#218 - Canadian Cringe

Michael and Us

Luke Savage and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.6 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In 2020, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced one of his biggest scandals yet when a charitable organization to which his family had longstanding (and lucrative) ties was given a plum contract to build a high-profile volunteer program for Canadian youth. The ensuing conflict of interest scandal brought down WE Charity (formerly Free the Children), the brainchild of Canuck philanthropy wunderkinds Craig & Mark Kielburger. We watched THE PRICE WE PAID (2021), fine new investigative documentary by the CBC's The Fifth Estate series, which broke down the WE Scandal and the shady practices of the disgraced charity. We discuss how WE Charity is a perfect symbol for the deep rot in the soul of corporate philanthropy. PLUS: the Alberta government's war with Netflix; Celebrity Apprentice memories; and an introduction to the world's best/worst Oscar blogger. Watch "The Price WE Paid" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC_wos7MwHo&ab_channel=TheFifthEstate "Jason Kenney’s Energy War Room Launches Campaign to Stop Netflix Children’s Cartoon About ‘Bigfoot’" by PressProgress - https://pressprogress.ca/jason-kenneys-energy-war-room-launches-campaign-to-stop-netflix-childrens-cartoon-about-bigfoot/ Jeffrey Wells's "Hollywood Elsewhere" blog - https://hollywood-elsewhere.com/

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0:00.0	Take on through the great Michael
0:03.0	Take off.
0:04.0	It's a beauty way to go.
0:06.0	Take up through the great Michael.
0:09.0	Yeah, he's good.
0:12.0	I feel like every episode now is just like I talk about a bunch of kind of hard political stuff at the beginning.
0:19.0	And then you're like, okay, folks, it's awards season.
0:22.2	Let's talk about that.
0:24.8	And I suspect this episode will be no different.
0:28.5	Well, folks, welcome to Michael and us.
0:30.3	I'm Will Sloan here, as always with.
0:32.7	Luke Savage, hello everyone.
0:34.7	And yeah, Luke was alluding to something that I tweeted about a second ago, just before we logged on.
0:41.9	Although Will has been known to tweet during the broadcast, which is something I've filed several grievances with HR about.
0:47.9	I would never do that.
0:49.6	I think that's my staff.
0:51.4	But it is award season, and I'd like to introduce a new star in the
0:55.4	Michael and Us Cosmos. He's a journalist named Jeffrey Wells, who has a blog called Hollywood
1:02.2	Elsewhere. On his blog, there's a banner at the top that has testimonials from various celebrities.
1:08.6	You know, there's Guillermo del Toro saying something nice about him.
1:12.4	There's J.J. Abrams who says, there's Hollywood Elsewhere and there's everyone else.
1:16.8	It's like your neighborhood dive where you get the ugly truth, a good laugh, and a damn good scotch.
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