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Hub Dialogues (part of The Hub, Canada’s daily news and information source for policy and politics – www.thehub.ca) are in-depth conversations about big ideas from the worlds of business, economics, geopolitics, public policy, and technology. Join The Hu

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    • Jan 8, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Latest episodes from Hub Dialogues

    Hub Headlines: Trudeau's resignation is the most ill-timed curtain call in our political history

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 13:01


    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.   0:19 - ‘The most ill-timed curtain call in Canadian political history': The Hub's insiders react to Justin Trudeau's dramatic resignation, by The Hub Staff   5:35 - Justin Trudeau never really understood Canada, by Christopher Dummitt   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 Dialogues: Robert Henderson on luxury beliefs, social mobility and the new upper-class

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 40:41


    Robert K. Henderson, best-selling author and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses his must-read book, Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, about his journey out of family breakdown and socio-economic disadvantage and the lessons that he learned about elite culture and the U.S. class divide along the way.   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: The rise and fall of Justin Trudeau

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 15:29


    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.   0:19 - The rise and fall of Justin Trudeau, global progressivism's heir apparent, by Sean Speer   6:52 -  Justin Trudeau is stepping down—here's where things went wrong with his government, by Robert Asselin   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 Roundtable: The Trudeau era comes to an end

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 21:02


    On this special episode of the Hub Roundtable, publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation. They also discuss the Liberal Party's forthcoming leadership race and the consequences for Trudeau's legacy, his party's political fortunes, and the country as it faces the imposition of tariffs by the incoming Trump administration.  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: Chrystia Freeland is not the future of the Liberal Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 11:54


    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 - Anointing Chrystia Freeland as the future of the Liberal Party would be a mistake, by Quito Maggi and Sharan Kaur   7:46 -  The solution to the housing crisis is simple: Increase the freedom to actually build homes, by Mike Moffatt   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 Roundtable: Will Trudeau sacrifice himself to resurrect the Liberal party?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 19:46


    Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss growing calls from the Liberal parliamentary caucus for Prime Minister Trudeau to step down, as well as new polling on how his different successors might perform in an election, and what it all means for Canadian politics as we enter 2025. They also cover a debate within Donald Trump's political coalition over immigration policy and what it may signal about the policies and priorities of a prospective Poilievre-led government 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 Dialogues: Melissa Kearney on two-parent privilege (re-release)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 37:24


    Melissa Kearney, the Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, discusses her important, new book, The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind. This episode originally aired on March 4th, 2024.  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 Dialogues: Tyler Cowen on the greatest economist of all time (re-release)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 26:15


    George Mason University economist and leading public intellectual Tyler Cowen discusses his thoughtful new book, GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time, and Why Does it Matter? This episode originally aired on April 10th, 2024.  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 Roundtable: 2024 is coming to an end. Will Justin Trudeau's prime ministership end too?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 17:06


    Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the latest developments in Canadian politics, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's notable public absence over the past 10 days and what it may signal about his political future. They also cover the past year at The Hub itself and what to look forward to in 2025, including the launching of new podcasts and more audio/visual content.  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 Dialogues: Paul Bloom on empathy, equality and envy (re-release)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 39:24


    Paul Bloom, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto, author and Substack writer of Small Potatoes, discusses issues surrounding empathy, equality and envy, as well as why he decided to join the University of Toronto faculty in 2021. This episode originally aired on July 29th, 2024.  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 Dialogues: Paul Wells on if Prime Minister Trudeau is down for the count (re-release)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 31:46


    Political journalist Paul Wells discusses his new book, Justin Trudeau on the Ropes: Governing in Troubled Times, which details how a prime minister who rescued the Liberal Party from near extinction and rode a wave of “sunny ways” to Ottawa could now be staring down the dying days of his government and his political career. This episode originally aired on June 3rd, 2024.  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 Roundtable: Trudeau should take a walk in the snow

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 34:07


    On this special episode of the Hub Roundtable, publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer are joined by Global CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs, Darrell Bricker, to discuss hos latest polling on Canadians' reaction to Chrystia Freeland's surprise resignation and whether we should have an election. They also discuss how Canada's current lack of political leadership exposes the country to national unity risks and Donald Trump's looming tariffs.     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: What will shape Canada's 2025 economic playbook?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 6:53


    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.   0:23 - From a Trump shock to trade shifts to climate realities, here is what will shape Canada's 2025 economic playbook, by Theo Argitis   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 Dialogues: Deborah Flint on the future of airports and bringing joy back to travel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 34:29


