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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.

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4:16

Introducing The White Saviors

COMMONS ·

2021/08/11

Over 25 years, WE built a golden brand by inspiring children to rally around their charismatic leader. But behind the scenes, employees experienced a cult-like culture and a troubling blur of charitable and commercial activities. In the aftermath of a national scandal, thousands of donors and volunteers (and dozens of ‘celebrity ambassadors') are left wondering where the money went, and whether the savior industry creates a constant need for victims.From CANADALAND, the news company that

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53:38

REAL ESTATE 8 - The Last White Rajah

COMMONS ·

2021/08/04

The destruction of Borneo's rainforests has been called the greatest environmental crime of our time. But journalists and NGOs have long alleged that one man, Abdul Taib Mahmud, has benefitted from that destruction to the tune of billions of dollars. If that's true, it's one of the worst acts of corruption in the modern era.And for over a decade, those same campaigners have argued that Taib's empire isn't limited to Malaysia. They claim that its tendrils extend deep into Canada.Featured in this

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45:35

REAL ESTATE 7 - The Ballad of Eddy Haymour

COMMONS ·

2021/07/21

Eddy Haymour has been called a lot of things in his life. Immigrant success story. Kidnapper. Terrorist. Folk Hero.But the long saga of Eddy Haymour is at its heart a story of obsession. About a man who became consumed by his dreams for a piece of land. And about a government equally determined to stop him at any cost.Featured in this episode: Omar Mouallem, Greg CromptonTo learn more:Eddy's Kingdom by Greg Crompton“The Kingdom of Haymour” by Omar Mouallem in EDify Magazine“Eddy

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40:36

REAL ESTATE 6 - Canada’s Biggest Slumlord

COMMONS ·

2021/07/07

The Toronto Community Housing Corporation is the biggest landlord in Canada, and the second biggest in all of North America.But government after government has allowed social housing in Toronto to fall apart. It's not just the buildings that they've let rot. It's also our moral obligation to the most vulnerable in our society.Featured in this episode: Joe Fiorito, John Sewell, Susan GapkaTo learn more:“Al Gosling is now homeless at 82” by Joe Fiorito in The Toronto Star“Ousting

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59:18

REAL ESTATE 5 - Oka

COMMONS ·

2021/06/23

The Oka Crisis was the biggest military confrontation on Canadian soil in more than a century. On its face, it was about a golf course expansion. But for the Mohawks who took up arms, it was the culmination of a centuries-long fight for recognition of their sovereignty and their land.Featured in this episode: Thaioronióhte Dan David, Loreen Pindera, Geoffrey York (Globe and Mail)To learn more:People of the Pines: The Warriors and Legacy of Oka by Loreen Pindera and Geoffrey YorkKanehsatake:

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45:03

REAL ESTATE 4 - City of Glass

COMMONS ·

2021/06/09

Real estate mania is at an all time high in this country. And in no place is this more true than in Vancouver. But nobody can even agree on what went wrong.Have snooty property owners, overreaching bureaucrats, and gutless politicians allowed the housing supply to dwindle to nothing?Or has a network of transnational criminals turned Vancouver into a narco-capital built on dirty money?Featured in this episode: Frances Bula, Sam Cooper, Lindsey Murphy, Jesse DonaldsonTo learn more:“Vancouver's

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33:36

REAL ESTATE 3 - Terminal City

COMMONS ·

2021/05/26

Vancouver is obsessed with real estate. But what most people don't realize, is that it's been this way from the beginning.Three stories of the swindlers, segregationists and profiteers that made Terminal City what it is.Featured in this episode: Jesse Donaldson, Jordan Stanger-Ross, Michael Abe, Stephen LeareyTo learn more:Land of Destiny: A History of Vancouver Real Estate by Jesse DonaldsonLandscapes of Injustice: A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians edited

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47:45

REAL ESTATE 2 - The Last Man in Africville

COMMONS ·

2021/05/12

Africville was one of Canada's oldest Black settlements, a proud community of more than 400 people. And then the City of Halifax decided to utterly obliterate it.There was one man who simply refused to leave. Eddie Carvery may not have been the best man for the job. But for half a century, he has never stopped fighting for his home.Featured in this episode: Eddie Carvery, Jon TattrieTo learn more:The Hermit of Africville: The Life of Eddie Carvery by Jon TattrieRemember Africville by Shelagh

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23:23

REAL ESTATE 1 - The Bridle Path

COMMONS ·

2021/04/28

The Bridle Path is one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in Canada, home to the ultra-wealthy and the famous. But behind their locked gates, some of Canada's elite try to scheme their way into even greater wealth on the property market — not always legally. And their ambitions have a way of becoming problems for the rest of us.Featured in this episode: Kozeta Izeti, Norma WaltonNOTE: The original version of this episode contained an additional story, which we will publish separately.Support

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1:33

Introducing our new season… Real Estate!

