born population. Alberta is lifting some of the restrictions on Canada’s “universal healthcare system” by introducing a hybrid model, allowing the private sector to alleviate some of the backlog faced in the province. Two NDP MPs abstained from voting on Carney's 2025 federal budget preventing a Christmas election. Tune in...
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November 18, 2025 • 12 mins
Drawing loud boos every time he appeared on screen, Prime Minister Mark Carney faced a hostile crowd at the CFL Grey Cup in Manitoba. A couple of individuals asking questions at a CBC-hosted event in Surrey, B.C,. were outraged when CBC staff tried to cut their questions short by snatching microphones from their hands. Several Canadian cities have raised the Palestinian flag to recognize a Palestinian state. Though recognition wasn...
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November 17, 2025 • 13 mins
The Liberal government is facing criticism after failing to meet its performance targets at the border for the third year in a row.
Conservative MP Jamil Jivani and Ned Kuruc’s “Restore the North” events on campus are being praised by attendees for spurring open dialogue.
Conservative Immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner is asking the Liberals to provide clarity on their plans for temporary residents already in the country.
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November 14, 2025 • 16 mins
A second free speech event hosted by academic Frances Widdowson was disrupted again by drumming, shouting and foot stomping. Grocery prices rise while CBC News promotes grocery stores that offer "big savings" on expired or nearly expired food. The federal government's new directive to train public servants in firearms and drone operations has garnered a wave of criticism. Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Melanie ...
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November 13, 2025 • 13 mins
A Liberal MP is calling foul on Conservatives after they seized on a video of the MP criticizing the federal budget. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Carney to "get out of the way" of resource development projects. The Public Safety Minister confirmed that the government has no timeline to release the promised foreign agents registry. Tune into The Daily Brief with Clayton DeMaine and Geoff Knight!
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November 12, 2025 • 11 mins
A net zero U.K minister praised his "good friend" Prime Minister Mark Carney when asked about cooperation with Canada on climate policy.A B.C. university is advertising hiring black people exclusively for faculty positions exclusively.Critical call out Brazil 's climate hypocrisy as it hosts three diesel-guzzling cruise ships for global elites at the COP30 climate summit.Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Walid Ta...
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November 11, 2025 • 15 mins
Courts in Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan are banning their staff from wearing poppies to remember veterans and serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to give a major project announcement in British Columbia on Thursday, though he won't say if it will be an announcement allowing a new pipeline to be developed. A poll shows Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre still enjoys massive support f...
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November 7, 2025 • 11 mins
BC Conservatives say plan to introduce anti-drug education to schools killed by NDP over misplaced priorities.Carney's budget will spend more on the Liberal's gun buyback program than on NATO operations and border enforcement combined.TD Bank will waive the fees on people's chequing accounts but only for those who "identify as Indigenous."Tune into The Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Alex Zoltan!
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November 6, 2025 • 16 mins
Conservative MPs and supporters aren't buying the recent change of heart from the House of Commons' latest floor crosser; many are calling him a "coward" and accusing him of betraying his constituents to further his career.Prime Minister Mark Carney's federal budget approved $141 billion in new spending and is projected to run a $78.3 billion deficit.Tamara Lich, known best for her role in organizing the Freedom Convoy against vac...
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November 5, 2025 • 14 mins
The number of foreigners in Canada’s prisons has surged by over 30 per cent since the Liberals came into office, and Ottawa claims to have lost track of over a third of their citizenship information.
A chain migration bill is going into its third reading in the House of Commons after Conservative and Bloc Québécois amendments were revoked.
British Columbia Premier David Eby dropped plans to run his own anti-tariff ad after me...
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November 4, 2025 • 16 mins
A Canadian Armed Forces veteran laid into MPs at a Veterans Affairs committee, demanding action from the government to prevent suicides among veterans.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is disputing Prime Minister Mark Carney’s claims that he wouldn’t have released an anti-tariff ad that led to a breakdown in trade talks with the U.S.
Melanie Joly, the Liberal’s industry minister, avoided answering questions about the government's co...
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November 3, 2025 • 15 mins
A pro-equity professor from Virginia revealed a typically unspoken truth about trans rights and how they can conflict with the rights of girls during a talk at a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion conference.
A Liberal MP is pushing to limit the use of religious expression rights as a defence in hate speech cases claiming that some verses in the bible are “hateful.”
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October 31, 2025 • 14 mins
The Liberal government has pledged $660 million in new funding to LGBT plus and gender equality organizations.
Another First Nation group has begun to launch a land title claim, this time in Quebec, potentially endangering property rights for residents, as they are in Richmond, B.C.
One of Canada’s top public spending watchdogs highlighted more than a billion dollars has been spent annually on “Bizarre” research projects.
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October 30, 2025 • 16 mins
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is demanding an apology from the U.S. ambassador to Canada after reports say he “dressed down” Ontario’s delegate to the U.S. over Ford’s Reagan ad.
Environmental alarmist Bill Gates wrote in a recent blog post that he no longer believes climate change will lead to humanity's demise, asserting people will thrive globally for the foreseeable future.
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October 29, 2025 • 12 mins
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre blames Prime Minister Mark Carney for allowing trade talks to be derailed by a Ronald Reagan ad that the PM was aware of.
An investigative journalist is raising alarm bells about foreign interference, highlighting Carney’s private-sector ties to the Chinese government.
Crime statistics show that crime in Canada’s capital city has spiked by nearly two-thirds since the Liberals took office.
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October 28, 2025 • 14 mins
Ontario Premier Doug Ford threw the prime minister under the bus, saying he approved a Ronald Reagan ad, which Prime Minister Mark Carney admits is the reason Canada faces a new suite of tariffs.
Carney is set to meet with China’s dictator, President Xi Jinping, in South Korea this week, days after Canada’s foreign affairs minister said Canada aims to strengthen its “strategic partnership” with the communist country.
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October 27, 2025 • 13 mins
The President of the Canada Border Services Agency revealed that the agency can’t find at least 32,000 illegal immigrants who were otherwise set for deportation.
The "I am Alberta" rally at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton saw thousands of attendees calling for an independent Alberta.
Canada’s subsidized auto industry is suffering more losses after General Motors dropped out of its pledge to produce electric vans.
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October 24, 2025 • 17 mins
Prime Minister Mark Carney refused to explain what sacrifices Canadians will have to make ahead of his upcoming federal budget.
A senior border official revealed Canada plans to deport less than 10 per cent of people facing removal orders.
A new study shows Alberta’s charter schools are outperforming government-run schools across every grade and subject.
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