The LeDrew Three Minute Interview

The Governor General of Canada may not be a household name, but her role is far more powerful and influential than most people realize. On this show, Murray Simser, CEO of Citizn - dives into how the Governor General has overstepped her constitutional boundaries, stepping from her role as head of state into the realm of policymaking — something she's not supposed to do. From making public declarat...

The Trudeau Government opened the floodgates on immigration. Many low paying businesses seem to only exist thanks to the temporary foreign worker problem. The only issue is that the ‘temporary’ part seems to have been forgotten. As a result we have a huge number of (so called) Canadians who have no interest in taking part in their new nation. We are seeing it in the mainstream news - Indians are f...

Who is calling the shots in Canada? From federal boards deciding that Sir John A. Macdonald is a polarizing and too-controversial figure to be named, to the BC Ferries receiving a cool $Billion from the Feds, without any Minister knowing anything about it, there needs to be concern about bureaucrats and Trudeau appointees making decisions without accountability. With billions of taxpayer dollars o...

Canada and the United States have long been allies and trading partners. This changed in a spectacular way in the early months of spring. Is Canada making changes quickly enough to respond to this situation? Will we see inter-provincial trade barriers fall? Will we ever have a warm and fuzzy relationship with the USA again? Michael Diamond is with Upstream Strategy - he joins Stephen LeDrew for Th...

André Proulx is a Niagara-based wine producer, and he’s here to talk about the surprising challenges of doing business in Canada. The wine industry in Canada faces huge barriers when trying to ship products across provincial lines. The problem? The Provincial Liquor Boards. When his wine crosses into British Columbia, an 89% markup gets slapped on it, making it harder for Canadian wine to compete...

We know that the Chinese Government has infiltrated Canada - But do we know the full extent to which it is taking place? Would it surprise anyone to hear that the Chinese Government has been buying influence in countries all over the world - or that it has been using seemingly benign organizations … like Tibetan monks… to buy influence. Dean Baxendale is the CEO of Optimum Publishing - he has been...

We know that there is a productivity crisis in Canada. We also know that Canada is not a place known for its innovation and creative business practices. We have good universities - but our graduates are not taking the next steps to equip themselves for the business world. Canadian Businesses are also guilty of looking for ‘unicorn’ employees and praying for fully trained employees to walk in off t...

Everyone has a story of capable persons being passed over for jobs because they are not the “right” gender or race. The woke crowd has abused DEI for well over a decade, now producing unjust results. Even our disgraced woke former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when questioned why his cabinet was 50% women, he responded ‘Because it’s 2015’ instead of ‘Because they were the best people for the job’....

Canada is under siege by the Chinese Communist Party! We know that they have great interest in our natural resources. We also know that they have meddled in our elections. That’s not to mention the fact that they operate Police Stations on Canadian soil with impunity. Now in his upcoming book ‘Canada Under Siege’ Dean Baxendale tells us about a situation in Prince Edward Island that should be of c...

Mark Carney campaigned on getting stuff done - and getting things built. But as soon as elected officials got to work in Ottawa you had former Trudeau ministers spouting off - notably Stephen Guilbeault declaring that there won’t be any new pipelines. How do people in the oil industry feel about what might come out of Ottawa? Bryan Gould is the CEO of Aspenleaf Energy Limited - he joins Stephen Le...

As we celebrate Canada Day, it’s appropriate to reflect upon the challenges our country faces. After ten years under Justin Trudeau’s leadership, Canada is struggling with a weakened economy and growing moral decay. Our once impeccable international reputation has diminished. And our public spaces are now riddled with issues that were once unthinkable-even parks where families could once enjoy a p...

Remember Al Gore declaring that we were all going to drown? Here we are many years later - and still surviving. We have now scared the crap out of a generation of people who believe that the world will end soon. On top of that, we are dealing with the economic fallout from reckless carbon taxes. The new Mark Carney government has said that it has seen the error in its ways - but here we are and ne...

In the early days of Mark Carney on the job he was signing documents in a way that served to make things look like he was in the Oval Office south of the border! Is this the beginning of a dog and pony show where our new Prime Minister is ensuring that he has control of all aspects of government? And should we be worried? At the very least we should be paying close attention to this - because this...

