Duly noted: CRA's $18M chatbot 'Charlie'

The choice between the F-35 and Saab’s Gripen E is a litmus test for Canada’s commitment to decoupling from America. 

As Carney reinvests in the military, is the Canadian media properly equipped to cover it? 

Plus, an $18 million CRA chatbox that is usually wrong. 

Host: San Grewal

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) tom sayers (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Rahim Mohamed

Further reading: 

• Buying the F-35 Could Be Canada’s Biggest Strategic Mistake - The Walrus
• Danish intelligence report warns of US military threat under Trump - The Associated Press
• F-35 beat Gripen fighter jet ’by a mile’ in 2021 Defence Department competition | Radio-Canada.ca 
• The Leaked Report Pushing Mark Carney Toward the F-35 Fighter Jet - The Walrus
• DND investigates leak used to discredit Saab’s Gripen fighter jet - Ottawa Citizen
• The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time - The National Post
• 'I was immediately cast … as a genocide supporter' — Jesse Brown on the cost of speaking against Jew-hate - The National Post

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