• Hub Dialogues: Myron Keehn and Jason Van Geel on how airports are becoming clean energy leaders
    Dec 3 2024

    In this two-part episode, Myron Keehn, the president and CEO at Edmonton International Airport, and Jason Van Geel, founder and president of Carlsun Energy Solutions, discuss how Canada's airports are playing a catalytic role in clean technology innovation and adoption in name of the energy transition and environmental sustainability.

    This episode was made possible by Toronto Pearson Airport 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.

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    29 mins
  • Hub Headlines: How will Canada meet the NATO defence spending target?
    Dec 3 2024

    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.

    0:51 - Three things Canada can do to meet its NATO defence spending commitment within three years, by Richard Shimooka

    12:09 - The good and the mostly bad news in Canada’s latest economic numbers, by Theo Argitis

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    19 mins
  • Hub Dialogues: Jennifer Robson on providing support, dignity, and respect to disabled Canadians
    Dec 2 2024
    Jennifer Robson, associate professor at Carleton University and leading Canadian social policy scholar, discusses the shortcomings of the current panoply of federal and provincial disability programs, and how they can be reformed to better support Canadians to live lives of dignity and respect. This episode was made possible by the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security and the generosity of listeners like you. Donate today. 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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    34 mins
  • Hub Headlines: Will Justin Trudeau prorogue Parliament in the new year?
    Dec 2 2024

    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.

    0:52 - Will Justin Trudeau prorogue Parliament in the new year? History shows there’s little political cost to the practice, by Dave Snow

    15:44 - Does liberalism have any life left?, by Patrick Luciani

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    21 mins
  • Hub Roundtable: Is Ottawa misreading what's behind the tariffs?
    Nov 29 2024

    Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the risk of Canadian policymakers underestimating the motivation behind Donald Trump's tariff threats and how we need to be prepared for a scenario where the tariffs are implemented and the USMCA is abrogated. They also cover the political fallout over the Trudeau government's GST holiday and cash rebates, rumours over a forthcoming Fall Economic Statement, and the potential fate of the Liberal Party in the coming months.

    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.

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    24 mins
  • Hub Headlines: Time to remind the U.S. that Canada is an energy superpower
    Nov 29 2024

    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.

    0:53 - Canada is an energy superpower. It’s time to remind America and act like it, by Heather Exner-Pirot

    7:56 - Spending on public education has grown while Canada’s student population has shrunk—what’s going on?, by Alicia Planincic

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    11 mins
  • Hub Headlines: Reacting to Donald Trump’s threat of 25 percent tariffs
    Nov 28 2024

    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.

    0:56 - ‘Devastating’: Canadian experts react to Donald Trump’s threat of 25 percent tariffs, by The Hub Staff

    5:44 - Canada’s calamitous experience with MAID should be a stark warning for the U.K., by Joanna Baron

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    14 mins
  • Hub Dialogues: Jacques Goulet on virtual care and the risk of single-payer, pharmacare model
    Nov 28 2024

    On this special episode of Hub Dialogues, Jacques Goulet, the executive chair of Sun Life Canada and chair of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, discusses the industry's experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, the exciting progress of virtual care and the risk of a single-payer, pharmacare model. This discussion was held on October 24th, 2024 in Ottawa, Ontario.

    This episode was made possible by the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association and the generosity of listeners like you. Donate today.

    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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    21 mins