Canadian Common Sense
471 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsA weekly podcast discussing Canadian politics and current events from the perspective of two average Canadians.
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Episode 278 - Face palm
April 14, 2024 15:52 - 1 hour - 76.9 MBJustin Trudeau admits he doesn't read security briefings, but he is very good at throwing money around. Should Ontario expand funding for gender re-assignment? Why are economists looking at the CPP? Election talk, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 277 - Trudeau takes the bait
April 07, 2024 16:40 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBLet's talk housing, and how Justin Trudeau has decided he will pick a fight with provinces to push his agenda. A lot of polling is being released, Han Dong seems to have some memory lapses RE: election interference, yes there will be an election in May, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 276 - Election mode
March 31, 2024 16:05 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBWe are now tripling down on our call for a May election. Justin Trudeau is campaigning across the country, Pierre Poilievre is leading huge rallies against the carbon tax, and the conditions are ripe for an election. Niagara Region goes overboard, provinces can't balance their books, and we end the show with great news from Nova Scotia! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 275 - What a waste
March 24, 2024 16:28 - 1 hour - 86.1 MBNote: we attached a poll for our Spotify listeners last week, and will try this out for a little while to see how we all like it. Today, we talk about politicians who seem quite content to waste our time, a lot of our money, and especially our energy. Taxing powers for Calgary, taxing ideas in Toronto, a wasted week in Parliament, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 274 - Do your job!
March 17, 2024 23:03 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBWhile Canadians struggle to put food on their tables and fuel in their vehicles, Canada's leaders largely prove to be looking out for themselves. Candidates changing stripes, a growing carbon tax revolt, a PM who finds his job boring, the Toronto Police said what? And more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 273 - Chaos in Ottawa
March 10, 2024 16:25 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBA horrific tragedy in Ottawa isn't the only chaos, the government is starting to lose its grip. Trouble in Winnipeg, "anarchy" in Saskatchewan, the guys double down on their call for an election, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 272 - They're coming for us: and for you
March 03, 2024 22:27 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBThe Trudeau government can't get enough of sticking it Canadians. We dig into the Pharmacare bill, the media's cold sendoff to Brian Mulroney, Online Harms, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 271 - They're trying to keep us down
February 25, 2024 15:45 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBWith an already looming deficit in Ottawa, Chrystia Freeland has been given even more borrowing power. Is it a coincidence that a Pharmacare deal has also been announced? Small town Alberta goes viral, we wrap up with an uncomfortable editorial, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Trailer update 2024
February 18, 2024 21:27 - 53 seconds - 446 KBWe realized that we haven't updated this for a while, so here's a more accurate depiction of who we are! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 270 - They think they'll get away with it
February 18, 2024 20:20 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBThe feds no longer care if we know how awful they are. More on ArriveCan, Steven Guilbeault can't help himself, UNDRIP in BC, get ready for an election, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 269 - Time for some honesty
February 11, 2024 17:40 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBBell Media made some pretty drastic cuts, which made Justin Trudeau angry. Or at least that's what he tells us. So, how about a few more truths? Like ArriveCan, a bill from Charlie Angus, the Mayor of Calgary, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 268 - They just don't get it
February 04, 2024 16:57 - 1 hour - 72.5 MB"They" being our friends in the woke liberal camp. A completely unhinged response to Danielle Smith, more Liberal corruption, the "Justin-Fidel" debate continues, the 15 minute City of Edmonton, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 267 - Fxxx Trudeau and his Cabinet
January 28, 2024 17:16 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBDanielle Smith is so powerful that her mere appearance with Tucker Carlson can spark national outrage. This faux outrage can better be directed at a Cabinet retreat, Justin Trudeau's racism, or the media who is covering for him. And then there's that Emergencies Act decision. And more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 266 - Malicious or Incompetent?
January 21, 2024 17:28 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBWithout a doubt our federal government is run by dimwitted ideologues, and Canada's decline is evidence of their failures. But are they just horrible managers, or is this decline engineered? Women in politics, power failures, climate change on trial, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 265 - They're going too far
January 14, 2024 20:30 - 1 hour - 96.4 MBThere's no question about the ineptitude of government, but they're really pushing it at all levels. Municipal taxes going up, the feds make another try at over-reach, feckless legal system, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 264 - Update on Episode 263
January 10, 2024 00:47 - 7 minutes - 6.84 MBSome listener feedback caused us to fact check ourselves RE: causes of death in Canada. This is why we love your feedback! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 263 - Why can't they tell us the truth?
January 07, 2024 18:58 - 1 hour - 66 MB"They" being our ruling elites, of course. Trudeau's "free" vacation, Saskatchewan "not collecting" carbon tax, increasing deaths from "unknown causes," and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 262 - 2023 in Review
January 01, 2024 17:12 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBLewis and Tony discuss some of the biggest stories they've covered over the past year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 261.0 - They keep messing with us
December 31, 2023 17:14 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBThis is NOT the year in review show, that will be coming right away. We had too much content to leave on the table so we're giving you one more show before the year end. And new audio equipment! Revelations on Omicron, housing "solutions," freezing the Okanagan, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 260.1 - Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2023 14:07 - 4 minutes - 4.61 MBWarmest wishes from those two average Canadians from rural Canada. Merry Christmas everyone! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 260.1 - Merry Christmas! 2023
December 25, 2023 14:07 - 4 minutes - 4.61 MBWarmest wishes from those two average Canadians from rural Canada. Merry Christmas everyone! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 260.0 - Liars, Cheaters, and Opportunists
December 24, 2023 19:04 - 1 hour - 70 MBWhile these words describe much of government, they have some particular relevance today. Steven Guilbeault can't stop talking, tone deaf Liberals, "doctored" Covid tests, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 259.0 - They keep sticking it to us
December 17, 2023 17:50 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBWith tax hikes, tuition hikes, and more regulation, Ottawa can't get enough of screwing the taxpayer. Feckless leaders, belching cows, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 258.1 - Canada: Woke before woke was in fashion
December 16, 2023 23:43 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBTony saw street signs on Saskatoon's re-named John A MacDonald Rd and laments the destruction of Canada's history. Note: he refers to a statue tore down in Kitchener, he should have said Kingston. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 258.0 - They're getting desperate
December 10, 2023 16:32 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBLewis is back! And he wraps the show up with a bold prediction on the next election. Liberals continue to stumble, legacy media doesn't like the Conservative filibuster, that scary housing video, another round of Steven Guilbeault vs Danielle Smith, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 257.0 - Sylvain Charlebois Interview
December 03, 2023 21:11 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBTony has a chat about food prices and more with the man known as The Food Professor. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 256.0 - Battle Lines are being drawn
December 03, 2023 15:33 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBThe show opens with a clip of Elon Musk showing he has been red-pilled. Danielle Smith invokes the Sovereignty Act, Jagmeet Singh gives in, Justin Trudeau starts his unofficial campaign, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 255.0 - Listen very closely to Pierre Poilievre
November 26, 2023 15:13 - 58 minutes - 54.5 MBMr. Poilievre says a lot of the right things, but he won't tell us how to make some of this happen. Edmonton demonstrates one more fail on EVs, the Fall Fiscal Update, was that really just a car accident in Niagara Falls? And more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 254.0 - Take a walk, Justin Trudeau
November 19, 2023 18:19 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBIs it time for Justin Trudeau to go? Who should take his place? BC sours on the Carbon Tax, plastics ban is out, the Two Michaels back in the spotlight, we wrap up with listener email, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 253.0 - Canadians are broke, Canada is broken
November 12, 2023 16:41 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBOur country is falling apart: there's antisemitism on public display, terrorism concerns, on top of economic downturn. Is the government actually here to help? We'll tell you all about it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 252.0 - Trudeau the Uniter?
