Intended Consequences
83 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago -Intended Consequences is the official podcast of the StrategyCorp Institute of Public Policy and Economy. The podcast discusses practical provincial and Canadian policy ideas that achieve the actual goals they are designed to achieve with interesting guests and experts. The Institute aims to combine political acuity with policy recommendations to provide a one-stop shop for expert policy advice that is politically practical and possible to implement.
StrategyCorp is a consulting firm based out of Toronto, Canada that prides itself on being at the nexus of government connectivity and smart policy thought.
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Episodes
Episode 33 - Breaking Down the 44th Federal Election Campaign
August 19, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes - 24.5 MBIn honour of the 2021 federal snap election, Intended Consequences presents the State of Play mini-series which will have influential strategists on the program to talk all things elections, including campaigns, regionality, and communications. For our first episode, we have renowned campaign strategist and StrategyCorp co-founder, John Duffy. Since he wrote the book on pivotal elections in Canada, we wanted to bring him on the podcast to talk all things campaigns and the defining issues of ...
Episode 32 - Paul Wells of Maclean's on Canada's (likely) Next Election
June 16, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 26.6 MBOn our Season 3 finale, we're joined by Paul Wells, Senior Political Writer at Maclean's Magazine to chat everything Canadian politics. Paul breaks down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's performance throughout the pandemic and sets the stage for the (likely) upcoming election by detailing each party's prospects and problems. As always, Paul showcases his colourful personality and gives a unique reflection on former PM Stephen Harper's tenure that only Canada's foremost 'Harperologist' can deli...
Episode 31 - Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart
June 02, 2021 08:30 - 38 minutes - 24.9 MBOn our latest episode, Vancouver's 40th Mayor, Kennedy Stewart, joins us to give SCI listeners a west coast perspective on housing, COVID-19, transit, and the opioid crisis. We take a deep dive into British Columbia's artful balance between lockdowns and re-opening, what to do about surging home prices, the federal/municipal relationship in a crisis, and even discuss Vancouver's bold, but controversial, pilot to decriminalize drug possession. Check it out and don't forget to subscribe!
Episode 30 - Leslee White-Eye and Gabe Sekaly on First Nations Education
May 19, 2021 09:30 - 37 minutes - 25.2 MBOn our 30th episode, Leslee White-Eye of the First Nations with Schools Collective in Ontario and former Chief of the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation joins us along with StrategyCorp Senior Advisor Gabe Sekaly. On this episode we discuss the StrategyCorp Institute's latest paper "A Critical Perspective on the Canadian Education Gap: Assessing First Nation Education Outcomes in Canada" and its recommendations around curriculum, recruiting teachers, and providing more funding autonomy for...
Episode 29 - Indigo Founder & CEO Heather Reisman on the Future of Retail
May 05, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutes - 26.4 MBYou may recognize her as the person behind Heather's picks, the CEO and founder of Indigo Books and Music, the author of the new book "Imagine It!", or from the Financial Times' top 50 most powerful women in world business - the point is Heather Reisman knows a thing or two about running a successful retail business. She joins us on this episode to breakdown what COVID-19 has done to the retail industry, where retail will go next, and how automation will be coming to a store near you before ...
Episode 28 - Breaking Down the 2021 Budget: A Webinar
April 29, 2021 09:00 - 59 minutes - 40.4 MBIn this bonus episode, we are doing things a little differently. Following the Federal government's 2021 Budget, the StrategyCorp Institute hosted a webinar with a panel of experts to break down financial and political implications of the Budget. Our own Lisa Samson hosts renowned pollster Nik Nanos, former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page, and SCI's own senior advisor and former Saskatchewan cabinet minister the Hon. Nancy Heppner. They debate and discuss everything from Canada's rec...
Episode 27 - TRBOT President & CEO Jan De Silva on Reopening the Economy
April 21, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes - 26 MBOn our 27th episode, Toronto Region Board of Trade President and CEO Jan De Silva joins us to talk about the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the Toronto Region's economy and how governments can kickstart recovery efforts in the country's largest employment centre. Recorded shortly after the beginning of the third wave, Jan gives an inside look at what the downtown office will look like post-pandemic and the importance of transit for the Region's future.
