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The productivity crisis holding Canada's economy back
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Trevor Tombe, professor of economics at the University of Calgary, discusses his major SSHRC research grant to study Canada's productivity crisis. He ...
Carney's first year: Can he maintain his broad coalition?
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Mark Carney's first anniversary as prime minister, ranging from almost gaining a majority government to maint...
Canada's once great immigration system is being weakened further
13 Mar 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 t...
Why Kerry-Lynne Findlay wants to be the next leader of the BC Conservatives
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Former Harper cabinet minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay argues why she should be the next leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia. She critiqu...
Carney's first year as PM: Political rise and governing risks
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hub Politics, Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder and chair of Abacus Data, jo...
Why some Albertans feel conflicted about separation
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Cody Church, one of Calgary's most prominent private equity leaders, joins Alberta Edge to discuss the growing debate over Alberta separatism. Church ...
It's obvious why violence is growing in Canada
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Why corporate Canada needs to stand up against antisemitism
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jon Love, founder and executive chair of KingSett Capital, discusses the rise of antisemitism in Canada following October 7th and the troubling silenc...
The Canadian government is now deciding who is a journalist
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Harrison Lowman discuss how major federal departments are now prioritizing media access based on government-subsidized journalis...
The beginning of the end for David Eby and the BC NDP?
11 Mar 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 t...
Why Canada needs a national energy corridor now
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Alberta Minister of Affordability and Utilities Nathan Neudorf discusses a new interprovincial agreement to build a national energy corridor. He expla...
Trump's Iran reversal: What it means for U.S. credibility
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Speer and Rudyard Griffiths discuss President Trump's apparent reversal on the Iran conflict, just days after launching military action. They exa...
What should we make of Alberta's risky referendum?
10 Mar 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 t...
Lawrence of Arabia: War, betrayal, and the birth of the modern Middle East
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Veteran war correspondent Scott Anderson discusses his book "Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East"...
Three synagogues attacked: Why Canada needs to urgently act now
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Noah Shack, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, discusses the recent shootings at three Canadian synagogues in Toronto and the escalating...
How the Iran War could trigger a Canadian recession
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss spiking oil prices and the economic fallout from escalating conflict between Israel, the United States, and I...
The F-35 debate is officially over
09 Mar 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 t...
Let's slow the roll on Iran
07 Mar 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 t...
Are conservatives repeating Iraq War mistakes with Iran?
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the conservative response to the escalating Israel-Iran-US conflict, questioning whether lessons from Iraq an...
The number of federal public servants per Canadian hits a 30-year high
06 Mar 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 t...
Canada's Iran war response: What the polling reveals
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hub Politics, David Coletto, founder and chair of Abacus Data, joins Sean Speer to discuss Canadian public opinion on the Iran war...
Iran war: Carney opens door to committing Canadian forces
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Prime Minister Mark Carney's statement on potential Canadian military involvement in the U.S.-Israel conflict...
Inside Canada's protest movement and the activists who've made disruption their craft
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Caryma Sa'd, a Toronto-based lawyer and journalist, discusses Canada's evolving protest landscape. She examines the tactics, organization, and funding...
Are media fuelling the fantasy of a U.S. invasion of Canada?
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Full Press asks whether the media are raising the emotional temperature of Canadians worried about an American invasion, raises concerns that one fami...
Could an oil price rebound change the politics around Alberta's deficit?
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Amber Ruddy and Keith McLaughlin return to Alberta Edge to break down the fallout from Alberta's $9.4-billion deficit budget. A sudden rebound in oil ...
Why the world needs even more Canadian coal
05 Mar 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 t...
Why Canada needs to rethink its skills system for the modern workforce
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Biga-Wadstein, Canada's country head at Pearson, Valerie Walker, CEO of the Business+Higher Education Roundtable, and Karen Myers, the preside...
Why Iranian Canadians are holding their collective breath
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kaveh Shahrooz, lawyer, human rights activist and former senior policy advisor on human rights to Global Affairs Canada, discusses the U.S. and Israel...
Why is Carney flip-flopping on the Iran war?
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the Canadian government's confusing messaging on the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. They examine how Prime Minis...
Premier Ford's drug double-talk is cynical political theatre
04 Mar 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 t...
David Frum: Why Carney is re-engaging with China and India, risks be damned
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum discusses Prime Minister Mark Carney's shift in Canadian foreign policy. Frum examines Canada's re-...
What the Iran war means for Canadian energy security and global markets
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Tertzakian of Studio.Energy and Susan Bell of Rystad Energy examine the market implications of escalating conflict in the Arabian Gulf region. T...
