99 Spy Balloons & 1 Rouleau Report
Host Mattea Roach is joined by Nick Taylor-Vaisey, David Moscrop and Sandy Garossino to talk about the two objects shot down over Canada. Is this a question of national security? Or a weather monitoring program gone wrong? It’s probably not aliens, right?
Also, the Rouleau Report was released shortly after RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki announced the end of her tenure. The RCMP has felt the impact of scandal after scandal, so what kind of leadership is required to move forward and build better?
Host: Mattea Roach
Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Associate Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)
Guests: Nick Taylor-Vaisey, David Moscrop, Sandy Garossino
Background reading:
- U.S. fighter jet shoots down ‘cylindrical object’ flying over Yukon on orders from Trudeau, Biden
- Objects shot out of North American skies likely not used for spying, Biden says
- A hobby club in Illinois is missing a balloon. Was it shot down over Yukon?
- The timing of Brenda Lucki's RCMP departure
- After year of scandals, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki announces retirement
- RCMP’s Brenda Lucki says she will retire next month: ‘I did my best’
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