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Love him or hate him, Rex gives his take on topics in the news, from pop culture to politics.


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    Rex Murphy | Parliament breaks for summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2017 3:29


    As the House and the Senate go on recess for the summer, Rex Murphy reflects on the mostly unremarkable session on the Hill while singling out a few exceptions

    Rex Murphy | Canada's new foreign policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2017 3:28


    Rex Murphy on Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan's new direction for Canada in Trump-era America.

    B.C.'s political drama and Andrew Scheer's rise | At Issue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2017 14:43


    An agreement between B.C.'s NDP and Green Party likely means the end of Christy Clark's Liberal government, but it's a complicated scenario that could affect some major decisions in Ottawa. The At Issue panel discusses that as well as the new federal Conservative leader.

    Rex Murphy | B.C.'s NDP-Green alliance could create national unrest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2017 3:44


    Rex Murphy says the alliance between B.C.'s NDP and Greens could trouble the waters countrywide given its pipeline position.

    Rex Murphy | Recommended closure of National Energy Board

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2017 3:38


    The Liberal government's recommendation to shutter the National Energy Board and replace it with two new agencies is political dynamite, Rex Murphy says

    Rex Murphy | B.C.'s weird election

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2017 3:31


    Rex Murphy has seen some unusual elections in his native Newfoundland, but B.C.'s provincial election was certainly unique, especially since it isn't fully resolved

    Rex Murphy | Farewell Mr. O'Leary

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2017 3:19


    This week we said goodbye to the man who wanted Canada's top job, but his party wasn't buying his pitch

    Rex Murphy | Shame on the UN

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2017 3:52


    Rex Murphy thinks Canada might want to re-evaluate its unwavering support for the UN's peacekeeping efforts amid shocking revelations of child abuse and exploitation.

    Rex Murphy | Political memory loss

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2017 3:06


    What's the most common illness affecting politicians? Memory loss, according to Rex Murphy, who thinks it's especially evident when an opposition party becomes government

    Rex Murphy | The trouble with subsidizing big business

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2017 3:32


    Rex Murphy argues subsidizing companies like Bombardier in the name of innovation only props up favoured industries and isn't innovative at all.

    Rex Murphy | Honouring Rene Levesque

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2017 3:59


    Quebec separatist Rene Levesque may not have been an advocate for Canada as a whole, but Rex argues that the man deserves to be honoured

    Rex Murphy | Bowling wunderkind

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2017 3:20


    Rex digs into the current sports crisis in Canada, a seven-year-old boy who was found guilty of wearing illegal bowling pants at a tournament in Newfoundland

    Rex Murphy: Conservative leadership stars

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2017 3:29


    Rex argues that there are few candidates for conservative leadership that have a raw charismatic appeal

    Rex Murphy: When reality TV becomes reality politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2017 3:13


    Rex reflects on the rise in reality TV stars like Donald Trump and Kevin O'Leary entering politics, and what it means for an already abysmal political climate

    Rex Murphy | Bombardier's bailout

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2017 3:14


    Rex shares his thoughts on Bombardier's bailout

    Rex Murphy: Quebec City mosque shooting

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2017 3:27


    Rex says that despite all of our differences, it's our common expressions of kindness and charity after tragedies like the shooting in Quebec City that unite us as Canadians

    Rex Murphy: Pipeline politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2017 3:26


    Just four days into his presidency, Donald Trump has approved the Keystone XL Pipeline. It's great news for Alberta, but has major implications for Canadian politics

    Rex Murphy | Trudeau's lost sheen

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2016 3:21


    Rex Murphy thinks it 2016 belongs to Justin Trudeau. But next year will be far less of an easy ride for Canada's Prime Minister

    Rex Murphy | Inaction on Syria

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2016 3:11


    Rex Murphy criticizes the "steadfast impotence" of the international community during Syria's civil war.

    Rex Murphy| Electoral reform

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2016 3:32


    Rex Murphy on the 'muddled, mindless mess' of the Liberals' electoral reform survey

    Rex Murphy | The Liberal mindset

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2016 3:17


    Rex Murphy on the Liberals' 'side-splitting defence' of its political fundraising tactics

    Rex Murphy | Media failures

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2016 3:20


    In this Point of View, Rex Murphy thinks the press should focus more on people, instead of polls

    Rex Murphy | Political correctness on campus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2016 2:58


    Rex Murphy thinks university students are "zealous about being kept safe and comfortable and unchallenged."

