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David Harris on why non-Jews should care about antisemitism too
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Harris, executive vice chair of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, discusses his must-read book, Antisemitism: What...
Poilievre endorses Trudeau-era levels of deficit spending. What happens next?
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre's recent letter highlighting a $42 billion federal deficit benchma...
It's time to ring the economic alarms, Canada
20 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...
Stop painting Alberta as the villain of Canada
18 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...
Canada's confusing China reset
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer Foreign Minister Anand's recent diplomatic mission to China and what it signals about Canada's evolving relationship ...
Premier Ford is Canada's cartoonish Mayor Quimby
17 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 announces 'tough on bail' reform. What caused this policy shift?
16 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...
Lich and Barber sentenced: Did the media cover the Freedom Convoy fairly?
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Full Press discusses whether mainstream media properly portrayed the Freedom Convoy, following the soft sentencing of lead organizers Tamara Lich and ...
Bill C-18 is stifling the media innovation and entrepreneurship we desperately need
16 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...
More bad news for the Canada's auto sector: What next?
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer analyze the major blow to Canada's automotive sector as Stellantis moves Jeep production from Brampton, Ontario to Il...
Jason Kenney: Why David Eby is a bigger threat to Canada's unity than Alberta separatists
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney argues that both B.C. Premier David Eby and federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson appear to have forgotten which jur...
Canada didn't give the U.S. a trillion-dollar gift—but there's still reason to worry
15 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...
The risks of over-regulating short-term rentals in Canada
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Rotman, director of policy strategy for North America at Airbnb, discusses the data and evidence of the impact of short-term rentals on housing...
Is Toronto falling apart?
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Toronto is a "world class city" says its mayor Olivia Chow. But for a growing number of its residents, the city is unrecognizable from decades ago; wh...
David Eby is just the tip of the opposition iceberg in the way of Alberta's pipeline proposal
14 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...
Jared Kushner deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
13 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...
Peace in the Middle East is possible—will the Palestinians choose it?
11 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...
Generational inequality and the West Coast pipeline
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Statistics Canada's latest employment data including high levels of youth unemployment and what it tells us a...
The dangerous dilution of genocide
10 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's charm offensive in Washington
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hub Politics, Sean Speer, along with Amanda Galbraith, principal at Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder and CEO of Abacus Data...
LIVE from Hub pub night: Ottawa
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday night, The Hub hosted its last pub night in its cross-country tour at Afterlight in Ottawa, ON. Co-founders Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Sp...
Canada's condo market collapse
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Butler, founder of Butler Mortgage, discusses Canada's struggling condo market, the trend of developers selling unsold units in bulk to financial ...
Is Danielle Smith a traitor, or is she Canada's most effective unofficial ambassador to the U.S.?
09 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 Canada can use its critical minerals to negotiate a good deal with Trump
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
James Moore, former senior federal cabinet minister and a senior advisor at Edelman, discusses the current state of Canada-U.S. trade talks, the risks...
Carney praises Trump's "transformative" presidency. Are Canada's elbows down?
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Hub's co-founders discuss Prime Minister Mark Carney's Oval Office meeting with President Trump. They dissect the prime minister's effusive praise...
Alberta may gain a pipeline—but what would it lose?
08 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 the Canadian forestry sector is making a comeback
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Derek Nighbor, president and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada, discusses how the forestry sector is shifting from a story of decline t...
Is a new Alberta oil pipeline actually possible?
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Alberta Premier Danielle Smith proposes a new one million-a-barrel-a day oil pipeline from her province to the B.C. coast, renowned energy economis...
The world is forgetting what happened on October 7th
07 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...
October 7th two years in: Trump's Gaza deal and crisis in the West
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the latest developments in efforts to resolve the ...
Jamil Jivani on why young men feel lost and forgotten
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trendlines for young men in Canada are looking grim. They only make up 42 percent of university undergrads, are confronted by an employment rate of 16...
Carney's Canada under Trump's Golden Dome?
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Hub's co-founders analyze Prime Minister Mark Carney's high-stakes meeting with President Trump at the White House. They focus on the possibility ...
Falling sales, falling jobs: Why Canada must cut taxes on new homes
06 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...
The quiet excellence of Nigel Wright
04 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...
Smith's pipeline gambit and the rise of AI slop
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's bold move to create a public-private pipeline consortium, forcing a politica...
