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Hub Dialogues: Freddie deBoer on Social Justice Movements & Elites

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with Freddie deBoer, author and journalist, about his new, must-read book, How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 4, 202354 min

Hub Roundtable: How to start a class war

This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the bizarre state of housing in Canada, where an income near the top ten percent is necessary to get into the Toronto market. Is this creating divisions in our society down class and age lines? We also talk about the growth of the global middle class and what it means for Canada's ability to compete in the world. The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths, Hub editor-at-large, Sean Speer, and Hub editor-in-chief, Stuart Thomson. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub's content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman. If you like what you are hearing on The Hub's podcast free consider subscribing to our free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 1, 202336 min

In Conversation with David Frum: China's Potential Economic Crisis & Residential Schools

This is the thirty-ninth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two discuss the causes and consequences of a possible Chinese economic crisis and what it would mean for Canada and the global economy more broadly. They also cover renewed calls to criminalize so-called "Indian residential schools denialism" and why they should go unheeded by the Canadian government. The Hub Dialogues feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation. 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 1, 202325 min

Hub Dialogues: David Samson on Tribalism, Science & Ethics

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with David Samson, an anthropologist at the University of Toronto and leading scholar on biology and human evolution, about his new, must-read book, Our Tribal Future: How to Channel Our Foundational Human Instincts into a Force for Good. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 30, 202342 min

S1 Ep 302Hub Dialogues: Heather Exner-Pirot on Energy, Indigenous Economic Development & Climate Change

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with Heather Exner-Pirot, Director of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and special advisor to the Business Council of Canada, about climate change, energy and Indigenous economic development and the possible tradeoffs, as well as the future of lunar mining. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 28, 202339 min

S1 Ep 301Hub Roundtable: The Cabinet Meets in Charlottetown

This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the federal Cabinet retreat in Charlottetown, including its focus on the country's housing crisis and the role for federal policy to solve it. They also discuss the policy and political implications of new polling that finds a majority of Canadians believe that Prime Minister Trudeau should step down. Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. The Hub Roundtable features Editor-at-Large Sean Speer, Executive Director Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-in-Chief Stuart Thomson analyzing the big issues of the week in Canadian policy and politics. The Hub's podcasts are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 25, 202340 min

S1 Ep 300Episode #300: Dialogue with Frédéric Bouchard

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with Frédéric Bouchard, the dean of Arts and Sciences at the Université de Montréal and former chair of the Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System. They discuss the panel's 2023 report on improving federal investments in science, research, and innovation and its policy implications. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 23, 202343 min

S1 Ep 299Episode #299: The Business of Government: Dialogue with the Hub Roundtable

The following is an episode of a Hub special series called The Business of Government, hosted by award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, about how government works and, more importantly, why it sometimes doesn't work. In this five-part series, Lang conducts in-depth interviews with experts and former policymakers and puts it all in perspective for the average Canadian. This episode's featured guests are the Hub Roundtable's Rudyard Griffiths, executive director at The Hub, and Sean Speer, editor-at-large. With the series' host, Amanda Lang, they discuss the Business of Government series' key takeaways including growing questions about Canadian state capacity, the risks of government complacency, and the need to inject energy and dynamism into Canada's governments. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 21, 202334 min

S1 Ep 298Episode #298: Hub Roundtable: American Refugees, a new National Energy Policy, & the Birth of a Populist Troubadour

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future. In Conversation with David Frum features the insight and wisdom of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. In Conversation with Amanda Lang features the insight of award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, who weighs on Canadian business and economics on a bi-weekly basis. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. This week's Hub Roundtable discusses extraordinary reports that the Canadian government is contingency planning for the rise of authoritarianism in the United States including the prospects of political refugees. It also covers new national electricity regulations that could pose significant economic costs on certain provinces like Alberta and Saskatchewan. The episode ends with a discussion of the cultural and political implications of the viral, new song, "Rich men North of Richmond" by previously-unknown musician Oliver Anthony. 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 18, 202347 min

S1 Ep 297Episode #297: Dialogue with David Frum: Canadian Energy Policy & Tradeoffs

This is the thirty-eighth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two discuss the politics of energy policy in Canada, the tradeoffs between the economy and environment, and the need to resist thinking about energy policy as a matter of culture or morality. The Hub Dialogues feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation. 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 18, 202322 min

S1 Ep 296Episode #296: Dialogue with Michael Bonner

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with Michael Bonner, historian and political advisor, about his ambitious book, In Defense of Civilization: How Our Past Can Renew Our Present. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 16, 20231h 3m

