The LeDrew Three Minute Interview

Filling in for Stephen LeDrew, Former MPP and Broadcaster Peter Shurman speaks with former MP Michelle Ferreri about the growing speculation of a federal election and the state of Canadian politics. Ferreri argues that any election would be triggered by Mark Carney, not the Conservatives, and warns about the dangers of concentrated power and an erosion of parliamentary accountability. She also ref...

Filling in for Stephen LeDrew, Former MPP and Broadcaster Peter Shurman speaks with Conservative Bigshot John Capobianco, Senior Vice President and Practice Lead at FleishmanHillard. Capobianco reacts to Pierre Poilievre’s decisive 87.4 percent leadership result, arguing it cements Poilievre as the unquestioned leader heading into the next federal election. He explains why Conservative unity is st...

In today’s Three Minutes, Stephen LeDrew speaks with China expert Charles Burton, author of The Beaver and the Dragon, about the scope of Chinese Communist Party influence operations in Canada. From the unusually large number of Chinese diplomats accredited to Canada, to reports of Chinese police stations operating on Canadian soil, to allegations of harassment and intimidation of Chinese national...

Bryan Gould, Executive Chairman of Aspenleaf, joins Stephen LeDrew to give a frank view from the West on rising frustration, representation, and the growing tension inside Confederation. Gould explains why many in Western Canada feel financially exploited, politically ignored, and vilified for the industries that help support the national economy. While pipelines dominate headlines in Eastern Cana...

Filling in for Stephen LeDrew, Former MPP and Broadcaster Peter Shurman delivers a rant on rising talk of Alberta separation and what it actually means. Shurman explains why Alberta is collecting signatures to allow a referendum, how equalization and federal redistribution fuel Western frustration, and why many Albertans believe they are paying more into Confederation than they receive back. He ar...

Filling in for Stephen LeDrew, Former MPP and Broadcaster Peter Shurman sits down with former MP Michelle Ferreri to discuss the shifting political landscape in Canada. Ferreri shares insights from the recent Conservative Party convention in Calgary, where the surge of young people, women, and grassroots members surprised even longtime party insiders. She explains why affordability, housing, food...

Stephen LeDrew delivers a blunt and uncompromising commentary on the push to “decolonize” Canadian institutions and what it means for the future of the country. From school boards to government agencies, Canadians are being told their history, culture, and institutions are illegitimate - often using taxpayer dollars. LeDrew questions why debate is no longer allowed in education, why dissenting tea...

In today’s Three Minutes, Stephen LeDrew is joined by Peter Shurman, former Ontario MPP and radio host, to discuss the legal and political fallout from the Federal Court of Appeal ruling on the Trudeau Government’s use of the Emergencies Act. With the courts now confirming the Act should not have been invoked, the conversation turns to a question largely ignored in mainstream media - what happens...

Daniel Tate, Executive Director of IntegrityTO, joins Stephen LeDrew to discuss the moment his taxpayer acknowledgement stunned councillors and activists during a recent City Hall meeting. Tate explains why he decided to confront what he calls years of performative politics, including land acknowledgements and the growing push for additional symbolic gestures, while property taxes, staffing levels...

In today’s rant, Stephen LeDrew takes aim at what he sees as a growing culture of guilt, distortion, and moral confusion in Canada. From insincere land acknowledgements to false claims about slavery in Canada, LeDrew argues that Canadians are being told to feel ashamed of a country and culture that was built on freedom, rule of law, and civic responsibility. He pushes back against calls to “decolo...

Canadian politics are accelerating fast, and leadership perceptions are shifting just as quickly. In this three-minute interview, Stephen LeDrew speaks with Andrew Enns, Vice President of Léger polling, about Pierre Poilievre’s standing with Canadian voters and whether the Conservative Leader can grow beyond his base. Enns explains why personal warmth may matter less than credibility, how voter pa...

National security analyst with the Macdonald Laurier Institute Joe Adam George joins Stephen LeDrew to examine a deeply troubling and little-known reality - Canada produced more ISIS fighters per capita than the United States. Drawing on CSIS data, George explains how roughly 200 individuals with ties to Canada traveled to Syria to join ISIS at its peak, a figure that dwarfs the U.S. total when ad...

