The Breach

Self-styled working class hero Pierre Poilievre isn’t fundraising in union halls. He’s doing it in mansions with 10-car garages and dressing rooms the size of apartments. Martin Lukacs and Katia Lo Innes tour the Canadian elite hosting Poilievre:

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NEW: Internal emails, leaked recordings, and interviews at six universities reveal a pattern of misinformation targeting pro-Palestinian student encampments. Brishti Basu, Savanna Craig, and Athina Khalid report on the “jaw-dropping” police and administration lies used to justify crackdowns.

‘Economic reconciliation’ is a cover for continued control and extraction on Indigenous lands, writes Janelle Lapointe. It’s touted by politicians of all stripes and promoted by industry, but comes at a great cost. https://lnkd.in/ehXM9ugx

Pierre Poilievre says he's a friend of the working class, but his latest backer is Saskatchewan’s richest family empire. Katia Lo Innes & Martin Lukacs investigate a private fundraiser the notoriously anti-worker family dynasty hosted for Poilievre. https://lnkd.in/dafP_DDS

A sweeping, heavily-resourced Toronto Police operation has been cracking down on pro-Palestinian activists. https://lnkd.in/eSMYMReW

Pride is facing a new backlash, this time over Palestine. Kevin Maimann reports on the LGBTQ+ groups demanding mainstream Pride events divest from corporate sponsors complicit in Israel’s assault on Gaza.

A multinational pharma giant can sell Canadian blood plasma for profit abroad, The Breach has learned. That contradicts what was promised by Canada’s blood authority and the company, and is the first window into the secret deal they signed two years ago.

Internal emails reveal McGill University encouraged its deans to bar classrooms from discussing a student referendum over Israeli divestment. Xavier Richer Vis reports on how administrators provided a template for instructors to reject any discussion.

Journalists at CBC say a Breach exposé last week resonated in their newsroom Brishti Basu reports that they say anti-Palestinian bias is rampant, with one calling CBC’s denials “ludicrous.”