Janice Stein on the next stage of the Iran war
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hub publisher Rudyard Griffiths and founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy Janice Gross Stein take audience question...
Have Alberta's finances gone off the rails?
03 Mar 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 t...
Natasha Hausdorff on how international law is being weaponized against Israel
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Natasha Hausdorff, a barrister specializing in international law, examines why Israel faces disproportionate targeting by international organizations....
Why Carney broke with Europe to support Trump's Iran strikes
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Prime Minister Mark Carney's surprising endorsement of Trump's military strikes on Iran. They explore the pol...
Why B.C.'s LNG and Alberta's heavy oil are more intertwined than they appear
02 Mar 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 t...
Four years later, Ukraine has learned some hard lessons—what about the rest of us?
28 Feb 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 t...
Can Poilievre navigate Trump's America?
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's major speech on Canada-U.S. relations and the Trump administration. Th...
Alberta Budget: Why oil revenue volatility makes fiscal planning impossible
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Holden, chief economist at the Business Council of Alberta, discusses Alberta's latest budget and the province's significant deficit due to decli...
Pierre Poilievre stays the course—but is that enough?
27 Feb 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 t...
Canadians think crime is getting worse—and they're not wrong
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Snow, associate professor of political science at the University of Guelph, discusses whether Canadians' perception of rising crime matches reali...
David Frum on Trump's rambling State of the Union and tariff defeat
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss President Trump's recent State of the Union addres...
Alberta's strategic advantage in Canada's new defence plan
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Cole Rosentreter, a retired infantry sergeant turned aerospace founder, joins Alberta Edge to scrutinize Ottawa's new Defence Industrial Strategy. Dra...
Canada's global performance rankings are in freefall
26 Feb 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 t...
Oren Cass on Trump and the ideological realignment reshaping America
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oren Cass, founder and chief economist at American Compass, discusses what's driving the Trump administration's aggressive new approach to trade in No...
In defence of the Great One
25 Feb 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 t...
How Jew hatred became normalized in Canada
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Brown, editor and publisher of Canadaland, discusses his six-part investigative podcast series, "What Is Happening Here," on antisemitism in Can...
What the Supreme Court smackdown means for Canada
24 Feb 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 t...
Why AI could trigger the mother of all recessions
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss a new Citrini Research report about how AI could trigger an unprecedented economic recession within the next ...
Is Elbows Up a left-wing cult?: The Hub Debates
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Elamin Abdelmahmoud, culture writer and editor of "Elbows Up: Canadian Voices of Resilience and Resistance," defends his book- a progressive response ...
In the age of economic sovereignty, business can't sit on the sidelines
23 Feb 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 t...
The Supreme Court slaps down Trump's tariffs—but Canada isn't in the clear yet
21 Feb 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 t...
U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Trump's tariffs: What's next for Canada?
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 6-3 decision striking down President Trump's emergency tariffs. They examin...
Inside Canada's new China deal—Where are the "guardrails"?
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dennis Molinaro, former national security analyst and author of Under Assault: Interference and Espionage in China's Secret War on Canada, discusse...
Why neither Carney nor Poilievre is rushing towards a snap election
20 Feb 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 t...
Why Trump's quitting CUSMA would freeze the Canadian economy
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss reports that the Trump administration plans to negotiate separately with Canada and Mexico on CUSMA, rather t...
A Liberal majority on the horizon?
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hub Politics, Sean Speer is joined by Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder and C...
How the media embarrassed itself covering the trans Tumbler Ridge shooter
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Full Press discusses how mainstream media tied themselves in knots when trying to describe the transgender Tumbler Ridge shooter, assesses the damage ...
What to expect as Alberta faces a multi-billion-dollar deficit
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Amber Ruddy and Keith McLaughlin join Alberta Edge's biweekly political panel to break down what to expect from Alberta's upcoming budget amid a proje...
How the risk of separation could cost Alberta thousands of jobs
19 Feb 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 t...
Why Canada can't afford to move slowly on AI innovation
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hilary Carter, the SVP of research at the Linux Foundation, discusses why Canadian firms have been slower to adopt AI than their global peers, what "A...
How Carney is achieving his majority government, without an election
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux crossing the floor to the Liberal Party, which brings Carney within three seats...
Why does Canada feel broken?
18 Feb 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 t...
Carney's CUSMA gamble: Ottawa insider to lead negotiations
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Speer and Rudyard Griffiths discuss Prime Minister Mark Carney's appointment of Janice Charette as Canada's chief CUSMA negotiator with the Trump...
