Latest Ed greenspon Podcast Episodes

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Ep. 76: Unpacking the Clean Energy Puzzle with Scott Balfour

Wonk - February 10, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode of Policy Speaking, Scott Balfour, CEO of Emera joins host Edward Greenspon to discuss the many puzzle pieces inherent in Canada’s energy transition. Balfour and Greenspon discuss how to reach renewable energy goals, the need for honest conversations and the question that’s on e...

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Ep. 76: Unpacking the Clean Energy Puzzle with Scott Balfour

Wonk - February 10, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode of Policy Speaking, Scott Balfour, CEO of Emera joins host Edward Greenspon to discuss the many puzzle pieces inherent in Canada’s energy transition. Balfour and Greenspon discuss how to reach renewable energy goals, the need for honest conversations and the question that’s on e...

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Ep. 75: The Future of Healthcare with Dr. Victoria Lee & Dr. Danielle Martin

Wonk - January 24, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Paired with the release of the Public Policy Forum’s Taking Back Health Care report, this special edition of Policy Speaking features report authors Dr. Victoria Lee and Dr. Danielle Martin. Dr. Lee, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia and Assistant Professor at Si...

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Ep. 74: Toward Economic Reconciliation, with Harold Calla and Geordie Hungerford

Wonk - December 08, 2022 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode of Policy Speaking, Harold Calla, executive chair of the First Nations Financial Management Board, and CEO Geordie Hungerford join host Edward Greenspon to discuss a roadmap for achieving economic reconciliation. Calla and Hungerford call for the creation of new Indigenous-led i...

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Ep. 74: Toward Economic Reconciliation, with Harold Calla and Geordie Hungerford

Wonk - December 08, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode of Policy Speaking, Harold Calla, executive chair of the First Nations Financial Management Board, and CEO Geordie Hungerford join host Edward Greenspon to discuss a roadmap for achieving economic reconciliation. Calla and Hungerford call for the creation of new Indigenous-led i...

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Ep. 73: The Future of Work with Stéphan Déry

Wonk - November 24, 2022 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Stéphan Déry, Assistant Deputy Minister of Real Property Services at Public Services and Procurement Canada, and Edward Greenspon, PPF President and CEO, discussed the future of work and workspaces during a recent PPF Member Event. Their conversation ranged from how to modernize the federal gove...

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Ep. 73: The future of work with Stéphan Déry

Wonk - November 24, 2022 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Stéphan Déry, Assistant Deputy Minister of Real Property Services at Public Services and Procurement Canada, and Edward Greenspon, PPF President and CEO, discussed the future of work and workspaces during a recent PPF Member Event. Their conversation ranged from how to modernize the federal gove...

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Ep. 72: An exit interview with B.C. Premier John Horgan

Wonk - November 17, 2022 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this special edition of Policy Speaking, Edward Greenspon, PPF president and CEO, is joined by outgoing B.C. Premier John Horgan. On one of his last days as premier of British Columbia, Mr. Horgan gives a no-holds-barred interview on challenges in energy policy, healthcare and climate change...

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Ep. 71: Monetary Policy Report with Tiff Macklem

Wonk - October 28, 2022 16:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this special edition of Policy Speaking, Edward Greenspon, PPF president and CEO, is joined by Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, to discuss the latest Monetary Policy Report. Against a backdrop of the sixth interest rate hike this year, Dr. Macklem discusses economic green shoots...

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Ep. 71: Monetary Policy Report with Tiff Macklem

Wonk - October 28, 2022 16:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this special edition of Policy Speaking, Edward Greenspon, PPF president and CEO, is joined by Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, to discuss the latest Monetary Policy Report. Against a backdrop of the sixth interest rate hike this year, Dr. Macklem discusses economic green shoots...

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Ep. 70: Technology, work and safeguarding the internet

Wonk - October 20, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week, Edward Greenspon (PPF’s President and CEO) is joined by Chris Barry (President of Microsoft Canada) to discuss all things technology. This episode was recorded at Microsoft’s Toronto Offices. Barry and Greenspon chat about the workspace Microsoft has created and the workforce changes...

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Ep. 70: Technology, work and safeguarding the internet

Wonk - October 20, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week, Edward Greenspon (PPF’s President and CEO) is joined by Chris Barry (President of Microsoft Canada) to discuss all things technology. This episode was recorded at Microsoft’s Toronto Offices. Barry and Greenspon chat about the workspace Microsoft has created and the workforce changes...

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Ep. 69: Electrification: What is it and what can it do?

Wonk - October 06, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week, Edward Greenspon (PPF’s President and CEO) discusses Electrification with Bruce Lourie (President of the Ivey Foundation) and Janet Annesley (Chief Sustainability Officer for Kiwetinohk Energy). They discuss what Electrification is and what role it can play in Canada’s path to net ze...

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Ep. 68: The Future of Conservatism with Ginny Roth and Sean Speer

Wonk - September 22, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week, Edward Greenspon (PPF’s President and CEO) discusses the results of the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race with Ginny Roth (Vice President and National Practice Lead for Government Relations at Crestview Strategy) and Sean Speer (PPF Scotiabank Fellow in Strategic Competitiv...

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Ep. 68: The Future of Conservatism with Ginny Roth and Sean Speer

Wonk - September 22, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week, Edward Greenspon (PPF’s President and CEO) discusses the results of the Conservative Party of Canada leadership race with Ginny Roth (Vice President and National Practice Lead for Government Relations at Crestview Strategy) and Sean Speer (PPF Scotiabank Fellow in Strategic Competitiv...

