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—The FDA's failure in getting us tests —YouTube's censorship of anti-vaccine posts —Tips and tricks on buying and owning a car —Taxes, tariffs, and government rules on car ownership —The IRS wants to snoop on your bank accounts —What happened to banking secrecy and banking privacy? #FATCA Broadcast on Consumer Choice Radio on September 30, 2021. Featuring music...

—David is invited on our buddy Andrew Donaldson's podcast "Heard Tell" to discuss the Canadian federal election. Give 'er a listen!  https://ordinary-times.com/2021/09/21/ot-contributor-podcast-heard-tell-w-guest-david-clement-on-the-canadian-elections/ —An election in which no one won —Where did all the money go? —Should Conservatives move to the center? —The ou...

—Anti-vax radio hosts have short life spans —The Gavin Newson California recall movement fails —Inflation numbers on the rise —Joe Biden hasn't slashed tariffs...his trade policy is exactly the same —Canadian federal debate and upcoming election Broadcast on Consumer Choice Radio on September 15, 2021. Radio: http://sauga960am.ca Radio: http://bigtalkerfm.com  We...

—French language Canadian federal election debate —Eat Out to Help Out and Twitter beef with Justin Trudeau's former aide —Storm chases and social media —Coinbase, SEC, and DeFi banking is on the ropes INTERVIEW: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is a professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and the Se...

—The rise of the hurricane influencers and social media —Should we be worried about misinformation? —The best innovations happening before our eyes INTERVIEW: Franco Terrazzano (@franco_nomics) is Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation -The Liberal Party of Canada reveals its platform -Does any party care about the debt? -Private vs. public healthcare models and wh...

—A Canadian election? Now? Really? —Gavin Newsom on the ropes —Consumer Corner: A DeFi app, ice cube maker, and a carbon negative beer INTERVIEW: Zahra Sultani is a native of Afghanistan and Senior Consultant at Loyalist Public Affairs — The life of a refugee —The botching of the Afghan missions —What hopes are there for freedom-seeking Afghans? Broadcast on Con...

August is ending and we're in good spirits, but worlds are shifting around us! —The Afghanistan fiasco and what to really think about what this means —Accept the refugees! —New Zealand goes in lockdown, Australia cracks down: the harshest COVID restrictions rearing their head down under —Canadian election is in full swing: is it the right time? —The she-covery is on!...

Back in the saddle, Yaël and David hit the latest and greatest consumer-focused news across North America —The U.S.-Canada border reopens (somewhat)! —We are now broadcasting on Liberty Radio Network ( http://lrn.fm ) —Gov. Cuomo steps down and we predict he's the next CNN contributor —The Mountain Dew hard seltzer! —The Joe Biden electric plan  —The U...

INTERVIEW — Colin Grabow (@cpgrabow) is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies where his research focuses on domestic forms of trade protectionism such as the Jones Act and the U.S. sugar program. http://cato.org/jonesact -What is the Jones Act and how does it impact ordinary people? -Joe Biden's executive order means he wants more control...

In this week's episode, David is off and Bill Wirtz, host of the ConsEUmer Podcast and Senior Policy Analyst at the Consumer Choice Center, sits in. -The US should not copy-paste the EU's agricultural rules -China's tech industry is being destroyed from within -What it's like at a casino in Luxemburg https://journal.lu/en/press-play INTERVIEW: Ashley Baker (@andashleysays) – Director of Publ...

In this week's episode, Yael and David break down the response to Jeff Bezos' space exploration. Interview: David chats with Jocelyn Bamford from the Coalition of Concerned Manufacturers about how impending regulations are going to make everything more expensive and less accessible.  Yael and David then discuss the pros and cons of President Joe Biden's consumer competition push. Will this ma...

INTERVIEW: Canadian Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre ( @PierrePoilievre ) -Plastic bans and restrictions don't help consumers and don't help entrepreneurs -Worries about inflation are real, and Ottawa is to blame -The tale of Henry the Eight's Copper Nose -Bailouts and easy monetary policy are causing high housing costs. The Bank of Canada needs to stop now Pierre Marcel Poilievre is a Canadian po...

-Why doesn't David support Canadian teams in the Stanley Cup finals? -Vaxx that thing up -The Delta Variant and Why It Really Doesn't Matter -The Big Tech investments of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi are turning heads -Should politicians who receive non-public information still be allowed to invest in the market? -Junk food advertising restrictions on the cusp in Canada? -JD Vance and the futu...

-The Electric Vehicle Availability Index and a huge success! https://consumerchoicecenter.org/united-states-electric-vehicle-accessibility-index / -Canada's silly attempt to ban vape flavors https://financialpost.com/opinion/david-clement-dont-ban-flavoured-vapes -Celebrating Canada Day and Independence Day -Why aren't we talking more about how awesome Starlink could be? -The antitrust monster is...