    Deborah Flint, president and CEO of Toronto Pearson Airport, discusses the pandemic and post-pandemic experience at Pearson, the strengths and weaknesses of airport governance in both Canada and the U.S., and her vision to bring joy back to travel.   This episode was made possible by Toronto Pearson Airport and the generosity of listeners like you.   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 Dialogues: Solomon Wong and Paolo Cambula on modernizing airport infrastructure, from Toronto to Rome

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 38:24


    In this two-part episode, Solomon Wong, president and CEO of InterVistas, and Paolo Cambula, the managing director at ADR Ingegneria, discuss how airports around the world are leveraging modern infrastructure and new technologies to boost efficiency, enhance security, and improve customer experience.   This episode was made possible by Toronto Pearson Airport and the generosity of listeners like you.   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: 10 radical ideas to restore the promise of Canada in 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 20:37


    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 - Dare to be great: Ten radical ideas to restore Canada's promise in 2025, by Eric Lombardi   12:46 -  What Assad's collapse in Syria says about Russia's declining global power, by Richard Shimooka, Alexander Lanoszka, and Balkan Devlen   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: Heavy-handed internet regulation is not the solution

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 11:11


    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.   0:21 - The Liberal's approach to regulating the internet is a disaster. What comes next could be even worse, by Joanna Baron   7:11 -  Freeland's dramatic resignation is not without precedent—Canada's history is littered with feuding PMs and cabinet ministers, by J.D.M. Stewart   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/.

    In Conversation with David Frum: Will Chrystia Freeland's resignation be Justin Trudeau's undoing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 12:47


    Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss finance minister Chrystia Freeland's abrupt resignation hours before this week's fall economic statement was to be presented, and whether this marks the beginning of the end of the Trudeau government. 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 liked what you heard in the first half of the program and wish to subscribe to full-length editions of In Conversation with David Frum 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: Freeland and Trudeau have no one to blame but themselves

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 8:08


    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.   0:19 - Freeland and Trudeau have no one to blame but themselves, by Sean Speer   6:11 -  It's not the Grinch that's causing the holiday pinch, 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/.

    Hub Headlines: What the Notre Dame Cathedral can teach Europe about survival

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 13:41


    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.   0:18 - What the Notre Dame Cathedral can teach Europe about survival, by Patrick Luciani   7:03 -  Unlocking Indigenous economies is vital to achieving Canada's climate goals—and prosperity, by Harold Calla   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 Roundtable: The Trudeau government's open-bar fiscal policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 37:17


    On this special episode of the Hub Roundtable, publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer are joined by Robert Asselin, Senior Vice President, Policy at the Business Council of Canada, to discuss the upcoming Fall Economic Statement, including the expectation that the government has broken its fiscal anchor and is now running a much larger deficit than previously projected.  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: Donald Trump's election could be Canada's wake-up call

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 14:04


    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.   0:18 - Donald Trump's election could be the wake-up call Canada needs, by Derrick Hunter   6:48 - American solutions won't solve the problems fuelling Canadian populism, by Brian Dijkema   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: What do Trump's threats mean for working Canadians?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2024 8:48


    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 - What do Trump's threats mean for working Canadians? 2.4 million jobs are exposed to U.S. tariffs, by Trevor Tombe   6:30 - The provinces are losing ground to federal priorities in immigration, 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/.

    Hub Dialogues: Christiaan Hen and Kurush Minocher on how AI is improving the airport experience

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 25:34


    In this two-part episode, Christiaan Hen, CEO of Assaia, and Kurush Minocher, executive director of customer experience and airline relations at Toronto Pearson Airport, discuss how airports are using digital technology and AI to improve their operations, increase accessibility, and enhance customer experience.   This episode was made possible by Toronto Pearson Airport and the generosity of listeners like you.   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: The federal public service must get leaner and meaner

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 11:46


    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.   0:49 - Canadians are very unhappy with the federal public service—and for good reason, by Tim Sargent   8:07 - Premier Legault plans to fine Quebec doctors. Here's why his horribly short-sighted plan is bound to backfire, by Steven Globerman and Bacchus Barua   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: Anti-Christian bigotry shouldn't be waved away

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 17:11


    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 - JD Vance is right. Anti-Christian bigotry in Canada shouldn't simply be waved away, by Kelden Formosa   9:01 -  You're in charge now, David Eby. What's the plan?, 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 Dialogues: Graham Davies on why it's time to scrap the streaming tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 37:17