For years Canadian governments, both federal and provincial, have touted the success of wooing electric car manufacturing to our nation. Doug Ford loves to talk about the multi-billion dollar deal with Volkswagen that has yet to materialize. Have Canadians been grifted? Will any of these projects get off the ground? Jay Goldberg is with the Consumer Choice Center- he has been keeping an eye on all...

With Bill C-2, Mark Carney is preparing a massive overreach and invasion of freedom. With this new Bill the government will gain the ability to surveil all Canadians without a warrant. And the Carney Government is also awarding itself the power in C-5 to fast track projects that it picks. But is this last power the trade-off for getting things done? Michael Diamond is with The Upstream Strategy Gr...

This rant is about our Liberty. The Mark Carney Liberals have put forward a Bill that will allow the Government (without a warrant) - to go through your mail, your internet history, and find out everything that is going on with your banking or business... or lovelife. Even taking into consideration that the bad guys are getting more sophisticated - and that the government and law enforcement need...

Donald Trump started this trade war anticipating that manufacturing would return to the United States. When one examines the type of manufacturing that he’s trying to court - it’s just not going to happen. Companies like Apple have a well-embedded supply chain in China and India - and they just don’t have the workforce, the parts, or the capacity to move this to North America. John Turley-Ewart is...

Mark Carney has made it clear that the days of the woke Trudeau government are over - and we are heading for years of economic growth being the priority. With the Liberal Party moving to the right, will the left- leaning Liberals abandon the party and head to the NDP? This about- face for the Liberals may benefit the Conservatives but not in the way they thought. Andrew Perez is a Liberal Strategi...

Pierre Poilievre had to kill Justin Trudeau to get ahead as the Leader of the Conservatives … and he succeeded. But did this taint his position as the Leader of the Opposition - especially considering that most Canadians don’t have an appetite for nasty politics? And now - Mark Carney’s policies are looking an awful lot like what the Poilievre Conservatives were pushing. What must the Conservative...

On the campaign trail, Mark Carney won the trust of Canadians with his experience of being a banker. Now that he’s in government he’s talking about how he’s cutting spending … while also trying to build infrastructure. How can you cut spending - and spend more money? Well - you get creative with the accounting and pretend that you have 2 budgets- an operating budget and a capital budget. But is th...

With the election firmly in our rearview mirror, Leger Polling asked Canadians how they feel about the results. Even Albertans are prepared to give Carney a chance. And It is heartening to hear that Canadians are satisfied with their vote, and they trust the results of the election - but it’s a mixed bag to say whether or not Canadians are happy. Andrew Enns is the Executive Vice President of Lege...

In an about- face Mark Carney has decided it’s time to get tough on crime - It’s time to embrace natural resources … What is going on with this major reversal of Trudeau Dogma? Can the Conservatives re-invent themselves to win back the surge of support they saw mere months before the election? Andrew Perez is a Liberal strategist - and he joins Stephen LeDrew to offer some advice to the Conservati...

In the recent election, people were captivated by either Mark Carney or Pierre Poilievre - but one thing was for certain-everyone was sick of Justin Trudeau and his woke government. However, now that the election is over it seems that people have stopped holding the Federal Government to account on a daily basis. Some former Trudeau cabinet ministers are holding plum positions that could pose a re...

Leger Polling recently asked Canadians if they considered the United States an enemy - and a surprising number of people (30%) responded “yes”. The continued and erratic threats and tariffs coming from south of the border have been raining chaos on the Canadian economy. Meanwhile in Canada, we had a first ministers meeting that is easily the most successful in the past decade. We could be witnessi...

Canadians rejoiced when they saw relief at the pumps with the axing of the Carbon Tax. But there is more at play than taxes. The gasoline market is run in the United States - and the drop in the Canadian dollar is negatively affecting the price of gas. Supply is lower - and demand is higher. Dan McTeague joins Stephen LeDrew to try to maybe share a glimmer of hope… for Three Minutes. Hosted on Aca...