ep120: When Provincial Healthcare Goes Rogue + Our Pals Pets

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we discuss the pragmatics of organizing street actions in Calgary on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, talk about what happens when provinces go rogue with healthcare policies that defy federal laws and evidence-based solutions on PRESS PROGRESS SOURCES, break down Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s potential fall from political grace on THE BREACH SHOW and pointificate on humanity's favourite four-pawed companions on SRSLY WRONG.See Harbinger and unrigged.ca hosts at the 25th anniversary edition of POP Montreal: join The Rover, Rachel Gilmore, Habibti Please, Rob Rousseau, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Script Health at Clubhouse Rialto September 23rd to 27th for POPSymposium’s free daily programming.Visit popmontreal.com for the full schedule of panels and the rest of the lineup including speakers like Jeremy Dutcher and Lisa Perley-Dutcher discussing Indigenous Language reclamation through music and education, Canadian media legend Sook Yin Lee, the iconic Nardwuar the Human Serviette and more than 50 alt/indie musical performances from Canadian and international acts.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, at CJSR 88.5FM in Edmonton, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor, at LOCAL FM in St John, New Brunswick and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode join Maisonneuve editor in chief and New Feeling music journalism co-op co-founder Rosie Long Decter, the Council of Canadians’ Nik Barry-Shaw, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Jon Milton, Alberta Advantage correspondent Liam Devitt, independent journalist Rachel Gilmore and Tech Won’t Save Us Paris Marx for a live broadcast recording from this summer’s Suoni Per il Popolo music festival recorded at Casa del Popolo on June 21st in Montreal.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, at CJSR 88.5FM in Edmonton, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor, at LOCAL FM in St John, New Brunswick and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode join Free City Radio host Stefan Christoff, Local 514’s Kalden Dhatsenpa, The Rover managing editor Savannah Stewart, The Breach Show producer Katia Lo Innes, Palestinian Youth Movement, federal NDP president Niall Ricardo and the CKUT News Collective for a live broadcast recording from this summer’s Suoni Per il Popolo music festival recorded at Casa del Popolo on June 21st in Montreal.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, at CJSR 88.5FM in Edmonton, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor, at LOCAL FM in St John, New Brunswick and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode join The End of Sport hosts Dr. Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Dr. Derek Silva, Habibti Please host Nashwa Lina Khan and Local 514's Kalden Dhatsenpa with Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East and Palestinian Youth Movement for our live podcast recording event 'HARBINGER SOAPBOX vol. 7: Sportswashing & Imperialism' held on April `16th, 2026 at Bar Milton-Parc Co-op in Montreal.The Harbinger Media Network includes 89 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode join the Centre for Access to Information and Justice's Kevin Walby, the University of Winnipeg’s Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land and poet and The Breach Show contributor and Mount Saint Vincent University scholar El Jones for a conversation called 'Canadian Police and Prison Politics in the Shadow of Trump 2.0'.The conversation was recorded at the fourth edition of the Progressive Publics Symposium, held at the University of Winnipeg on March 28th, 2026.The Harbinger Media Network includes 89 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode join RMIT University - Melbourne’s Tami Gadir, Victor’s Children host and University of Manitoba scholar David Camfield, Jews Says No to Genocide’s Marlee Wasser and The Orchard's Jeremy Appel  for a conversation called 'Antisemitism and Zionism: What They Are -- and Aren't'.  And, after that, join former Hamilton Centre MP Matthew Green, iconic feminist activist Judy Rebick with Martin Lukacs and Desmond Cole at The Breach’s 5th birthday party to discuss the future of the NDP.The first part of this episode was recorded at the fourth edition of the Progressive Publics Symposium, held at the University of Winnipeg on March 28th, 2026.The Harbinger Media Network includes 89 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode join the University of Manitoba’s Sean Carleton, University of Winnipeg’s Dawnis Kennedy, Mount Royal University’s Roberta Lexier and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation’s Raymond Fronger for a conversation called 'Confronting and Debunking Residential School Denialism'.This conversation was recorded at the fourth edition of the Progressive Publics Symposium, held at the University of Winnipeg on March 28th, 2026.The Harbinger Media Network includes 89 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we explain how the new NATO-aligned global weapons bank will make Canada’s economy reliant on endless war on THE BREACH SHOW, ask what Avi Lewis's Win Means for Socialists on VICTOR’S CHILDREN, explore strategies for countering authoritarianism on a visceral level on MOBILIZING DATA FOR JUSTICE and subjects ourselves to favourite books of United Conservative Party ministers and Western Standard columnists in search of the intellectual basis for justifying an independent nation on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 89 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we meet new journalism co-op Defacto on THE NORTH STATE, learn how to defend democracy across borders with Progressive International’s David Adler on The Broadbent Institute’s PERSPECTIVES, talk about what bold ecosocialist policy looks like with BC Green Party leader Emily Lowan on SRSLY WRONG and unpack how Alberta’s unique relationship with Charter Schools relates to broader changes happening in the province’s public education system on ALBERTA ADVANTAGE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 89 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.

Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this episode we discuss the surging attacks on Indigenous rights in British Columbia and across Canada on THE BREACH SHOW, investigate the ways AI impacts our lives and the environment on BERRYGROUNDS, explore the importance of the Palestinian Exception to on-campus repression on STUDENT POWER and look at how Referendum questions fuel anti-immigrant feeling in Alberta on REDEYE.The Harbinger Media Network includes 89 podcasts focused on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated to community and campus radio and heard every week on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, at CFUV 101.9FM in Victoria, at CIVL 101.7FM in Abbotsford, at CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo, on CJUM 101.5FM and CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg, at CiTR 101.9FM, CJSF 90.1FM and at CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, at Hamilton's CFMU 93.3FM, at Radio Laurier in Waterloo, at CJTM 1280AM in Toronto, at CJAM 99.1FM in Windsor and at CJBU 107.3FM in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com.