The Really Big Show with Jim Csek &Iain Burns

On this episode of The Really Big Show, Jim Csek and Iain Burns analyze the potential "deal with the devil" between Danielle Smith and Mark Carney regarding the Pacific pipeline. Is the promised infrastructure worth the $130 per tonne industrial carbon tax that industry warns will kill the sector anyway? We dive into Adrian Dix's wind power gamble in B.C., the slow-motion death of th...

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Trump is sitting across from Xi. Reform UK just wiped out Labour in Wales. And Canada's biggest energy opportunity in a generation is stalled over a carbon tax negotiation. The world is moving. Today on The Really Big Show, Jim Csek and Iain Burns ask why Canada isn't. Not every story today is a scandal. Canada's skilled trades sector is positioned for a decade of demand, Canadian-owne...

On this episode of The Really Big Show, Jim Csek and Iain Burns tackle the absurdity of a "Buy Canada" policy that allows the Bank of China to qualify as a local supplier while actual Canadian energy firms "build big" in the U.S. to escape domestic gridlock. We look at the "poop show" of European diplomacy versus the reality of Musk and Rubio heading to China with Tru...

The pipeline may be moving, the Chinese Communist Party is making bomb threats in Canadian cities, the Prime Minister had a closed-door dinner with Barack Obama and Alex Soros, and Ottawa is blacklisting journalists it doesn't like. The gap between what this government is saying and what Canadians are actually living has never been wider. A lot happened this weekend, Jim Csek and Iain Burns ar...

2.2 million Canadians visited a food bank in a single month. 112,000 jobs gone in four months. Youth unemployment at 14.3%. Jim Csek and Iain Burns ask how much worse it has to get before Ottawa admits the truth. The data is in and it tells a story the government refuses to acknowledge. While Liberals point to polls and promise deals that never arrive, Canadians are lining up for food, losing full...

A decade of broken promises, quietly corrupted institutions and policies designed for everyone but ordinary Canadians has left the country hollowed out and its people on their knees. Jim Csek and Iain Burns are not letting it slide. The bills are in. The committees are closed. The contracts went to the connected and the man promising fiscal restraint just opened an embassy in Fiji. Today's sho...

Canada is losing investments it never built, stalling pipelines it promised, and writing surveillance laws that could turn every connected device in your home into a listening post. Jim Csek and Iain Burns cut through the noise today on The Really Big Show. From a $15 billion Honda plant going dark to a surveillance bill that could turn your smart fridge into a listening device, from Jasper's...

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Canada is being sold a pipeline that doesn't exist, Chinese EVs built by forced labour, and a sovereign wealth fund that does nothing the stock market doesn't already do. Jim Csek and Iain Burns get into all of it today on The Really Big Show. Today's show covers: -Politico reports it was Joly's threats to sue Stellantis, not Ontario's Reagan ad, that killed U.S.-Canada trade t...

Beyond the Ballot: Why do we continue to squander our natural riches?

Canada is hemorrhaging sovereignty, cash, and credibility and the Carney government is writing cheques it can't explain. Today's show covers: -Carney becomes the first non-European leader at the European Political Community summit in -Armenia, pledging ~$270M to Ukraine and raising Canada's total support to $25.8B -Canada's deficit sits at $66.9B for 2025-26, down from $78.3B, not...

Is the house of cards finally starting to cave in on the Liberals? From committees going dark to partisan slogans in taxpayer-funded ads, this week a pattern of concealment is meeting a pattern of exposure and Canadians are watching. Today on The Really Big Show: - Four parliamentary committees shut behind closed doors in under a week as Liberals use new majority to block public scrutiny - Canada...

Today on The Really Big Show with Jim Csek and Iain Burns, we examine a troubling pattern emerging in Canada: more control, less transparency, and growing questions about who is actually being held accountable. At the centre of the discussion is the federal government’s push to introduce a new online harms framework, with Ottawa arguing it must catch up to Europe in regulating the internet. But as...

Today on The Really Big Show with Jim Csek and Iain Burns, we tackle a difficult but increasingly unavoidable question: is Canada’s biggest challenge external… or is it self-inflicted?

In this exclusive interview with Joseph Barbuto we dissect Canada's economic forecast. We discuss how current market trends, inflation, and debt are shaping the economy. We also examine the real estate bubble, and Joseph explains the buyer-to-seller ratio from 1850 to projected 2050. This economic analysis offers crucial insights into Canada's potential for future economic growth. The Real...

In this episode of The Really Big Show, Jim Csek and Ian Burns break down what they see as a growing erosion of democratic principles in Canada. From allegations of backroom deals and MP recruitment to questions around media silence and accountability, this conversation digs into whether power is being pursued at the expense of the public will. We revisit a powerful Stephen Harper clip on democrat...

Beyond the Ballot with Jim Csek and Renee Merrifield

Today on The Really Big Show with Jim Csek and Iain Burns we examine a widening gap in Canada between political messaging and economic reality, as major policy announcements collide with growing concerns over affordability, accountability, and long-term competitiveness. At the centre of the discussion is Prime Minister Mark Carney’s newly unveiled $25 billion “Canada Strong Fund,” designed to part...

Today on The Really Big Show with Jim Csek and Iain Burns, we break down a growing concern in Canada: is mainstream media holding the opposition to a higher standard than the government in power, and is taxpayer funding influencing that dynamic? As calls grow for transparency around federal media subsidies, we examine whether Canadians are getting independent reporting or narratives shaped by fina...

Today’s episode of The Really Big Show with Jim Csek and Iain Burns takes a hard look at what many are now calling a turning point for Canadian democracy, as the Liberals move quickly to consolidate power after securing a parliamentary majority through a combination of by-election wins and floor crossings. With that majority now in place, the conversation focuses on what comes next. The government...

Today on The Really Big Show, hosts Jim Csek and Iain Burns examine the shifting Liberal rhetoric on CUSMA negotiations. With a majority government now in place, the hosts argue the Liberals have run out of excuses for the lack of tangible progress on key priorities, including trade, energy infrastructure, manufacturing competitiveness, and economic resilience. They react to Mark Carney’s creation...

Beyond the Ballot: Eby and DRIPA: Has he unleashed consequences he can’t control?

The headline "Do you believe in the Liberal alternate reality?" sets the stage for a critical look at a government increasingly out of sync with the numbers on the ground. As of April 21, 2026, the Carney administration is being accused of "spinning a tragic comedy of errors" as official narratives on trade, immigration, and investment clash with a harsh economic reality.