COMMONS ·

2021/04/22

Stories about Canada's real estate obsession.The first episode drops on April 28, 2021.Support COMMONS: http://commonspodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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THE POLICE 10 - Portapique

COMMONS ·

2021/02/24

Almost a year after the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history, Nova Scotians are still in the dark about what exactly happened. A gunman, dressed in an RCMP uniform, driving an RCMP cruiser killed 22 people.In the months since, the Mounties have been short on answers. And it's left people wondering whether they have something to hide.Featured in this episode: Stephen Maher, Paul Palango, Sandra McCullochTo learn more:“13 deadly hours” from The Fifth Estate by CBC News“How

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34:23

THE POLICE 9 - Northern Patrol

COMMONS ·

2021/02/10

For three decades, much of Northern Ontario has been engaged in an unprecedented experiment in policing. It's called the Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service. And the idea is simple: the old, colonial cops shouldn't be policing Indigenous territory. Instead, Indigenous people should police themselves.Featured in this episode: Kyle Edwards, Christian LeuprechtTo learn more:“Inside the impossible work of Canada's biggest Indigenous police force” by Kyle Edwards in Maclean's“Force 2.0:

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55:05

THE POLICE 8 - The G20: Fortress Toronto

COMMONS ·

2021/01/27

When John and Susan Pruyn came to Toronto, they were hoping to protest against the G20 and then spend some time with their daughter. Instead, they would be caught up in a whirlwind of police misconduct with few precedents in Canadian history.Featured in this episode: Jesse Rosenfeld, John Pruyn, Susan Pruyn, Sarah Pruyn.Jesse Rosenfeld is a Toronto born journalist who has covered the Middle East since 2007. Based in Ramallah, Tel Aviv, Gaza City, Cairo, Beirut, Istanbul, and Athens over the years,

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47:23

THE POLICE 7 - The G20: Conspiracy

COMMONS ·

2021/01/13

In the first of a two-part series on the G20, two mysterious strangers start volunteering with activist networks in southern Ontario. It's all part of one of the biggest undercover police operations in Canadian history.To learn more:“Unmasked: Searching for lessons in Toronto's 2010 G20 debacle” by Andrea Bennett in Maisonneuve“How police infiltrated groups planning G20 protests” by Adrian Morrow and Kim Mackrael in The Globe and MailAdditional music from Audio NetworkSupport

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34:29

THE POLICE 6 - Who Killed Myles Gray?

COMMONS ·

2020/12/23

Myles Gray was an unarmed man who died after seven Vancouver police officers beat him mercilessly. Half a decade after he died, not only does his family not have justice, they don't even know the names of the people who killed him.Featured in this episode: Bethany Lindsay (CBC Vancouver), Harsha Walia (B.C. Civil Liberties Association), Ronald MacDonald (Independent Investigations Office of B.C.)To learn more:“The day Myles Gray died” by Cassidy Olivier in The Vancouver

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43:40

THE POLICE 5 - Toronto’s Finest

COMMONS ·

2020/12/09

A Toronto police officer shoots and kills two Black men and is accused of beating another, all within a five-year span. He's never found guilty of committing a crime. And he continues to rise through the ranks.Featured in this episode: Bruce Livesey, Howard Morton, André Marin, Leora ShemeshTo learn more:“Above The Law” by Bruce Livesey in BuzzFeed News“Defence lawyer alleges Toronto officers diverted 7 kilos of meth into her client's car” by Betsy Powell in The

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59:25

THE POLICE 4 - Starlight Tours

COMMONS ·

2020/11/25

Even as a teenager, Neil Stonechild was an inspiration to his friends. And then one day, he was found frozen to death outside of Saskatoon. He was last seen alive in the back of a police cruiser. Thirty years later, we know some of what happened to him. But we still don't have justice.Featured in this episode: Jeffrey Crowe, Donald Worme, Susanne ReberTo learn more:Report of the Commission of Inquiry Into Matters Relating to the Death of Neil StonechildStarlight Tour: The Last, Lonely Night of Neil

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53:01

THE POLICE 3 - Dirty Tricks

COMMONS ·

2020/11/11

A teenage boy and his friends start robbing banks in Toronto. A future Prime Minister is deported from Montreal. A Black Panther in Baltimore goes to prison for four decades. And the RCMP is split apart by the biggest scandal in the force's history.At the heart of it all is one man. He calls himself the General.Featured in this episode: Ricky Atkinson, David Austin, Robin Philpot, Lennox Farrell, Gary CristallTo learn more:The Life, Crimes and Hard Times of Ricky Atkinson, Leader of the Dirty Tricks

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38:35

THE POLICE 2 - The Secret History of the RCMP

COMMONS ·

2020/10/28

Support us: canadaland.com/joinThe RCMP is one of the most famous police forces in the world — the red serge and stetson hat are practically synonymous with Canada. But that image obscures the profound power the Mounties have held throughout Canadian history. And the dark legacy of ethnic cleansing and genocide at their core.Featured in this episode: Jean Teillet, Sean Carleton, Steve HewittTo learn more:The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel's People, the Métis Nation by

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12:29

We Need Your Support

COMMONS ·

2020/10/21

Canada is a big, interesting, and complicated place and COMMONS is committed to bringing you thoughtfully crafted and illuminating stories that will challenge everything you think you know about this country.This past year, we have brought you stories from all across the country. We told your stories about some of Canada's most powerful families. We launched an emergency season to cover the COVID-19 crisis in long-term care. And right now, we're taking a hard look at how the police operate in this

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