Canada has made real progress on housing. Now comes the hardest part
03 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...
Why mainstream media must invest in diversity of thought
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special edition of Full Press, Harrison Lowman speaks to The Hub's latest journalist hire Falice Chin, our new Alberta bureau chief. They disc...
Smith's pipeline politics and Carney's declining approval ratings
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hub Politics, Sean Speer, along with Amanda Galbraith, principal at Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder and CEO of Abacus Data...
What happens if Canada and the U.S. can't come to an agreement on CUSMA?
02 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...
LIVE from Hub pub night: Calgary
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday night, The Hub hosted its second pub night in its cross-country tour at the National on 17th in Calgary, AB. Co-founders Rudyard Griffiths ...
The budget warning that Canada cannot ignore
01 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...
Harley Finkelstein on how Canada can become a 'Founder Nation'
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Harley Finkelstein, president of Shopify, discusses the company's remarkable growth story, what it reveals about the strengths and shortcomings of Can...
Chief Aaron Pete: Why we need truth before reconciliation
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Canada marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation—a day to look back at the legacy of residential schools, the 150,000 Indigenous ch...
LIVE from Hub pub night: Vancouver
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday night, The Hub kicked off its cross-country pub tour at Steamworks Brew Pub in Vancouver, B.C. Co-founders Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer...
Reconciliation requires looking back to move forward
30 Sep 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 ta...
Pete Hoekstra and Danielle Smith: What Alberta and America want from each other
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Canada–U.S. trade talks could drag on to 2027, according to U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Yet both insist the fu...
Mark Carney's theory of the case
29 Sep 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...
We don't just need a smaller budget deficit—we need a smaller government
27 Sep 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 to privatize a bankrupt Canada Post
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, in response to government moves to cut back on services to save money, 55,000 Canada Post workers headed back to the picket lines. With the...
Trump trashes UN while Carney channels his inner Davos man
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss key developments from the UN General Assembly, focusing on Trump's confrontational rhetoric toward Europe and...
Trump's erratic UN speech and Carney's misguided foreign policy
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss this week's major developments from the UN General...
Canada's retreat on Israel is another black mark on our reputation
26 Sep 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 government's gun buyback program is likely doomed to fail
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the Carney government launched the next phase of its gun buyback program. But the nationwide effort, meant to compensate gun owners who now...
Who gets to cancel Jimmy Kimmel?
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Full Press discusses the Jimmy Kimmel controversy and why media executives appear to be bowing down to President Trump, examines Bari Weiss' 200 milli...
Canada has its own problem with government control of cultural content
25 Sep 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 UN chaos and Carney's European gamble
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss President Trump's controversial address to the UN General Assembly and its implications for U.S. foreign poli...
Carney's UN speech and Canada's constitutional controversy
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Hub Politics, Sean Speer, along with Amanda Galbraith, principal at Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder and CEO of Abacus Data...
Canada's brain drain crisis: Why tech startups are fleeing
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lucy Hargreaves, co-founder and CEO of Build Canada think tank, discusses new research showing that the number of Canadian-founded tech startups remai...
Indigenous leaders and industry should set the terms for Canada's major projects
24 Sep 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...
Rustad survives, but can he lead?
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kirk LaPointe, The Hub's B.C. correspondent, discusses the precarious position of B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad following his leadership revie...
How bad is Canada's condo crash?
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Butler of Butler Mortgage joins Rudyard Griffiths to discuss Canada's escalating real estate crisis, as foreclosures reach levels not seen since 2...
Why is Carney trying to blow up our constitutional order?
23 Sep 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...
Canada recognizes a Palestinian state. Symbolism over substance?
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Canada's official recognition of a Palestinian state, examining the timing and implications of Prime Minister...
Canada should embrace Washington's call for a 'grander bargain'
22 Sep 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 Liberal government's radical gamble to rewrite Canada's constitutional order
20 Sep 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...
Poking the section 33 bear
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the federal government's controversial intervention in a Supreme Court case that could fundamentally reshape ...
Why Canadian LNG is crucial for Asia's energy future
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tatsuya Terazawa, chair and CEO of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, discusses Japan's energy security strategy, the growing importance of Can...
A plunge in federal revenues may mean soaring budget deficit
19 Sep 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 left's political violence problem: From Charlie Kirk to Luigi Mangione
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss whether the political left has a problem with violence in the wake of the recent Charlie Kirk assassination. ...