    Graham Davies, president and CEO of the Digital Media Association, discusses the rise and evolution of music streaming, its benefits for Canadian artists and consumers, and the risk that the Online Streaming Act poses to both of them.   This episode was made possible by the Digital Media Association and the generosity of listeners like you.   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: Do we need a Canadian values test?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 12:43


    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 - A Canadian values test sounds pretty good right about now, by Caroline Elliott   6:45 -  Are Canada's cities still ‘world class'?, by Christopher Hume   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 Roundtable: We're going to need a Plan B

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 19:44


    Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss how the so-called "Team Canada" strategy to combat Trump's tariff threat is only half-correct, the case for a Plan B if tariffs do not go away, and why it would be smart for the Conservatives to set out a pro-competitiveness agenda to protect investment and jobs in Canada. They also cover the latest political developments in Ottawa, including the public's suspicion of the Trudeau government's GST/HST tax holiday and the potential fallout from Canada's deteriorating economic conditions.  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: Canada's destiny remains with America

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 15:16


    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.   0:49 - Canada's destiny remains with America, by Nick Redekop   9:31 - A smarter approach to Canada's net-zero competitiveness, by Bentley Allan and 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/.

    In Conversation with Darrell Bricker: Canadians' views on trade, defence & Canada Post strike

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 27:28


      Darrell Bricker, the CEO of Ipsos Global Public Affairs, and The Hub's editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss Canadians' complicated views about trade in light of Trump's tariff threat, whether there is a support within the Canadian population for more spending on defence and national security, and how the public is thinking about Canada Post's ongoing labour strike. 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: Are we really in a 'vibecession'?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 10:29


    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.   0:49 - Are we really in a ‘vibecession'?, by Alicia Planincic   3:59 -  Trudeau's weak leadership is eroding Canada's moral clarity when we need it most, by Dagny Pawlak   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 Dialogues: David Coletto on how Canadians will react to the Online Streaming Act

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 31:53


    David Coletto, founder, chair, and CEO of Abacus Data and leading Canadian pollster, discusses what he calls the "scarcity mindset", why the Conservative Party is performing well with younger Canadians, and how the Online Streaming Act fits within these broader political developments.   This episode was made possible by the Digital Media Association and the generosity of listeners like you.   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: Considering parole for Paul Bernardo is beyond reason

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 13:44


    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 - Considering Paul Bernardo for parole stretches the ‘faint hope' for reintegration beyond all reason, by Michael Kempa   8:52 - Take it from a Quebecker—the oil and gas emissions cap is a self-defeating policy, by Daniel Dufort   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 Dialogues: Myron Keehn and Jason Van Geel on how airports are becoming clean energy leaders

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 28:40


    In this two-part episode, Myron Keehn, the president and CEO at Edmonton International Airport, and Jason Van Geel, founder and president of Carlsun Energy Solutions, discuss how Canada's airports are playing a catalytic role in clean technology innovation and adoption in name of the energy transition and environmental sustainability.   This episode was made possible by Toronto Pearson Airport and the generosity of listeners like you.   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: How will Canada meet the NATO defence spending target?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 18:58


    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 - Three things Canada can do to meet its NATO defence spending commitment within three years, by Richard Shimooka   12:09 -  The good and the mostly bad news in Canada's latest economic numbers, by Theo Argitis 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 Dialogues: Jennifer Robson on providing support, dignity, and respect to disabled Canadians

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 34:21


    Jennifer Robson, associate professor at Carleton University and leading Canadian social policy scholar, discusses the shortcomings of the current panoply of federal and provincial disability programs, and how they can be reformed to better support Canadians to live lives of dignity and respect.    This episode was made possible by the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security 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: Will Justin Trudeau prorogue Parliament in the new year?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 21:04


    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 - Will Justin Trudeau prorogue Parliament in the new year? History shows there's little political cost to the practice, by Dave Snow   15:44 - Does liberalism have any life left?, 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/.

    Hub Roundtable: Is Ottawa misreading what's behind the tariffs?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 24:22


    Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the risk of Canadian policymakers underestimating the motivation behind Donald Trump's tariff threats and how we need to be prepared for a scenario where the tariffs are implemented and the USMCA is abrogated. They also cover the political fallout over the Trudeau government's GST holiday and cash rebates, rumours over a forthcoming Fall Economic Statement, and the potential fate of the Liberal Party in the coming months.  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: Time to remind the U.S. that Canada is an energy superpower

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 11:26


    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 - Canada is an energy superpower. It's time to remind America and act like it, by Heather Exner-Pirot   7:56 -  Spending on public education has grown while Canada's student population has shrunk—what's going on?, 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/.