S1 Ep 295Episode #295: The Business of Government: Dialogue with Jason Kenney & Kathleen Wynne

The following is an episode of a Hub special series called The Business of Government, hosted by award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, about how government works and, more importantly, why it sometimes doesn't work. In this five-part series, Lang conducts in-depth interviews with experts and former policymakers and puts it all in perspective for the average Canadian. This episode's featured guests are former Premiers Jason Kenney and Kathleen Wynne. They discuss their experiences in government, including the policymaking process, the strengths and weaknesses of state capacity in Canada, and making politically unpopular decisions. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 14, 20231h 2m

S1 Ep 294Episode #294: Hub Roundtable: Should we be worried about our young men?

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future. In Conversation with David Frum features the insight and wisdom of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. In Conversation with Amanda Lang features the insight of award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, who weighs on Canadian business and economics on a bi-weekly basis. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the increased prominence of "existential politics" online, which can sometimes take young activists into worlds of misogyny and racism. We also discuss the increasing maleness of the conservative movement. We finish the podcast with a conversation about the ongoing controversy around Doug Ford's government and Greenbelt development. What does this saga tell us about our state capacity? 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 11, 202336 min

S1 Ep 293Episode #293: Dialogue with Amanda Lang: New Federal Green Energy Mandates

This is the ninth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two discuss the growing tensions between Ottawa and the provinces over the federal government's new regulations for net-zero emissions for electricity grids by 2035. They also discuss how the new federal mandates will impact Canadian energy policy, the economy, and climate targets. The Hub Dialogues feature 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. This episode is generously supported by the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 11, 202324 min

S1 Ep 292Episode #292: Dialogue with Bethany Allen

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with Bethany Allen, the China reporter at Axios, about her must-read, new book, Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World, which documents how the Chinese government has used economic and political tools to project its power and influence around the world. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 9, 202357 min

S1 Ep 291Episode #291: The Business of Government: Dialogue with Michael Hallsworth

The following is an episode of a Hub special series called The Business of Government, hosted by award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, about how government works and, more importantly, why it sometimes doesn't work. In this five-part series, Lang conducts in-depth interviews with experts and former policymakers and puts it all in perspective for the average Canadian. This episode's featured guest is Michael Hallsworth, Managing Director of the Behavioral Insights Team (BIT) North America and the author of Behavioral Insights. The two discuss how behavioural science can be used to better understand and improve complex systems within government, the growingly popular concept of a ''behavioural government," and the potential effects behavioural science can have on policy and politics. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 7, 202332 min

S1 Ep 290Episode #290: Hub Roundtable: Crime, immigration and Taylor Swift

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future. In Conversation with David Frum features the insight and wisdom of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. In Conversation with Amanda Lang features the insight of award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, who weighs on Canadian business and economics on a bi-weekly basis. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. This week's Hub Roundtable discusses recent polling showing the changing attitude of Canadians on crime and how it may affect our political debates. We also talk about immigration, which has quickly gone from a taboo topic to a salient part of our elite discourse. Will that inevitably lead to a populist insurgency on the issue? And finally, we talk about the story dominating the headlines this week: Taylor Swift is finally coming to Canada (well, Toronto, anyway). 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 4, 202335 min

S1 Ep 289Episode #289: Dialogue with David Frum: Young Conservatives and the Far Right

This is the thirty-seventh episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two discuss recent high-profile cases of young conservative activists and journalists who have fallen down a far-Right path, including what is behind these trends and what can be done to reverse them. The Hub Dialogues feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation. 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 4, 202324 min

S1 Ep 288Episode #288: Dialogue with Mark Milke

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Mark Milke, the president of the new Canadian think-tank, the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy, about its mission, goals, and first book, The 1867 Project: Why Canada Should be Cherished—not Cancelled. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 2, 202339 min

S1 Ep 287Episode #287: Dialogue with Katie Smith-Parent

This episode of Hub Dialogues is part of a special series taken in partnership with Pathways Alliance – pathwaysalliance.ca. The goal of the series is to promote greater awareness and discussion of the goal of decarbonizing Canada's oil sands production to reach net zero emissions from operations by 2050. Each episode aims to provide listeners with the latest analysis and insights from industry experts and leaders who are acting on Pathways' ambitious call to action. For more information on Pathways, visit pathwaysalliance.ca. The featured guest in this episode is Katie Smith-Parent, executive director of Young Women in Energy and co-founder and board director of Axis Connects. This episode was produced as part of a paid promotional partnership with Pathways Alliance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 1, 202328 min

