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Hub Headlines: Is a constitutional storm brewing?
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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.
0:20 - A constitutional storm is brewing as Pierre Poilievre flirts with the notwithstanding clause, by Joanna Baron
8:19 - We need more than big promises to solve our housing crisis, by Mike Moffatt
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35:36Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss how the International Criminal Court's petition to issue warrants against Israel's Prime Minister and Defence Minister and the false equivalence reflected in the reactions from the Trudeau government and others around the world. They also discuss Pierre Poilievre's recent video on personal income tax cuts and its policy implications should he become prime ministerThe Roundtable features The Hub's publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Hub editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub’s content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.If you like what you are hearing on The Hub’s podcast consider subscribing to our free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/.