November 05, 2023 16:27 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBNot a typo; he has unified the country against the Carbon Tax. We'll also talk about his divisiveness, his ex-wife, Buffy who, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 251.0 - Government wants you dead, or dead broke
October 30, 2023 00:19 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBMajor connectivity issues today called for some segments of the show to be edited (unfortunately.) The Trudeau government is expanding MAID again, the Senate is discussing UBI, BC is clamping down on short term rentals, what the heck is with Buffy Ste-Marie? And more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 250.0 - Canada is a mess
October 22, 2023 15:50 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBFrom Housekeeping items and beyond, you're going to shake your head wondering what's wrong with this place. Pierre Poilievre and apples, China and Canadian universities, Alberta and pension plans, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 249.0 - Perception is not Reality
October 15, 2023 16:27 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBThis is more than just media gaslighting, in some cases we're just being played for fools. A tale of two island politicians, Canada and Israel, our Supreme Court gets one right, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 248.0 - Ineptitude, anyone?
October 08, 2023 18:45 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBYes, we say this a lot, but governments can't get anything right. Bizarre regulations on both coasts, insanity in Ottawa, Manitoba election, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 247.0 - Maxime Bernier Interview
October 05, 2023 23:54 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MBPeople's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier drops in to discuss Immigration, Cost of Living, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 246.0 - Canada has gone insane
October 01, 2023 16:33 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBYes, a lot of you have already figured that out, but we feel some more examples are needed. Trudeau moves past his Nazi incident with a little help from CBC, Saskatchewan standing up for parents, BC insanity coming your way, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 245.1 - Nazis!
September 27, 2023 02:08 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBWho would think to celebrate a Nazi soldier in Canada? The Trudeau government, of course. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 245.0 - They're still gaslighting
September 24, 2023 15:29 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBThe Million Person March was a hate march, CEBA business loan extensions aren't what they seem, Canada vs India, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 244.0 - Politicians Getting it Right
September 17, 2023 15:25 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBSeriously, it happened! Trudeau cutting taxes, Poilievre on Westjet, Scheer pushes back on the media, blue wave in BC, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 243.1 - Populism
September 15, 2023 23:51 - 9 minutes - 9.38 MBA Liberal pollster suggests "populism has arrived in Canada" as a way to slam Pierre Poilievre. Tony brings the receipts to show it has been here for a century, and shows no sign of going away. Note: you will all be able to think of even more examples once you've listened, feel free to share them with us! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 243.0 - Hope on the Horizon
September 10, 2023 15:33 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBThe CPC convention has wrapped up with some positive policy discussions and LPC gaslighting, the Lich/Barber trial begins, election fever in Manitoba, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 242.0 - You're Being Misled
September 03, 2023 15:34 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBEverywhere but here, it would seem. Pay to play, travel warnings for the US, paying the homeless, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 241.0 - Government Sucks
August 27, 2023 21:17 - 1 hour - 58 MBWhy does government ruin everything it touches? From the Greenbelt to attacking Jordan Peterson, housing, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 240.1 - We still have a housing problem
August 25, 2023 00:40 - 11 minutes - 11.1 MBThe Liberal Cabinet wrapped up meetings in PEI and couldn't come up with any plans to alleviate the housing nor affordability crises. Tony is not thrilled. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 240.0 - Canada Burns
August 20, 2023 17:14 - 1 hour - 72.2 MBWe mean this literally and metaphorically. Today's episode goes a little over an hour, our apologies that we have a lot of content to get to. Wildfires rage, taxpayer money goes up in smoke, Doug Ford feels the heat, Danielle Smith pours cold water on Steven Guilbeault, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 239.0 - Get Government out of the way
August 13, 2023 16:16 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBCanadians would be much further ahead with less government intrusion. Will there be a fall election to change the government? What is Nova Scotia doing on housing? Is the Liberal Party causing fights at family barbecues? And more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 238.0 - Canada's Worst Kept Secret
August 06, 2023 19:09 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBJustin Trudeau becomes Everyman, Meta becomes the bearer of no news, Blaine Higgs gets some good news, Lewis makes a bold prediction, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 237.0 - Cabinet Shuffle
July 30, 2023 16:31 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBJustin Trudeau has shuffled his Cabinet, but is it helpful when you have zero talent on the bench? The real cost of net zero, Steven Guilbeault on immigrants, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message
Episode 236.0 - Can we afford this government?
July 23, 2023 18:48 - 49 minutes - 46.9 MBCanadians have finally realized that we pay too much in taxes, especially given that we get so little value in services returned to us. Toronto aspires to be Vancouver, our immigration system is broken, wind power in the billions, and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-sense1/message