Canada could soon drop its religious-belief exemption from its hate speech laws, as part of a Liberal–Bloc deal to pass the government's anti-hate bill. Joanna Baron, executive director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, discusses what the change could mean and why critics insist it threatens freedom of expression and protections for people simply expressing their beliefs.

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Sean Jones, the vice-president of APX supply chain at Westinghouse, discusses Canada's critical role in the global nuclear energy supply chain, including the geopolitical tensions reshaping supply chain resilience strategies, opportunities for Canadian suppliers to serve international markets, and workforce development challenges facing the industry.

This episode is presented in partnership with Westinghouse.

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0:17 - Danielle Smith (finally) delivers health-care reform, by Bacchus Barua

6:56 - Send The Hub your health-care horror stories!, by Harrison Lowman

9:54 - The biggest energy story in Canada nobody's talking about, by Falice Chin

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John Stackhouse, senior vice-president at the office of the CEO at RBC, and Stephanie Shewchuck, the director of housing policy at RBC Thought Leadership, discuss Canada's housing crisis, including the complexity of measuring the housing shortfall, different barriers preventing increased construction, and why development charges in particular have become a critical obstacle. They also map out the complex interplay between federal ambitions, provincial powers, municipal finances, and market realities.

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0:20 - Is Carney's 'grand bargain' anything more than an empty gesture?, by Derrick Hunter

6:18 - Have we really hit peak oil? Don't count on it, by Peter Tertzakian

14:42 - Carney finally goes big, by Theo Argitis

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0:18 - Canada just took one big step closer to reaching its energy superpower potential, by Mark Cameron

7:40 - How much is Canada spending on health care—and where is the money going?, by Livio Di Matteo

15:10 - 'Industrial transformation': Carney and Smith's big deal for a new oil pipeline in Five Tweets, by Graeme Gordon

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Lyse Doucet, chief international correspondent for the BBC explains how after more than 50 years of constant war and invasion, Afghanistan can be both "the graveyard of empires" and home to the most welcoming people on the planet.

The Canadian discusses our country's legacy in Afghanistan after our longest-ever conflict, the "polycrisis" the country currently faces in the form of fundamentalist Islamic rule, famine, and earthquakes, and answers whether Afghans still have hope for the future. She also responds to allegations of institutional bias at the BBC. Her new book is called The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A people's history of Afghanistan.

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0:17 - Love her or hate her, Danielle Smith just won big, by Falice Chin

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