    Rex Murphy | Bob Dylan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2016 3:14


    Rex Murphy defends the Bob Dylan's silence on winning the Nobel Prize for literature

    Rex Murphy | Trudeau's Flip-Flop

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2016 3:13


    Rex Murphy's not impressed with Justin Trudeau's flip-flop on electoral reform

    Rex Murphy | Canada's unappreciated poets

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2016 3:19


    Canada shows no appreciation for its poet laureates.

    Rex Murphy | The "Outlandish" Election

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2016 3:21


    Rex Murphy on the dangerous divisions that the U.S. election won't resolve.

    Rex Murphy on "Outrageous" Liberal Expenses

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2016 3:30


    Rex Murphy gives the Liberals high marks for making a fast fix on a scandal... but a "F" for making the gaffe in the first place.

    Rex Murphy | Ego, Incompetence and the U.S. Elections

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2016 3:27


    In this Point of View, Rex Murphy wonders why "American leadership has shrunk to two black holes of ego and incompetence."

    Rex Murphy on Referendums

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2016 3:28


    Point of View: Are referendums a really good thing? Rex Murphy says, "yes".

    Rex Murphy | Orlando Nightclub Attack

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2016 3:08


    Point of View: Rex Murphy shares his take on the deadly attack on an Orlando nightclub.

    Rex Murphy | Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2016 3:22


    Rex shares his thoughts on this fall's upcoming U.S. presidential election.

    Rex Murphy | Rejecting a War Hero's Request for Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2016 3:14


    Veterans Affairs has rejected a 94-year-old war hero's request for care. Rex shares his point of view on the situation.

    Rex Murphy on the Raptors

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2016 3:15


    Rex Murphy hits nothing but net on the Raptors.

    Rex Murphy | Electoral Reform

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2016 3:24


    Rex shares his point of view on changing the way Canadians vote.

    Rex Murphy | The Canadian Way

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2016 3:23


    "There is a lot of misery in Fort McMurray and Alberta today," says Rex. "But there is a great counterweight too, the consideration of Canadians for each other in times of challenge is our greatest bond."

    Rex Murphy | Fort McMurray Wildfire

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2016 3:40


    Rex Murphy says Albertans define the meaning of true neighbour: When people are hurting, all are welcome

    Rex Murphy | The State of Newfoundland

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2016 3:24


    Point of View: "Newfoundland is (once again) in a hard spot," says Rex.

    Rex Murphy | Duffy verdict

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2016 3:20


    'Public sentiment should never drive criminal cases' — Rex Murphy's Point of View on Mike Duffy's acquittal

    Rex Murphy | Bernie Sanders

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2016 3:36


    Point of View: "The Sanders campaign is the real miracle," says Rex.

    Rex Murphy |The Leap Manifesto and the NDP

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2016 2:51


    Point of view: Rex shares his thoughts on what effect the Leap Manifesto has had on the NDP.

    Rex Murphy | Marie Henein Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2016 3:38


    Point of View: "Did defence counsel Marie Henein 'owe' women anything in the Ghomeshi case? No. Not a thing." says Rex.

    Rex Murphy | Remembering Rob Ford

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2016 3:10


    Point of View: "Mr. Ford was one of the most remarkable ordinary people Toronto has ever produced."

    Rex Murphy | Donald Trump and Reality TV

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2016 3:49


    Point of View: "Donald Trump is life's revenge on Reality TV," says Rex.

    Rex Murphy | The First Ministers Conference

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2016 3:11


    Point of View: Rex weighs in on last week's first ministers meeting on climate change.

    Rex Murphy | Political Promises

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2016 3:02


    Point of View: "Statements made in a campaign, by any politician, should come with a health warning."

    Rex Murphy | Donald Trump vs. Pope Francis

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2016 3:21


    Point of View: Rex shares his thoughts on the war of words between Donald Trump and the Pope.

    Rex Murphy: Trump and Sanders as 'the anti-candidates'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2016 3:16


    "Sanders and Trump play by none of the established rules, they're almost perfect anti-candidates" -- Rex Murphy tackles America's primaries.

    Rex Murphy | Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2016 3:30


    Rex thinks that the rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders proves that Americans are really fed up with things as they are.

    Rex Murphy | "Prime Ministers Are Not Referees"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2016 3:31


    Point of View: When it comes to pipeline politics, "Mr. Trudeau wishes to hover as a disinterested referee. A referee is by definition NOT a player," says Rex.

    Rex Murphy | Justin Trudeau's Promises

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2016 3:24


    Point of View: Rex is in awe of how Justin Trudeau's Liberals stand to gain credit if they break key pledges of the platform they ran and won on.

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