Katia Innes

Oct 3, 2024 | breachmedia.ca | Katia Innes |Tannara Yelland

In Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan, public policy appears to be open to the “highest bidder.”Thanks to lax regulations for campaign financing, Premier Moe’s Saskatchewan Party has lined its pockets with donations from corporate landlords, oil and gas companies, financial firms, and the largest landowner in the province. Since Moe became premier in 2018, the Saskatchewan Party has raised over $6.7 million in corporate donations.

Sep 10, 2024 | breachmedia.ca | Katia Innes

This spring, student encampments popped up across Canada to protest support for Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. By midsummer, they had been stigmatized or shut down—and media coverage helped justify it. A study conducted by The Breach found that The Globe and Mail provided disproportionately negative depictions of student protesters, while more often providing neutral descriptions of police forces that in several cases violently dismantled the camps.

Jul 23, 2024 | breachmedia.ca | Katia Innes |Martin Lukacs

What do you get when a Weston, a Bronfman, and a Stronach walk into a mansion? A fundraiser for Pierre Poilievre, apparently. You might think the Conservative leader’s money-raising efforts would reflect the image he’s cultivated as an anti-establishment champion of working people. But Poilievre isn’t fundraising in local legion and union halls. He’s doing it in homes that boast tennis courts, 10-car garages, and dressing rooms the size of some big city apartments.

Jun 21, 2024 | breachmedia.ca | Katia Innes |Martin Lukacs

On a crisp evening last November, Regina’s business elite mingled among gleaming Hot Rods in a spacious private hangar on the outskirts of the city. With a view overlooking a giant car collection from a skydeck lounge, they dined on racks of lamb and ribs catered by an upscale steakhouse whose regular menu includes $140 steak. The main attraction of the night, apart from the classic Cadillac sedans and custom Chevrolet convertibles, was Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.

Mar 18, 2024 | breachmedia.ca | Martin Lukacs |Katia Innes |Xavier Richer Vis

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre took aim at Canada’s “corporate lobbyists” in a speech a week ago to the Vancouver Board of Trade, saying they were “utterly useless” and that under a Conservative government they would no longer “write a policy statement and expect it to be implemented.” But in the past weeks and months, his party has in fact widely opened the doors to them.