S1 Ep 286Episode #286: The Business of Government: Dialogue with Michael Wernick

The following is an episode of a Hub special series called The Business of Government, hosted by award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, about how government works and, more importantly, why it sometimes doesn't work. In this five-part series, Lang conducts in-depth interviews with experts and former policymakers and puts it all in perspective for the average Canadian. This episode's featured guest is Michael Wernick, a former clerk of the privy council and secretary to the cabinet of Canada with decades of experience working in Canada's civil service. The two discuss the nature and the structure of Canada's civil service, how the public sector and the political arena interact, and what, if anything, can be done to improve the performance of our government bureaucracy. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 31, 202340 min

S1 Ep 285Episode #285: Hub Roundtable: Cabinet shuffle reaction and the internet's dark rabbit holes

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future. In Conversation with David Frum features the insight and wisdom of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. In Conversation with Amanda Lang features the insight of award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, who weighs on Canadian business and economics on a bi-weekly basis. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. This week's Hub Roundtable discusses Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's big cabinet shuffle this week and what it means, if anything, for the Canadian political landscape. We also talk about Nate Hochman, the up-and-coming American conservative thinker who was fired from the Ron DeSantis campaign for using Nazi imagery in a social media video. And finally, we take a look at Twitter's rebranding to "X." 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 28, 202336 min

S1 Ep 284Episode #284: Dialogue with Amanda Lang: Federal Cabinet Shuffle & SME's COVID-19 Loans

This is the eighth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two discuss the recent federal cabinet shuffle and what it might tell us about the direction of economic policy and the issues that will animate the next federal election. They also discuss growing calls from industry groups for the federal government to extend the repayment period for business loans provided during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hub Dialogues feature 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. This episode is generously supported by the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 28, 202326 min

S1 Ep 283Episode #283: Dialogue with Alan Lightman

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with leading philosophical scientist Alan Lightman about his fascinating book, The Transcendent Brain: Spirituality in the Age of Science. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 26, 202329 min

S1 Ep 282Episode #282: The Business of Government: Dialogue with Livio di Matteo

The following is a Hub special series called The Business of Government, hosted by award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, about how government works and, more importantly, why it sometimes doesn't work. In this five-part series, Lang conducts in-depth interviews with experts and former policymakers and puts it all in perspective for the average Canadian. This episode's featured guest is Lakehead University economist and regular Hub contributor Livio di Matteo. The two discuss the debate between small government versus bigger government, whether there's an optimal size of government, or even if the size of government ultimately matters. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 24, 202337 min

S1 Ep 281Episode #281: Hub Roundtable: How will Trudeau shuffle his cabinet?

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future. In Conversation with David Frum features the insight and wisdom of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. In Conversation with Amanda Lang features the insight of award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, who weighs on Canadian business and economics on a bi-weekly basis. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the Liberal government's impending cabinet shuffle. Is it simply a quick refresh of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's team or is this an exercise in election readiness? We also talk about the recent trend of Big Tech companies threatening to get tough with countries that try to regulate them. Is this an ominous sign for the future? 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 21, 202338 min

S1 Ep 280Episode #280: Dialogue with David Frum: Canada's Underinvested Defence & its Security Challenges

This is the thirty-sixth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two discuss recent criticism that Canada is a "free rider" on global defence and security issues, including the factors behind the country's underinvestment in these areas and their consequences. The Hub Dialogues feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation. 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 21, 202323 min

S1 Ep 279Episode #279: Dialogue with Patrick Deneen

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Patrick Deneen, a Notre Dame University political science professor and leading conservative intellectual, about his provocative, new book, Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 19, 202353 min

S1 Ep 278Episode #278: Dialogue with JP Gladu

This episode of Hub Dialogues is part of a special series taken in partnership with Pathways Alliance – pathwaysalliance.ca. The goal of the series is to promote greater awareness and discussion of the goal of decarbonizing Canada's oil sands production to reach net zero emissions from operations by 2050. Each episode aims to provide listeners with the latest analysis and insights from industry experts and leaders who are acting on Pathways' ambitious call to action. For more information on Pathways, visit pathwaysalliance.ca. The featured guest in this episode is JP Gladu, former President and CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, founder and President of Mokwateh and current member of the board at Suncor. This episode was produced as part of a paid promotional partnership with Pathways Alliance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 18, 202330 min

