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The expectations are set high with a lofty speech from the throne
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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The Throne Speech sets expectations high
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Our new PM is—and always has been—a political player
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Senator Phil Gramm debunks the great myths of American capitalism
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Gramm is an economist and politician who served for six years in the U.S. House of Representatives and eighteen years in the U.S. Senate. In his ...
The Hub's political insiders on what to watch for as Parliament returns
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Who's getting what, Carney's budget debate, and Poilievre's growth problem
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Notebook features Theo Argitis, editor-at-large for business and economics, and his analysis and insights on the week that was in economics. For m...
The Liberal government's shaky start and the imminent return to Parliament
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the past week in Canadian politics, including reports that Prime Minister Mark Carn...
The importance of the Reform Act as Parliament resumes
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
Mark Carney is the prime minister—he should stop acting like a president
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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The watering down of the term genocide
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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David Frum: Foreign policy chaos in Canada and the U.S.
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the state of antisemitism in Canada and the U.S. f...
The carbon tax is gone—now what?
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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How the poor are paying for 'Elbows Up'
22 May 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...
Was 'Elbows Up' just media hype?
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Full Press discusses whether the media got caught up in an 'Elbows Up' wave partially of their own making, CBC's post-election Poilievre flare up, and...
Alberta's independence depends on Washington, not Ottawa
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Mark Carney's crisis that wasn't
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Why Carney's warning to Israel will cause more harm than good
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Canada beats the U.S. in quality of life — but for how long?
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voice...
Debbie Gamble on the future of digital payments in Canada
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Debbie Gamble, the group head, chief strategy and marketing officer of Interac, discusses the history and evolution of Canada's payment system, includ...
How serious is the Alberta separatism question?
20 May 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...
Uri Kaufman on why progressives are so hostile to Israel
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Uri Kaufman is the author of American Intifada: Israel, the Gaza War and the New Antisemitism. He joins host Sean Speer to explain how a cognitive dis...
Can Mark Carney reconcile Canada's growing divides?
19 May 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...
Did Mark Carney just pull a Joe Clark with his budget delay?
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Notebook features Theo Argitis, editor-at-large for business and economics, and his analysis and insights on the week that was in economics. For m...
Is the new Liberal housing minister up to the task?
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
Carney's first misstep and Ontario as the sick man of North America
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss discuss Prime Minister Carney's tough week starting with criticisms of his Trudeau-...
Canada needs an Opposition that will oppose
16 May 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...
Where the Leafs go, so goes Canada?
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
Does the Carney government need a spring federal budget?
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
Why an Alberta Accord makes sense
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Dissecting Carney's cabinet choices for foreign affairs, defence and Canada-U.S. relations
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
An insider's view of Poilievre's campaign
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
Kevin Quigley on how COVID-19 seized markets, media and special interest groups
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Mark Carney had a chance to make a bold statement. He declined
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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The Hub reacts to Prime Minister Carney's cabinet picks
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
Bryce Tingle on how corporate governance is holding back Canadian business
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
Alberta must lead Canada, not leave Canada
13 May 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...
Tristin Hopper on if Canada can be saved
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
National Post journalist Tristan Hopper joins host Harrison Lowman to talk about his new book Don't be Canada: How one country did everything wrong al...
Scott Reid on how Carney will govern
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
Pamela Cross on why intimate partner violence is a Canadian problem
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
Three key things for Carney to keep in mind as he builds his government
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Reading the signals in Carney's cabinet picks
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Notebook features Theo Argitis, editor-at-large for business and economics, and his analysis and insights on the week that was in economics. For m...
Can the Liberals build their way out of Canada's housing crisis?
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this special edition of Hub Dialogues, The Hub's publisher Rudyard Griffiths is joined by Beau Jarvis, CEO of Wesgroup Properties, and Brad Jones, ...
Carney's Washington adventure & Trump's war against baby dolls
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer along with political commentator and YouTuber J.J. McCullough discuss Mark Carney's Washing...
Michael Atkinson and Haizhen Mou on what Canada Got Right — and Wrong — on COVID Fiscal Policy
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
Can the Conservative Party loosen up and let the public in?
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
Can Carney reverse course on 10 years of Liberal mismanagement?
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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David Frum: The Trump-Carney face-off
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss Prime Minister Mark Carney's first meeting with U....
James Kelly on constraining the courts and judicial activism
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Should conservatives even bother appearing on mainstream media?
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Full Press discusses how the media covered Prime Minister Carney's Oval Office field trip, if Pierre Poilievre's restrictive approach to the media cos...
Did the boomer agenda win the 2025 election?
08 May 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...
The future of Trump-Carney trade talks
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
Precarity upended Poilievre's campaign narrative
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
The mindset shift that rewrote Canada's 2025 election
07 May 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...
Goldy Hyder on how Canada's new government can help companies grow
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
President and CEO of the Business Council of Canada Goldy Hyder joins host Theo Argitis to talk about what Canada's CEOs want from Mark Carney's new g...
Trump's movie madness
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
Trump is Mark Carney's first major test
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices...
Mark Carney's first major test is here: negotiating with Donald Trump
06 May 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...
The Americanization of Canadian politics
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voic...
Canada's economic engine runs through the West
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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From rhetoric to reality for Mark Carney
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Notebook features Theo Argitis, editor-at-large for business and economics, and his analysis and insights on the week that was in economics. For m...
