In fact, author and journalist Marcello Di Cintio argues Canadians are complicit. After four years investigating the lives of migrant workers, he found that many temporary foreign workers are trapped working in precarious, exploitative conditions. These jobs are essential to our economy and society, yet invisible. Each migrant worker has a story to tell, says Di Cintio. He joined IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed on a visit through the tomato capital of Canada to hear their stories and talk about what his investigation reveals about Canada.

Marcello Di Cintio's book is called Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers.

Growing up with food insecurity, Julian Napoleon yearned to be a farmer. A farm offers stability and the "ultimate form of connection to a place." His great-grandparents once farmed the land on the Saulteau First Nations reserve in northeastern B.C. But when it disappeared, so did the philosophies Julian’s great-grandparents lived by. Five years ago, Julian moved to Amisk Farm to bring it back to life. IDEAS producer Pauline Holdsworth takes a tour of the farm which produced food for over 300 Indigenous households this year free of cost.

There’s a constant mantra Frank Gehry would always hear from his mentors who have since died – “Don’t you dare ever stop working.” It’s a sentiment he lived by right until his death at 96. In fact his last major cultural building, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, will open in 2026. So how does his fierce, creative drive square with his mortality?

In an expansive conversation from 2017 with IDEAS producer Mary Lynk, Gehry shares his thoughts about death and his life, from growing up Jewish in Toronto, to his complicated relationship with his father, to his move to L.A. at 18, to how his career flourished. *This is the second episode in a two-part series.