S1 Ep 277Episode #277: The Business of Government: Dialogue with Lisa Raitt

The following is a Hub special series called The Business of Government, hosted by award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, about how government works and, more importantly, why it sometimes doesn't work. In this five-part series, Lang conducts in-depth interviews with experts and former policymakers and puts it all in perspective for the average Canadian. This episode's featured guest is Lisa Raitt, a former Conservative MP and Cabinet Minister who also managed big, complex projects as CEO of the Toronto Port Authority. The two discuss a new project underway in Ottawa to replace the famously dysfunctional Phoenix pay system. They highlight what went wrong, the bureaucratic challenges with improving government programs, and Canadians' loss of faith in functioning government. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 17, 202335 min

S1 Ep 276Episode #276: Hub Roundtable: Rate hikes and a potential constitutional crisis

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future. In Conversation with David Frum features the insight and wisdom of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. In Conversation with Amanda Lang features the insight of award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, who weighs on Canadian business and economics on a bi-weekly basis. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the recent rate hikes by the Bank of Canada and how it will affect both average Canadians and the major political parties. We also talk about the potential for the Liberal-NDP governance agreement to continue after the next federal election, even if the Conservatives win the most seats. Are we heading to a constitutional crisis if that transpires? 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 14, 202339 min

S1 Ep 275Episode #275: Dialogue with Amanda Lang: BOC's Latest Interest Rate Hike & its Consequences

This is the seventh episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two discuss the Bank of Canada's latest hike to its benchmark interest rate including some of the factors behind persistently high inflation and the political economy consequences of a higher interest rate environment. The Hub Dialogues feature 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. This episode is generously supported by the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 14, 202322 min

S1 Ep 274Episode #274: Dialogue with Christopher Blattman

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Christopher Blattman, professor at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, about his must-read book, Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 12, 202337 min

S1 Ep 273Episode #273: Dialogue with David Schleicher

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Yale law professor David Schleicher about his fascinating, new book, In a Bad State: Responding to State and Local Budget Crises. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 10, 202339 min

S1 Ep 272Episode #272: Hub Roundtable: The government deletes its Facebook account

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future. In Conversation with David Frum features the insight and wisdom of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. In Conversation with Amanda Lang features the insight of award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, who weighs on Canadian business and economics on a bi-weekly basis. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the government's continuing battle with Meta and its decision to remove all government advertising from the company's platforms, including Facebook (although the Liberal Party will continue to advertise there). We also talk about Threads, the new Twitter competitor that is fueled by the Instagram user base, and wonder if this is the beginning of the end for Twitter. 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 7, 202338 min

S1 Ep 271Episode #271: Dialogue with David Frum: The Three Amigos & Mexico's Illiberalism

This is the thirty-fifth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two discuss rising illiberalism in Mexico and the need for Canada and the United States to pursue a more ambitious bilateral agenda on clean energy, cross-border shipping and labour mobility. The Hub Dialogues feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation. 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 7, 202323 min

S1 Ep 270Episode #270: Dialogue with Jaime Watt

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Jaime Watt, the executive chairman of Navigator and Toronto Star columnist, about his new book, What I Wish I Said: Confessions of a Columnist. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 5, 202336 min

S1 Ep 269Episode #269: Dialogue with Alex Pourbaix

This episode of Hub Dialogues is part of a special series taken in partnership with Pathways Alliance – pathwaysalliance.ca. The goal of the series is to promote greater awareness and discussion of the goal of decarbonizing Canada's oil sands production to reach net zero emissions from operations by 2050. Each episode aims to provide listeners with the latest analysis and insights from industry experts and leaders who are acting on Pathways' ambitious call to action. For more information on Pathways, visit pathwaysalliance.ca. The featured guest in this episode is Alex Pourbaix, former President and CEO of Cenovus and current executive chair. This episode was produced as part of a paid promotional partnership with Pathways Alliance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 4, 202331 min

S1 Ep 268Episode #268: Dialogue with Yann LeCun, Max Tegmark, Melanie Mitchell, and Yoshua Bengio

The following is a Hub exclusive in the form of a series of interviews conducted by The Hub's executive director, Rudyard Griffiths, where he was in conversation with Yann LeCun, Max Tegmark, Melanie Mitchell, and Yoshua Bengio, professors and scientists who participated in the Munk Debates where they debated the following resolution: Be it resolved, AI research and development poses an existential threat. The interviews were conducted ahead of the debate, which was then held on June 22nd, 2023. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 3, 20231h 7m

