After taking public money and with commitments to protect Canadian jobs, Stellantis is shifting production from Brampton to Illinois. Incredibly, the company’s president told us that Canada “is more than a market, it’s a home” at the same time as it abandons our workers and undermines the sector.

Phil Demers, Marineland trainer turned whistleblower, joins me for an #uncommonspod recorded outside Marineland’s gates. We talk about different solutions to save the remaining whales and other animals, and why governments should lead on this instead of playing a reactive role.

Joeyband is a great example of Canadian ingenuity and entrepreneurship, a data-driven device used by hospitals around the world that supports safe skin to skin contact and bonding for thousands of newborns.

Unreal. What a game. What a team.

7 years later now and it's hard to believe we ever criminalized cannabis at all.

Last week, @cathmckenna.bsky.social
joined me for a live #Uncommons recording at the Naval Club of Toronto to discuss Run Like a Girl, lessons from six years in politics, harassment in public life, party loyalty, and “grand bargains” on climate. Listen at uncommons.ca

New Heritage Minute recognizing the amazing Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, the woman who loved giraffes. We had our own minute of history with her years ago.

Kindness, curiosity, intellect, and humour. A life well lived.

So much of that work lives on through the Jane Goodall Institute, supporting animals, protecting nature, and empowering women and girls.

I was lucky to have had
@janegoodallcan.bsky.social
join me in conversation years ago to talk about her work and to be the House sponsor of legislation in her name.

Remembering the legend that is Dr. Jane Goodall.

She left a lasting legacy as a voice for nature, animals, gender equality, and a better world for all of us. And she inspired so many to do the same.

Kindness, curiosity, intellect, and humour. A life well lived.