It was impossible to look away once CBC released the story and Fifth Estate documentary questioning Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous identity. How well did the CBC do in its reporting? And an update on the Greenbelt scandal under Doug Ford - including an RCMP investigation. Kim Wheeler co-hosts.  

Host: Jonathan Goldsbie

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor), Karyn Pugliese (Editor-in-Chief)

Guest: Kim Wheeler

Further reading: 

• Who is the real Buffy Sainte-Marie? - CBC
• Investigating Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims to Indigenous ancestry - The Fifth Estate 
• Those who pretend to be Indigenous only distract from the things that really matter - The Globe and Mail
• Greenbelt, farmland planning favoured secrecy, not environment: docs - The Narwhal
• Environmental group releases thousands of government documents on Greenbelt, urban boundary scandals - The Trillium
• Departing premier Heather Stefanson apologizes for 'hurting Manitobans' with landfill-search ads - CBC News
• Doug Ford denies involvement in municipal land decisions - The Globe and Mail

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Broadcast on:

02 Nov 2023