How Alberta could lead the AI revolution
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial intelligence could fuel Alberta's next big tech boom. Three leaders in the field—Cam Linke, CEO of Amii; Nicole Janssen, co-founder of Al...
The far-Left has a problem with violence
18 Sep 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...
A high-stakes fall federal budget and immigration policy at the forefront
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode of Hub Politics, Sean Speer is joined by David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, and Amanda Galbraith, principal at Oyster Group,...
CUSMA renegotiations start: What does Trump want?
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the formal launch of CUSMA consultations by the Trump administration as the first step toward its renegotiati...
Is Canada already in a recession?
17 Sep 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...
Sam Tanenhaus on Bill Buckley's life and legacy in the conservative movement
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part episode, best-selling author and journalist Sam Tanenhaus discusses his much-anticipated biography of William F. Buckley Jr., entitle...
Parliament returns. What are the challenges facing Carney and Poilievre?
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Crestview Strategy partner Ginny Roth provides analysis on Parliament's return and the key political dynamics shaping Canadian politics. She examines ...
Mark Carney's Build Canada Homes agency won't solve Canada's housing crisis
16 Sep 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 Carney's Build Canada Homes plan misdiagnoses the housing crisis
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Spoke, partner at Toronto-based development company Toronto Standard, discusses Prime Minister Mark Carney's newly announced Build Canada Homes ...
Sam Tanenhaus on Bill Buckley's rise as America's leading conservative intellectual
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part episode, best-selling author and journalist Sam Tanenhaus discusses his much-anticipated biography of William F. Buckley Jr., entitle...
The House returns—The tests begin
15 Sep 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...
As Parliament returns, will the real Mark Carney stand up?
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the return of Parliament next week, including the soon-to-be-expected federal budget, and what it means for P...
What's the value of the social sciences and humanities in Canada today?
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Stoicheff, the president of the University of Saskatchewan and outgoing chair of the U15 group of Canada's research-intensive universities, disc...
The danger of Canada's domesticated foreign policy
12 Sep 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 major projects plan could backfire on Canada's economy
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer analyze Prime Minister Mark Carney's announcement of five "national interest" projects that will undergo an expedited...
Poll: Poilievre demanding the elimination of the foreign worker program is likely a winning issue
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Abacus Data founder and CEO David Coletto joins The Hub to analyze the latest federal polling as Parliament prepares to reconvene with Prime Minister...
Excessive force—or self-defence? The law should protect victims
11 Sep 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...
Charlie Kirk assassinated at age 31 in Utah
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Charlie Kirk, a prominent American conservative commentator and founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated at age 31. Rudyard Griffiths and Sean S...
Hamilton man ordered to remove home security cameras likely had rights violated
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Van Geyn, litigation director for the Canadian Constitution Foundation, discusses the controversial case of a Hamilton man ordered to remove...
Ottawa floods the zone as the economy treads water
10 Sep 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...
Teck-Anglo American mining merger: Canada's strategic assets at risk?
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the proposed merger between Canadian mining giant Teck and British mining company Anglo American, and whether...
How Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program harms both Canadian and foreign workers
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Conservative MP and immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner discusses the Conservative Party's proposal to eliminate Canada's Temporary Foreign Work...
Lies, damned lies, and crime statistics
09 Sep 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...
Zachary Siewert on forecasting, CUSMA's future and Canada-U.S. trade talks
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zachary Siewert, professional forecaster from Cultivate Labs, discusses the growing role of economic and geopolitical forecasting, including how it's ...
The Conservative Party is courting unions. Is this the right move?
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the Conservative Party's evolving relationship with organized labour as traditional working-class voters incr...
Should conservatives support unions?
08 Sep 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...
Canadian unemployment hits 7.1%. Is a recession upon us?
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the latest jobs report which showed big job losses in August, resulting in the unemployment rate reaching its...
Who are the winners and losers of Trump's tariffs?
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
University of Toronto economist Joseph Steinberg joins The Hub to examine whether Donald Trump's tariffs can actually boost American manufacturing or...
Canada is experiencing the birth of 'prosecutorial democracy'
05 Sep 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 end of U.S. unipolarity and the NDP's existential crisis
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the significance of last week's high-profile meeti...
Carney talks austerity. What does this mean for the upcoming federal budget?
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer examine Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent use of the term "austerity" ahead of the fall budget, examining what this...