Canadian Common Sense
484 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 12 hours ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsA weekly podcast discussing Canadian politics and current events from the perspective of two average Canadians.
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Episodes
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.
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
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!
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!
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!
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!
Episode 235.0 - Government hates you, loves your money
July 16, 2023 18:53 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBAnd we will tell you how they're throwing that money away. Too bad you won't enjoy any money with a new interest rate hike. Trudeau flops at home and abroad, Doug Ford has a short circuit, and more!
Episode 234.0 - How much more Trudeau can we take?
July 09, 2023 17:25 - 56 minutes - 52 MBNow that all parties have agreed on what a Public Inquiry into election interference should look like, will we have one? Will we have an election before that happens? Another change to O Canada? And more!
Episode 233.0 - Killed by Ideology
July 02, 2023 16:32 - 55 minutes - 52.1 MBNote: at the start of the show you may hear a cat crying in the background. He's fine, he was just looking for his dad. Ideology is killing jobs in Canada, targeting whole sectors of the economy. Ideology is allowing Canadians to die from being refused treatment. Ideology is going to inflict suffering through legislation and policy, and Canadians are going to have to shut up and take it. Or are we?
Episode 232.1 - WTF Toronto?
June 27, 2023 02:32 - 10 minutes - 10 MBTony is less than impressed with Toronto's choice for Mayor.
Episode 232.0 - Stop the Complacency
June 25, 2023 19:25 - 49 minutes - 47.1 MBAs Canadians, we tend to shrug our shoulders and go with the flow. Sadly, this attitude is destroying our country. C-18 is now law, UNDRIP is now a basis for Canadian law, Canada's population has grown to 40 million, and more!
Episode 231.0 - Indifference or Incompetence?
June 18, 2023 15:35 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBYet another Friday night news drop! Is questioning Residential Schools now violence? Who knew about Paul Bernardo and when? VW keeps cashing in, by-election voting, and more!
Episode 230.0 - Canada is on fire
June 11, 2023 15:39 - 59 minutes - 55.1 MBWe mean that both literally and figuratively. There are wildfires everywhere, the Supreme Court drops the ball, David Johnston finally gets out of his own way, and more!
Episode 229.0 - The Liar's Club
June 04, 2023 20:22 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBDid Rachel Notley really win the Alberta election? Is Pride month/season really inclusive? Why have the Kamloops 215 not been found? Did the Trudeau government not know about election interference? And we end the show with comic relief!
Episode 228.0 - Canada is not free
May 28, 2023 15:28 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBWe mean that literally and figuratively. Personal debt is through the roof, police officers are punished for supporting freedom, the public inquiry that wasn't, and more!
Episode 227.1 - No Public Inquiry
May 24, 2023 00:06 - 9 minutes - 9.14 MBThat's right; nothing to see here. Looks like our hosts were right, and Tony is not happy about it
Episode 227.0 - Corruption, Communism, and Class
May 21, 2023 16:14 - 58 minutes - 54.2 MBDanielle Smith stands tall on the debate stage, an NDP defector in BC, Communists in the Alberta NDP, your hosts make a direct appeal to Toronto voters, and more!
Episode 226.0 - Candidate Maxime Bernier
May 17, 2023 01:01 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBPPC Leader and candidate in Portage-Lisgar Maxime Bernier stops in for a chat. Audio warning: our signal gets a little weak about half way through though only for a few seconds.
Episode 225.0 - Dirty Politics
May 14, 2023 19:41 - 57 minutes - 53.5 MBAnd it's everywhere you look. The feds ramming amendments through on C-21, Olivia Chow potentially moving to the dark side, Maxime Bernier is ready to clean house, and more!
Episode 224.0 - Evil people
May 07, 2023 16:05 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MBOur country is being torn apart by evil people who are in charge. Be it Marco Mendecino with C-21, Melanie Joly who won't act on Chinese diplomats, Justin Trudeau, or his bureaucrats, we're losing our country.
Episode 223.0 - The True North Declaration
May 03, 2023 01:48 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIs it time for a new Constitution in Canada? One that respects citizens and limits government? Tony has a talk with the author of such a document.
Episode 222.1 - Trudeau is coming for your guns
May 02, 2023 00:16 - 9 minutes - 8.61 MBWe mean it this time. The government is coming down hard on law-abiding firearms owners and it is all about dividing Canadians even further.
Episode 222.0 - Canada's Moral Vacuum
April 30, 2023 15:30 - 58 minutes - 54.5 MBOur federal government is all about one thing: themselves. The PSAC strikers brag about blocking critical infrastructure with no consequences, censorship is legally in the purview of the CRTC, and firearms advocacy groups are selling out their members, all to benefit the government. The Liberal Party invites a "special" guest to their upcoming convention, and more!
Episode 221.0 - Government in Shambles
April 23, 2023 23:29 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBOur current government has proven itself completely incompetent, yet it still stumbles on. A strike in the civil service, Trudeau caught freeloading, a gold heist in Toronto, and more!
