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Why Canada's FIFA World Cup spending should alarm Canadians
19 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Canada's massive cost overruns for hosting the FIFA World Cup, with budgets ballooning up to 10 times the ori...
Canada’s inflation looks better than America’s—it’s not
19 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
Making sense of the 16+ polls on Alberta separation
18 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Robson Fletcher, veteran journalist turned data strategist, joins Alberta Edge to make sense of the more than 16 polls conducted this year on Alberta ...
Canada’s leaders love the mosaic metaphor—but it’s a fallacy
18 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
How Gulf states are rebuilding trade routes around the Strait of Hormuz
17 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Mikkelsen, a Canadian living abroad and founder of the website Power & Corridors, joins The Hub from Abu Dhabi to unpack the tentative U.S.-I...
Why is Trump blocking the Gordie Howe International Bridge?
17 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the delayed opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a Canadian-financed infrastructure project conne...
The myth of a united Alberta
17 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
Is trouble looming for Carney?
16 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Why the U.S.-Iran deal changes everything for Canada and the world
15 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding extending their ceasefire and its geopolitical implications. They e...
Alberta is more dependent on U.S. trade than any other province
15 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
The rest of Canada has a lot to learn from Alberta
13 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
Trump says U.S. doesn't need Canada. What happens to CUSMA now?
12 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer examine the turbulent state of Canada-U.S. trade relations following President Trump's assertion that the United Stat...
Canada's energy industry needs workers—not just investment
12 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Deirdre Garyk, longtime energy policy analyst and advocate, says this year's Global Energy Show was defined by a renewed sense of optimism, driven by ...
Carney's AI strategy and the push to restrict social media for kids under 16
12 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder and chair of Abacus Data, join Sean Speer to discuss the Carney...
Why WestJet is refusing Ottawa's 'market distorting' airline subsidies
12 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Ottawa's new airline loan program, sparked by rising fuel costs from the ongoing Iran War. They explore WestJ...
Carney is all-in on industrial policy. It’s a bad bet
12 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
How grievance politics is shaping Alberta’s referendum season
11 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Amber Ruddy and Keith McLaughlin join Alberta Edge to debate whether the province’s two main Tory leaders are successfully calming separatist tensio...
What is driving Alberta separatism?
11 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
Canadian economic growth has been slowing since the 1960s
10 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
Why Canada's real economic crisis isn't a recession—it's long-term stagnation
09 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Canada's deeper economic malaise beyond the recession debate. They explore decades of declining quarterly GDP...
67 percent of Canadians say Canada has too much immigration
09 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Liberalism's forgotten theological roots and the future of freedom in the West
08 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Michael Bonner, political consultant with Atlas Strategic Advisors and former director of Policy within the Government of Ontario, discusses his bo...
Mark Carney’s antisemitism response falls woefully short
08 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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The Carney government gets AI wrong
06 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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What does Carney's 50% popularity signal about Canada?
05 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Prime Minister Carney's governing approach as his popularity reaches 50 percent according to recent polling. ...
Why stagnation is Canada's real economic problem
05 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Why this Conservative MP defied China and went to Taiwan anyway
04 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Conservative MP and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Michael Chong discusses his recent trip to Taiwan, which he says he took to assert Canadian so...
Is Trump using forced labour claims to justify new tariffs on Canada?
04 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Steinberg, economics professor at the University of Toronto, discusses the Trump administration's latest tariff strategy against Canada. He exp...
What U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra's '51st state' comments and Alberta separatism mean for Canada
04 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder and chair of Abacus Data, join Sean Speer to discuss U.S. Ambas...
How to combat separatism: Deepen the economic ties between provinces
04 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Why Carney is backtracking on CRTC tripling the online streamer tax
03 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
J.J. McCullough, a Canadian political commentator and YouTube creator, discusses the Carney government's sudden reversal on the CRTC's decision to tri...
Mark Carney gave a fine speech on antisemitism, but words are just a start
03 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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LIVE with WSJ's Matthew Continetti: The chaos and consequence of Trump's second term
02 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On May 28th, The Hub gathered readers and listeners in Ottawa's National Arts Centre for a live conversation between Sean Speer, The Hub's co-founder ...
Did PM Carney's antisemitism speech meet the moment?
02 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Staley, director of The Hub's Fault Lines Initiative, analyzes Prime Minister Carney's recent speech addressing rising antisemitism in Canada....
Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith are on a collision course over pipeline politics
02 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Thomas Chatterton Williams: Why 2020’s racial reckoning failed
01 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Chatterton Williams discusses his new book “Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse”, which examines how...
Over 50% of Canadians want 2 kids
01 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
Why First Nations should be all-in on developing AI data centres
30 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Why Carney's state-directed capitalism won't end Canada's technical recession
29 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Statistics Canada's announcement that Canada is in a technical recession, examining the structural weaknesses...
How Jew hatred is the gateway drug for defending dictatorships
29 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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How "mass graves" became Canada's biggest journalism failure
28 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On the anniversary of the 2021 Kamloops discovery, Full Press explains how the Canadian media failed to cover that story accurately, why journalists s...
A reality check on Canada’s mining ambitions
28 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lyle Trytten, a self-professed “nickel nerd” and long-time advisor in the mining sector, says Canada possesses significant critical mineral potent...
Carney’s climate policy is splitting the Left. What does that mean for the other parties?
28 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
What Canada needs to understand about America's AI moment
27 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Samuel Hammond, director of artificial intelligence policy and chief economist at the Foundation for American Innovation, explores the tensions betwee...
Why Carney is buying a Swedish surveillance aircraft over an American one
27 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the Carney government's decision to purchase the GlobalEye AEW&C surveillance aircraft from Swedish manuf...
2.7% growth in 2026: Explaining Alberta’s up and down (and up again) economy
27 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Dalhousie president Kim Brooks on what this geopolitical moment demands of Canadian universities
26 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Brooks, president and vice-chancellor of Dalhousie University, discusses how Canada's historic defence investments can translate into genuine sove...
Mark Halperin on Trump, Iran, and the future of American politics
26 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This special episode of Hub Dialogues features publisher Rudyard Griffiths in conversation with veteran American journalist and political commentator ...
Has Canada given up on its future?
26 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
What's behind Canada's enforcement crisis
25 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Staley, director of The Hub's Fault Lines initiative, discusses his recent commentary on the systemic enforcement crisis across Canada. He exp...
What the heck happened to Tucker Carlson?
25 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Zengerle, staff writer at The New Yorker examines Tucker Carlson's transformation from an idealistic neocon praising accuracy and The New York T...
Bill C-22 will spark a tech exodus out of Canada
25 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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It’s time to scrap the CRTC
23 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
0:29 - It’s time to scrap the CRTC, by Sean SpeerThis program is narrated by automated voices. To get full-length editions of popular Hub podcasts a...
Premier Danielle Smith's high-stakes referendum strategy
22 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's referendum strategy on separation, examining how she is navigating court dec...
CBC-funded prank show’s deceptive tactics raise fraud and legal concerns
22 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Why companies collapse during scandals and how to navigate one
21 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jaime Watt, executive chairman of Navigator and author of Director's Crisis Playbook, discusses modern crisis management for companies and governments...
Why we should not overreact to the Canada-U.S. military board being paused
21 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
Stay or leave? Alberta barrels toward a high-stakes fall referendum
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Keith McLaughlin and Amber Ruddy agree that one way or another, Albertans are heading toward a defining political moment involving some kind of reckon...
Why the UN scrutinizes Israel more than authoritarian regimes
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, discusses his organization's mission to monitor the United Nations' adherence to its own charter and man...
5 takeaways from Ben Shapiro’s keynote at the World Symposium Against Antizionism
20 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Why faster pipeline approvals won’t matter without investment
19 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Shannon Joseph, chair of Energy for a Secure Future, says Canada is finally moving from endless debate toward clearer rules and timelines around major...
Should the government mandate work-from-home for public servants?
19 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss parliamentary petition e-7142, which seeks to mandate three-day work-from-home arrangements for federal publi...
Despair is not an option
19 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
Education expert reveals why Canada’s teachers abandoned objective truth for identity politics
18 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Reich, a PhD student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, researching the proliferation of critical theory in K-12 in educationa...
Why Netanyahu’s government is pursuing legal action against the New York Times
18 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
Indigenous rights laws deserve more scrutiny than they’re getting
16 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Why the updated Alberta–Ottawa energy deal still comes with lingering uncertainty
15 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Whitelaw, executive director of Rextag and a fellow with the Energy Futures Lab, says the updated Alberta–Ottawa energy MOU is designed to crea...
How I got fooled by the activist CBC prank show
15 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Author and political commentator Jerry Amernic recounts being lured to Vancouver under false pretenses by a CBC-linked prank show targeting critics of...
What the Trump–Xi summit means for Canada and the West
15 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer analyze the Xi–Trump summit in Beijing and its implications for Western democracies. They examine Trump’s apparen...
Canada is looking to the wrong Europeans for economic policy
15 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
Why women are the hidden economic force reshaping Canada
14 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley Kuipers and Judy Fairburn join Alberta Edge to discuss why women remain underrepresented in leadership, investing and entrepreneurship—even ...
Millennials are living at home longer than previous generations
14 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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The CBC activist prank show made to humiliate conservatives
13 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Full Press explains why a new publicly funded CBC prank show is luring unsuspecting conservatives into embarrassing exchanges, asks if the noble pursu...
How big tech stopped creating wealth and started extracting it
13 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Wu, author of the Donner Prize-shortlisted book The Age of Extraction, discusses how tech platforms have transformed from tools that enriched the ...
How a new pro-Canada coalition is starting to find its voice in Alberta
13 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative ta...
Why Canada is seeing record levels of antisemitism
12 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Wolle, CEO of B'nai Birth Canada, discusses the alarming rise of antisemitism across Canada. He examines how online platforms have normalized ha...
What happened to Canada's world-class immigration system?
12 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Keller, Globe and Mail columnist and author of the Donner Prize-shortlisted book Borderline Chaos, examines Canada's immigration transformation. ...
Are Conservative MPs posting about Poilievre less?
12 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Danielle Crittenden Frum on losing a child and moving forward after profound loss
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Author and journalist Danielle Crittenden Frum discusses her profound new book, Dispatches from Grief: A Mother's Journey Through the Unthinkable. In ...
14.3% youth unemployment: Why young Canadians are struggling to find work
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Statistics Canada's latest labour force survey, which shows that full-time employment fell by 47,000 in April...
Is Canada ready to move on from the Indian Act?
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Joseph, author of Donner Prize-shortlisted book 21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government, discusses his vision f...
The many jeopardies of federal Indigenous rights legislation
11 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Why Canada should not emulate Europe
09 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Why Carney's governor general pick shows Ottawa's elite problem
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Harrison Lowman discuss the recent appointment of Louise Arbour, former Supreme Court justice, as Canada's new Governor General,...
One year into Carney's government, has anything changed?
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Pollster Darrell Bricker and journalist John Ibbitson discuss their Donner Prize-shortlisted book, Breaking Point: The New Big Shifts Puttin...
What 2 big energy mergers reveal about Canada’s oilsands future
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Deal or no deal, energy markets may never return to normal
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Birn, oil analyst and head of carbon research with S&P Global, says the conflict in Iran has permanently altered global energy markets, push...
Is Canada's government contributing to our nation's underperformance?
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Former senior public servants Jim Mitchell and Kevin Lynch discuss their Donner Prize-shortlisted book examining Canada's governmental dysfunction. Th...
Inside the escalating fight over Alberta separatism and political culture
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Amber Ruddy and Keith McLaughlin say the latest controversy surrounding Alberta’s separatist petition is rapidly escalating beyond a simple referend...
Canada’s new governor general has a troubling track record when it comes to Israel
07 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Canada’s ‘real estate economy’ is costing us—here’s how
06 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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How provincial frameworks could unlock rideshare across Canada
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Miller, head of public policy and communications at Uber Canada, discusses the fragmented landscape of ride-sharing regulation across Canada, wh...
Make Canada wealthy again
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Why a Palestinian peace activist says a shared humanity can help heal the Israel-Palestine conflict
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ali Abu Awwad, Palestinian peace activist and founder of Taghyeer, discusses his journey from violent resistance to non-violence advocacy. He shares h...
Filmmaker exposes how universities became woke war zones
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Emmy award-winning filmmaker Ric Esther Bienstock discusses her new documentary "Speechless” – a 10-year investigation into campus culture, cancel...
A Shröedinger’s narrative about Alberta separatism
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Mark Carney needs to get over his obsession with Europe
02 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Is Carney's economic vision moving Canada in the wrong direction?
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer dissect the economic developments that dominated this week: the Carney government's spring economic update, the propo...
What are the big numbers in Carney’s fear-fuelled Spring Economic Update?
01 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Why no one can afford a home in Canada right now
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Butler, principal of Butler Mortgage, discusses Canada's housing crisis. He analyzes the ongoing price correction in major markets, the collapse o...