Latest Canadian politics Podcast Episodes
Introducing A Field Guide to Gay Animals
The Backbench - June 20, 2024 12:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsStrap on your binoculars and lace up your boots: today we’re sharing an episode of the newest show on the network, A Field Guide to Gay Animals. A Field Guide to Gay Animals explores sexuality, gender, and joy in the animal world. Animal enthusiasts Owen Ever and Laine Kaplan-Levenson take us o...
The Spy Who Loved MPs
The Backbench - June 18, 2024 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsOn June 3, a cross-party committee released a redacted document alleging some parliamentarians have been "semi-witting or witting" participants in the efforts of foreign states to interfere in Canadian politics. Trudeau says he has “concerns,” Singh says he’s “alarmed,” May is “relieved,” and ...
Flip-Flopping on Decriminalization
The Backbench - June 04, 2024 04:08 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhen B.C. decriminalized small amounts of drugs in January 2023, it was seen as a promising weapon in the battle against the drug crisis. In May, B.C. walked that policy back, saying it caused disorder in the streets. In a similar move, Toronto tried decriminalizing, but the feds quickly shot d...
Stop, Students What’s That Sound
The Backbench - May 21, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhen the first group of students parked up at Columbia University, it sparked a movement that has gripped schools across the world. These encampment protests have now gripped universities across Canada- at U of T, U UOttawa, McMaster, U of C, McGill, U of A, UBC, and Dalhousie. The encampment...
ep 26 - Deep Dive on Gold Investing
Avenue Insights - May 17, 2024 17:02 - 16 minuteswww.avenueinvestment.com About Avenue Investment Management: Avenue is an independent private client investment manager. Our core investment strategy is an all-weather strategy designed to compound our client’s wealth over the long term. Avenue believes that owning high-quality businesses ...
A Major Announcement
YES WE CANADA The Progressives Guide to Getting the Fuck Out - Season Three - May 14, 2024 22:00 - 17 minutesSend us a Text Message. Well, it's a "major announcement" and if we told you right here what it was, why would you listen to the episode? You know, just because we've dedicated our entire working lives to writing stupid podcast promos doesn't mean we haven't thought this through.
Introducing Pretendians
The Backbench - May 14, 2024 07:30 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsToday we’re sharing with you a preview of the first episode of Canadaland’s newest show Pretendians. What do some of the most prominent and successful Indigenous artists, leaders and thinkers have in common? They aren’t Indigenous. From major universities, to the halls of power, to Hollywood...
John Risley on his big green hydrogen bet
Wonk - May 09, 2024 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJohn Risley is best known for his by-the-bootstraps creation of global seafood giant Clearwater — and for orchestrating its sale to a coalition of First Nations. The self-made billionaire’s next big project is as chairman of World Energy GH2, which plans to build a massive green hydrogen project ...
Canada’s Exploited Foreign Workers Program
The Backbench - May 07, 2024 04:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTemporary foreign workers are relied upon to fill the gaps in the Canadian labour market. But the system is convoluted and ripe with exploitation – all at a time when immigrants are being blamed by politicians and the public for the housing crisis. The system needs an overhaul to protect our ec...
Trevor Tombe, economic truth-teller, is kind of a big deal
Wonk - May 02, 2024 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe University of Calgary economics professor’s views on the intersection of policy and economics are in high demand because, well, his cool empirical perspective makes them so compelling. Trevor Tombe talks to host Edward Greenspon about why the now-operational Trans Mountain pipeline isn’t the ...
'The fascinating economist’ Craig Wright, on the role of a big bank forecaster
Wonk - April 25, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs chief economist at the Royal Bank of Canada for the past 23 years, Craig Wright has offered essential insight through booms and busts, from the great financial crisis to the pandemic. Everyone from CEOs to prime ministers, to news reporters have relied on his prognostications. When he retires ...
Conservative Comic-Con
The Backbench - April 23, 2024 05:26 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThe Canada Strong and Free conference is one of the biggest events of the year for Canadian conservatives. The party is polling high, and this event was set to be a launching point for an upcoming wave of victories. Boris Johnson and former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott were in the house...
Mark Podlasly on the really big news in Budget 2024
Wonk - April 18, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTucked into this year’s federal budget document was something a little out of the ordinary and of great consequence: Indigenous Loan Guarantees. The program has the potential to open massive energy and resource developments that will benefit both Canada and Indigenous communities. Mark Podlasly i...
The new chief economist of the OECD, Álvaro Santos Pereira, on solving the productivity crisis
Wonk - April 10, 2024 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCanada’s lagging productivity has become what the Bank of Canada calls a national ‘emergency’. The OECD’s incoming chief economist, Álvaro Santos Pereira, a dual citizen of Portugal and Canada, is one of the foremost experts on the subject. He talks to host Edward Greenspon about why Canada lags ...
Happy Landing Immigrant!
YES WE CANADA The Progressives Guide to Getting the Fuck Out - Season Three - April 09, 2024 20:00 - 34 minutesSend us a Text Message. My dear American progressives, You know when you get all frustrated with your country and say shit like, "that's it, I'm moving to Canada?" Well, 'movin' to Canada is not as easy as it sounds. But because we are so grateful for your support and so tremendously conce...
