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Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss President Trump's inauguration this past week, including his ongoing threat of tariffs against Canada, and how the current "Team Canada" approach seems ill-prepared to protect the country's interests, especially with a lame duck government.
They also cover a range of provincial issues, including the Supreme Court of Canada's upcoming hearings on Quebec's Bill 21, a much-anticipated election in Ontario, and how Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has stepped up to defend her province and the country in light of Ottawa's weak leadership. 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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0:23 - No protests, no marches, no riots—This time, Donald Trump enters office leading a country resigned to who he is, by Wodek Szemberg
7:44 - Years of Liberal digital policy is dead. You can thank prorogation and Donald Trump for that, by Michael Geist
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Darrell Bricker, the CEO of Ipsos Global Public Affairs, and The Hub's editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss President Trump's inauguration, the Liberal leadership race and how Canadians are feeling about our fast-moving political environment.
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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 - Trudeau’s tariff response cannot be a backdoor plan to fix his deficit, by Sean Speer
6:05 - Why federal deficits are getting more volatile, by Alicia Planincic
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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.
0:22 - Premier Smith is right that restricting oil exports is a bad idea. Here’s a better option, by Trevor Tombe
9:20 - The courts must stay out of the politics of prorogation, by Howard Anglin
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Henry Olsen is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and host of the Beyond the Polls podcast. He talks to us about what to expect in Trump’s first 100 days in office, the political realignment that got him into office, and whether competing factions within Trump’s coalition - from Silicon Valley tech billionaires to the populist-nationalist MAGA crowd - can co-exist in his second term.
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.
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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 - Eliminate the GST—and other ways to respond to future Trump trade tariffs, by Ken Boessenkool
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Chris Keefer, an emergency medical physician and the president of Canadians for Nuclear Energy, discusses his unique path to becoming a champion of nuclear energy, the economic, environmental, and health benefits of nuclear technology, and why he thinks Canadians should build more nuclear plants at home and export the technology abroad.
This episode was made possible by Canadians for CANDU 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/.
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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 - As we await Trump’s tariffs, Canada’s strategy of selling out Alberta is making us all weaker, by Brad Tennant
8:03 - When it comes to security, Trudeau leaves Canada worse than he found it, by Richard Shimooka
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Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the power vacuum left by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation and how its playing out in the Liberal leadership race, including the launch of Mark Carney's campaign and Chrystia Freeland's pending launch, the rising salience of economic nationalism and its risks, and the growing tensions between Alberta and the rest of the country over the impending imposition of tariffs by incoming U.S. President Donald Trump.
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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0:21 - Don’t forget about the Emergencies Act when assessing Trudeau’s legal legacy, by Joanna Baron
8:18 - What was Christy Clark thinking?, by Kirk LaPointe
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Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss President-elect Donald Trump's growing provocations about Canada becoming the 51st state and what we should make of it. They also cover Prime MInister Justin Trudeau's recently-announced resignation and its implications for his personal legacy, the future of the Liberal Party, and Canadians politics more generally.
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!
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Introducing “Full Press” a new media criticism podcast where listeners can escape the mainstream media echo chambers for a precious 40 minutes every second Thursday.
This week, in our premier episode, why Prime Minister Trudeau, and Liberal leadership contenders Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland are running away from Canadian media microphones, Poilievre’s interview with Jordan Peterson, and why only 37 percent of English Canadians now say they trust the news. Our hosts Harrison Lowman, managing editor of The Hub, current affairs journalist, podcaster and author Tara Henley, and Peter Menzies, former newspaper executive and vice chair of the CRTC now senior fellow with The Macdonald-Laurier Institute Peter Menzies discuss.
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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 - Financial stress could define 2025 as 70 percent of Canadians believe the economy is in recession, by André Turcotte
7:36 - Why America’s trade deficit with Canada is not the problem Trump thinks it is, by Alicia Planincic
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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 - Everyone is assuming an election is imminent. What if that’s wrong?, by Sean Speer
6:04 - Of all Trudeau’s many mistakes, trying to control the internet was perhaps the most foolish, by Peter Menzies
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As President Trump enters the White House, Isaac Stone Fish, China expert, CEO, and founder of the research firm “Strategy Risks” discusses a looming trade war with China, the implications of admitting the country into the World Trade Organization nearly 25 years ago, and Canada’s rocky relationship with the Middle Kingdom.
The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer and managing editor Harrison Lowman, 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/.
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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 - What Poilievre understands about Canadian pride that Trudeau never did, by J.J. McCullough
7:37 - ‘Don’t shoot yourself in the foot’—and five other rules for negotiating with Trump, by Fen Osler Hampson and Tim Sargent
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Mike Harris, former premier of Ontario and co-chair of the Canadians for CANDU campaign, discusses why he got involved in the campaign, how leveraging Canada’s nuclear advantage –particularly CANDU technology – can boost the economy and help the environment, and why he thinks Conservatives are uniquely positioned to lead on the file.
This episode was made possible by Canadians for CANDU 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/.
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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 - Trudeau’s international record may be his most humiliating legacy, by Derek H. Burney
8:13 - ‘Based’ Pierre Poilievre is here to stay, by Ginny Roth
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Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss President-elect Trump's escalating threats to annex Canada, the underlying ideas behind his provocations and how Canada should respond. They also cover the upcoming Liberal leadership race, including the rules and process that will govern it, the potential political fallout, and what may happen after the new leader establishes a government and becomes prime minister.
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! - Show more
