Episodes

  • The legal and economic issues around Ottawa's proposed oil & gas emissions cap; Why oil prices have been softening; How Canada can improve its relationship with the U.S.

    The legal and economic issues around Ottawa's proposed oil & gas emissions cap; Why oil prices have been softening; How Canada can improve its relationship with the U.S.
    Nov 5 2024
    Today's guests: Andrew Leach - energy and environmental economist who holds a joint appointment with the University of Alberta’s Faculties of Arts and Law. Also a co-director of the Institute for Public Economics at the U of A. Kenneth Green - Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute Rory Johnston - Toronto-based oil market researcher, the founder of Commodity Context, Fellow - Canadian Global Affairs Institute Theo Argitis - Managing Director at Compass Rose Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • Why Peace in Ukraine requires Russia’s Defeat; Call for Competition Bureau to investigate e-transfer fees; The need for new safeguards around medical assistance in dying

    Why Peace in Ukraine requires Russia’s Defeat; Call for Competition Bureau to investigate e-transfer fees; The need for new safeguards around medical assistance in dying
    Nov 1 2024
    Today's guests: Aurel Braun - Professor of Political Science, and International Relations, University of Toronto; Associate, Davis Center, Harvard University Michele Rempel-Garner - Member of Parliament. Calgary - Nose Hill / Committee Member -Standing Committee on Industry and Technology Shawn Whatley – Physician / Munk Senior Fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute / author - “When Politics Comes Before Patients: Why and How Canadian Medicare is Failing.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • Marc Garneau, "A Most Extraordinary Ride"

    Marc Garneau, "A Most Extraordinary Ride"
    Oct 28 2024
    Today's guest: Marc Garneau, former Canadian astronaut and the first Canadian in space / former federal MP and cabinet minister / author - "A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins
  • The case against a ban on flavoured vaping products; "Fleeced: Canadians Versus Their Banks"; How to reform the CBC; Can video games improve your cognitive performance?; How Canadian farmers are getting squeezed

    The case against a ban on flavoured vaping products; "Fleeced: Canadians Versus Their Banks"; How to reform the CBC; Can video games improve your cognitive performance?; How Canadian farmers are getting squeezed
    Oct 25 2024
    Today's guests: Sam Tam - President of Canada Vaping Association Andrew Spence - Author of "Fleeced: Canadians Versus Their Banks" David Clinton - Publisher of The Audit (www.theaudit.ca) and a contributing writer to the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Dr. Adrian Owen - Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Western University Keldon Bester – Executive Director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • Nazem Kadri, "Dreamer: My Life on the Edge”; Denise Hearn, "The Big Fix”; B.C.'s uncertain election results; Canada slides on International Tax Competitive Index rankings

    Nazem Kadri, "Dreamer: My Life on the Edge”; Denise Hearn, "The Big Fix”; B.C.'s uncertain election results; Canada slides on International Tax Competitive Index rankings
    Oct 21 2024
    Today's guests: Nazem Kadri - NHL player for the Calgary Flames / first Muslim hockey player to win the Stanley Cup/ Author - "Dreamer: My Life on the Edge” Denise Hearn - Co-author of The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians" Keith Baldrey - Global BC’s Legislature Bureau Chief Jake Fuss - Director of Fiscal Studies for the Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    53 mins
  • "You Don't Have To Quit"; Why family physicians are leaving the province; Calls for Bank of Canada to cut its rate further; How to fix auto insurance in Alberta

    "You Don't Have To Quit"; Why family physicians are leaving the province; Calls for Bank of Canada to cut its rate further; How to fix auto insurance in Alberta
    Oct 18 2024
    Today's guests: Maureen Palmer - Critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker / Author - "You Don't Have To Quit: 20 Science-Back­ed Strategies to Help Your Loved One Drink Less" Dr. Shelley Duggan - President of the Alberta Medical Association William Robson - President and CEO of C.D. Howe Institute Jack Mintz - President’s Fellow of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 mins
  • Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead; Explaining security clearance & parliamentary privilege; More Canadians feel immigration levels are too high

    Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is dead; Explaining security clearance & parliamentary privilege; More Canadians feel immigration levels are too high
    Oct 17 2024
    Today's guest: Jonathan Conricus - Senior Fellow - Foundation for the Defense of Democracies / Lt. Col (Ret.) - IDF Philippe Lagassé - Associate professor and the Barton Chair at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Jack Jedwab - President and CEO of the Association for Canadian Studies and the Metropolis Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Canada's response to India's foreign interference; Call to cut Alberta small business tax; How a GST change could help with housing affordability; Why the Supreme Court needs to respect precedence

    Canada's response to India's foreign interference; Call to cut Alberta small business tax; How a GST change could help with housing affordability; Why the Supreme Court needs to respect precedence
    Oct 16 2024
    Today's guests: Vincent Rigby - The Slater Family Professor of Practice at McGill University / former National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister (2020 - 2021) Deborah Yedlin - President & CEO at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce Mike Moffatt - Senior director of the Smart Prosperity Institute and co-host of the podcast The Missing Middle Mark Mancini - Senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and an assistant professor at Thompson Rivers University, Faculty of Law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 mins