Episode 26 - Moosehead Breweries President and CEO Andrew Oland
April 07, 2021 09:30 - 33 minutes - 25.3 MBWhen the COVID-19 pandemic hit it closed bars and restaurants around the country, causing thousands of untapped kegs to be returned to breweries. Andrew Oland, President and CEO of Moosehead Breweries in Saint John N.B., joins us to talk about the impact of the pandemic on the beer industry and what's next. From changing consumer behaviour to restrictive taxes and regulations to competing with cannabis, the beer industry in Canada is at a critical stage. Andrew speaks to about all this and m...
Episode 25 - Dr. Kate Graham on the Ontario Liberal Party
March 31, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.6 MBDr. Kate Graham had a busy couple of years. After finishing 3rd for the Ontario Liberal Party in London North Centre in 2018, she decided to run for party leader. Running a grassroots campaign and impressing many, while pregnant she might add, she finished an impressive 3rd in that race. Now, she's the party's platform co-chair and a nominated candidate in the 2022 election. She joins us to look back on those races, discuss the platform process, and speak to the future of the Liberal Party i...
Episode 24 - Ontario's Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli
March 23, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 20.1 MBThe Honourable Vic Fedeli joins us in our second episode of the season to discuss economic development in the age of COVID-19. Fedeli - the Minister for Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade - shares his views on working from home, the future of the auto sector, and responds to our recently published Ontario 360 paper on the next steps for investment and job attraction in the province through a new agency called Invest Ontario.
Episode 23 - NWT Finance Minister Hon. Caroline Wawzonek
March 10, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBOn our season 3 premiere, the Honourable Caroline Wawzonek - Northwest Territories' Minister of Finance - joins us to discuss the recently tabled 2021 Budget and the impact of COVID-19 on Canada's North. More than 40% of the NWT's adult population has been vaccinated as of March 1st, meaning re-opening may be on the horizon. In this episode, we discuss the path to recovery and the NWT's unique positioning as one of Canada's first jurisdictions to attempt the return to normal.
Episode 22 - Former Premier Kathleen Wynne
December 02, 2020 10:00 - 50 minutes - 35.1 MBIn our season 2 finale, former Premier Kathleen Wynne joins us for a behind the scenes look at the highest office in the province. Premier Wynne takes us through her leadership and general election victories, her policy successes and mistakes, her legacy in office, and the path she helped carve for future women leaders in Ontario and Canada. This honest, insightful, and revealing conversation is a can't miss for anyone in Ontario or Canadian political circles.
Episode 21 - Dr. Michelle Gagnon on the Role of Public Health
November 19, 2020 13:30 - 36 minutes - 23.6 MBOn this episode, Dr. Michelle Gagnon, a Senior Advisor at StrategyCorp and an experienced public health professional, joins us to talk about her new whitepaper Public Health in the Public Eye. The paper dissects the role of public health in Canada's healthcare landscape and provides three recommendations to ensure a strong public health system that is better prepared for crises such as COVID-19. The paper can be found at www.strategycorp.com/institute
Episode 20 - Part 2 with Dr. Christopher Sands on the Future of U.S. Policy and Politics
November 10, 2020 10:30 - 45 minutes - 29.8 MBIn part 2 of our special two-part series on the U.S. election, Professor Christopher Sands (Director of the Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies) returns to talk about the policy implications of a now known Biden administration. We discuss the President-elect's views on trade and U.S.-China relations, the role of Congress in a post-Trump era, and what it all means for Canada moving forwards.
Episode 19 - Professor Christopher Sands on the U.S. Election Results
November 05, 2020 10:30 - 32 minutes - 21.6 MBWhen we first scheduled this episode with Dr. Christopher Sands, the Director of the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies, we figured the U.S. Presidential election results would be known. Instead, at the time of recording, the contest was still too close to call. In the first of a special two-part episode, Dr. Sands shares valuable insights about the changing bases of both the Republicans and Democrats, the rise of blue collar millennials as a voting bloc,...
Episode 18 - Erin O'Toole's Campaign Co-Chair Walied Soliman
October 21, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 20.7 MBWalied Soliman is successful in his own right as the Canadian Chair of the law firm Norton Rose Fulbright and the 2019 recipient of the UN Association of Canada's Global Citizen Laureate award but, he's a politico at heart. Most recently, Walied served as the campaign co-chair for Erin O'Toole's successful bid to be the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Walied joins us to talk about that race, the future of campaigns, and the challenges ahead for Erin O'Toole.
