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Federal MP landlord update 02/2026
Here's where we're at with the most recent parliament.
Isaac Peltz
Historical
Finding a book in a garbage bin
I'm going to create a new newsletter for paying subscribers. It's going to be the nerdiest thing you've ever heard of.
Podcast
Is this the end of Canadian press freedom?
Or the beginning of a better age for the indies?
Opinion & Analysis
Snooty intellectualism VS the future of journalism
Washington Post writers are showing up in droves on Substack, and tons of intellectuals are excited
Historical
Bypassing nostalgia: was Stephen Harper’s record good, or bad?
Right now the media is having a nostalgia party about Harper, and suddenly all of his actual policies are forgotten. Well, let’s take a serious, non partisan, critical view of his legacy
Podcast
Who's to blame for the rise of the far right?
Plus all the top headlines from the past week, from Poilievre getting 87 per cent on his leadership review to Paul St Pierre Plamondon ruining good opportunities to say something cogent.
Opinion & Analysis
Substack Exclusive: January in Reflection
Our monthly reflection
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EXCLUSIVE: More than $3 billion dollars in ongoing federal contracts with Garda World
Garda World was awarded a $138 million dollar contract with ICE, and yet the only MP to speak up about it is Heather McPherson
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*updated twice: These Federal MPs are spending money on companies that work with ICE
Almost $300 thousand to Jim Pattison, and tens of thousands more to Hootsuite and Garda world. Here are the MPs have spent public money on companies now associating with ICE
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American Fascism
Is America fascist? What does that have to do with Canada? Let's do some historical journalism.
Podcast
Another Execution in Minnesota + Carney Changes the World + Quebec politics are heating up
It's time for another G&I show.
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Ethics Commissioner’s office fails to produce nearly half of MP disclosures after 9 months, no end in sight.
Duff Conacher believes that the Ethics Commissioner does not care about the public’s right to see politicians’ conflicts of interest.