On episode 123 journalist Drew Brown (The Independent, VICE) joins host Andre Goulet to lament the loss of Newfoundland shed culture, analyze the gigantic hole in Trudeau’s Canada Emergency Response Benefit plan and explore why the global pandemic may be an extinction event for journalism.

This episode was recorded on April 5th, 2020.

Check out Tom Baird's COVID-19 math at
https://theindependent.ca/2020/03/31/crunching-the-numbers-on-covid-19/

Read the Canadian Center for Policy Alternative's breakdown of CERB aid at
http://behindthenumbers.ca/2020/03/18/what-to-make-of-the-federal-covid-19-aid-package/

Find out more about why the crisis may be an extinction event for journalism at
https://www.icfj.org/news/key-quotes-frontline-lessons-international-news-outlets-reporting-pandemic-maria-ressa-ritu