The LeDrew Three Minute Interview

In today’s three minutes Stephen LeDrew speaks with Andrew Enns, Vice President of Leger, about Canada’s fading sense of global influence and the growing anxiety many Canadians feel about the country’s direction. Once seen as a serious middle power - active in World War II, Korea, peacekeeping, and global diplomacy - Canada now finds itself questioning its relevance on the world stage. Enns breaks...

Filling in for Stephen LeDrew, Former MPP and Broadcaster Peter Shurman speaks with Conservative strategist John Capobianco, Senior Vice President and Practice Lead at FleishmanHillard. Capobianco discusses Pierre Poilievre’s decisive 87.4 percent leadership result at the Conservative convention in Calgary and why it signals strong party unity heading into a potential federal election. The convers...

In today’s rant, Stephen LeDrew drops in while on holiday to ask a blunt question: why are Canadians so laid back about what’s happening to the country? With 25,000 jobs recently lost, rising bureaucracy in Ottawa, and reports of a confidential deal with China under Mark Carney, LeDrew questions why there is so little public outrage. He raises concerns about transparency, trade with China, technol...

In today’s rant, Stephen LeDrew argues that this is a consequential year for Canada, and the decisions made now will shape the country for generations. LeDrew pushes back on the idea that Canada can simply “go back” to what it once was. The genie is out of the bottle. But he also rejects the notion that Canadians must tear down everything that generations before them built through war, sacrifice,...

Tony Keller, columnist at The Globe and Mail, joins Stephen LeDrew for a wide-ranging discussion on Canada’s economic future, global trade, and the hard choices ahead. Keller explains the lesson behind Airbus – how smaller countries cooperated to compete against Boeing – and why that example is now being raised in Canadian policy discussions. The conversation explores whether Canada can realistica...

Former Liberal MP Dan McTeague joins Stephen LeDrew to break down what Canadians are actually paying under Ottawa’s climate policies - and why costs keep rising despite promises to the contrary. McTeague explains why Canada still has two carbon taxes, including the lesser-known industrial carbon tax (OBPS) and the Clean Fuel Regulation, which adds cents per litre to fuel costs and thousands of dol...

Filling in for Stephen LeDrew, Former MPP and Broadcaster Peter Shurman speaks with former MP Michelle Ferreri about the growing speculation of a federal election and the state of Canadian politics. Ferreri argues that any election would be triggered by Mark Carney, not the Conservatives, and warns about the dangers of concentrated power and an erosion of parliamentary accountability. She also ref...

Filling in for Stephen LeDrew, Former MPP and Broadcaster Peter Shurman speaks with Conservative Bigshot John Capobianco, Senior Vice President and Practice Lead at FleishmanHillard. Capobianco reacts to Pierre Poilievre’s decisive 87.4 percent leadership result, arguing it cements Poilievre as the unquestioned leader heading into the next federal election. He explains why Conservative unity is st...

In today’s Three Minutes, Stephen LeDrew speaks with China expert Charles Burton, author of The Beaver and the Dragon, about the scope of Chinese Communist Party influence operations in Canada. From the unusually large number of Chinese diplomats accredited to Canada, to reports of Chinese police stations operating on Canadian soil, to allegations of harassment and intimidation of Chinese national...

Bryan Gould, Executive Chairman of Aspenleaf, joins Stephen LeDrew to give a frank view from the West on rising frustration, representation, and the growing tension inside Confederation. Gould explains why many in Western Canada feel financially exploited, politically ignored, and vilified for the industries that help support the national economy. While pipelines dominate headlines in Eastern Cana...

Filling in for Stephen LeDrew, Former MPP and Broadcaster Peter Shurman delivers a rant on rising talk of Alberta separation and what it actually means. Shurman explains why Alberta is collecting signatures to allow a referendum, how equalization and federal redistribution fuel Western frustration, and why many Albertans believe they are paying more into Confederation than they receive back. He ar...

Filling in for Stephen LeDrew, Former MPP and Broadcaster Peter Shurman sits down with former MP Michelle Ferreri to discuss the shifting political landscape in Canada. Ferreri shares insights from the recent Conservative Party convention in Calgary, where the surge of young people, women, and grassroots members surprised even longtime party insiders. She explains why affordability, housing, food...

