Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy Canada's infrastructure planning phase never ends
Episode 1004
In 2021, then-Infrastructure minister Catherine McKenna announced a process to assess all of Canada's existing infrastructure in order to better use …
2 years, 4 months ago
A strange truck and an ambitious target: EVs in 2024
Episode 1003
It's shaping up to be a very strange year for electric vehicles. The market leader by a mile has just launched a much-ridiculed truck. Despite growin…
2 years, 4 months ago
Will Saskatchewan's fight with Ottawa end in handcuffs?
Episode 1002
Starting this month, Saskatchewan has stopped collecting a carbon levy on home heating. This is, of course, against the carbon tax legislation passed…
2 years, 4 months ago
Canada's Dry: "We’re in a new game here"
Episode 1001
Winter on the prairies is not usually a time to worry about drought, and fire. At least, it wasn't. But large swaths of the country, from BC through …
2 years, 4 months ago
Pay Back CERB...or Go Bankrupt?! In This Economy?!
Episode 998
Kara is being asked to pay back all the money she received from the Canada Emergency Response Benefit back in 2020. But she’s making less now than sh…
2 years, 4 months ago
Why are Canada's passenger trains so slow?
Episode 1000
If you compare us to peer countries, it's an embarrassment. Other nations have high-speed rail corridors shuttling thousands of people across distanc…
2 years, 4 months ago
A "miraculous" landing raises systemic airline safety questions
Episode 997
None of the 177 passengers on an Alaska Airlines flight was seriously hurt, despite a panel blowing out of the middle of the aircraft at 16,000 feet …
2 years, 4 months ago
Why tent cities are becoming more permanent
Episode 996
They're in every city and town in Canada—the visible evidence of overlapping crises and a lack of resources to help people in need. In the past, most…
2 years, 4 months ago
The pay-for-care loophole that hands out Ozempic prescriptions
Episode 995
You're not supposed to be paying to be prescribed drugs in Canada. You're also not generally supposed to get those prescriptions without being examin…
2 years, 4 months ago
How conspiracy theories went mainstream
Episode 994
Conspiracy theories used to be weird, and kinda fun. Now they're everywhere, and pretty dangerous. Last year marked a significant evolution in the ma…
2 years, 4 months ago