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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. 0:51 - What Canada can learn from Irish prosperity, by Trevor Tombe 8:27 - The Trudeau government’s newest intrusion into newsrooms is another nail in the industry’s coffin, by Peter Menzies 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/.

After what seemed like countless recounts, The Hub’s B.C. Correspondent Kirk LaPointe talks to Managing Editor Harrison Lowman about what appears to be the results of a historic B.C. election. They discuss conspiratorial allegations of “rigged” votes, the teetering and unstable legislature, Premier Eby’s pared down agenda, the political legacy of John Rustad, and what the outcome says about the political mood across Canada.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/.

Ted Woodhead, a longtime telecommunications executive and former CRTC official, discusses his DeepDive essay for The Hub on a set of practical policy reforms to liberalize Canada's telecommunications policy framework, and boost market-based competition in the sector.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. 0:52 - Canada’s enemies aren’t just targeting elected officials—they’re trying to interfere with you too, by Richard Shimooka 9:03 - B.C. Premier David Eby can finally claim victory. Unfortunately for him, the easy part is over, by Kirk LaPointe 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. 0:50 - Poilievre’s new housing plan isn’t flawless—but it’s close, by Mike Moffatt 6:43 - Hamas is still holding my mother’s remains hostage. Where is Canada’s urgency in bringing her home?, by Iris Weinstein Haggai 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/.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, in discussing her new platform, Courage Media, stresses the importance of open discourse on issues like antisemitism, radical ideologies, and multiculturalism. She critiques Western society’s reluctance to address sensitive topics and warns that ideologies like wokeism threaten democratic values. Hirsi Ali advocates for a values-based immigration approach and emphasizes that Courage Media aims to challenge prevailing groupthink, defend pluralism, and restore Western values essential for societal cohesion.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. 0:53 - Want to cut useless government spending, Pierre Poilievre? Boycott the Leaders’ Debates Commission, by Rudyard Griffiths 8:15 - Philpott should act on instincts and promote Dutch-style health-care reform in Ontario, by Bacchus Barua and Mackenzie Moir 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 discuss Prime Minister Trudeau's dramatic week, from the Liberal caucus meeting where he faced calls to resign to him defiantly proclaiming that he will remain as party leader and the continuing speculation on Parliament's possible prorogation. They also discuss the federal government's recent immigration announcement as well as the upcoming U.S. presidential election and its policy implications for 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. 0:55 - Bigger numbers, fewer safeguards, and no accountability—How to fix Canada’s foreign worker program woes, by Peter Csillag 9:56 - When antisemitism no longer shocks, by Michael Geist 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/.