Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss Prime Minister Carney's first federal budget featuring a $78.3 billion deficit. While the budget is a departure from the Trudeau era in terms of its diagnosis of what ails Canada's economy, they express concern that it does not meet the moment. They explore whether the government's heavy spending approach and "Laurentian capitalism" model can deliver promised productivity gains, or whether Canada needs a more market-driven strategy focused on tax cuts, deregulation, and unleashing private sector innovation.

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0:21 - Canadians want reassurance, not austerity, from the federal budget: New polling, by David Coletto

7:33 - The Supreme Court's child porn ruling lays bare the limits of its imaginary idea of justice, by Howard Anglin

13:12 - The Blue Jays journeyed to the brink, but heartbreak triumphs in Toronto, by Kirk LaPointe

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Full Press discusses whether journalists fed a grand narrative that would see Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre fall, dives into the CBC's latest plan for itself, and wonders why Canadian media didn't touch the most controversial op-ed of the month.

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0:33 - The Weekly Wrap: The Liberal government's radical gamble to rewrite Canada's constitutional order, by Sean Speer

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Carolyn Tuohy, professor emeritus of political science and distinguished fellow at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, discusses her must-read long-form essay published in late 2023 entitled, "To be a policy optimist, try some rose-coloured realism."

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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Canadian Senator and former journalist Paula Simons discusses recent developments in the new media, the potential role of public policy to support the industry, and the future of journalism in Canada.

The episode is part of The Hub's Future of News series in which The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, will be in conversation with journalists and policy thinkers to explore the challenges facing the news media industry and the respective roles of business and government to establish sustainable models for producing and distributing news and information. The Future of News series is supported and funded by The Hub's foundation donors and Meta.

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Executive director Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the growing sense that Canada is "broken" and its consequences for the country's political culture. They also cover this week's World Economic Forum meeting in Davos and whether the ongoing salience of political populism in the United States and elsewhere is a sign that we are living in a post-Davos world.

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Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hubs Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss Donald Trump's decisive win in the Republican Party's Iowa primary, how the Conservative Party of Canada should respond to growing demands for its climate policy, and the public backlash to the City of Toronto's renaming of Dundas Square.

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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Tim Schwab, a D.C.-based investigative journalist, discusses his provocative, new book, The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire.

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Steve Hayes, editor and CEO of The Dispatch, discusses the state of the news media industry, the evolution of conservative journalism, and how The Dispatch fits within these trends.

The episode is part of The Hub's Future of News series in which The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, will be in conversation with journalists and policy thinkers to explore the challenges facing the news media industry and the respective roles of business and government to establish sustainable models for producing and distributing news and information. The Future of News series is supported and funded by The Hub's foundation donors and Meta.

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This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the 100 days since Hamas' terrorist attacks against Israel, with a particular focus on the reaction in Canada and what it tells us about the country's national identity and practice of pluralism. They also cover new polling that shows the Liberals are far behind the Conservatives and discuss the factors behind the post-holiday plunge including Prime Minister Trudeau's controversial Christmas vacation. 

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This is the fifteenth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two discuss some big labour market trends in Canada as we enter 2024 including the rise of "gig work", the growth in the federal government's employment footprint, and whether Canadian workers will face pressure to return to the office more regularly in the coming year.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Tim Bale, author and professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London, about his fascinating book, The Conservative Party After Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation.

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Amy Mitchell, the founding executive director of the Center for News, Technology & Innovation, on how information and technology are transforming journalism, the role of public policy to support the sector, and how we can ultimately cultivate a pluralistic and diverse media ecosystem.

The episode is part of The Hub's Future of News series in which The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, will be in conversation with journalists and policy thinkers to explore the challenges facing the news media industry and the respective roles of business and government to establish sustainable models for producing and distributing news and information. The Future of News series is supported and funded by The Hub's foundation donors and Meta.

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Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the federal government's controversial intervention in a Supreme Court case that could fundamentally reshape how Canada's notwithstanding clause is used. They examine how the Carney government's request for the Supreme Court to impose new constraints on section 33 is a significant departure from the constitutional bargain struck in 1982 and may potentially trigger a national unity crisis. In the second half, they discuss Carney's performance in the House of Commons and the delayed federal budget amid concerns about Canada's mounting fiscal challenges. 

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This week's Hub Roundtable discusses Claudine Gay's resignation as the president of Harvard and its implications for universities across North America. We also discuss new research on Canada's economic underperformance relative to its OECD peers and what is needed to pull the country out of a sense of complacency.

