Podcast Episodes

Canada vs the ‘most hated guy on Wall Street’

By the end of Tuesday, day eight of the Canada-U.S. trade war, Ontario Premier Doug Ford had backed down on a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity going to the U.S. that was supposed to go into effec…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Trade war: The view from Mexico

As Canadians grapple with the ongoing threat of American tariffs, south of the U.S., Mexicans are dealing with the same thing. Today we look at the similarities and differences in the situations both…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Liberals enter the Mark Carney era

After a two-month race, the Liberal Party of Canada chose Mark Carney as its new leader on Sunday night. It was an overwhelming win – Carney won with 86 per cent of the vote. The Prime Minister-Desig…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

What happened to ‘The Resistance’?

Donald Trump’s first four years in office were met with protest and obstruction — a popular movement which came to be known as ‘The Resistance.’ It featured a coalition that included members of the m…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago

Is Canadian energy our tariff war trump card?

Two days after U.S. tariffs were imposed on Canada and Mexico, the trade war rages on. While an exemption has been made for three major automakers, President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau still ap…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

The tariff trade war escalates

After months of back-and-forth, will-he-or-won’t-he, it’s officially on: U.S. President Donald Trump has slapped 25% tariffs on most Canadian goods, and 10% on Canadian energy. Canada has hit back wi…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

An obituary for the post-war order

Humiliating the president of Ukraine in the Oval Office. Admonishing European leaders about migration and free speech. Voting alongside Russia against a UN resolution to condemn the invasion of Ukrai…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Is Canada's Arctic sovereignty in danger?

U.S. President Trump has been talking about wanting to gain control of Greenland, and expand American influence in the Arctic.

It’s a region rich in minerals and oil. It’s also an important potential …

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Weekend Listen: He owes his life to a lie, now will anyone believe what he calls the truth?

As a child, Alex Kurzem faced a choice: be killed or join the killers.

In the midst of the Second World War, he was separated from his family and taken in by a group of soldiers as one of their own. H…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

The big problem of 'car bloat'

SUVs and pickup trucks make up more than four out of every five new cars sold in the U.S., and in Canada, they represented 86 per cent of all vehicles sold in May of last year. 

Lots of these vehicles…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago