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Hub Podcasts

Hub Media Canada

Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at TheHub.ca, Canada"s fastest growing digital news outlet with half a million people engaging weekly with our content. Hub Dialogues features The Hub"s editor-at-large Sean Speer and managing editor Harrison Lowman engaged in longform conversations with leading thinkers on the big issues and ideas shaping the public conversation. In Conversation with David Frum features the insights and analysis of

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13:13

How different are religious Americans vs. religious...

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2025/11/21

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:18 - Religious Americans and religious Canadians: How different are they?, by Ray Pennings 6:18 - Canada should have followed Australia's lead in rejecting a national bill of rights, by James Allan This program is narrated by automated voices. To get full-length editions of popular Hub

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15:25

What's behind Alberta's private-public health care...

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2025/11/20

Dr. Brian Day, orthopedic surgeon, author, and healthcare reform advocate, discusses reports that the Alberta government will soon introduce legislation that would enable physicians to practice in both public and private systems simultaneously. He argues that this type of reform is needed because Canada's single-payer monopoly creates deliberate rationing, produces adverse health outcomes, and drives doctors abroad. He contends that hybrid healthcare models deliver better outcomes at lower costs,

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37:13

What would it take for B.C. Premier David Eby to...

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2025/11/20

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 guest host Falice Chin sits down with two NDP insiders to discuss the politics, pressures, and power plays shaping one of the country's most consequential interprovincial fights. Keith McLaughlin and Shannon Greer—both former staffers under former Alberta premier Rachel Notley—break down some of the current competing interests and make the case for why

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20:42

It's time to downsize the House of Commons

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2025/11/20

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:17 - Overstuffed and unnecessary: It's time to downsize the House of Commons, by Mark Johnson 7:02 - Alberta recall petitions said to need 106 staff and cost $1.1 million each, by Falice Chin 12:27 - Canada is shopping for new fighter jets—and on the verge of making a disastrous

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32:22

AI openness could unlock Canada's next industrial...

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2025/11/19

Kevin Chan, Meta's senior director of global policy strategy, discusses Canada's artificial intelligence strategy and the debate between AI sovereignty and global integration. He makes the case for open-source models as a path for Canada's middle-sized economy, and explores how open-source AI can enhance security, enable local data control, and unlock economic opportunities through application development rather than costly foundation model creation. This episode is presented in partnership with

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16:17

Are Canadian content quotas killing Canadian creativity?

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2025/11/19

J.J. McCullough, Canadian Youtuber and political commentator breaks down the federal government's latest efforts and fumbles to expand TV and radio broadcast regulations into the online world. He also discusses whether it is protecting or killing Canadian creativity. The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital news outlet. Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get our best content when you are on the go: https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple) https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify)

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20:49

Is Canada as tax competitive as Carney claims?

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2025/11/19

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:19 - Canada is not as tax competitive as the Carney government claims, by Jack Mintz 8:09 - DEI isn't dead yet, by Peter Menzies 14:44 - Carney's budget has a $94 billion gap in investment spending and a shortfall in government operating balance, by Graeme Gordon This program is

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16:00

Why are young people giving up on Canada?

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2025/11/18

Paul Kershaw, policy professor at UBC and the founder of the think tank "Generation Squeeze", which advocates on behalf of young adults, explains why Canadian youth are feeling increasingly financially insecure, locked out of home ownership, ignored by their governments, and tasked with bearing the financial burden of their financially secure elders. The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital news outlet. Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get our best content when you are on

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45:27

How to connect Canada's education system to the needs...

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2025/11/18

Jessica Biga-Wadstein, Canada country head for Pearson, Theo Argitis, senior vice president of policy at the Business Council of Canada, and Gabe Miller, president and CEO of Universities Canada, discuss Canada's growing skills gap and how to better connect our education system to the needs of a fast-changing economy. They share practical ideas for bridging that gap through work-integrated learning, micro-credentials, lifelong learning, and stronger partnerships between educators and employers.