The Laurentian elite strikes back
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voi...
What should we expect from Carney's government?
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer along with Crestview Strategy partner Ginny Roth discuss Prime Minister Mark Carney's firs...
David Frum: Trump's main character syndrome & how the U.S. lost the Canadian election
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer assess the Trump's administration's first 100 days in offic...
Don't fret, Conservatives—your voter base is growing in all the right ways
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Brian Dijkema and Chris Griwsold on the political realignment reshaping Canadian and American politics
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode of Hub Dialogues, recorded at the Progressive Contractors Association's 25th anniversary conference and moderated by Sean Spee...
Paul Kershaw on why we need a new deal for young people
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
UBC policy professor and founder of Generation Squeeze Paul Kershaw joins host Theo Argitis to explain the surprising demographic results from this el...
Darrell Bricker on why Canada is being pulled apart
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voi...
Victory without unity
01 May 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 provocati...
The Hub reacts to Canada's dramatic federal election results
30 Apr 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...
Mark Carney's rise from zero to hero
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss last night's federal election results, from Prime Minister Mark Carney's election w...
Hub Headlines: Mark Carney's win will add more uncertainty
29 Apr 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 provocativ...
Hub Headlines: Stay tuned
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Please stay tuned for an edition of Hub Headli...
Election 2025: Day 36, The final leg of the election race & generational divides exposed
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to The Hub's experts daily during the campaign as they unpack the stories making the news during the election. Today's show features Ginny Roth...
Hub Headlines Election 2025: Canada is on the brink
28 Apr 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...
The Trudeau Consensus lives on
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Notebook features Theo Argitis, editor-at-large for business and economics, and his analysis and insights on the week that was in economics. For m...
E-Day is upon us
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of the 2025 federal election campaign as the race c...
Election 2025: Day 33, The Conservatives' sprint to the finish line
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to The Hub's experts daily during the campaign as they unpack the stories making the news during the election. Today's show features Darrell Br...
Hub Headlines Election 2025: Why Conservatives can't just win more votes to win the election
25 Apr 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...
What the leaders' debate journalist brawl reveals about a deeply divided Canadian media
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on "Full Press", the battle that broke out at the infamous cancelled English leaders' debate media scrum, the tribalism it's fueled, and wha...
David Frum: The crooks, crackpots and cowards of the Trump administration
24 Apr 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 Washington, including Pr...
Election 2025: Day 32, Poilievre's chances and the future of the Conservative Party
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to The Hub's experts daily during the campaign as they unpack the stories making the news during the election. Today's show features Ginny Roth...
Hub Headlines Election 2025: Canada must not take its eye off enemy number one
24 Apr 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...
Election 2025: Day 31, Tories and Liberals double down on media subsidies
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to The Hub's experts daily during the campaign as they unpack the stories making the news during the election. Today's show features Hub contri...
Hub Headlines: The big numbers of the Conservative Party policy platform
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Election 2025: Day 30, The Conservative platform unveiled and evaluating digital campaigns
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to The Hub's experts daily during the campaign as they unpack the stories making the news during the election. Today's show features David Cole...
Hub Headlines Election 2025: The Liberal platform walks away from its own fiscal plans
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Election 2025: Day 29, The final sprint to the ballot box
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to The Hub's experts daily during the campaign as they unpack the stories making the news during the election. Today's show features Ginny Roth...
Hub Headlines Election 2025: Mark Carney claims to care about civil liberties. His record says otherwise
21 Apr 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...
Hub Notebook: The top three economic policy challenges facing Canada's next government
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hub Notebook features Theo Argitis, editor-at-large for business and economics, and his analysis and insights on the week that was in economics. For m...
Hub Roundtable: Third time is not a charm for the Leaders' Debate Commission
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss last night's leaders' debate, including how the different leaders performed as well...
Election 2025: Day 26, LIVE from The Hub's Leaders' Debate Watch Party!
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to The Hub's experts daily during the campaign as they unpack the stories making the news during the election. Today's special episode features...
Hub Headlines Election 2025: It's time for Conservatives to show up at local debates
18 Apr 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...
David Frum: The MAGA-fication of the Republican Party
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the U.S.' ongoing constitutional crisis of the Trum...
Election 2025: Day 25, Who won the French Leaders' Debate?
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to The Hub's experts daily during the campaign as they unpack the stories making the news during the election. Today's show features Jean Phili...
Hub Headlines Election 2025: Government-organized leaders' debates should be abolished
17 Apr 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...
Election 2025: Day 24, Tightening polls and the 'shambolic' government-funded debate commission
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to The Hub's experts daily during the campaign as they unpack the stories making the news during the election. Today's show features Amanda Gal...
Hub Headlines Election 2025: Will Mark Carney really champion Canada's oil and gas sector?
16 Apr 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...
Jean-François Perrault on navigating Canada's economic challenges
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jean-François Perrault, Chief Economist of Scotiabank, discusses this moment of increasing economic uncertainty for Canadians, the challenges in fore...
Election 2025: Day 23, Conservative infighting and a looming condo market collapse
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to The Hub's experts daily during the campaign as they unpack the stories making the news during the election. Today's show features Ginny Roth...
Hub Headlines Election 2025: Does Carney care about accountability, and the carbon tax lowered prices at pumps
15 Apr 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...