Episodes
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The Boys are joined by Dr. Frederic Bouchard, Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Montreal, to discuss his work chairing a recent federal advisory panel on research and science policy.
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The Boys join Politicoast for a crossover on the cabinet shuffle and Various National Security Issues.
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The Boys are joined by Tyler Meredith (@tylermeredith), former budget policy and platform impresario of the Liberal government.
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Robin Shaban and Keldon Bester of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project join Laurent for a chat about competition policy.
You can check out/submit to ISED's consultation here: https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/strategic-policy-sector/en/marketplace-framework-policy/competition-policy/consultation-future-competition-policy-canada -
The Boys welcome to the pod former chief of staff to the Conservative Whip, Sean Murphy, to discuss all things whip.
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The Boys return! Poilievre, inflation and the new anxieties of hybrid parliament.
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The Boys discuss the Liberal-NDP accord and the recent federal budget.
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The Boys discuss the Emergencies Act, the Conservative leadership race, and whether drink tickets are too complicated a system to be implemented in the real world.
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The Boys discuss the opportunity costs of slow starts, Halo 3, and if the Liberal agenda is more like a steamroller or a lawnmower. (It's an Albany thing).
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The boys are joined by Paul Wells of Maclean's Magazine to discuss the past, present and future of political communications.
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The Boys sit down with a special guest to discuss the furniture situation in Canada's official residences and other issues.
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The Boys discuss the ins and outs of the new Cabinet.
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The Boys talk about the results of Canada's 44th general election.
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The Boys dispense some mostly unsolicited career advice, review the state of the election, and talk platforms a bit.
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The Boys take a quick look at the federal election landscape and assign you all some summer reading - namely, Eddie Goldenberg's The Way It Works: Inside Ottawa.
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The Boys dive back into the mailbag filled to the brim with your questions!
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The Boys talk Green Party omnishambles, legislative update (also omnishambles) and Sheriff-Commissioner Dion's Morneau Report.
If you want to submit a question for our Q&A episode, you can DM our twitter account (@shortpantspod) or email us at shortpantspod at gmail dot com -
CUPE economist Angella MacEwen (@amacewen) joins the Boys to discuss her new book co-written with NDP policy director Jonathan Gauvin as well as childcare and industrial policy.
The book mentioned was Alain Deneault's "Canada: A New Tax Haven: How the Country that Shaped Caribbean Offshore Jurisdictions is Becoming One Itself."
Angella and Jonathan's book is "Share the Wealth: How We Can Tax the Super-Rich and Create a Better Country for Everyone," available wherever fine books are sold. -
Professor Kevin Milligan of UBC joins us once more for a discussion of his time at the Privy Council Office during the pandemic and a quick look at the macroeconomic outlook.
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