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19:20

China is not the answer for Canadian prosperity

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2025/11/18

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:17 - China is not the answer for Canadian prosperity, by Ed Fast 8:50 - A great Grey Cup game can't mask the challenges the CFL is facing, by Kirk LaPointe 14:46 - Foreign-born mothers gave birth to nearly half of Ontario and B.C.'s babies in 2024: Statistics Canada, by Graeme Gordon

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45:12

Is Canada in Crisis?

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2025/11/17

Darrell Bricker, pollster and CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs and veteran journalist John Ibbitson explain why Canada, from its struggling immigration system, to its suppressed patriotism, to its unhopeful younger generation, to its straining federation, is in such poor shape. They also discuss what's wrong with the Canadian right and left, and what they must do to fix things. It's all in their new book Breaking Point: The New Shifts Putting Canada at Risk. The Hub is Canada's fastest growing

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20:10

The health-care status quo is failing

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2025/11/17

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:21 - Québec understands the health-care status quo is failing. When will the rest of Canada?, by Sean Speer 6:03 - Why the AI boom must not worsen Alberta's urban-rural divide, by Falice Chin 14:29 - Canada's productivity grew three times slower than the U.S. in last two decades: Report,

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09:36

The kids are not alright

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2025/11/15

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:24 - The Weekly Wrap: The kids are not alright, by Sean Speer This program is narrated by automated voices. Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get all our best content: https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple) https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify) Watch The Hub on

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19:17

Carney's 'nation-building projects': Cutting red tape...

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2025/11/14

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 argue that projects require financing rather than regulatory acceleration, suggesting the government is overriding market signals through subsidies. In the back half of the show, they discuss rising economic discontent among younger Canadians, the potential for a "bourgeoisie revolt," and what it means for Canadian politics. They also explore whether

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18:29

The next Quebec referendum may be sooner than you think

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2025/11/14

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:19 - Quebec's next referendum to leave Canada may be around the corner, by Peter White 6:13 - Canada already tried economic nationalism—it made us poorer, by Sean Speer 12:40 - Ontario and Quebec are poorer than Louisiana and 42 other states: Report, by Graeme Gordon This program is

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15:29

Why wasn't an oil pipeline on PM Carney's...

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2025/11/13

Heather Exner-Pirot, director of energy, natural resources, and environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute breaks down the latest round of Prime Minister Carney's "nation building projects", scheduled to be fast tracked in an attempt to spur investment in the face of a United States no longer keen on Canada. They also discuss why an oil pipeline was not on the federal government's list. The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital news outlet. Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed

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34:48

Can Conservatives ever win with Poilievre as party...

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2025/11/13

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 and CEO of Abacus Data, to discuss recent Abacus Data polling on Pierre Poilievre's leadership paradox whereby he has strong support among Conservative base voters but has low popularity numbers with non-Conservative voters. They explore whether the Conservative Party has reached its electoral ceiling, the trade-offs between mobilizing the base versus

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29:41

Trump sues BBC for $1 billion: Did they create "fake...

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2025/11/13

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 called the notwithstanding clause a "threat to democracy," and asks whether journalists should have been partying with the Liberal cabinet ministers they cover, following last week's budget. The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital news outlet. Subscribe to The Hub's podcast feed to get all our best content:

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13:57

Violent crime has surged nationwide

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2025/11/13

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:18 - The numbers don't lie: Violent crime has surged nationwide, by Dave Snow 5:14 - Carney keeps teasing a new pipeline, but will he follow through?, by Falice Chin 10:44 - Canada's debt is high—but is it unmanageable?, by Alicia Planincic This program is narrated by automated voices

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26:36

The effects of Trump tariffs and Canada's tax dilemma

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2025/11/12

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 announced in the Carney government's first budget. He highlights the need to go beyond overall tax rates and understand the differing effects on different sectors and the need for a comprehensive policy review to enhance competitiveness and reduce distortion in Canada's corporate tax system. The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital

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