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. 0:24 - The B.C. election is now the Conservatives' to lose , by Kirk LaPointe 8:12 - It's time for the CFL to scrap its silly rules and conform to the NFL game , by Matthew Grills This program i...

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 - Temporary foreign workers are not to blame for Canada's economic woes , by Janet Bufton 9:36 - Want to be a more productive country, Canada? Get the government roadblocks out of the way ,...

Tim Sargent, director of the domestic policy program at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, discusses Canada's massive increase of immigration in recent years, including the role of temporary migrants and the effects on productivity. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and chal...

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 - My remarks to the federal cabinet on housing, immigration, and the temporary foreign worker program , by Mike Moffatt 5:45 - Canada and its allies need better tools to combat the scourge...

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 - Danielle Smith will soon face a fall leadership review. Will temperamental Albertans give her a passing grade? , by Evan Menzies 8:35 - Make Canada young again , by Matt Spoke This progra...

Christine Allen, professor at the University of Toronto's Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, discusses how new drug-delivery models are transforming cancer treatment, her experiences with commercialization and entrepreneurship, and the upsides of carrying out her work at the University of Toronto. This episode was made possible by the University of Toronto and the generosity of listeners like you. Do...

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. 0:16 - There's no such thing as money for nothing , by Ginny Roth 6:12 - Want to fix national defence? Give Parliament more power , by Richard Shimooka This program is narrated by automated voic...

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss this week's Democratic Party convention and how it may influence the Trudeau government's upcoming Cabinet retreat and the prime minister's own future. They also discuss the rise of temporary migrants in Canada and the resulting injustice for young Canadian workers and immigrant themselves, as well as the ongoing online controversy...

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 - The time has come to upend Canada's temporary foreign worker program , by Mike Moffatt 11:46 - Can Canada's rail lockout spur much-needed transportation reform? , by Carlo Dade and Tyler...

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 - The U.K.'s disastrous online speech laws should give Canada pause before implementing our own , by Joanna Baron 6:56 - When it comes to Canada's heavy-handed professional regulators, Jord...

Less than 100 days until an unprecedented American election, U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Cohen discusses U.S./Canada trade disputes, illegal immigration, a belligerent China, and NATO spending promises. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape 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 - We were promised MAiD would be rare. Instead, Canadian euthanasia deaths are soaring , by Alexander Raikin 5:50 - Ignore the Trudeau talking points—Canada is a highly indebted country , b...

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 - Canada's untapped labour pools are a massive missed economic opportunity , by Renze Nauta 13:02 - Foreign investors are still investing in Canada—but even more money is leaving , by Alici...

University of Toronto professor and Canadian Research Chair of organ-on-a-chip engineering Milicia Radisic discusses her world-leading research on organ-on-a-chip technology, including what goes into producing organs-on-a-chip, their current and future uses, and why the University of Toronto is uniquely positioned as a leader in the field. This episode was made possible by the University of Toront...

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 - What Vancouver's empty home tax really means for Canada's housing supply , by Gherardo Gennaro Caracciolo 4:20 - The strange and eternal endurance of Karl Marx's terrible, terrible ideas...

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss the political significance of Pierre Poilievre's summer tour visiting blue-collar workers, growing calls from the Left and the Right for tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, and the inherent problems with a high-profile editorial by a local newspaper on the Trudeau government's news media subsidies. The Roundtable features The Hub...

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 - Canada's defence capabilities are in disarray. Here are the three biggest reasons why , by Richard Shimooka 8:54 - Quit complaining, premiers. Take your own advice and stick to your lane...

Leading author, journalist, and public intellectual David Frum and The Hub's Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' political momentum and what her potential presidency would mean for Canada, the Trudeau government's massive public subsidies for the electric vehicle industry and the implications for Canada's economic relationship with China, and why he...

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 - When it comes to China and tariffs, singling out electric vehicles makes no sense , by Sean Speer 6:26 - The remedy for government overreach is the ballot box, not the court , by Kerry Su...

Livio Di Matteo, professor of economics at Lakehead University, discusses his recent DeepDive for The Hub on how Canada's supply of physicians as a share of the population is rising at the same time that a growing number of Canadians don't have doctors and the factors behind this counterintuitive trend. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading...

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. 0:16 - Ukraine's capture of Russian territory is impressive, but could it backfire? , by Ian Garner 9:08 - Ken Sim has stumbled out the gate as Vancouver's mayor. Can he regain his former moment...

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 - Canada's Jews deserve far better from our government , by Karen Stintz 5:11 - Pierre Poilievre is right. We need tariffs on Chinese EVs and other goods to protect Canadian jobs , by Andre...

Joseph Wong, a political science professor and vice president, international at the University of Toronto, discusses Chinese political economy, the prospects of a new "Cold War," and what the power of basketball can tell us about globalization and Canada itself. This episode was made possible by the University of Toronto and the generosity of listeners like you. Donate today. The Hub Dialogues fea...

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 - The political power of declaring what's normal and what's weird , by Ginny Roth 7:44 - Canada's politics are growing more and more Americanized—and Trudeau's Liberal Party has been the wo...

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss how the Liberal Party is in crisis management mode in the dog days of summer, Theo Argitis' recent Hub article on why the politics of job creation now trumps redistribution, and the CBC's latest foray into Newspeak. The Roundtable features The Hub's publisher, Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is pro...