-Presenting the Consumer Choice Center US Electric Vehicle Accessibility Index, with Elizabeth Hicks ( @eohicks ) , US Affairs Analyst at the Consumer Choice Center https://consumerchoicecenter.org/united-states-electric-vehicle-accessibility-index/ INTERVIEW: Peter Jaworski ( @petermjaworski ) -Why compensating blood plasma donors is illegal in Canada and why it should change -The anti-American n...

-Getting tased on the boardwalk for vaping: is this what the anti-vape zealots want? https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/14/ocean-city-police-vaping-video-boardwalk/ -Jon Stewart brings us real comedy on the Lab Leak Hypothesis and Stephen Colbert crumbles INTERVIEW: Ali Rizvi ( @MCrizvi ) -The CDC's mask policy for 2-year-olds has real consequences. Ali Rizvi knows, because he was kicke...

-Oh my, business people pay different tax rates! What if we actually understand how taxes work? -The absolute sh*t show of the rental car industry and the innovative competitors they try to keep out INTERVIEW: Jerry Buting ( @jbuting ) -Updates on the Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey cases featured in Making a Murderer -Why do people falsely confess? Why do people choose to plead guilty even if the...

-Consumer choice and hard seltzers -The "Liquid Death" brand and the marketing of water in a can -Soda tax in Newfoundland: can we just stop with regressive taxes? -We are now Bernie bros INTERVIEW: Franco Terrazzano ( @franco_nomics) -Regressive gas taxes are hurting ordinary Canadians -How do carbon taxes affect consumers and taxpayers? -Pipelines! https://niagaraindependent.ca/politicians-haven...

-Mixing vaccine doses -Toronto Maple Leafs and full stadiums -The argument for removing the LCBO's monopoly: $559 million in savings https://financialpost.com/opinion/david-clement-ending-liquor-monopoly-in-ontario-would-be-win-win-win -The Belarus Operation and the threat to liberal democracies -John Cena is an absolute jellyfish and Taiwan is a country INTERVIEW with Dr. Kimberlee Josephson, Ass...

-Life is back to normal in the U.S. -Beach life -The Crypto Massacre of 2021 -Ride-sharing freedom INTERVIEW with entrepreneur Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media -View on the COVID stimulus bill: a payoff for Democratic Party loyalists? -A better recovery plan: direct payments only, small businesses, vaccine roll-outs -Large bailouts and the threat of inflation -Democratiza...

-The Zombie Apocalypse Gas Shortage -US vs. Canada pipelines -Not talking about Israel-Palestine -Cable News is bad for your brain -Two movies, one screen -Fauci Vs. Rand Paul https://youtu.be/rLJ1JpnkVc8 -Lab Leak Thesis -Origin of Covid — Following the Clues https://nicholaswade.medium.com/origin-of-covid-following-the-clues-6f03564c038 https://lessonsfromthecrisis.substack.com/ -Mark Zuck...

INTERVIEW: Stephen E. Sandherr, Chief Executive Officer - Associated General Contractors of America -Joe Biden's PRO Act and the harm it would have on consumers and workers -The role of labor unions in the 21st century -Why we should care about general contractors in today's economy INTERVIEW: Rick Henderson, the Deregulator -Substack and the future of journalism -Innovating in the media space -NC...

-Reaching herd immunity? -TRIPS Waiver and the international organizations and populists who want to seize COVID vaccine IP and tech https://consumerchoicecenter.org/global-organizations-and-populists-who-aim-to-seize-covid-vaccine-tech-and-ip/ -Why protect intellectual property? -The role of innovation in providing medicines  INTERVIEW: Tony Clement ( @TonyClementCPC ) -Reshoring Canada's go...

-The Derek Chauvin trial and aftermath -Are consumers getting the short stick on data and consumer privacy? https://insidesources.com/are-consumers-getting-the-short-stick-on-data-privacy/ -Make it closing time for Ontario's beer monopoly and the Beer Store https://financialpost.com/opinion/david-clement-make-it-closing-time-for-ontarios-beer-monopoly INTERVIEW: Franco Terrazzano ( @franco_nomics)...

-CNN covers Canada's vaccine failures, and it shakes up the country -The new anti-tech populists INTERVIEW: Jennifer Huddleston ( @jrhuddles ) -Do we need a federal privacy law? -There are innovative practices used by private companies. We should celebrate them. -Why GDPR is so problematic -The "Techlash" and the bad policy ideas from both left and right -Data silos and how to maintain consumer pr...