Canadian Civil

Plowing through a crowd of a thousand NIMBYs has proven politically painful for Canada's high speed rail ambitions. By being as open and transparent as possible given its mandate, Alto has triggered some of the highest levels of NIMBYism Canada ha...

In part two of our intercity rail series: Industrial policy disguised as transportation investment continues to frustrate Paige and Reece with the latest pork barrel political announcement. Why doesn't the government invest in Canada more literall...

On Saturday, August 15, 2026, the fifth edition of Canadian Civil Alive ditched the stage and took over Montreal for a whole day. Six missions run by advocacy content creators, from 70 laps of the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in scrubs to a stroller ...

Every few months the internet decides Montreal is the answer. Cheaper rent, bike lanes that stay where you put them, daycare that costs less than a phone plan. Then someone says they would move tomorrow if only they spoke French, and the conversat...

Reece, Patrick, Cara, Jasmine, Paige, and Uytae go coast to coast on the stories shaping Canadian cities: green bonds and the CDPQ, bike share networks, the federal condo buyout, transit accessibility, the dental plan, and a fight over copyright a...

Cara, Paige, and guest Tom Babin discuss Calgary's 2026 repeal of blanket rezoning. They get into eight days of public hearings, a...

Cara, Uytae, and Paige discuss the housing accelerator integrity crisis, exploring whether Toronto'...

A preview of @CanadianCivil where @PaigeMTL and @JJMcCullough look at the winding path and difficult decisions involved in a Canadian media career. Find J.J. https://twitter.com/jj_mccullough https://www.instagram.com/jjmccullough/ https://...

Uytae and Paige talk about the ethics of sponsored videos and the struggles of working together on a project. Find Paige: https://www.youtube.com/@PaigeMTL https://mastodon.social/@paigesaunders Find Uytae: https://www.youtube.com/c/About...

Paige and endurance poker athlete Jaime Staples talk about Canadian careers in streaming. Cutting Room: Moving on from Paige's most recent failure to get famous by becoming a thumbnail strumpet, could he instead become a streaming slattern? Do...

Paige went on a forum, hoisted his boombox, and waited until someone reluctantly came out. Cutting Room: Strange interviews are often a key part of Paige's video research, but this one was far less meandering than most. We slapped some dressi...

Two rail enthusiasts talk about when that passion becomes counter productive. Cutting Room: You know them, you love them, they're why you spent your honeymoon crossing Siberia. They are the men who love trains. We talk about when that becomes...

We welcome in Dan of the New Travel for a very meta episode. Cutting Room: Paige has a clickbait problem. He doesn't want to do it, instead preferring a headache inducing firetruck aesthetic that some have described as "Hot Garbage". In resp...

Uytae survived his topical disease to talk about the extra details and thoughts following his experience making a video about purpose built rentals. Cutting Room: Purpose built rentals are a pretty hot solution at the moment, but does it reall...

Fresh off a diagnosis with Covid Uytae Lee of About Here turns up the heat on his fever and issues with land redevelopment. Cutting Room: Uytae talks about the downsides of converting industrial lands. What happened to Vancouver when it was st...

What's that world? You want a new video podcast? Too late world, you're getting one! Cutting Room: Paige dives shallowly into four different areas of pandemic response. Can two dual citizens brothers figure out what the real difference is betw...