Futureproofing Canada
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Canadians are living through uncertain times. Our country faces interconnected challenges including a new geopolitical world order, economic headwinds, climate change, technological disruptions, shifting demographics and deepening inequality.
Futureproofing Canada brings you conversations with the people who are thinking boldly about how to solve these challenges. Each biweekly episode features a frank, in-depth discussion between IRPP president and CEO Jennifer Ditchburn and the leaders who envision a Canada that’s confident and ready to seize opportunities.
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What Governments Get Wrong About Implementation
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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“We Have the Resources the World Wants”: Susan Holt on New Brunswick’s Economic Future
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Rethinking Canada’s Defence Strategy for a Changing World
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Breaking Down Canada’s Internal Trade Barriers
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Canada’s Immigration Backlash: What’s Really Happening?
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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What Broke Housing in Canada, and How to Fix It
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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How Foreign Investment Can Strengthen Canada’s Economic Future
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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The Age of Misinformation: What It Means for Canada’s Future
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Why the Arts Matter to Canada’s Future
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Why Leadership and Trust Matter for Democracy
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Why Canada’s Workforce Strategy Must Include Colleges
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Strengthening Canada’s Trading Relationships: Is Diversifying Away From the U.S. Realistic?
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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The Future of Canada’s North: Critical Minerals and the Arctic Security Corridor
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Tariffs, Trade, and Transformation: The Future of Atlantic Canada’s Economy
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Why Canada Needs a Rural Lens in Decision-Making
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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What is “mission-driven” government, and can it work in Canada
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Why Community-Led Growth Is Key to Canada’s Economic Future
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Leveling the Playing Field: What Holds Back Indigenous Businesses
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Why Inuit Self-Determination Is Key to Canada's Future
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May 28, 2025 |
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Canada’s Cities Are Doing Too Much With Too Little — Here’s Why That Matters
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May 14, 2025 |
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Tariffs, Steel, and the Future of Canada's Economy, a Conversation with Matthew Shoemaker
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Ranj Pillai on Sovereignty and Strategy in the Arctic - Futureproofing Canada 01
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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PO Podcast 169 - What is the strategic long game for Canada-U.S. relations?
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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PO Podcast 168 - Affordability and Climate: Addressing Intertwined Challenges in Politics Today
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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The Future of Community Housing - Demystifying Community Housing 05
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Resilience and Challenges of the Community Housing Sector - Demystifying Community Housing 04
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Why Do We Need Community Housing? - Demystifying Community Housing 03
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May 29, 2024 |
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Life in Community Housing - Demystifying Community Housing 02
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May 15, 2024 |
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What is Community Housing? - Demystifying Community Housing 01
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May 01, 2024 |
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Welcome to Demystifying Community Housing
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May 01, 2024 |
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PO Podcast 167 - Addressing Ecological Risks (Institutions for Effective Climate Action conference)
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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PO Podcast 166 - Climate Change in the North
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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PO Podcast 165 - An Interview between Jennifer Ditchburn and Kim Pate
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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PO Podcast 164 - An all-in approach to solving Canada’s affordability and climate crises
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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The history of colonialism and slavery still impacts Black people in Canada by Fauzya Moore
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Le Québec encore seul dans sa défense des pouvoirs provinciaux par Charles Breton
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Quebec’s move to force teaching French at McGill and Concordia could have dire consequences
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Social Inequality, with Joe Soss - In/Equality 15
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Financial Inequality, with John Peters - In/Equality 14
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Inequality and Anti-Black Racism, with Craig Wellington - In/Equality 13
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Inequality and Housing Access, with Yushu Zhu - In/Equality 12
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Inequality and Rural Communities, with William Reimer - In/Equality 11
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Inequality and Food Insecurity, with Valerie Tarasuk - In/Equality 10
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Inequality and Health-Care Bias, with Javeed Sukhera - In/Equality 09
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Inequality and Environmental Racism, with Ingrid Waldron - In/Equality 08
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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PO Podcast 163 - Basic Income and a Just Society: Policy Choices for Canada’s Social Safety Net
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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PO Podcast 162 - Building an adaptable country
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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PO Podcast 161 - What the Alberta election means for Canada
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Inequality and Settler Colonialism, with Pamela Palmater - In/Equality 07
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May 11, 2023 |
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Inequality and Disability Justice, with Michael Orsini - In/Equality 06
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May 03, 2023 |
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Inequality and Child Care, with Adrienne Davidson - In/Equality 05
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Inequality and Homelessness, with Alison Smith - In/Equality 04
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Inequality and Redistribution, with Keith Banting - In/Equality 03
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Inequality and Criminal Justice, with Akwasi Owusu-Bempah - In/Equality 02
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Welcome to In/Equality, with Debra Thompson and Jennifer Ditchburn - In/Equality 01
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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PO Podcast 160 - Health Care and Federalism
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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PO Podcast 159 - The Role of Municipalities in Federalism
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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PO Podcast 158 - Federalism Structures and Relationships with Indigenous Peoples
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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PO Podcast 157 - Employment Insurance Reform: Where Can Canada Go?