Episode 220.0 - Bad people or stupid people?
April 16, 2023 15:31 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBThis is a difficult question to answer sometimes when referring to those who govern us. Katie Telford talks in circles, Justin Trudeau talks credit cards, the Woke Brigade talks about Regina, and more!
Episode 219.1 - Punish the Prairies
April 11, 2023 02:47 - 9 minutes - 8.5 MBNatural Resources Minister Wilkinson muses about taking control over resources away from provinces. Except he only means the ones that don't vote Liberal.
Episode 219.0 - Government pretends to help
April 09, 2023 15:55 - 45 minutes - 43.3 MBIt's no secret that governments suck at problem solving. It's worse when their "solutions" exacerbate the problems. Vancouver provides a great example. The mayoralty race in Toronto is officially on, an Ontario MPP proposes to protect drag queens, and more!
Episode 218.0 - These are Bad People
April 03, 2023 03:24 - 44 minutes - 41 MBYou may be getting tired of us saying that the government is full of bad people, but they keep showing us who they are. So much corruption, playing fast and loose with our tax dollars, complete disregard for Canadians as people, a big corporate merger, and more!
Episode 217.0 - Mass Casualty Commission Report
March 31, 2023 01:01 - 36 minutes - 34.2 MBThe MCC report is out and Lewis points out that we've seen this movie before. And he is not happy about it.
Episode 216.0 - Anthony Furey, candidate for Mayor of Toronto
March 29, 2023 01:44 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBTony has a great conversation with a passionate candidate for the vacant Mayoralty in Toronto.
Episode 215.0 - Our governments are abusing us
March 26, 2023 16:37 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBWhy do we let our governments abuse us and our tax dollars like they do? Wasted money on "harm reduction," corporate welfare, worthless investigations, and more!
Episode 214.1 - Get out and vote
March 20, 2023 22:11 - 8 minutes - 8.38 MBTony has another take on yesterday's discussion of voting in the next federal election.
Episode 214.0 - The Government thinks we're stupid
March 19, 2023 15:51 - 58 minutes - 54.4 MBGovernment at all levels is failing, and expect us to roll with their punches and shut our mouths. Trudeau appoints a "family friend" to investigate election interference, Calgary City Council wants you fined if you protest causes they agree with, banks are collapsing, and our politicians are taking a huge pay raise. And we the taxpayer are footing the bill.
Episode 213.0 - The Woke and the Awakening
March 12, 2023 18:44 - 58 minutes - 54.6 MBIs the Woke Brigade starting to lose their message? Have your humble hosts lost their "conspiracy theorist" title? Is health care starting to make sense? And more!
Episode 212.0 - Municipal Watch
March 08, 2023 01:24 - 33 minutes - 31 MBEver wonder why there's no Official Opposition in your local community council? Until now, that is! Tony has a good chat with Stella Ambler of Municipal Watch.
Episode 211.0 - Trudeau thinks you're a racist
March 05, 2023 16:48 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBIf you question Chinese election interference, you're a racist. If you deny you have racist views, you're a racist. If you want to close Roxham Road, you're a racist. And more! Budgets in BC and Alberta, and Lewis rants!
Episode 210.0 - Freedom Convoy revisited
March 02, 2023 02:52 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBIn this show we share the memories of the Convoy from someone who was actually there in Ottawa.
Episode 209.0 - Socialism tightens its grip
February 26, 2023 18:58 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBSocialism rears its ugly head, and young Canadians are (apparently) enthusiastic about it. New health care money, censorship, election interference, and more!
Episode 208.0 - Liberals clear the Liberals
February 19, 2023 19:10 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBThat's not a typo. The Liberal-appointed judge cleared the Liberal government in the Public Order Emergency Inquiry, "reluctantly." Brenda Lucki is out, Kayla Lemieux is outed, MAID is back, and more!
Episode 207.0 - Is Canada at a breaking point?
February 12, 2023 17:05 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBOlder Canadians worry about money for retirement, younger Canadians can't afford to live for today, yet our leaders are more concerned with woke activism. Lewis has a revelation about our broken health care, the disgrace of John Tory, and more!
Episode 206.2 - The "handshake"
February 09, 2023 14:28 - 9 minutes - 8.63 MBDanielle Smith dissed Justin Trudeau publicly, and he was not impressed. Tony, however, is very impressed by Premier Smith.
Episode 206.1 - Maxime Bernier PPC
February 06, 2023 19:27 - 49 minutes - 46.1 MBLewis and Tony have a refreshing chat with the leader of the People's Party of Canada.
Episode 206.0 - Canada is run by bad people
February 05, 2023 16:36 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBAt all levels of government, and even in our schools, bad people seem to be the ones in charge. It is so bad that Tony agrees with Bloc Quebecois, Lewis has thoughts on BC's new drug possession laws, Halton School Board is back in the news, and more!