    Hub Headlines: Reacting to Donald Trump's threat of 25 percent tariffs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 14:07


    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.   0:56 - ‘Devastating': Canadian experts react to Donald Trump's threat of 25 percent tariffs, by The Hub Staff   5:44 -  Canada's calamitous experience with MAID should be a stark warning for the U.K., by Joanna Baron   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 Dialogues: Jacques Goulet on virtual care and the risk of single-payer, pharmacare model

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 21:21


    On this special episode of Hub Dialogues, Jacques Goulet, the executive chair of Sun Life Canada and chair of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, discusses the industry's experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, the exciting progress of virtual care and the risk of a single-payer, pharmacare model. This discussion was held on October 24th, 2024 in Ottawa, Ontario.  This episode was made possible by the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association 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/.

    In Conversation with David Frum: How should Canada understand Trump's 25 percent tariff threat?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 13:53


    Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss President-elect Donald Trump's announcement that his incoming administration will impose a 25 percent tariff on all Canadian imports and how Canadian policymakers ought to understand the threat and its underlying motivations. 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 liked what you heard in the first half of the program and wish to subscribe to full-length editions of In Conversation with David Frum 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 Dialogues: Meredith Lilly on Canada-U.S. trade relations and how the Online Streaming Act is making things worse

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 29:15


    Meredith Lilly, a full professor and Simon Reisman Chair in International Economic Policy at Carleton University's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, discusses the implications of president-elect Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on Canada, and how the Online Streaming Act (Bill C-11) fits within the broader context of bilateral tensions and uncertainty.   This episode was made possible by the Digital Media Association and the generosity of listeners like you.   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: Canada's fertility crisis is one we cannot ignore

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 14:06


    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 -  Canada's fertility crisis is no longer a minor concern. The incoming government can't afford to ignore it, by Andrea Mrozek and Peter Jon Mitchell   6:46 -  Doesn't the Royal Canadian Navy have better things to do than worry about microaggressions?, by Ian Holloway   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 Dialogues: Hamilton Galloway, Trevor McPherson, and Brendan Sweeney on the economic impacts of airports

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 43:28


    In this three-part episode, Hamilton Galloway, the head of consultancy for the Americas at Oxford Economics, Trevor McPherson, president and CEO of the Mississauga Board of Trade, and Brendan Sweeney, managing director at the Trillium Network of Advanced Manufacturing, discuss the economic impacts of airports in general, and Toronto Pearson Airport and the accompanying Pearson economic zone in particular.   This episode was made possible by Toronto Pearson Airport and the generosity of listeners like you.   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 Roundtable: What is really behind Trump's tariffs?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 29:14


    On this special episode of the Hub Roundtable, publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss President-elect Donald Trump's surprising announcement that his administration will impose 25 percent tariffs on all Canadian imports, including the extent to which mainstream Canadian commentators may be misreading Trump's real motivation--namely, to offset the fiscal cost of his tax policies and return production back to the United States.  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: Trudeau and Ford's populist gimmicks play Canadians for fools

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 17:38


    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 - Your bribe is in the mail—Trudeau and Ford's populist gimmicks play Canadians for fools, by Eric Lombardi   9:54 - What Trump's return means for Canada's Arctic commitments, by Rob Huebert    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 Dialogues: Sam Sullivan on dealing with disability and how we can better support disabled Canadians

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 42:37


    Sam Sullivan, the founder of the Global Civics Policy Society and former B.C. Cabinet minister and mayor of Vancouver, discusses his personal experience dealing with disability and how we fail to properly support disabled Canadians, including the policy disincentives for paid employment and financial independence.       This episode was made possible by the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security 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: Fixing immigration and the economy are two sides of the same coin

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 13:59


    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 - Fixing immigration and fixing the economy are two sides of the same coin, by Chris Alexander   9:57 -  Somebody tell Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford that the Santa Claus model of tax policy doesn't work, by Ben Eisen and Jake Fuss   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 Roundtable: Forget Santa Claus, Trudeau is coming to town

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 21:38


    Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss the various problems with the Trudeau government's plan to issue $250 rebate cheques and temporarily suspend the federal sales tax on certain consumer goods like beer, newspapers and Christmas trees. They also discuss the government's response to the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. 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!  

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