The Herle Burly

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail . Alright, today on the pod, we have a two-fer! I’m pretty chuffed that former MPs and Cabinet Ministers Lisa Raitt and Anne McLellan are here. Ms. Raitt is currently Vice-Chair of Global Investment Banking for CIBC and you’ll remember her well as Deputy Leader of the Conservative Pa...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail . Alright, today on the show, a fantastic guest and a timely conversation with Dr. Jean Clinton . Dr. Clinton was a close adviser to Kathleen Wynne’s government on reforms to publicly funded education in Ontario. She’s a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail . Today on the show, a man who’s played significant roles in my personal and political life as my friend, colleague, conscience, mentor, and teacher … Elly Alboim . If you don’t know Elly, here are the professional facts. He was a journalist for the CBC for 23 years becoming Parliame...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail . *Originally aired: May 25, 2021 The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney is our special guest for this *repeat episode* of the podcast. 18th Prime Minister of Canada. Architect of the largest electoral victory in Canadian history. The first Conservative Prime Minister in over 100 years...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail . Today we're joined by the Honourable Anita Anand , Canada's Minister of National Defence. You'll know her best as the Minister of Public Services and Procurement who acquired for Canada our vast supplies of vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other suppl...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail . This week we're discussing Bill 21: Quebec's secularism law that cost a Muslim school teacher her job. With us today to try to understand it is André Pratte . Mr. Pratte was a journalist for over 35 years and was editor-in-chief of the Montreal newspaper La Presse where h...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail . I think today’s pod is going to be an inspiring listen, for all of you. That’s because our guest today is Mohamad Fakih .  Mohamad came to Canada from Lebanon in 1999, and he’s the founder and guiding light of Paramount Fine Foods. That whole story started when he bought one near-b...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail . Our guest this week needs no introduction, but an introduction he'll get. He's an author, a journalist, a documentary producer, and the anchor of TVO's flagship public affairs program "The Agenda." Please join us for the one and only Steve Paikin. Thank you...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail and the Ontario Real Estate Association . Back on the pod for his second appearance is Chris Arnade , author and photographer of the incredible book, “ Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America .” Today we're going to focus on how the liberal agenda in the United States is no...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail and the Ontario Real Estate Association . Back on the pod for his third appearance is John Stackhouse . John spent close to a quarter century at the Globe and Mail. As a foreign correspondent, editor of Report on Business and then finally, Editor-in-Chief. Today, he’s a Senior Vice-P...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail and the Ontario Real Estate Association . As we commemorate this Remembrance Day, I'm pleased to welcome Patrick Bishop, military historian and bestselling author of Operation Jubilee ,  "a riveting and updated telling of the tragic Dieppe raid of 1942." ABOUT BOOK: On...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail and the Ontario Real Estate Association . We're back with the pod's favourite economist: Frances Donald ! Ms. Donald is Managing Director, Global Chief Economist, and Global Head of Macroeconomic Strategy at Manulife Investment. We're going to discuss the Canadian econ...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail and the Ontario Real Estate Association . Michael Wernick is a retired Canadian public servant who served as the 23rd Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada from 2016 to 2019. For people who don’t follow government that closely, that’s the number one job in the public service of Canada...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail and the Ontario Real Estate Association . Frank Graves is the founder and President of Ekos Research Associates. He’s advised governments and ministers on matters of public policy and is a frequent commentator in both Canadian and American media. Frank generously shared his daily pol...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail and the Ontario Real Estate Association . Herle Burly-ites ... we have Catherine McKenna on the pod today! You all know Ms. McKenna was first elected to Parliament in 2015 and served in Cabinet as Minister of Environment and Climate Change. In 2019, she became Minister of Infrastruct...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail and the Ontario Real Estate Association . Today on the show I’m delighted to welcome Anne McGrath. Ms. McGrath is the National Director of the New Democratic Party of Canada. She was the former Chief of Staff to Jack Layton and helped spur the Orange Wave that led to official Opposit...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail and the Ontario Real Estate Association . They were covering it all, day 1 to day 36. And where we see clips, they see everything. We’ve brought in three of the smartest journos I know to talk about the whole story of Election 44. Susan Delacourt joins us today. Susan is a National C...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail and the Ontario Real Estate Association . Today’s special guest is former premier of Saskatchewan, Brad Wall. Mr. Wall served as the 14th premier of Saskatchewan from 2007 until 2018. In the 2011 provincial election, Wall's Saskatchewan Party, a coalition of former provincial Pr...

Through the Looking Glass: Swing Voters 2021 presented by Telus . Watch this episode on YouTube via Air Quotes Media at https://www.youtube.com/c/airquotesmedia/channels?sub_confirmation=1 *** ABOUT EPISODE: On the sixth and final episode of our series " Through the Looking Glass: Swing Voters 2021, " we regroup with our focus group participants to learn their ultimate vote intentions an...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail and the Ontario Real Estate Association . As the 2021 federal election comes to a close, our advertising experts are back to review the latest contrast ads, or "attack" ads, from each of the main political parties. Joining us again are Dennis Matthews and David Rosenberg ....

Through the Looking Glass: Swing Voters 2021 presented by Telus . Watch this episode on YouTube via Air Quotes Media at https://www.youtube.com/c/airquotesmedia/channels?sub_confirmation=1 *** ABOUT EPISODE: On episode five of Through the Looking Glass: Swing Voters 2021, we regroup with our focus group participants to get their post-debate reaction, along with the latest rollout of new attack ads...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail and the Ontario Real Estate Association . *Panel: Chris Ball, Jordan Leichnitz, and Sally Housser* The NDP is arguably the most disciplined campaign out of the gate of this 2021 federal election. With less than two weeks until election day, we reconvened our NDP Election Panel to see...

Through the Looking Glass: Swing Voters 2021 presented by Telus . Watch this episode on YouTube via Air Quotes Media at https://www.youtube.com/c/airquotesmedia/channels?sub_confirmation=1 *** ABOUT EPISODE: On episode four of Through the Looking Glass: Swing Voters 2021, we regroup with our focus group participants with just two weeks left to gauge their reaction to the rollout of new attack ads...

Through the Looking Glass: Swing Voters 2021 presented by Telus . Watch this episode on YouTube via Air Quotes Media at https://www.youtube.com/c/airquotesmedia/channels?sub_confirmation=1 *** ABOUT EPISODE: On episode three of Through the Looking Glass: Swing Voters 2021, we regroup with our focus group participants at the midway point of the campaign to hear about what issues are breaking throug...

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS , as well as CN Rail and the Ontario Real Estate Association . We’re back with our advertising experts to take us through the political ads the federal parties have put out during the first week of Canada’s 44th election. Joining us are Dennis Matthews and David Rosenberg . Dennis Matthews. Dennis is pre...