thePodcast: At the crossroads of North America's drug crisis

thePodcast before Canada Day and U.S. Independence Day explores two urgent, cross-border security issues.

Hear Canada’s fentanyl czar, Kevin Brosseau, deliver the keynote speech to the Vancouver Anti-Corruption Institute’s 2025 Asset Recovery conference. The former senior RCMP officer outlines the most-important assignment of his career.

Alan Mullen, who was chief of staff to the B.C. legislature’s 2017-2020 speaker Darryl Plecas, reflects on his meeting with the late Melissa Hortman.

In a June 26-recorded interview, Mullen said Canadian authorities must do more to combat political violence after the June 14 assassination of the Minnesota legislature’s ex-speaker. Mullen’s concern is heightened after the June 27 explosive incident at the North Vancouver office of NDP MLA Bowinn Ma.