The Herle Burly

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail . Greetings you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! Today on the show, somebody who bears the proud designation of most appearances on the pod. We call her the economist explainer-in-chief, but more officially, she's the senior vice president and chief economist at the Roy...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail . Greetings you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! Artificial intelligence (AI) is here, and it is integrating itself in society in rapid ways. Some boast AI has the power to transform our economy and produce growth rates we once knew in Canada. Others hype soon-to-come breakt...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail . Greetings you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! It’s been a little over a year since the last federal election in Canada and this past week the House of Commons rose for the summer. It’s hard to argue it’s been anything but a good year for Carney Liberals. But that was last...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , and Anthropic . Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! 20-some years ago, the PC Party of Canada disappeared federally, and over time was replaced by the modern Conservative Party of Canada.  This episode is about exploring Canadian conservative political thought,...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , and Anthropic . Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites ! It’s been a year of economic anxiety and trade upheaval in Canada with our largest trading partner applying tariffs, making threats, and taking a far more adversarial stance, in advance of the upcoming CUSMA...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , and Anthropic . Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! There was a resignation in Ottawa last week that struck a louder chord than most. High profile Liberal caucus member, and former Cabinet Minister, Steven Guilbeault announced will be leaving politics over the...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , and Anthropic . Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! Here’s a question for you: Can anything pierce the political armour of Ontario Premier Doug Ford? Recently, pollsters have showed tightening numbers in the wake of Ford controversies like buying and then selli...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , and the Public Service Alliance of Canada . Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! We’re over a year into a new government and nobody could possibly argue there hasn’t been a significant recalibration in the way Canada thinks about climate policy and environmental...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , Saab Canada , and the Public Service Alliance of Canada . Greetings you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! If you’re any kind of regular listener to the Air Quotes Media Pod universe, you know a powerful political eruption is happening in B.C., as a result of a ruling of the...

Recorded live at the Empire Club on May 6, 2026. The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , Saab Canada , and the Public Service Alliance of Canada . Greetings you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! It’s been about a week and a half since the federal government tabled their Spring Economic Statement, “Canada Strong f...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , Saab Canada , and the Public Service Alliance of Canada . Greetings you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! So, there is little doubt we are living in a time of massive change.  A dislocation – perhaps temporary, perhaps not – between long time trading partners. New stressors...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , Saab Canada , and the Public Service Alliance of Canada . Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites!  The way we’re thinking about defence in Canada is not the same as it was 5 years ago. 1 year ago. Or even 6 months ago. The wars in Ukraine and Iran have dramatically...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , and Fidelity Investments Canada . Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! With me today is Carla Beck, leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party , the official opposition in the Saskatchewan Legislature ... and a heartland NDPer. As you know I’m from Saskatch...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , and Fidelity Investments Canada . Alright, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! We’ve got a special show lined up for you today. A little different in format. Much longer in running time. But a subject matter that merits both of those adjustments. This is our “What’s actua...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , and Fidelity Investments Canada . Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! It’s not often on the pod we have a diplomat … a Statesman … an Ambassador … a Premier … a leader of 2 Parties … an 11-time electoral winner … an academic … and a pretty fine piano player all...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , and Fidelity Investments Canada . Alright, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites, we’re sinking deep into the Washington swamp today. Our guest is Brody Mullins, co-author of: “The Wolves of K Street” . If you’ve ever wondered about the cigar chomping, big-time lobbying indu...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , Bruce Power , and Fidelity Investments Canada . Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites. A hard turn to the Left on this episode of the pod, because I want to examine the past, present and future of the New Democratic Party, and ask if the party is over for Canada’s...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , Bruce Power , and Fidelity Investments Canada . Alright, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites, The Chiefs join us today. They’re a regular feature on the pod now, showing up every couple of months to bestow a little governance wisdom upon us … 3 former Chiefs of Staff to so...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , Bruce Power , and Fidelity Investments Canada . Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites. We are on the clock today, with someone whose agenda is more crammed than most, so we’ll keep this brief. Our guest is Canada's Minister of Industry, the Honourable Mélanie...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , Bruce Power , and Fidelity Investments Canada . Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites. A fellow podcaster on the show today. But leaving his credentials there would be selling our guest very short indeed.  Michael Liebreich is here! He’s an acclaimed thought leade...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , Bruce Power , and Fidelity Investments Canada . Alright, greetings you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites. A special show today. If you’re any kind of regular listener to either this podcast or Curse of Politics, you know my brilliant friend and mentor Elly Alboim passed away...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , Bruce Power , AltaGas , and Fidelity Investments Canada . Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! Fred DeLorey is here! For those who may not know, Fred was the National Campaign Manager for Erin O’Toole in 2021. Before that the Director of Field Operations for Ont...

Originally aired May 25, 2023, this episode is rebroadcast in memory of Elly Alboim: an uncommon mind and a rare presence. Elly was brilliant, incisive, and deeply generous as a mentor and with his counsel. For anyone lucky enough to work with him, Elly was the person who could see the whole board at once. He was the person you wanted to speak last in a meeting because his opinion simply mattered...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , Bruce Power , and AltaGas . Greetings you curious, you courageous Herle Burly-ites! Courage – real courage – is a pretty valuable commodity in the current geo-political climate. Speaking out, truth telling as the situation warrants it, and according to one’s own principles, is a ma...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail , Bruce Power , and AltaGas . Alright, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! Sound the horns, because we have a 3-time guest on the show today. Pollster, campaign guru, and political strategist Nick Kouvalis is here. If you follow Nick on Twitter, you’ll know him as candid. A...