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Hub Dialogues: Ed Greenspon on the fast-evolving policy landscape and the role of think tanks

Ed Greenspon, president and CEO of the Public Policy Forum, discusses the fast-evolving policy landscape, the role of think tanks and where the PPF has sought the policy conversation on the energy transition, economic growth and government subsidies for the news media. 


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.


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