The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths and Hub editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub's content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Martin Wolf, the chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, about his must-read, new book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism. This episode was originally published on April 25th, 2023. 

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with Chuck Klosterman, a best-selling author and journalist, about his must-read book, The Nineties. The episode was originally published on June 22nd, 2023. 

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the big issues that will command The Hub's attention in 2024 including economic stagnation, immigration policy, internet regulation, and the future of journalism. We then set out our predictions for the economy, Canadian politics, and geopolitics in the coming year.  

The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths and Hub editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub's content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.

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This episode is part of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two discuss recent high-profile cases of young conservative activists and journalists who have fallen down a far-Right path, including what is behind these trends and what can be done to reverse them. The episode was originally published on August 4th, 2023. 

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with child advocate Gregg Behr and award-winning writer Ryan Rydzewski about their poignant book, When You Wonder, You're Learning: Mister Rogers' Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids. The episode was originally published on April 27th, 2023. 

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This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the growing tendency on the part of governments to pursue their priorities in the form of policy mandates on private businesses including the Online News Act and the new electric vehicle sales mandate. We also have prominent Canadian historian Jack Granatstein join to talk about his famous book, Who Killed Canadian History?, twenty-five years after it was first published. 

The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths and Hub editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub's content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.

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This is the forty-sixth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two discuss the big issues and questions from 2023, including the Israel-Hamas war, the Conservative Party of Canada's strong political year, and Donald Trump's stronghold over Republican politics in spite of his legal issues, as well as the ones that may animate the upcoming year.  

The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Rudyard Griffiths in conversation with best-selling author and senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute Yossi Klein Halevi about Israel after the October 7th attacks, what is at stake for Israeli democracy and security, and the future of a potential peace process with Palestinians.

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features author and journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon on her provocative book, Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy, and its diagnosis of what's gone wrong in the news media.  

The episode is part of The Hub's Future of News series in which The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, will be in conversation with journalists and policy thinkers to explore the challenges facing the news media industry and the respective roles of business and government to establish sustainable models for producing and distributing news and information. The Future of News series is supported and funded by The Hub's foundation donors and Meta.

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Tatsuya Terazawa, chair and CEO of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, discusses Japan's energy security strategy, the growing importance of Canada as an LNG supplier to Asia, and why Canada must show a nationwide, long-term, and pragmatic commitment — across governments and Indigenous communities alike — to be seen as a truly reliable energy partner.

This episode was brought to you by Energy for a Secure Future and viewers like you.

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This week's Hub Roundtable discusses new polling that suggests the Conservative Party's political momentum has stalled a bit, including its possible causes and the political implications heading into the new year. We also cover a recent debate about the placement of period products in men's washrooms on Parliament Hill and what the episode signifies about liberalism and politics. 

The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths and Hub editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub's content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.

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This is the fourteenth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two looked back on an eventful 2003 of business and economic news and look forward to some of the issues that will shape 2024.

The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. This episode is generously supported by the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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This episode features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths discussing The Hub's progress in 2023, the opportunities and challenges looking ahead to the new year, and why we're so grateful to be involved in such a exciting project.

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Globe and Mail columnist Andrew Coyne about the opportunities and challenges facing Canada's news media, the problems with government support for the industry, and why he is optimistic about the future of journalism.

The episode is part of The Hub's Future of News series in which The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, will be in conversation with journalists and policy thinkers to explore the challenges facing the news media industry and the respective roles of business and government to establish sustainable models for producing and distributing news and information. The Future of News series is supported and funded by The Hub's foundation donors and Meta.

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This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the controversy over the congressional testimonies of three major American university presidents (Harvard, MIT and Penn) on the presence of anti-semitism on university campuses and what it might tell us about the state of universities across North America. They also discuss the 25th anniversary of J. L. Granatstein's famous book, Who Killed Canadian History?, and its legacy and ongoing relevance.

The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths and Hub editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub's content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.

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This is the forty-fifth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two cover the growing divergence between the United States's fast-growing economy and Canada's slow-growing economy and what the differences might tell us about policy and politics in the two countries. They also discuss a new book about former Ontario Premier Mike Harris's own policy and political legacy.

The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Cato Institute senior fellow Johan Norberg on his must-read book, The Capitalist Manifesto: Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World.

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Martin Baron, a long-time American journalist and former executive editor of The Washington Post, about his must-read book, Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and The Washington Post. 

