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December 29, 2019 00:22:57
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Looking back at 2019, on a special year-end edition

What was 2019? [caption id="attachment_9388" align="alignright" width="301"] Clockwise, from upper left: Jody Wilson-Raybould, Alan Mullen, Darryl Plecas, Brad West, Alex McKechnie, Justin Trudeau, John...

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December 22, 2019 00:22:19
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Special Christmas edition

Grab a mug of egg nog, put a log on the fire and join host Bob Mackin for the Christmas edition of theBreaker.news Podcast....

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December 15, 2019 00:19:43
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Parliament puts China under the microscope

The Trudeau Liberals' minority government suffered its first major setback on Dec. 10, world human rights day. [caption id="attachment_9369" align="alignright" width="215"] Justin Trudeau, Sophie...

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December 08, 2019 00:20:42
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theBreaker.news Podcast: A year in Lotusland for Meng, a year in Chinese jail for the two Canadian Michaels

A year ago this week, Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was freed on $10 million bail so that she could live at one...

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December 01, 2019 00:22:47
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Key Victoria-based player in the "troubling ecosystem" of digital political campaigns broke the law

Finally, after two years, the investigation is over. AggregateIQ, the Victoria political advertising and data agency, breached Canadian privacy laws. "Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, that...

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November 24, 2019 00:29:08
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theBreaker.news Podcast: Overdue FOI reforms take a backseat to Horgan's push for gas price and cell phone bill transparency

One week left in the fall sitting of the British Columbia Legislature. Fundamental promises made in last February’s throne speech remain unfulfilled. In the...

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