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Why Canada's 'moderate middle' supports the Carney-Smith pipeline deal
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Prime Minister Mark Carney's political momentum following his pipeline agreement with Alberta Premier Daniell...
The remarkable rise and spectacular fall of John Rustad
05 Dec 2025
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...
Do Canadians support the Carney-Smith pipeline deal?
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hub Politics, host Sean Speer is joined by Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder a...
Inside the complex politics of Indigenous pipeline support
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The new memorandum of understanding on a potential oil pipeline to the West Coast stipulates that any such project from Alberta would require Indigeno...
Why Canada should follow in Ireland's tax reform footsteps
04 Dec 2025
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 the Carney government might strip religious protections from its hate speech laws
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 b...
How the nuclear industry supports Canadian jobs, innovation, and global supply chains
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Jones, the vice-president of APX supply chain at Westinghouse, discusses Canada's critical role in the global nuclear energy supply chain, includ...
Danielle Smith (finally) delivers health-care reform
03 Dec 2025
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's ambitious housing target requires a complete system overhaul
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Stackhouse, senior vice-president at the office of the CEO at RBC, and Stephanie Shewchuck, the director of housing policy at RBC Thought Leade...
A grand bargain—or an empty gesture?
02 Dec 2025
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...
Is Canada one step closer to reaching its energy superpower potential?
01 Dec 2025
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...
Did the West betray Afghanistan?
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lyse Doucet, chief international correspondent for the BBC explains how after more than 50 years of constant war and invasion, Afghanistan can be both...
Love her or hate her, Danielle Smith just won big
29 Nov 2025
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 Alberta pipeline deal: Is PM Carney actually a conservative?
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the political implications of Prime Minister Mark Carney's pipeline deal with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith....
Hunter Prize 2025: How to incentivize economic growth in Canada
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode of Hub Dialogues, the winner and runner-up of the third annual Hunter Prize for Public Policy, Matthew Chiasson, economist and...
Competition can get Canada out of its growth rut
28 Nov 2025
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...
Does the Alberta-Ottawa MOU bring us any closer to a pipeline?
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rory Johnston, oil markets analyst, and Grant Sprague, former Alberta deputy energy minister, examine the federal-provincial memorandum of understandi...
Why did VP JD Vance attack the CBC?
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Full Press breaks down why American Vice President JD Vance is going after Canadian immigration policies and the CBC, examines a decade-long #MeToo ca...
David Frum on Trump, Russia, and the extremist Right
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the Trump administration's plan to end the Russia-...
One Canadian economy? Not quite yet
27 Nov 2025
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...
Toronto's condo market is decimated, is housing next?
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Butler, principal broker at Butler Mortgage, examines Toronto's collapsing condo market and its ripple effects across Canada's housing sector. He ...
Will Carney's pipeline gamble reset the Ottawa-Alberta relationship?
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hub Politics, host Sean Speer is joined by Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder a...
Elizabeth May's tanker ban claims don't add up
26 Nov 2025
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 nuclear is Canada's next superpower advantage
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Gorman, president of Westinghouse Canada, and Fabricia Piñeiro, vice president of Westinghouse's Canada operating plant services, discuss how We...
Alberta Minister of Primary and Preventive Health Services Adriana LaGrange
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alberta Minister of Primary and Preventive Health Services Adriana LaGrange discusses her government's historic legislation introducing a dual private...
How much LNG would Canada need to be a real player on the global market?
25 Nov 2025
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...
Ross Douthat on why religion is making a comeback in the West
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode of Hub Dialogues, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat spoke to The Hub's editor at large Sean Speer while in Ottawa to deliv...
Large-scale energy investments remain a pipe dream
24 Nov 2025
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...
Alberta is right to want to reform our failing health-care status quo
22 Nov 2025
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...
Alberta gores the sacred cow of Canadian health care
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Alberta's rumoured health-care reforms that would permit physicians to work in a parallel private system. The...
How different are religious Americans vs. religious Canadians?
21 Nov 2025
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...
Hub Hits: What's behind Alberta's private-public health care reforms?
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brian Day, orthopedic surgeon, author, and healthcare reform advocate, discusses reports that the Alberta government will soon introduce legislati...
What would it take for B.C. Premier David Eby to support an oil pipeline?