State of Emergency Rooms
The Backbench - April 09, 2024 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWe’re bringing you a special episode today from our friends at Commons. Over thirteen seasons, Commons has exposed Canada’s foundational reliance on monopolies, our addiction to real estate and the dark side of hockey. In their new season, host Arshy Mann is now dissecting the state of work in C...
Emera CEO Scott Balfour on the urgent energy transition
Wonk - April 04, 2024 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingScott Balfour is the CEO of Emera, the owner of Nova Scotia Power and a major player in energy in the United States. He is central to the efforts to wean Canada off carbon and build a clean electricity system – all at a time when demand for power is soaring. He talks to host Edward Greenspon abou...
ep 25 | First Quarter 2024 Market Update
Avenue Insights - March 28, 2024 18:38 - 23 minutesAbout Avenue Investment Management: Avenue is an independent private client investment manager. Our core investment strategy is an all-weather strategy designed to compound our client’s wealth over the long term. Avenue believes that owning high-quality businesses are the best investments to...
Halifax Mayor Mike Savage on how a big city keeps up with growth
Wonk - March 28, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAfter 12 years leading one of Canada’s fastest growing cities, Halifax Mayor Mike Savage recently announced he’ll be stepping down. In his time as mayor, Halifax went from worrying about its declining, aging population to becoming a magnet for newcomers and residents from other provinces. Savage ...
The Convoy Keeps Rolling
The Backbench - March 26, 2024 04:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhen the trucks moved out of Ottawa in 2022, our public discourse changed. Grievance politics thrived, and our political parties adapted. Supporters of the convoy splintered into different groups. They became very politically engaged in causes like the 1 Million March for Children, the Save the...
David Shoemaker: How to win at the Olympics
Wonk - March 21, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDavid Shoemaker is the CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee, the organization tasked with promoting Olympic values and helping get Canadian athletes onto the podium. He talks to host Edward Greenspon about why he expects big things in Paris, the challenge of making sport safer in Canada, and the...
Head of Canadian Olympic Committee David Shoemaker on how to win at the Olympics
Wonk - March 21, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDavid Shoemaker is the CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee, the organization tasked with promoting Olympic values and helping get Canadian athletes onto the podium. He talks to host Edward Greenspon about why he expects big things in Paris, the challenge of making sport safer in Canada, and the...
What does Canada really want from immigration?
Wonk - March 14, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCanada is perhaps the most successful immigration nation in the world. But its system is showing some cracks, as immigration is twinned in the public mind with housing shortages and high rental costs. Rupa Banerjee, Canada Research Chair in Economic inclusion, Employment and Entrepreneurship of C...
Rupa Banerjee: What does Canada really want from immigration?
Wonk - March 14, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCanada is perhaps the most successful immigration nation in the world. But its system is showing some cracks, as immigration is twinned in the public mind with housing shortages and high rental costs. Rupa Banerjee, Canada Research Chair in Economic inclusion, Employment and Entrepreneurship of C...
Tuck Yeah!
YES WE CANADA The Progressives Guide to Getting the Fuck Out - Season Three - March 12, 2024 21:00 - 16 minutesSend us a Text Message. Tucker Carlson, American "journalist" decides it's time to fly to Calgary to "liberate" Canada and then jet to Moscow have a "serious talk" with Russian President V. Putin. Much hilarity ensues.
The Hate U Post
The Backbench - March 12, 2024 04:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsRichard Warman used to take neo-nazis he found online to the human rights commission. He used an obscure provision called Section 13, which was repealed in 2014. But it may be coming back. The long-awaited Online Harms Act includes a section allowing human rights complaints over online hate s...
Beverley McLachlin: the problems with the online harms bill
Wonk - March 07, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe longest-serving Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, and the first woman to hold the position, weighs in on the good and the bad of the federal government’s long-awaited online harms bill. She talks to host Edward Greenspon about anti-hate laws, freedom of expression and why some pro...
JP Gladu on the rise of big Indigenous business, and life on Lake Nipigon
Wonk - February 29, 2024 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJP Gladu is one of Canada's visionary leaders in the national dialogue around Indigenous ownership in the economy. He has decades of experience bringing Indigenous communities together with industry and governments in pursuit of their economic sovereignty. He joins host Edward Greenspon to talk a...
Failing Universities 101
The Backbench - February 27, 2024 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsCanadian universities are barely scraping by. Queen’s is in a whole lot of debt, Laurentian declared insolvency in 2021, Alberta universities are slashing budgets, and McGill and Concordia are in danger over an out-of-province tuition battle. On top of it all, the international student visa cap ...
John Hannaford on the historic challenges facing the public service
Wonk - February 22, 2024 05:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJohn Hannaford is the Clerk of the Privy Council, the most senior job in the public service. It is really three jobs rolled into one: deputy minister to the Prime Minister, Secretary to the cabinet and head of the public service. Hannaford talks to host Edward Greenspon about the historic challen...
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