Karl Nerenberg - Profile and Journalist Details

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Karl Nerenberg was born and educated in Montreal and has had a long career as an award-winning television and radio producer, director, writer and, most of all, journalist. For 23 years he worked as a TV and radio producer/writer/director and executive producer, in both French and English, for CBC/Radio-Canada. Since 2011, he has been the Ottawa-based Parliamentary Correspondent for rabble.ca. As a filmmaker and broadcaster, Nerenberg produced and directed television series and documentaries in a wide range of genres and on a great variety of subjects - from the plight of the Roma people, to civil war in Central America, to the crisis in South Africa's Apartheid system, to a series of portraits of colourful rural Canadian characters. His work won praise from colleagues and critics, and several national and international awards. At rabble.ca, Nerenberg has reported on refugee policy, the environment, Indigenous affairs, leadership and election campaigns, labour and income support policy, fiscal policy, the environment, electoral reform, Canada-U.S. relations, crises in such places as Nigeria, and much more. Prior to launching a fulltime career in journalism, Nerenberg taught secondary school in the Saguenay region of Quebec, Canada's Mackenzie Delta region (in a Gwi'ch'in community), Montreal, and northern Nigeria. In the NGO sector, he has worked for CUSO, Volunteer Canada and the Forum of Federations. For the last-named organization he founded a journal on the practice of federal governance worldwide and worked on the Sri Lanka peace process. Selected Awards: Best International Documentary Series (1985), from the the international organization of French language television networks), for a series of five television reports, "l'Afrique du Sud: quatre portraits", produced for CBC French network television ("Le Point"). Prix Mireille-Lanctot(1988),with reporter Michele Boisvert, for a report that tells the story of a day in the life of a residential centre for emotionally disturbed children, produced for the CBC French network television program, "Actuel". Gemini Award (1990), Best Light Information Series, "On the Road Again," CBC English network television (Executive Producer). Golden Sheaf, Yorkton Film and Television Festival (1991), Best Entertainment Program, "Journey to Bacon Cove: A Canada Day Special", CBC English network television (Executive Producer). Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Nerenberg

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• Lonely U.S. voices support Canada in its fight to endure as a free country

  By Karl Nerenberg Verified| rabble.ca Verified Not many in the U.S. have raised their voices in defence of Canada over the past three months – at a time when the American president has repeatedly said he will force Canada to its knees economically in order to annex it – but a few have. One of the earliest of those was the United Steelworkers union (USW), which represents thousands of workers on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border.

  By Karl Nerenberg Verified · rabble.ca

  Mar. 28, 2025

• The Left is in danger of losing its voice in Parliament in this election

  By Karl Nerenberg Verified| rabble.ca Verified Here’s a fantasy election campaign. It’s a campaign that, in many respects – save one crucial one – resembles the real campaign happening right now in Canada. The date is March 23, 2025. A new Liberal Prime Minister, who has held office for 10 days, triggers a federal election for April 28, making for the shortest campaign legally permitted, 37 days. The new PM signals a rightward shift for his party.

  By Karl Nerenberg Verified · rabble.ca

  Mar. 24, 2025

• Canadian Liberals choose economist Mark Carney to fight Trump’s annexation plans

  By Karl Nerenberg Verified| rabble.ca Verified Mark Carney won the Liberal leadership with an unexpectedly massive 86 per cent of the somewhat more than 150,000 Liberal party members who voted. But when the soon-to-be Prime Minister got up to speak to an adoring crowd, he had nothing surprising or unexpected to say. His acceptance speech was his chance to introduce himself to millions of Canadians who might not have been paying close attention to the Liberal leadership.

  By Karl Nerenberg Verified · rabble.ca

  Mar. 10, 2025

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