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What's really behind B.C. Premier David Eby's hard "no" on an Alberta-to-B.C. oil pipeline—and is there anything that could sway him? Alberta Edge g...
It's time to downsize the House of Commons
20 Nov 2025
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...
AI openness could unlock Canada's next industrial revolution
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Chan, Meta's senior director of global policy strategy, discusses Canada's artificial intelligence strategy and the debate between AI sovereignt...
Are Canadian content quotas killing Canadian creativity?
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
J.J. McCullough, Canadian Youtuber and political commentator breaks down the federal government's latest efforts and fumbles to expand TV and radio br...
Is Canada as tax competitive as Carney claims?
19 Nov 2025
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 are young people giving up on Canada?
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Kershaw, policy professor at UBC and the founder of the think tank "Generation Squeeze", which advocates on behalf of young adults, explains why ...
How to connect Canada's education system to the needs of a fast-changing economy
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Biga-Wadstein, Canada country head for Pearson, Theo Argitis, senior vice president of policy at the Business Council of Canada, and Gabe Mill...
China is not the answer for Canadian prosperity
18 Nov 2025
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...
Is Canada in Crisis?
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Darrell Bricker, pollster and CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs and veteran journalist John Ibbitson explain why Canada, from its struggling immigration sys...
The health-care status quo is failing
17 Nov 2025
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 kids are not alright
15 Nov 2025
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 'nation-building projects': Cutting red tape or picking winners?
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the Carney government's new list of major projects and what it reveals about Ottawa's economic strategy. They...
The next Quebec referendum may be sooner than you think
14 Nov 2025
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 wasn't an oil pipeline on PM Carney's 'nation-building projects' list?
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Exner-Pirot, director of energy, natural resources, and environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute breaks down the latest round of Prime M...
Can Conservatives ever win with Poilievre as party leader?
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hub Politics, host Sean Speer is joined by Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder a...
Trump sues BBC for $1 billion: Did they create "fake news?"
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Full Press discusses why two top executives at the BBC resigned over the misleading editing of Trump's January 6th speech, examines a CTV article that...
Violent crime has surged nationwide
13 Nov 2025
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 effects of Trump tariffs and Canada's tax dilemma
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Mintz, President's Fellow of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, discusses the economic impact of the tax changes last week...
Is Budget 2025 enough to reverse Canada's economic decline?
12 Nov 2025
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 Canada broke its immigration system
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Keller, Globe and Mail columnist and author of the new book "Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong" details how the ...
Young Canadians need to care about our WW2 veterans
11 Nov 2025
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 will soon pay more interest on national debt than federal funds
10 Nov 2025
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...
Is Trudeau to blame for Carney's disappointing budget?
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Poilievre under fire as Carney aims for a majority
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss a tumultuous week in Canadian politics with the Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre facing scrutiny after a ...
Canada's economy is going nowhere without Alberta
07 Nov 2025
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...
Trump's tariff powers on trial and Canada's Indigenous property crisis
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's review of Trump's use of...
Alberta's role in Carney's trillion-dollar growth promise
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his first budget will unlock "one trillion dollars in total investments" and kick-start a new era of growth. But does ...
There's a big gap between rhetoric and reality in Budget 2025
06 Nov 2025
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 budget: A story of political floor crossings, not economics
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hub Politics, host Sean Speer is joined by Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder a...
Could an American Supreme Court ruling save Canadian trade?
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the Supreme Court began hearing a historic case which will decide whether President Trump acted lawfully when he imposed "emergency" tariff...
Why Carney's "once-in-a-generation" budget received a lukewarm response
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Carney's post-budget release and why it received a lukewarm reception from business and industry groups. They...
Mark Carney's debut budget fails to meet the moment
05 Nov 2025
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 $78B deficit budget gets a C-grade
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Prime Minister Carney's first federal budget featuring a $78.3 billion deficit. While the budget is a departu...
Budget day has arrived—what are Canadians looking for?
04 Nov 2025
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 budget debut and Canada's investment crisis
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Carney's budget debut tomorrow and what Canada needs most in response to Trump administration tariffs. The co...
Scott Anderson on how the 1979 Iranian Revolution still shapes the world
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Anderson, author and veteran war correspondent, discusses his must-read book, "King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusio...
