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    “Shocking” and “Unsustainable”: Why the interim Parliamentary Budget Officer isn't mincing words about the federal deficit

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2025 11:39


    Guest: Tom Korski, Managing Editor, Blacklock's Reporter

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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2025 18:44


    Guest: Catherine McKenna, former MP and Minister of the Environment. Author of Run Like a Girl.

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    How eating alone at a restaurant went from taboo to trend

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2025 9:16


    Guest: Stephen Zagor, restaurant consultant, and teaches at Columbia University's business school 

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    Why Michael Kovrig says dropping tariffs on China would be a mistake

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2025 10:04


    Guest: Michael Kovrig, former Canadian diplomat, Senior Advisor on Asia, International Crisis Group

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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 17:55


    Guest: Jay Ferguson, guitarist, songwriter, co-founder of Sloan

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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 18:26


    Guest: Diane Matheson, Founder and Chief Growth Officer, Northern Super League, and former  member of Team Canada Women's National Soccer team, Michele Hozer, documentary filmmaker and director of The Pitch 

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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 19:03


    Guest: Ayleen Charlotte, Tinder Swindler victim, founder of SAFE: Scam Awareness & Fraud Education

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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 48:07


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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2025 80:40


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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2025 17:26


    Guests: Johnny Dee lead singer and Derry Grahan, lead guitarist, Honeymoon Suite

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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025 18:40


    Guest: Andrew MacDougall, director of Trafalgar Communications and former Director of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper

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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025 18:58


    Guest: Kaitlyn Reghr, author of Smartphone Nation

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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025 15:56


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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 17:09


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    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 19:21


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    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025 17:28


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