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Friday, February 10, 2023

Episode #189: The First Ministers roll into Ottawa

Season 1, Ep. 189

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics.

Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future. The Frum Dialogues feature the insight and wisdom of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation.

This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses the First Ministers' meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the issues of health care, exiting the pandemic, and the challenge of aging demographics. We also talk about the CBC and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, unpacking the different approaches that a Conservative government could pursue to uphold its commitment to defund the national broadcaster.

If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

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Friday, June 2, 2023

Episode #249: Hub Roundtable: The government's foreign interference story gets even murkier

Season 1, Ep. 249

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics.Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future. The Frum Dialogues feature the insight and wisdom of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses this week's testimony by Jody Thomas, the government's national security advisor, about the "breakdown in process" that happened regarding the Chinese government's intimidation campaigns against Canadian MPs. We also talk about Facebook's decision to launch a trial run of news-blocking in response to the government's online news legislation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

Friday, June 2, 2023

Episode #248: Dialogue with Amanda Lang: Statistics Canada's Q1 GDP Numbers & Home Insurance

Season 1, Ep. 248

This is the fourth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two cover this week's Q1 GDP numbers and the Alberta election results and their implications for Canadian public policy. They also discuss State Farm Insurance's withdrawal from home insurance in California and how it may foretell a growing policy issue in Canada.The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. This episode is generously supported by the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Episode #247: Dialogue with Matt Taibbi

Season 1, Ep. 247

The following is a special presentation of the Hub Dialogues with executive director Rudyard Griffiths in conversation with independent U.S. journalist Matt Taibbi about the Twitter Files, the state and future of Twitter, mainstream media, and the future of democracy in the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential elections.The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

Monday, May 29, 2023

Episode #246: Dialogue with Michael Walzer

Season 1, Ep. 246

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Michael Walzer, an American political theorist and public intellectual, about his thought-provoking book, The Struggle for a Decent Politics: On "Liberal" as an Adjective.The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

Friday, May 26, 2023

Episode #245: Hub Roundtable: Diving deep into the Johnston report

Season 1, Ep. 245

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics.Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future. The Frum Dialogues feature the insight and wisdom of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.This week’s Hub Roundtable spends the entire episode discussing former governor general David Johnston's report into foreign interference in Canadian elections. We consider Johnston's possible conflicts of interest, the media response to the report, and where this controversy goes from here.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

Friday, May 26, 2023

Episode #244: Dialogue with David Frum: David Johnston's Report & Canada's New Passport Design

Season 1, Ep. 244

This is the thirty-second episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two discuss former governor general David Johnston's report on foreign election interference in Canada. They also cover the federal government's controversial changes to the Canadian passport design and what these changes might tell us about the country's history, national symbols, and sense of identity.The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Episode #243: Dialogue with David Robson

Season 1, Ep. 243

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with David Robson, an award-winning science writer, about his fascinating book, The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World.The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

Monday, May 22, 2023

Episode #242: Dialogue with Aaron Wudrick

Season 1, Ep. 242

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Aaron Wudrick, Director of the Domestic Policy Program at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, about his co-authored paper, Northern awokening: How justice and woke language have infiltrated Canadian news media, and its implications on Canadian culture and politics.The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.

Friday, May 19, 2023

Episode #241: Hub Roundtable: Ambitious Immigration Targets & EV Bidding Wars

Season 1, Ep. 241

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics.Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future. The Frum Dialogues feature the insight and wisdom of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses the Century Initiative's ambitious target to accelerate Canada's population to 100 million by 2100 by ramping up immigration targets. We also talk about the bidding wars between the Stellantis EV battery plant and the federal and Ontario provincial governments regarding subsidies. If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/