Alberta tried Carney-style budgeting—it backfired
03 Nov 2025
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 Canada built, and then broke, the world's best immigration system
01 Nov 2025
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...
Will Brad Bradford be mayor of Toronto?
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One year from a pivotal mayoral election, Harrison Lowman speaks to Brad Bradford, Toronto city councillor and the first high profile candidate to thr...
Why Canadian LNG has the power to fuel global security
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shannon Joseph, chair of Energy for a Secure Future, discusses her new CGAI report, "Waiting for Canada to 'Build, Baby, Build'", in which she makes t...
Carney's high-stakes budget and rumblings of a snap election
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of the Roundtable, Rudyard Griffiths is joined by Hub Politics' David Coletto, founder and CEO of Abacus Data, and Amanda Galb...
Energy is everything
31 Oct 2025
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...
Did the media manufacture a Poilievre coup?
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Full Press discusses whether journalists fed a grand narrative that would see Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre fall, dives into the CBC's latest p...
Doubling non-U.S. exports is actually easy
30 Oct 2025
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...
Is Canada selling out human rights for business with China?
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, board director at the China Strategic Risk Institute and former senior Canadian government official, discusses Prime Minist...
Is Alberta justified in using the notwithstanding clause?
29 Oct 2025
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...
Trumps tariff threats: What is Canada up against?
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Steinberg, professor of economics at the University of Toronto, breaks down the complex legal and economic landscape surrounding Trump's latest...
Could increased employee ownership restore confidence in Canada's economy?
28 Oct 2025
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...
Do Canadians even care about their political history?
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Historian J.D.M. Stewart discusses his new book The Prime Ministers: Canada's Leaders and the Nation they Shaped. He details the personalities of the ...
Why does Trump suddenly have a hate on for Canada and Carney?
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the rapidly deteriorating trade relationship between Canada and the United States following President Trump's...
A safer Canada demands a stronger bail system
27 Oct 2025
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...
Return of the Tory Syndrome
25 Oct 2025
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...
Trump terminates Canada-U.S. trade talks and the end of Reaganism
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the turbulent week in Canada-U.S. trade relations, from Prime Minister Carney's underwhelming primetime addre...
Mamdani's TikTok politics and Canada's Indigenous and property rights dilemma
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's r...
Trump's latest tariff tantrum. What does it foretell?
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss President Trump's abrupt termination of trade negotiations with Canada following his reaction to the Ontario ...
Just how much damage did Justin Trudeau do to Canada's economy?
24 Oct 2025
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...
Did Carney's economic address meet the moment?
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hub Politics, host Sean Speer is joined by Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder a...
Carney's BIG speech. Just what exactly did he say?
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Prime Minister Carney's primetime television address to the nation, and how it fell short of expectations des...
Unpacking Alberta's political mystery
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alberta isn't always the "true blue" province some might think. Independent pollster Janet Brown and political commentator Dave Cournoyer join Alberta...
Edmonton and Calgary chart different courses in their municipal elections
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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How restructuring the post-secondary ecosystem will help Canada meet its economic ambitions
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Stackhouse, senior vice-president at the office of the CEO at RBC, and Jackie Pichette, director of skills policy for RBC Thought Leadership, dis...
Is the Canadian government's new ad campaign state propaganda?
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Harrison Lowman discuss a recent Government of Canada advertising campaign promoting Canadian patriotism and national pride, and...
Inside Canada's China Reset: Trade, Security, and Xi's Grip on Power
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charles Burton, senior fellow at Sinopsis.cz and former diplomat at Canada's embassy in Beijing, discusses Canada's complex relationship with China as...
With patriots like these, who needs Trump? A review of Elbows Up!
22 Oct 2025
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-Trump trade deal: What was traded away?
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss recent reports from the Globe and Mail of a potential Canada-U.S. trade deal that could come before the upcom...
Could one Indigenous land claim change Canadian property rights forever?
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dwight Newman, professor of law at the University of Saskatchewan, discusses a landmark B.C. Supreme Court decision that recognized the Cowichan Tribe...
Can anyone get the NDP out of the deep hole it's in?
21 Oct 2025
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 overregulation is holding Canada's credit unions back
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Guthrie, the president and CEO of the Canadian Credit Union Association, discusses the significant but underutilized role of Canada's credit unio...