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This episode of Democracy Watch begins with headlines from Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, read by News Collective Members Madeline Zeif and Christina Dasom Song. We then take an exclusive look at CBC's "digital first" strategy, featuring original reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones and Rehmatullah Sheikh and interviews with CBC's outgoing President and CEO, Hubert Lacroix, as well as Taylor Owen, Assistant Professor at the Liu Institute for Global Issues and the UBC Graduate School of Journalism; author of the book "Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age." Owen shares his thoughts on the CBC’s digital media strategy. This CBC exclusive was produced by Olamide Olaniyon and Alex de Boer.