Stephen LeDrew delivers a blunt and uncompromising commentary on the push to “decolonize” Canadian institutions and what it means for the future of the country. From school boards to government agencies, Canadians are being told their history, culture, and institutions are illegitimate - often using taxpayer dollars. LeDrew questions why debate is no longer allowed in education, why dissenting tea...

In today’s Three Minutes, Stephen LeDrew is joined by Peter Shurman, former Ontario MPP and radio host, to discuss the legal and political fallout from the Federal Court of Appeal ruling on the Trudeau Government’s use of the Emergencies Act. With the courts now confirming the Act should not have been invoked, the conversation turns to a question largely ignored in mainstream media - what happens...

Daniel Tate, Executive Director of IntegrityTO, joins Stephen LeDrew to discuss the moment his taxpayer acknowledgement stunned councillors and activists during a recent City Hall meeting. Tate explains why he decided to confront what he calls years of performative politics, including land acknowledgements and the growing push for additional symbolic gestures, while property taxes, staffing levels...

In today’s rant, Stephen LeDrew takes aim at what he sees as a growing culture of guilt, distortion, and moral confusion in Canada. From insincere land acknowledgements to false claims about slavery in Canada, LeDrew argues that Canadians are being told to feel ashamed of a country and culture that was built on freedom, rule of law, and civic responsibility. He pushes back against calls to “decolo...

Canadian politics are accelerating fast, and leadership perceptions are shifting just as quickly. In this three-minute interview, Stephen LeDrew speaks with Andrew Enns, Vice President of Léger polling, about Pierre Poilievre’s standing with Canadian voters and whether the Conservative Leader can grow beyond his base. Enns explains why personal warmth may matter less than credibility, how voter pa...

National security analyst with the Macdonald Laurier Institute Joe Adam George joins Stephen LeDrew to examine a deeply troubling and little-known reality - Canada produced more ISIS fighters per capita than the United States. Drawing on CSIS data, George explains how roughly 200 individuals with ties to Canada traveled to Syria to join ISIS at its peak, a figure that dwarfs the U.S. total when ad...

In today’s Three Minutes, Stephen LeDrew speaks with John Turley-Ewart, contributing columnist with The Globe and Mail, about just how right P.M. Carney was about the end of the post WW2 rules-based order, and how Canada must up its game to survive. Turley-Ewart argues the speech was one of the strongest delivered by a Canadian prime minister in decades, not because of rhetoric, but because it ack...

Michael Westcott, CEO of Allies for a Strong Canada, joins Stephen LeDrew to talk about why so many Canadians feel something is wrong - and why so few feel empowered to do anything about it. Westcott explains how a small but highly organized group of professional activists has learned to dominate public institutions, politics, and media simply by being the loudest voices in the room. Meanwhile, mo...

In today’s three-minute conversation, Stephen LeDrew speaks with President of Optimum Publishing and political observer Dean Baxendale about the growing focus on Greenland, Arctic security, and how the United States now views hemispheric dominance in a rapidly changing world. Baxendale explains that this moment has little to do with personalities and everything to do with national security. As Chi...

In today’s Three Minutes, Stephen LeDrew is joined by Peter Shurman, former Ontario MPP and radio host, for a candid discussion about Canada’s direction under Prime Minister Mark Carney. Fresh from Davos, Carney is being praised for his globalist vision and polished rhetoric. But Peter Shurman asks the harder question - Can any of this actually be delivered? From pipelines and energy policy to def...

National security analyst Joe Adam George of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute joins Stephen LeDrew to deliver a stark warning about extremism, radicalization, and Canada’s growing security blind spot. Fresh from Washington, where he testified on ISIS-related threats, George explains why treating extremist demonstrations as harmless protest activity is a dangerous mistake. Decades of failed policy,...

In today’s three-minute interview, Stephen LeDrew speaks with China expert Charles Burton, author of The Beaver and the Dragon - How China Outmaneuvered Canada’s Diplomacy, Security, and Sovereignty. Burton explains why Canada continues to misread Beijing’s intentions, and why recent diplomatic outreach risks repeating the same mistakes. While some argue that closer engagement with China could off...

Robin Bredin joins Stephen LeDrew to open 2026 with a hard conversation about what has happened to Canada’s social cohesion. As protests multiply and public discourse becomes increasingly fractured, Bredin argues that Canada has lost the shared values and common sense that once held the country together. From the erosion of civic traditions to the politicization of history, religion, and remembran...