Epsiode 17 - Tim Hudak, CEO of OREA, on Housing and the COVID-19 Pandemic
October 07, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBTim Hudak, CEO of the Ontario Real Estate Association, joins us to talk about the recent StrategyCorp Institute white paper "Rebuilding Ontario: A Framework for Recovery." The paper puts forward 15 ideas to help real estate drive the economic recovery from COVID-19, including options like a temporary land transfer tax holiday and a home renovation tax credit. As former Leader of the Ontario PC Party, Tim also gives his thoughts on Ontario politics and the government's performance as of late.
Episode 16 - The State of Long-Term Care with OLTCA CEO Donna Duncan
September 23, 2020 10:00 - 44 minutes - 30 MBOntario Long-Term Care Association CEO Donna Duncan joins us to discuss a sobering but important topic: the state of Ontario's long-term care system in the wake of COVID-19. As Ontario ages, the future of long-term care policy is becoming critically important. Donna takes us through what went wrong in the early days of the pandemic, how it was handled, and the lessons learned to prevent future outbreaks as Ontario embarks on an ambitious pledge to build 30,000 new beds over the next decade.
Episode 15 - Steve Paikin on Everything Ontario Politics
September 09, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 34.9 MBIn our Season 2 Premiere, noted journalist, TV host, and author Steve Paikin joins us for a state of the union on Ontario politics. We discuss the impact of the pandemic on Premier Ford's approval ratings, the state of each of the main parties, the road to the 2022 election, and changes to the deep seeded rural/urban divide in Ontario. Steve brings his decades of covering Queen's Park to the conversation with a unique look at how today's politicians can learn from Premier's past. Don't forge...
Episode 14 - Colleges Ontario President and CEO Linda Franklin
June 30, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBOn our last episode of the season, Linda Franklin (President and CEO of Colleges Ontario) joins us to talk about their vision for the future of Ontario's post-secondary system as it responds to changing labour market needs caused by automation and COVID-19. We discuss the details of our new full-length StrategyCorp Institute white paper, "The Future of Ontario's Workers." The paper and its recommendations can be found here.
Episode 13 - Toronto City Councillor Jennifer McKelvie
June 17, 2020 10:00 - 29 minutes - 19 MBOn this episode, Toronto City Councillor Jennifer McKelvie (Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park) joins us on her first ever podcast to talk about three important issues: the financial impact of COVID-19 on the City's books, the future of transit in Toronto, and actions that can be taken to address systemic racism within the City. In the discussion, Councillor McKelvie draws on her past career as a renowned geoscientist and proposes a thoughtful and intriguing green lens on the City's recovery ef...
Episode 12 - Kevin Page, Canada's First Parliamentary Budget Officer
June 03, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 19.9 MBIs Canada's deficit out of control? Can we afford the COVID-19 relief programs already in place? How will we pay back the cost of pandemic relief? Can we get back to budget balance? What does a proper fiscal recovery look like? The COVID-19 pandemic has simply uprooted Canada's fiscal plan. Kevin Page, President and CEO of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy and Canada's first ever Parliamentary Budget Officer, joins us to talk about these questions and more in an in-depth conver...
Episode 11 - Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce on COVID-19
May 20, 2020 10:00 - 29 minutes - 19.2 MBOntario's Education Minister, the Hon. Stephen Lecce, spent the first half of this year fighting to keep kids inside the classroom. Little did he know, he'd spend the second half fighting to ensure they had the resources needed to learn outside the classroom because of COVID-19. Minister Lecce joins the podcast for a fascinating talk about the decision to close Ontario's schools to protect from the pandemic, the path forward when schools resume, the future of child care in Ontario, and a loo...
Episode 10 - APMA President Flavio Volpe Talks Auto and the Manufacturing Fight Against COVID-19
May 06, 2020 10:00 - 35 minutes - 23.6 MBThe Canadian auto show was supposed to be the highlight of early 2020 - but then COVID-19 hit. Flavio Volpe, President of the Auto Parts Manufacturers Association put out the call to convert assembly lines for car doors and engines into factories making everything from ventilators to medical gowns. In a matter of days, they re-tooled and launched the largest peace time manufacturing mobilization Canada's ever seen. Flavio takes us through it and talks about the future of auto as we emerge fr...