S1 Ep 267Episode #267: Hub Roundtable: Don't Google this episode

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future. In Conversation with David Frum features the insight and wisdom of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. In Conversation with Amanda Lang features the insight of award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, who weighs on Canadian business and economics on a bi-weekly basis. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. This week's Hub Roundtable discusses Google's announcement this week that it will soon stop Canadian news links from appearing in Google News and search results. We also discuss Canada Day and the question of how to celebrate the nation's birthday when our society feels so fractured and divided. 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 30, 202342 min

S1 Ep 266Episode #266: Dialogue with Amanda Lang: Digital Nomads & the Online News Act

This is the sixth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two discuss the federal government's new "digital nomad" strategy including its plan to target U.S. visa holders for immigration. They also cover a week of turmoil in Canada's news media landscape ranging from the passage of the Online News Act to reports of a possible merger between Postmedia and the Toronto Star. The Hub Dialogues feature 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. This episode is generously supported by the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 30, 202331 min

S1 Ep 265Episode #265: Dialogue with Dan Gardner

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with journalist and best-selling author Dan Gardner about his must-read, new book (co-authored with Bent Flyvbjerg), How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 28, 202357 min

S1 Ep 264Episode #264: Dialogue with James Rosen

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with James Rosen, a journalist, historian and best-selling author, about the first book in his two-volume biography of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia entitled Scalia: The Rise to Greatness, 1936 to 1986. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 26, 202358 min

S1 Ep 263Episode #263: Hub Roundtable: Who should pay for journalism?

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future. In Conversation with David Frum features the insight and wisdom of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. In Conversation with Amanda Lang features the insight of award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, who weighs on Canadian business and economics on a bi-weekly basis. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the government's online news legislation that became law this week and also digs into a deeper question: How much journalism do Canadians need and who should pay for it? We also talk about the tourist submersible that imploded on a dive to visit the wreck of the Titanic this week. 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 23, 202339 min

S1 Ep 262Episode #262: Dialogue with David Frum: Residential schools and understanding the past and present

This is the thirty-fourth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. In light of a new report to the federal government on possible unmarked graves at the sites of former Indian residential schools, the two discuss the challenges with criminalizing open discussions about the past as well as the importance of addressing contemporary challenges facing Indigenous peoples. The Hub Dialogues feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation. 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 23, 202324 min

S1 Ep 261Episode #261: Dialogue with Chuck Klosterman

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Chuck Klosterman, a best-selling author and journalist, about his must-read book, The Nineties. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 21, 202344 min

S1 Ep 260Episode #260: Dialogue with James Millar

This episode of Hub Dialogues is part of a special series taken in partnership with Pathways Alliance – pathwaysalliance.ca. The goal of the series is to promote greater awareness and discussion of the goal of decarbonizing Canada's oil sands production to reach net zero emissions from operations by 2050. Each episode aims to provide listeners with the latest analysis and insights from industry experts and leaders who are acting on Pathways' ambitious call to action. For more information on Pathways, visit pathwaysalliance.ca. The featured guest in this episode is James Millar, President and Chief Executive Officer of International CCS Knowledge Centre. This episode was produced as part of a paid promotional partnership with Pathways Alliance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 20, 202329 min

S1 Ep 259Episode #259: Dialogue with Taylor Owen

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Taylor Owen, a McGill University professor and leading scholar on the media, internet and public policy, about Bill C-18 (the Online News Act) as well as broader policy trends with respect to the internet, social media, and how we access and consume information. The Hub Dialogues (which is one of The Hub's regular podcasts) feature 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. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 19, 202349 min

S1 Ep 258Episode #258: Hub Roundtable: A crisis of competence

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at The Hub, Canada's daily news and information source for policy and politics. Each Friday, you can listen to our Hub Roundtable featuring The Hub's editors analyzing the big issues of the week in Canada. Our Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer engaged in twice-weekly conversations with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future. In Conversation with David Frum feature the insight and wisdom of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events. In Conversation with Amanda Lang feature the insight of award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang, who weighs on Canadian business and economics on a bi-weekly basis. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the seemingly non-stop parade of federal ministers who have failed to receive important briefings on key issues, including foreign interference and Paul Bernardo's transfer to a medium security facility. We also talk about the upcoming byelections on Monday and what they could tell us about the political landscape. 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 public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 16, 202336 min

S1 Ep 257Episode #257: Dialogue with Amanda Lang: Canada's Labour Productivity & BOC's Interest Rate Hike

This is the fifth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two discuss recent data on Canada's poor productivity performance and the consequences for national living standards. They also cover the Bank of Canada's recent interest rate hike and whether its 2 percent inflation target will withstand the current bout with inflation. The Hub Dialogues feature 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. This episode is generously supported by the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation. 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/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 16, 202324 min