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Ep. 67: LNG, Geopolitics and Canada's Choice

Wonk - September 08, 2022 08:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week, Edward Greenspon (PPF’s President and CEO) discusses LNG and geopolitics with Karen Ogen-Toews (CEO of the First Nations LNG Alliance), Bryan Cox (President & CEO of the Canadian LNG Alliance), and Janice Stein (Professor and founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and ...

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Ep. 66: Canada, COVID-19 and the G10

Wonk - June 27, 2022 15:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week, Edward Greenspon (PPF’s President and CEO) discusses Canada’s COVID-19 response with Dr. David Naylor (Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto) and Dr. Fahad Razak (Scientific Director of the COVID-19 Ontario Science Table). Nearly two and a half years later, we're taking ...

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Ep. 65: The Hydrogen Advantage with Nancy Southern

Wonk - March 18, 2022 13:09 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week, PPF’s President and CEO and our host of Policy Speaking, Edward Greenspon sits down with Nancy Southern (Chair and CEO of ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited) at the

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Ep. 64: Managing Carbon to Achieve Net-zero

Wonk - February 24, 2022 22:19 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode of Policy Speaking, our host and PPF’s President and CEO Edward Greenspon chats with the co-chairs of the Energy Future Forum’s Carbon Management Work Group, Janet Annesley (Chief Sustainability Officer at Kiwetinohk Energy) and Michael Bernstein (executive director of Clean Pros...

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Ep. 64: Managing Carbon to Achieve Net-zero

Wonk - February 24, 2022 22:19 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode of Policy Speaking, our host and PPF’s President and CEO Edward Greenspon chats with the co-chairs of the Energy Future Forum’s Carbon Management Work Group, Janet Annesley (Chief Sustainability Officer at Kiwetinohk Energy) and Michael Bernstein (executive director of Clean Pros...

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Ep. 63: Investing in Black Futures with Dahabo Ahmed-Omer

Wonk - February 17, 2022 14:52 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this week’s episode of Policy Speaking, our host Edward Greenspon (President and CEO of PPF) chats with Dahabo Ahmed-Omer (Executive Director of the BlackNorth Initiative) about systemic racism, economic inclusion and the disproportionate impacts the pandemic has illuminated among different c...

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Ep. 62: The Shattered Mirror Revisited

Wonk - February 03, 2022 22:43 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In marking the fifth anniversary of PPF’s The Shattered Mirror report, the host of Policy Speaking and PPF’s President and CEO Edward Greenspon sits down with three of the principal researchers on The Shattered Mirror project, Colette Brin (Professor in the Department of Information and Communic...

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Ep. 62: The Shattered Mirror Revisited

Wonk - February 03, 2022 22:43 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In marking the fifth anniversary of PPF’s The Shattered Mirror report, the host of Policy Speaking and PPF’s President and CEO Edward Greenspon sits down with three of the principal researchers on The Shattered Mirror project, Colette Brin (Professor in the Department of Information and Communic...

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Ep. 61: The Indigenous Economy with Jeff Cyr and Alicia Dubois

Wonk - January 27, 2022 14:29 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week our host and PPF’s President and CEO Edward Greenspon discusses Indigenous ownership and economic self-determination with Jeff Cyr (CEO of Raven Indigenous Impact Foundation and Managing Partner of Raven Indigenous Capital Partners) and Alicia Dubois (Founder of Nish Synergies Advisor...

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Ep. 60: Hacking Cities: Living Through a Ransomware Attack

Wonk - January 20, 2022 15:10 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week our host Edward Greenspon (President and CEO of PPF) chats with Aron Feuer (Managing Director of Cybersecurity at Valencia) and Brad Brookman (former Director of Finance and Treasurer at the Municipality of North Grenville) about the landscape of cyberattacks and ransomware attacks in ...

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Ep. 59: COVID-19: where do we go from here?

Wonk - December 10, 2021 16:36 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this week’s episode of Policy Speaking, our host and PPF’s President and CEO Edward Greespon sits down with Dr. David Naylor (past Dean of Medicine and President Emeritus at the University of Toronto) and Jody Butts (lawyer, entrepreneur and self-described healthcare nerd) to discuss the new ...

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Ep. 59: COVID-19: Where Do We Go From Here?

Wonk - December 10, 2021 16:36 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this week’s episode of Policy Speaking, our host and PPF’s President and CEO Edward Greenspon sits down with Dr. David Naylor (past Dean of Medicine and President Emeritus at the University of Toronto) and Jodi Butts (lawyer, entrepreneur and self-described healthcare nerd) to discuss the new...

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Ep. 58: Making Space Work for Canada

Wonk - December 02, 2021 16:34 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This week’s episode of Policy Speaking is literally out of this world and focused on the space economy. Our host Edward Greenspon (PPF’s President and CEO) chats with Dan Goldberg, President and CEO of Telesat and the Honourable Navdeep Bains, former Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic ...

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Ep 57: Putting up Guardrails on the Internet

Wonk - November 25, 2021 19:17 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this week’s episode of Policy Speaking, our host – and PPF’s President & CEO – Edward Greenspon chats with the co-chair of the Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression, Taylor Owen, Commissioner Nathalie Des Rosiers and Chair of the Citizens’ Assembly on Democratic Expression, Peter MacLe...

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Ep. 57: Putting up Guardrails on the Internet

Wonk - November 25, 2021 19:17 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this week’s episode of Policy Speaking, our host – and PPF’s President & CEO – Edward Greenspon chats with the co-chair of the Canadian Commission on Democratic Expression, Taylor Owen, Commissioner Nathalie Des Rosiers and Chair of the Citizens’ Assembly on Democratic Expression, Peter MacLe...

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