Hub Podcasts

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with 2023 Donner Book Prize nominees University of Toronto Professor Kent Roach about his book Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes, and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, and with University of Toronto Law professors Abdi Aidid and Benjamin Alarie about their book, The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelli...

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 – DeepDive: Just how bad is Canada's defence spending problem? Downright disastrous—with little hope in sight , by Sean Speer and Taylor Jackson 18:52 – AI is about to fundamentally transfo...

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss the federal and Ontario governments' massive subsidies for the electric vehicle industry, including this week's announcement of a new Honda plant in Ontario, and their inherent risks and economic consequences. They also cover the negative reaction to last week's federal budget and what it tells us about the state of federal politic...

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 – Want to boost birth rates? Stop taxing mothers , by Andrew Evans 6:06 – Canada's population growth is exploding . Here's why, by Don Kerr If you enjoy The Hub 's podcasts consider subscri...

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 – Disregard citizen unhappiness at your own peril, leaders , by Ginny Roth 6:39 – Ring the alarm—Canada is failing to safeguard those with mental illness from MAID , by Daniel Zekveld If yo...

Thirty years after the Rwandan genocide that killed more than 800,000, former U.N Force Commander Roméo Dallaire discusses the atrocity he witnessed, whether peacekeeping and the international human rights movement has failed, Canada's shrinking role in the world, and if reaching real peace is even achievable. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with l...

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 – It's time to stop giving the pro-Palestine protestors the benefit of the doubt , by Joanna Baron 6:43 – Berating Bell and the telcos won't save Canada's news industry , by Theo Argitis If...

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 – It's not racist 'denialism' to appreciate Canada's tolerance, despite what the B.C. NDP may say , by Caroline Elliott 6:23 – Michael Ignatieff checks his privilege , by Patrick Luciani If...

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with 2023 Donner Book Prize nominees and executive director and litigation director of the Canadian Constitution Foundation Joanna Baron and Christine Van Geyn about their nominated book, Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to Covid-19 Changed Civil Liberties Forever. The episode was originally released on November 7th...

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 government's defence policy update is a small step in the right direction—if it is actually implemented , by Richard Shimooka 9:59 – We all benefit from lower capital gains taxes—even...

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss this week's federal budget, including the Trudeau government's focus on redistribution over growth, its high spending, and the consequences of ongoing deficits and debt accumulation. They also discuss the budget's increased tax rate on capital gains tax, the policy debate that it has provoked, and the real-world, detrimental impact...

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 – Slower growth, fewer jobs, a worse economy—the consequences of the capital gains tax shouldn't be shrugged off , by Derrick Hunter 6:35 – Events define political leaders. For Prime Minist...

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 - Why raising capital gains taxes makes sense—yes, really , by Trevor Tombe 7:27 - 'Lazy,' 'imprudent,' and 'irresponsible': The Hub Reacts to the 2024 federal budget , by The Hub Staff If...

Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub 's Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss Iran's recent air attacks on Israel and their fallout, including the possibility of a military response, the role of Israel's allies, and what the whole episode tells us about the Biden Administration's foreign policy. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation...

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 Liberal's big-government budget ups the spending, ups the taxes, and drops the pretences , by Sean Speer 5:01 - Iran's intentions have been known for decades. Why haven't we listened?...

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 - Forget the 'American-style' boogeyman, Canadian health care should strive to be like Norway's , by Josh Dehaas 5:06 - Will Poilievre's coalition of loud new populists and old-guard conser...

Iddo Moed, Israel's ambassador to Canada, discusses Iran's drone and missile attacks over the weekend and Israel's possible response, the Israel Defense Force's ongoing campaign to defeat Hamas, and his experiences in Canada over the past eight month, including rising signs of antisemitism in some parts of Canadian society. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conve...

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 - DeepDive: How happy are you? Canadian satisfaction is deteriorating fast—particularly among youth by Sean Speer and Taylor Jackson 15:44 - Nellie McClung, the great woman of Canadian hist...

Executive Director Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss the foreign interference inquiry, including prime minister's and CSIS director's testimony, and what it has revealed about Canadian national security. Managing editor Harrison Lowman also joins from the Canada Strong and Free Network Conference to discuss the emerging fault lines between the old guard and the new guard of...

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's 'prosperity predicament' goes mainstream, and everything else we learned in The Hub's third year , by Sean Speer 8:11 - Justin Trudeau's well-rehearsed testimony reassures no one...

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. 0:25 - The outsized economic effects of Canada's cratering self-employment , by Livio Di Matteo 7:52 - 'Nothing lifts the burden of accountability from the PM': Ian Brodie on Justin Trudeau's fo...

George Mason University economist and leading public intellectual Tyler Cowen discusses his thoughtful new book, GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time, and Why Does it Matter? 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 Canada's future at hom...

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 - Canada's hard-fought immigration consensus is crumbling before our eyes , by Sam Routley 12:02 - The next election will hinge on affordability issues. Pierre Poilievre is more than poised...

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 NDP don't take themselves seriously, so why should we? , by Ginny Roth 7:10 - How to get Canada's endlessly troubled transit back on track , by Reece Martin If you enjoy The Hub 's po...

Writer and YouTuber J.J. McCullough discusses the implementation of the Online Streaming Act and other efforts by the Trudeau government to regulate the internet, the policy priorities of a possible Poilievre-led Conservative government, the future of the Liberal Party, and growing instances of federal incursion into provincial and local jurisdiction. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at...