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The Hub’s B.C. correspondent Kirk LaPointe talks to managing editor Harrison Lowman about a historic election B.C. election, now just days away. They discuss the too close to call race, party platform promises, “common sense” Conservatism, and what to expect from the next B.C. government, whether its orange or blue. The Hub Dialogues features 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.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/join/.

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:47 - Interest rates may be on the decline, but the pain of high interest rates is going to last for a while, by Trevor Tombe 7:16 - Canada’s urban rail construction costs are soaring. But how do we compare to other countries, by Alicia Planincic This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/join/.

Robert Atkinson, founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, discusses about his recent DeepDive essay on Ottawa's flawed assumptions to introduce more players and competition in Canada's telecommunications market, and how public policy should prioritize connectivity.This episode was made possible by Telus and the generosity of listeners like you. Donate today.The Hub Dialogues features 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.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/join/.

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:50 - One simple way the federal government could save Canadian homebuyers nearly $2 billion a year, by Mike Moffatt 8:40 - Foreign ownership restrictions on telecommunications companies hurt Canada’s economy, by Steven Globerman (Sponsored by Telus) This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/join/.

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:51 - Who are the new homeschoolers? Young urban professional parents are transforming the home education frontier, by Paul W. Bennett 11:41 - The best climate policy? More Canadian commodities, by Heather Exner-Pirot This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/join/.

Robert Asselin, Senior Vice President for Policy at the Business Council of Canada, discusses his recently published paper, Engines of Growth, including the flaws of Canada's consumption-driven economic growth model and the need for a new economic strategy focused on boosting investment, productivity, and higher GDP per capita.The Hub Dialogues features 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.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/join/.

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 1:15 - ‘More pride is called for’: Five Takeaways from David Frum’s discussion on why Canada is a country worth being thankful for, by David Frum 8:52 - Is the world better off without us?, by Patrick Luciani This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/join/.

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer are joined by MP Adam Chambers to discuss how work in Parliament has stalled as the government refuses to turn over documents related to misspending by a now-defunct green funding agency. They also discuss Statistics Canada's recent report on Canada's rising income inequality, as well as TD Bank's major U.S. fine for money laundering issues and whether it will galvanize reform in Canada. The Roundtable features The Hub's publisher, Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub’s content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.If you liked what you heard in the first half of the program and wish to subscribe to full-length editions of The Roundtable please consider becoming a Hub Hero (https://thehub.ca/join/hero/). Hub Heroes also gets our premium paid newsletters featuring our best insight and analysis along with all our paid content on TheHub.ca. All these benefits are conferred for one year. Sign up now!

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:52 - Stephen Harper embraced pragmatic, incremental change. Does Pierre Poilievre have grander ambitions?, by Sam Routley 9:18 - The first step in solving Canada’s housing crisis? Implement a non-delusional immigration policy, by Donald Wright This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/join/.