Hub Podcasts

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:18 - Trump's tariffs are here—now what? , by Anil Wasif This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub's podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featur...

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer are joined by Janice Gross Stein of the Munk School of Global Affairs discuss Trump's tariffs against Canada and our pledge of dollar-for-dollar countervailing duties if U.S. import taxes are not lifted in the coming weeks. They breakdown what could happen next in this high-stakes economic contest between North America's two largest econom...

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss Trump's impending tariffs against Canada and the growing calls for Canadian governments to respond with massive emergency relief for businesses and households. The Roundtable features The Hub's publisher, Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub's content editor, Amal Attar...

Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the Trump administration's early foreign policy positioning, including its antagonism towards allies and others, and what it may mean for Canada-U.S. relations and America's relationships around the world. If you liked what you heard in the first half of the program and wish to subscribe to full-leng...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:20 - Canada is under threat. Now would be a good time to start sorting ourselves out , by Mark Mancini 8:19 - The constitutional tug-of-war between politicians and Canada's courts continues ,...

This week on "Full Press", why Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is appearing on the mainstream media channels he loves to hate, how media has failed to cover Canadian anger, lessons learned from American journalists covering President Trump, and calling out biased reporting on government subsidies for private media outlets. Our hosts Harrison Lowman, Managing Editor of The Hub , current affair...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:23 - Foreign interference inquiry finds no legal traitors amongst parliamentarians, just far too many naive and opportunistic fools , by Michael Kempa 8:43 - As a Canadian, you are earning far...

On this special episode of Hub Dialogues, publisher Rudyard Griffiths speaks with Maxime Cohen, Scale AI Chair in Data Science for Retail at McGill University, about his in-depth study about the Online News Act, its negative impact on Canadian newsrooms, and the future of news and journalism in Canada. You can read the in-depth study on the Online News Act here: https://www.analysisgroup.com/globa...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:20 - The worst response to Trump's tariffs would be repeating our pandemic spending mistakes , by Sabrina Maddeaux 7:42 - With Trump's deportations underway, what will Canada's asylum policy l...

On this Hub Dialogue, we are joined by one of the most insightful explainers of the current political moment. Yuval Levin is a conservative political analyst, academic, journalist and the author of the recent book, American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation and Could Again. He joins us to talk about what it means to be conservative in America in 2025, how America's two-party system...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:17 - Just how permanent will Trump's tariffs be? , by Ken Boessenkool 5:11 - Pierre Poilievre has the government-funded media spooked , by Peter Menzies This program is narrated by automated v...

Lisa Raitt, the managing director and vice chair of global investment banking at CIBC Capital Markets and former federal cabinet minister, discusses her decision as natural resources minister to license Canada's CANDU nuclear technology in the private sector, the growing global market for Canadian nuclear technologies more broadly, and why she thinks Canadian policymakers ought to seize on them. T...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:20 - Canada is losing its economic immigration edge—and the U.S. is set to take advantage , by Peter Csillag 7:55 - The Liberals utterly failed to control Canada's population growth. Here's wh...

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss President Trump's inauguration this past week, including his ongoing threat of tariffs against Canada, and how the current "Team Canada" approach seems ill-prepared to protect the country's interests, especially with a lame duck government. They also cover a range of provincial issues, including the Supreme Court of Canada's upcomi...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:23 - No protests, no marches, no riots—This time, Donald Trump enters office leading a country resigned to who he is , by Wodek Szemberg 7:44 - Years of Liberal digital policy is dead. You can...

Darrell Bricker, the CEO of Ipsos Global Public Affairs, and The Hub's editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss President Trump's inauguration, the Liberal leadership race and how Canadians are feeling about our fast-moving political environment. If you like what you are hearing, consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issue...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:19 - Trudeau's tariff response cannot be a backdoor plan to fix his deficit , by Sean Speer 6:05 - Why federal deficits are getting more volatile , by Alicia Planincic This program is narrated...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:22 - Premier Smith is right that restricting oil exports is a bad idea. Here's a better option , by Trevor Tombe 9:20 - The courts must stay out of the politics of prorogation , by Howard Angl...

Henry Olsen is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and host of the Beyond the Polls podcast. He talks to us about what to expect in Trump's first 100 days in office, the political realignment that got him into office, and whether competing factions within Trump's coalition - from Silicon Valley tech billionaires to the populist-nationalist MAGA crowd - can co-exist in his second...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:20 - Eliminate the GST—and other ways to respond to future Trump trade tariffs , by Ken Boessenkool This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub's podcasts consider subsc...

Chris Keefer, an emergency medical physician and the president of Canadians for Nuclear Energy, discusses his unique path to becoming a champion of nuclear energy, the economic, environmental, and health benefits of nuclear technology, and why he thinks Canadians should build more nuclear plants at home and export the technology abroad. This episode was made possible by Canadians for CANDU and the...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:20 - As we await Trump's tariffs, Canada's strategy of selling out Alberta is making us all weaker , by Brad Tennant 8:03 - When it comes to security, Trudeau leaves Canada worse than he found...

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the power vacuum left by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation and how its playing out in the Liberal leadership race, including the launch of Mark Carney's campaign and Chrystia Freeland's pending launch, the rising salience of economic nationalism and its risks, and the growing tensions between Alberta and the rest of the c...

Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub . Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:21 - Don't forget about the Emergencies Act when assessing Trudeau's legal legacy , by Joanna Baron 8:18 - What was Christy Clark thinking? , by Kirk LaPointe This program is narrated by autom...

Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss President-elect Donald Trump's growing provocations about Canada becoming the 51st state and what we should make of it. They also cover Prime MInister Justin Trudeau's recently-announced resignation and its implications for his personal legacy, the future of the Liberal Party, and Canadians politics...