The episode is part of The Hub's Future of News series in which The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, will be in conversation with journalists and policy thinkers to explore the challenges facing the news media industry and the respective roles of business and government to establish sustainable models for producing and distributing news and information. The Future of News series is supported and funded by The Hub's foundation donors and Meta. 

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This week's Hub Roundtable discusses recent Canadian economic data including a decline in third quarter GDP, a rise in the national unemployment rate, and historically-low consumer confidence, and what these bearish numbers tell us about the country's political economy. They also discuss Google's $100 million deal with the Trudeau government for the news media and what it may mean for the future of journalism.

The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths and Hub editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub's content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.

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This is the thirteenth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two discuss a recent string of economic data releases—including GDP figures, consumer confidence numbers, and bank earnings—and what they tell us about the state of Canada's economy.

The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. This episode is generously supported by the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go.

0:30 - Get ready—a potential $12 billion plunge in federal revenues may mean a soaring budget deficit, by Livio Di Matteo

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Alister Campbell, a senior Canadian insurance executive, adviser to former Ontario Premier Mike Harris, and editor of a new book on Harris's legacy entitled, The Harris Legacy: Reflections on a Transformational Premier.

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton, about his must-read, new book Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality.

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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This week's Hub Roundtable discusses Javier Milei and Geert Wilders' election victories in Argentina and the Netherlands, respectively, and what they signal about the state of populism around the world. They also assess the good, the bad and the ugly in the Trudeau government's Fall Economic Statement. 

The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths and Hub editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub's content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.

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This the forty-fourth episode of the bi-weekly series with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. This episode features a conversation with Rudyard Griffiths, executive director of The Hub, that took place in Toronto on November 21, 2023, at the Gardiner Museum in front of a live audience. The two discuss what they've learned about Canada after Hamas's attacks against Israel on October 7th and how its identity has been shaken by the Israel-Hamas conflict. They also discuss the upcoming U.S. presidential election a year from now, including Donald Trump's candidacy and President Biden's re-election prospects.

The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Patrick Ruffini, founder of Echelon Insights and leading Republican pollster and political strategist, about his new, must-read book, Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP.

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Matt Zwolinski, philosophy professor and director of the Center for Ethics, Economics and Public Policy at the University of San Diego, about his fascinating, co-authored book, The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism.

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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This week's Hub Roundtable discusses Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's controversial comments on the Israel-Hamas conflict and their implications for Canada's international standing. They also cover the upcoming Fall Economic Statement and Ottawa's deteriorating fiscal position and talk about the impending launch of The Hub's Future of News series.

The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths and Hub editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub's content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.

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This is the twelfth episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two discuss what to expect from next week's Fall Economic Statement, whether it is too early to declare "mission accomplished" on lowering inflation, and the policy consequences of the Trudeau government's recent changes to the federal carbon tax.

The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. This episode is generously supported by the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Harel Oren and Ilan Cohen, who are members of the civilian response team in one of the Israeli kibbutzim attacked by Hamas on October 7. They discuss the terrorist attacks on their community, how they responded to protect themselves and fellow community members, and what they want Canada and the rest of the world to know about their experience.

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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This episode of Hub Dialogues features Rudyard Griffiths in conversation with leading global investor Mohamed El-Erian, about his new book co-authored with former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Nobel Prize winning economist Michael Spence, entitled, Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World.

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and the Linda Frum and Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss whether the political left has a problem with violence in the wake of the recent Charlie Kirk assassination. They examine in particular how the far-left lacks self-policing and how ideologies rooted in oppressor-versus-oppressed frameworks can legitimize violence as a tool of resistance. They emphasize the need for progressive leaders to actively condemn political violence rather than contextualize or rationalize it.

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This is the forty-third episode of The Hub's bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum. The two discuss the Biden Administration's strong support for Israel in the context of its war with Hamas and why David thinks those who believe it is bad domestic politics for the president and his re-election prospects are wrong.

The Hub Dialogues feature The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation.

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This week's Hub Roundtable discusses the shift in Ottawa's mood regarding the current Liberal government, what a Pierre Poilievre-led government might look like, and the idea of Mark Carney becoming leader of the Liberal Party. They also discuss the surge of antisemitism across Canada, what's driving it, and its implications for Canada's national unity.

The Roundtable features Hub executive director Rudyard Griffiths and Hub editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub's content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.

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