Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGetting serious 🤬 - Ottawa hands out temporary foreign worker fines, How to lobby the feds.
Episode 1
The feds have added some serious teeth to their temporary foreign labour rules.
Being a wingman for domestic companies looking to woo the Canadian go…
1 year ago
Economic espionage 🕵️ - Landmark Canadian spy trial begins, Regulator looks into FIFA ticket scheme
Episode 1
Spies aren’t all suave operators wearing bespoke suits and driving invisible cars (excuse us, we just rewatched Die Another Day). Sometimes they’re j…
1 year ago
Caffeine crisis ☕ - AI boom drives up electricity bills, Coffee prices keep on climbing
Episode 1
The impact of the energy-hungry facilities on electricity bills could soon turn them into a political lightning rod.
The five million Timmies coffees…
1 year ago
Cracking up 🧨 - B.C. pipeline proposal sows disagreement, Bell to launch satellite cell service.
Episode 1
Remember a few months ago when virtually all of Canada’s political leaders voiced support for big infrastructure projects in the face of U.S. trade t…
1 year ago
Spilled milk 🥛 - Dairy on the negotiating table with U.S., Meta monetizes its AI.
Episode 1
Canada’s iconic milk bag could soon face more competition from the American carton.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Meta will soon use your c…
1 year ago
What’s next? ➡️ - Alberta’s travelling town halls conclude, A Ponzi scheme in cottage country.
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After hitting 10 stops over three months, Alberta’s travelling roadshow of participative democracy is wrapping up.
Telus just turned a Québec fishing…
1 year ago
Movie tax 🍿 - Trump wants tariffs on foreign movies, Telus opens all-Canadian AI data centre.
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Canada’s film industry could be the next sector to face tariff disruptions.
Telus just turned a Québec fishing hub into one of Canada’s AI hotspots.
1 year ago
Power play 🔌 - Rogers eyes standalone sports biz, Old school tech drives a market rally
Episode 1
As the Toronto Blue Jays clinched their division yesterday, their owner was plotting how they’re gonna create one of the largest sports empires in th…
1 year ago
Best of Free Lunch: What The Heck Is Productivity, Anyway?
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Peak Pals! We're re-airing some of our favourite episode of the Free Lunch podcast. today we're talking about productivity with William Huggins, a le…
1 year ago
Best of Free Lunch: A Disturbing conversation about AI
Episode 1
Hey Peak Pals , we've decided to start dropping old episodes of Free Lunch into the feed on weekend. We don't air that podcast anymore, but there ar…
1 year ago