The Sunday Magazine for May 4, 2025
This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay:
How the federal election outcome will shape future politics
Canadians have chosen our next government. So where does the country go from here? The Economist's Rob Russo, Le Devoir's Emilie Nicolas and The Hub's Sean Speer join Chattopadhyay for one final round of our Sunday Election Panel to recap the results of the federal race and chart the challenges of our political reality ahead.
This ancient language went viral – and still lingers on our tongues today
From the shores of the Black Sea nearly 6,000 years ago to the crowded streets of modern London and Delhi, one ancient language has left its mark on nearly half the world's population – without most of us even knowing it. Scientists, linguists and historians alike believe that Proto-Indo-European was the basis for most of the world's known languages. For the latest installment of Word Processing, our ongoing look at language, journalist Laura Spinney tells Chattopadhyay why she thinks understanding this mother tongue of mother tongues could help us better navigate the world we live in today.
Andrew Coyne is out to dismantle 'comforting myths' about Canadian democracy
No matter who you supported in the federal election, one thing we can all celebrate is Canadian democracy... right? Not so fast, says Andrew Coyne. In his new book The Crisis of Canadian Democracy, The Globe and Mail columnist argues that while Canadians like to think we have one of the healthiest democracies in the world, we don't live in the system we think we do. From an all powerful prime minister's office to an electoral system that makes too many people's votes worth too little, Coyne tells Chattopadhyay that Canadians need to demand better from our democracy, because the crisis is only growing worse.
That's Puzzling! for May 2025
In the latest edition of our monthly challenge That's Puzzling!, Chattopadhyay competes against one familiar voice and one clever listener in a battle of brain games devised by puzzle master Peter Brown. Playing along this month are CBC News reporter and videojournalist Brett Ruskin in Halifax, and Dundas, Ont. listener Brenda Bjarnason.