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It's a douBBle BBeaver Good Good Friday! On  Episode 21  of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA  Episode 628  of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), the Federal Debate Commission made itself the main story of the debates, yet again, with a very mismanaged response to the previous evening's pre-and-post-debate debacles, that only served to make things worse. There is a q...

On  Episode 20  of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA  Episode 627  of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), the Federal Debate Commission essentially upended everything about the French language debate last night and there are public calls for it to be terminated. Meanwhile, the four leaders faced off in what was a rather interesting debate, not so much by the answers,...

On  Episode 19  of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA  Episode 626  of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), the start time for tonight's French language debate was shifted to 6 p.m. To accommodate a win-and-you're-in hockey match featuring the Montréal Canadiens, handing Bloc Québecois leader, Yves-Francois Blanchet yet another debate night golden gift. We look at Carne...

On  Episode 18  of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA  Episode 625  of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), while one set of dirty tricks is getting all the attention, there's been plenty to go around during this election, and no matter what some overzealous Liberal staffers may or may not have done, there is no galaxy in which it can be worse for the Conservatives than...

On  Episode 17  of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA  Episode 624  of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), The long-awaited battle of 'Tout le monde en parle' has taken place, and for the second time during this election campaign, the leaders of the two main parties were on a network French-language television show on the same night, though not sharing the same stage a...

On  Episode 16  of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA  Episode 623  of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), as the campaigns enter pre-debate/debate prep mode, the announcements have gotten smaller with both Liberals and Conservatives trying repeat-ish takes on past ones, with the Conservative attemot showing the party might be running out of ideas. In addition, despite...

On  Episode 15  of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA  Episode 622  of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), China enters the room to change the US-led global tariff war.   It also upends Pierre Poilièvre's claim that "Beijing" prefers Carney/Liberals. Yet more news about India-related interference to favour him in his leadership race create the impression Pier...

On  Episode 14  of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA  Episode 621  of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), though the bottom hasn't fallen out from the support of its faithful, it has indeed fallen out from under the Conservative campaign. It's a mess... And Big Daddy Harper was called in to give it CPR.  ________________________________________________ The Daily...

On  Episode 13  of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA  Episode 620  of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), we look at competing policy on housing and trades, and how Mark Carney's plans fit together in a way more strategic way than do Pierre Poilièvre's. ________________________________________________ The Daily Beaver Morning Show is 100% by Canadians, for Canadians &...

On  Episode 12  of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA  Episode 619  of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), it was a flurry of announcements over the course of the weekend, but the emerging issue is Conservative Leader Pierre Poilièvre's resistance to cutting ties, after losing 5 candidates so far, with candidate Aaron Gunn (among others like Andrew Lawton), widely reco...

It's a douBBle BBeaver Friday!! On  Episode 11  of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA  Episode 618  of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), we take a look at Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilièvre's (just not serious) "response" to the at-the-time-not-yet-announced US tariffs — how one responds to something not yet said is beyond us, actually — as he, once...

It's a douBBle BBeaver Friday!! On  Episode 10  of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA  Episode 617  of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers Canada's response to the new tariff reality from the USA and leaves Pierre Poilièvre's previous day's best imitation of Carney in the dust, causing us to ask: "Why buy fake when the real thing is...

On Episode 9 of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA Episode 616 of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), Canada and México appear to have been spared from much of the taunted global reciprocal tariffs being imposed by the USA; perhaps IQ47 is a bit more attached to NAFTA2 (aka CUSMA) than he let on. ________________________________________________ The Daily Beaver Morning Show is 100% b...

On Episode 8 of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA Episode 615 of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), during a campaign in which it's hard to break through, gaffes on the part of both the Liberals and Conservatives have made it such that the NDP having a few clean days allowed some policy to briefly shine through. Also: The consumer carbon tax is gone as are 3 CPC candidates in one d...

On Episode 7 of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA Episode 614 of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), while the Paul Chiang issue will not be on the table, as he has stepped aside, for many, particularly those among the Chinese-Canadian diaspora, as well as from diasporas of other nations who engage in transnational repression, the seed of doubt has been planted as his departure now...

On Episode 6 of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA Episode 613 of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), we likely will never know exactly what was said on that call, but upon hearing the response from the President of the United States Canadians, at least for the moment, are wondering: "Who are you and what have you done with Donald Trump?" _____________________________________________...

Episode 612 of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), the Canadian conservative movement civil war we've been predicting would come broke out into open warfare. It's starting to look like the potential political demise of Pierre Poilièvre might be a 'Murder on the Orient Express' type of situation... Everyone plunges a knife if at some point. We also discuss the latest, rather lame, attack on M...

 On Episode 611, though U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick promised Ontario Premier Doug Ford there'd be no surprises on tariffs, the USA had a little 'Signal' issue & so, IQ 47 needed to change the channel.  We also discuss the launch of the Bloc Québecois's "national' campaign, during which Yves-François Blanchet had some very interesting thoughts about tariffs, Canadian sovere...

Episode 610 of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilièvre gets knocked off message for third day in a row thanks to his double troubles: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, on one side, seemingly doing all she can to tie him to the Trump administration and, on the other side, journalist Bob Fife "The Knife" bringing up national security and foreign interference issues t...

Episode 609 of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), the writ has been drawn and the election is now officially underway. Today, we look at the unnecessarily pre-emptive launch the Leader of the Conservative Party delivered prior to Leader of the Liberal Party Mark Carney's visit with the Governor General... And how he appears to be running a loser's campaign. We also delve into how it is Alberta Premie...

On Episode 1 of our 45th federal general election coverage (AKA Episode 608 of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), the writ has been drawn and the election is now officially underway. Today, we look at the address PM Mark Carney delivered immediately following his visit with the Governor General. ________________________________________________ The Daily Beaver Morning Show is 100% by Canadians, for C...

On Episode 562 of our show, Mr. Beaver is solo. He is having a bit of an "Enjoy the Silence" moment prior to unexpected 4 years of someone never shutting up. He explores the upcoming Liberal leadership race as both Karina Gould and Chrystia Freeland officially enter it. _______________________________ The Daily Beaver Morning Show is 100% by Canadians, for Canadians & broadcast LIVE (most...

On Episode 561 of our show, we explore the first big meeting between the Prime Minister of Canada and provincial/territorial Premiers... And the one -- because there's *always* got to be one, right? -- Premier refusing to go all-in on Team Canada. ________________________________________________ The Daily Beaver Morning Show is 100% Canadian and broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish...

On Episode 560 of our show, we explore the evolving Liberal leadership race pre-game show as two potential candidates bow out and one is taking up more space. The Daily Beaver Morning Show is 100% Canadian and broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. (Eastern), tech willing. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged Better y...

On Episode 559 of our show, we explore Alberta Premier Danielle Smith emerges from the big meeting between the PM and the Premiers deciding to be the cheese who stands alone by not signing the final communique, insisting that Canada prepare for a potential trade war with the United States with one hand tied behind our back. We also look at some clips from the post-meeting press conferenc...