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Bubble Pop with Rachel Gilmore

I'm Rachel Gilmore. I'm your least favourite person's least favourite journalist. Let's pop your bubble✨

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Carney is trying to greenwash his climate record even as ANOTHER oil pipeline could be on the horizon

Listen now | For Carney to use the Churchill Falls announcement as evidence Canada is doing “our part” in the fight against the climate crisis, well, that’s just political spin.

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I’m glad that WNBA player Sophie Cunningham got booed -- and I hope it happens again. Here’s why

Listen now | For those of you who aren’t aware, Cunningham has become the latest face of the transphobic culture war that’s trying to strip rights away from trans people who just want to live their lives.

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Bad faith outrage campaigns now have a body count. Here's how to spot them when the media doesn't

Listen now | Had Jason Arday been white, you might never had heard of his scandal.

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Shopify Powers a Racist Group’s Online Store. It’s Not the First Time | my latest for The Tyee

Listen now | In the article, I not only expose the fact that the e-commerce giant powers this racist store, but also that they have a track record of helping some seriously unsavoury characters profit.

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Pierre Poilievre's Conservative leadership is on life support. Let's look back on the odd, the bad, and the cringe.

Listen now | Without further ado, here are some of the most memorable moments from Poilievre’s time in office.

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You aren't immune to propaganda. Carney's claims justifying his pro-corporate agenda prove it.

Listen now | Based on an analysis I’ve conducted on the news releases Carney's office has released since Canada Day, fear and urgency seems to be the goal.

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Oh, that explains it: the government met with fossil fuel lobbyists more than 1300 times in Carney's first year

Listen now | That’s according to a new report from Environmental Defence, who also says the Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson "has refused requests to meet with environmental experts."

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Carney is quietly pushing ahead with plans to fast track a pipeline as Canada burns

Listen now | The government just gave the official notice that it intends to designate this pipeline a project of national interest under Bill C-5.

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Why don't we care more about whether people in positions of power have empathy?

Watch now | A little long(ish) weekend musing!

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The Shopify CEO who suggested poor people shouldn't vote has Carney's ear. Here's proof

Listen now | Meanwhile, Tobi Lutke got a horrifying endorsement: Elon Musk called him a "national treasure of Canada."

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Carney has been silent as Alberta attacks trans youth. Parents and advocates have a plan to change that

Listen now | Carney has been incredibly cozy with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Just today, he joked alongside Smith that the premier has “seen more of me than her husband.”

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Shopify's CEO just suggested poor people shouldn't have the right to vote. He's also influencing our politics.

Listen now | The multi-billionaire CEO of Shopify thinks a “good system” is one where the poor don’t get to vote in elections and the rich get to vote several times over.

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