{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/73fb297d-023b-5595-a03d-88c27dbc7890/6239329d36f53b0013e572b3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A Shit Ton of Energy Insecurity","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b7654916956211f9e95065/051a7b63-1c73-4e86-bc81-00735dc852a6.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>As nations around the world cut off business with Russia, can Canada help fill the international demand for oil and gas? More importantly, should we? And the pandemic caused unprecedented government spending, as well as shifting priorities on everything from work to healthcare. How will that all play out in the upcoming budget?</p><p><br></p><p>This week’s contributors: Jason Markusoff, Caroline Elliott, Murad Hemmadi</p><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li>Shannon Proudfoot’s Maclean’s profile of Pierre Pollievre: [<a href=\"https://www.macleans.ca/longforms/why-is-pierre-poilievre-so-angry/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.macleans.ca/longforms/why-is-pierre-poilievre-so-angry/</a>]</li><li>And the accompanying Q&amp;A [<a href=\"https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/pierre-poilievre-on-his-combative-style-of-politics-and-his-plans-for-canada/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/pierre-poilievre-on-his-combative-style-of-politics-and-his-plans-for-canada/</a>]</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Sponsors:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://readthepeak.com/shows/the-peak-daily\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The&nbsp;Peak Daily</a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://freshbooks.com/THEBACKBENCH\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FreshBooks</a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://ground.news/landingV2/canadaland-backbench?utm_source=canadaland-backbench&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;shortlink=af0457e9&amp;pid=podcast&amp;c=canadaland-backbench\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ground News</a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://canadaland.oxio.ca/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Oxio</a></p>","author_name":"CANADALAND"}