In today’s Three Minutes, Stephen LeDrew speaks with John Turley-Ewart, contributing columnist with The Globe and Mail, about just how right P.M. Carney was about the end of the post WW2 rules-based order, and how Canada must up its game to survive. Turley-Ewart argues the speech was one of the strongest delivered by a Canadian prime minister in decades, not because of rhetoric, but because it ack...

Michael Westcott, CEO of Allies for a Strong Canada, joins Stephen LeDrew to talk about why so many Canadians feel something is wrong - and why so few feel empowered to do anything about it. Westcott explains how a small but highly organized group of professional activists has learned to dominate public institutions, politics, and media simply by being the loudest voices in the room. Meanwhile, mo...

In today’s three-minute conversation, Stephen LeDrew speaks with President of Optimum Publishing and political observer Dean Baxendale about the growing focus on Greenland, Arctic security, and how the United States now views hemispheric dominance in a rapidly changing world. Baxendale explains that this moment has little to do with personalities and everything to do with national security. As Chi...

In today’s Three Minutes, Stephen LeDrew is joined by Peter Shurman, former Ontario MPP and radio host, for a candid discussion about Canada’s direction under Prime Minister Mark Carney. Fresh from Davos, Carney is being praised for his globalist vision and polished rhetoric. But Peter Shurman asks the harder question - Can any of this actually be delivered? From pipelines and energy policy to def...

National security analyst Joe Adam George of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute joins Stephen LeDrew to deliver a stark warning about extremism, radicalization, and Canada’s growing security blind spot. Fresh from Washington, where he testified on ISIS-related threats, George explains why treating extremist demonstrations as harmless protest activity is a dangerous mistake. Decades of failed policy,...

In today’s three-minute interview, Stephen LeDrew speaks with China expert Charles Burton, author of The Beaver and the Dragon - How China Outmaneuvered Canada’s Diplomacy, Security, and Sovereignty. Burton explains why Canada continues to misread Beijing’s intentions, and why recent diplomatic outreach risks repeating the same mistakes. While some argue that closer engagement with China could off...

Robin Bredin joins Stephen LeDrew to open 2026 with a hard conversation about what has happened to Canada’s social cohesion. As protests multiply and public discourse becomes increasingly fractured, Bredin argues that Canada has lost the shared values and common sense that once held the country together. From the erosion of civic traditions to the politicization of history, religion, and remembran...

This rant looks past the knee-jerk reactions and media hysteria surrounding Donald Trump and Greenland and asks a harder question Canadians need to confront. The world is changing rapidly. History did not stop in 1945, and borders, alliances, and security arrangements have always evolved based on power, geography, and necessity. Greenland has not always been Danish. Nations have been built through...

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Daniel Tyrie, head of the Dominion Society, returns to Three Minutes to continue a frank and controversial conversation with Stephen LeDrew about remigration, immigration policy, and Canada’s national identity. In this follow-up discussion, Tyrie explains what he means by remigration, why his organization believes Canada has changed too quickly under recent immigration policies, and how voluntary...

André Proulx joins Stephen LeDrew on Three Minutes for a blunt conversation about the state of the NDP, its leadership race, and whether the party still represents working Canadians. A longtime New Democrat and producer of the show, Proulx argues that the modern NDP has abandoned the working class in favour of ideological checklists, culture-war politics, and positions that actively oppose jobs in...

Veteran broadcaster and former MPP Peter Sherman returns to discuss why so many Canadians feel their country is slipping away. From attacks on national symbols to weak leadership to a government that seems determined to remake Canada without a mandate, Sherman argues that Canadians are losing confidence in the nation they built. He also raises the controversial idea of a North American Union and w...

Stephen LeDrew takes on the Venezuela debate and the reaction to Donald Trump’s actions with a call for realism over outrage. As political voices on the left and right rush to moral certainty, LeDrew argues that Venezuela is a deeply complex geopolitical problem involving oil, China, Russia, human rights, and regional stability. No solution is clean, no option perfect, and simplistic slogans do no...