First Nations don't need saving—they need government to get out of the way
17 Feb 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 t...
The next agricultural revolution: Transforming how we produce and consume meat
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Friedrich, founder of the Good Food Institute, discusses his new book, Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity's Favo...
Jewish groups advocate for new hate crime laws to punish perpetrators
16 Feb 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 t...
Don't downplay the coming costs of the AI revolution
14 Feb 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 t...
Why Trump's chaos is Carney's secret weapon
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the growing likelihood of a spring federal election, specifically how President Trump's has transformed Canad...
Our AI future is already here—and we are nowhere near ready
13 Feb 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 t...
Iran regime's 47th anniversary marred by mass protester killings
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kaveh Shahrooz, lawyer, human rights activist, and former senior policy advisor on human rights to Global Affairs Canada, discusses Iran's ongoing bru...
Is Canada headed to an early election?
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hub Politics, Sean Speer is joined by Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder and C...
How to build a tech economy in an age of distrust
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Gibson and Brad Zumwalt, Alberta-based entrepreneurs and co-founders of Rainforest Alberta, discuss how economies innovate amid declining trust in...
The beginning of the end of equity and the ticking immigration time bomb
12 Feb 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 t...
Why this MP wants to ban encouraging MAID
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis discusses his private member's Bill C-260, the Care Not Coercion Act, which addresses unsolicited MAID proposals by non...
Why the world still needs Canadian oil
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Exner-Pirot, senior fellow and the director of the energy, natural resources, and environment program at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and ...
The mainstream media failed Canadians during the Freedom Convoy
11 Feb 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 t...
Why it's a critical moment to rebuild public trust in Canada's research universities
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Jutras, the recteur of the Université de Montreal and new chair of the U15 group of Canadian research universities, discusses the overlapping ...
Will Carney stay silent about China violating press freedom and human rights?
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Hong Kong media publisher Jimmy Lai being sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Chinese government-controlled ...
Does Japan's election lay the groundwork for a Liberal majority?
10 Feb 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 t...
Heather Reisman on why Canada's literacy crisis could cost $60 billion
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Reisman, founder and CEO of Indigo, discusses her Build Canada policy memo on Canada's literacy crisis, in which she explains why early child...
Why Japan's election landslide is a warning for Canada's fiscal future
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent election supermajority in Japan and its implications for Canadian poli...
Why Chinese EVs were never going to get Canada to its EV adoption goal
09 Feb 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 t...
Poilievre's leadership win and the politics of artificial intelligence
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hub Politics, Sean Speer is joined by Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder and C...
Stephen Harper got the big things right
07 Feb 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 t...
Why Carney's $2.3-billion EV program is vibes over reality
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Carney government's multi-billion dollar auto industry strategy, and its attempt to walk back unrealistic EV ...
Canada's Chinese auto gamble: Sacrificing security for market access?
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Beatty, former senior executive at Toyota Canada and automotive consultant, examines Canada's emerging auto policy following Mark Carney's Chi...
Carney's energy superpower talk isn't cutting it—we need action
06 Feb 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 t...
Why Trudeau's WE scandal is heading to the Supreme Court for audio
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Duff Conacher, co-founder of the Canadian political accountability group Democracy Watch, discusses his organization's Supreme Court case challenging ...
Did Canada's media really pledge allegiance to Carney?
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Full Press discusses the short clip turned major conspiracy involving Canadian media producers saying they have Prime Minister Carney's back, asks whe...
How government can work again, starting at city hall
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jeromy Farkas, Calgary's recently elected mayor, reflects on his first 100 days in office and makes the case for a post-partisan style of politics—o...
Carney's dime-store realpolitik is not enough
05 Feb 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 t...
Why Canada needs a radical rethink of North American relations
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Martha Hall Findlay, director of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, and Carlo Dade, director of the New North America Initiativ...
What rising separatism means for Canadian jobs
04 Feb 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 t...
How proven delivery experience de‑risks Canada's nuclear plans
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Luca Oriani, the president of APx Delivery at Westinghouse, discusses the AP1000 reactor, including how its simplified design helps reduce constructio...
Andrew Coyne on why Canada must become a great power to survive
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Coyne, columnist for The Globe and Mail, discusses Canada's national identity crisis amid growing threats from President Trump. He explores Can...
How Poilievre's Conservatives can win the next election
03 Feb 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 t...
Elliot Kaufman on rising antisemitism, crime and immigration disorder
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Elliot Kaufman, Wall Street Journal opinion writer and editorial board member, discusses the dramatic shifts in Western political discourse on immigra...
Uncovering Canada's hidden debt crisis
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss policy expert Charles Lammam's new analysis in The Hub, which challenges the narrative that Canada is fisca...