Episode 9 - Conservative Thinker Ken Boessenkool Talks Crisis Basic Income and Alberta Oil
April 22, 2020 10:00 - 49 minutes - 33 MBKen Boessenkool, a native of Alberta, was once described as "an election strategist and policy chef who lurks around conservative parties everywhere in Canada.” True to form, Ken recently came up with the idea of a Crisis Basic Income - a temporary universal basic income that could be taxed back from wealthier people next year - to respond to COVID-19. On this episode, we discuss that idea in-depth as well as what negative oil prices may mean for Alberta's COVID-19 recovery efforts.
Epsiode 8 - Former NDP MP Nathan Cullen on COVID-19 and Politics
April 08, 2020 10:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBNathan Cullen, former 15 year British Columbia NDP Member of Parliament, joins us to talk about the impacts of COVID-19 out West, the future of the New Democratic Party, and he gives us an update on what he's up to - including his role as British Columbia's liaison with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs negotiating over the Coastal Gas Link pipeline. Nathan gives his thoughts on what to watch for in a COVID-19 recovery, a behind the scenes look at what life as an MP was really like, and a s...
Epsiode 7 - Karim Bardeesy on COVID-19 Policy Responses
April 01, 2020 10:00 - 37 minutes - 24.5 MBHow will COVID-19 change the Canadian economy? What do policy makers need to do to ensure we can properly recover from COVID-19? Where can relief packages be strengthened and what policies are needed next? On this episode, we're joined by Karim Bardeesy - former Deputy Principal Secretary to the Premier of Ontario and current head of the Ryerson Leadership Lab to talk policy shop related to COVID-19. Listen to Karim's unique thoughts and ideas on everything from auto insurance relief to a ma...
Episode 6 - Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk
March 18, 2020 10:00 - 37 minutes - 30.3 MBOn this episode we're joined by Bonnie Lysyk, Ontario's first female Auditor General. The Auditor is a non-partisan officer of the Legislature responsible for ensuring value for money spent by government. Auditor Lysyk was appointed in 2013 in the middle of an infamous audit on the true costs of the 2011 gas plant scandal. After releasing that report it became clear that the new Auditor was competent, sharp, and determined to get to the bottom of Ontario's finances. Throughout her term she's...
Episode 5 - Noront CEO Alan Coutts on the Ring of Fire
March 04, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBThe Ring of Fire may be the single largest resource development opportunity Ontario will ever see. The only problem is the Ring's mineral deposits are located hundreds of kilometres from the nearest road. The Province has put aside $1 billion to build a set of roads to the Ring, but everything from negotiations with local Indigenous communities to complex infrastructure requirements have to be sorted first. Noront owns over 70% of all mining claims in the Ring of Fire. Noront's CEO, Alan Cou...
Episode 4 - Dr. Bob Bell Former Ontario Deputy Minister of Health
February 19, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 29.9 MBThe fourth episode of the podcast features Dr. Bob Bell, former Ontario Deputy Minister of Health and a 40 year medical expert. Dr. Bell talks about the challenges of dealing with Corona Virus in Ontario and what comes next on that front. He also touches on managing a $64 billion Ministry, the future of Ontario health care, and what drove him to become a partisan Liberal for the first time in a more than 40 year career.
Episode 3 - Kim Moran CEO of Children's Mental Health Ontario
February 05, 2020 11:00 - 33 minutes - 26.2 MBThe third episode of the podcast features Kim Moran, CEO of Children's Mental Health Ontario. Kim discusses the challenges of navigating Ontario's mental health system for the 28,000 children and youth currently on waiting lists for treatment. She candidly shares her personal experiences with the system and explains what Ontario can do to solve the growing backlog.
Episode 2 - Ambassador David MacNaughton on Politics and NAFTA
January 22, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 24.9 MBThe second episode of the podcast features Canada's former Ambassador to the United States David MacNaughton. The episode covers his time as Principal Secretary to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and his key role throughout the re-negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement with President Donald Trump's administration.
Intended Consequences
January 09, 2020 20:11 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBThis first episode of the podcast is meant to introduce listeners to the StrategyCorp Institute of Public Policy and Economy and its podcast, Intended Consequences. It features a live interview from the Institute's launch event.