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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PO Podcast 156 - Building the Federation: Infrastructure within Federalism
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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PO Podcast 155 - Public policy in Canada from an Indigenous perspective
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 154 - The Fundamentals of Fiscal Federalism
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 153 - Rapid changes and transformations: The future of Canada’s energy transition
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 152 - Why federalism matters
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 151 - Lessons for Adult Education in Canada from the Past and New Zealand
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 150 - The puzzling persistence of racial inequality in Canada
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 149 - Is Journalism Under Siege?
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 148 - Democracy under threat? Polarization and public policy in Canada
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 147 - Children and the War in Ukraine
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 146 - Gouvernance inclusive et démocratie à l’heure de la polarisation
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 145 - Emerging shifts in regulatory governance
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May 18, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 144 - Federal Budget 2022
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May 06, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 143 - Le plan pour un air pur et une économie forte
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 142 - A Skills-Based Approach to Career Planning
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 141 - Fixing our messy provincial-local equalization system
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 140 - Modernizing Canada's Competition Act
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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So-called “Freedom Convoy” is a symptom of a deeply unequal society (EN/FR) - In Their Words 09
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 139 - Embracing the unknown cost of climate change
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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An insider's look at creating political platforms - In Their Words 08
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 138 - The federation in 2022
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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PO Podcast 137 - The value of social structures for new refugees: Lessons from the Syrian experience
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Data is a defence against femicide - In Their Words 07
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 136 - Is it time for a wealth tax in Canada?
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Imagining the Canadian Language Regime of Tomorrow (EN/FR)- In Their Words 06
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 135 - The public safety risks of AI
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Canada’s relations with China need bold recalibration - In Their Words 05
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 134 - The politics and pitfalls of equalization
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Canada’s fledgling cybersecurity centre must do more collaborating and educating - In Their Words 04
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 133 - Overhauling Canada's sickness and caregiving leave regime
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Racist labour exploitation continues in multicultural Canada - In Their Words 03
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 132 - Lessons learned from pandemic elections
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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A soldier’s hard look back at Canada’s Afghan mission - In Their Words 02
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 131 - Tracking online toxicity in #Elxn44
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Will action on reconciliation emerge as an election issue? - In Their Words 01
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 130 - Modernizing work with a four-day week
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 129 - A citizen's guide to reconciliation
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 128 - Healing Canadian cities for an equitable post-pandemic future
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 127 - Feuille de route pour une réforme des soins de longue durée au Québec
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 126 - Making EI work for workers
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 125 - The past, present, and future of western alienation
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 124 - Publicly funded skills training that works
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May 26, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 123 - COVID-19 doesn't care about our borders
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May 14, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 122 - The future of child care in Canada: What to expect
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 121 - Will the 2021 federal budget position Canada to emerge strongly from the pandemic?
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 120 - What Canadian CEOs are saying about work from home
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 119 - The next generation of Indigenous self-government in Yukon
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 118 – Systemic racism in Canadian health care
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 117 – Mapping Canada’s training ecosystem
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 116 – The global dimensions of Canada's vaccine rollout
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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PO Podcast 115 – Policy Options at 40 / 40 ans d'Options Politiques
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 114 – COVID-19 and Canadian federalism
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 113 – Reimagining the Canadian federation through an urban lens
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 112 – Are singles Canada’s forgotten poor?
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 111 – Navigating the pandemic as a newcomer to Canada
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 110 – A resilient federation? (bilingual)
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 109 – Retooling pandemic-era policies for Canadian workers
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 108 – Automation, COVID-19 and the future of work
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 107 – The policymaker’s path to defund the police
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 106 – Qui sont les acteurs dans l’ombre d’une élection canadienne ?
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 105 – A “Fair Deal” for Alberta?
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 104 – Long-term care work deserves our respect
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 103 – Confronting the crisis in long-term care
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May 28, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 102 – Les enjeux éthiques liés à la pandémie de COVID-19
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 101 – The challenge of making policy in a pandemic
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 100 – Canada's economic response to COVID-19
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 99 – What's the deal with fiscal stabilization?
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 98 – Racisme et discrimination systémiques à Montréal
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 97 – Justin Trudeau and the politics of federalism
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 96 – Medical assistance in dying for Canadians with mental disorders (bilingual)
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 95 – Cannabis and criminalization of Black Canadians
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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PO Podcast 94 – Embracing digital government
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 93 – The challenge of navigating our health and care systems
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 92 – Looking ahead to the 43rd Parliament
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 91 – Media coverage and the campaign online
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 90 – Emerging policy themes of election 2019
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 89 – The renewed Canadian Senate
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 88 – Indigenous voices in the news
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 87 – The Confederation of Tomorrow
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Aug 14, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 86 – Why low-income savers should choose TFSAs
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 85 – Carbon pricing across Canada
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 84 – The past, present and future of pharmacare
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 83 – The radicalism of Quebec’s Bill 21
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 82 – Electoral integrity and disinformation
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 81 – Can we end migrant detention?
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May 23, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 80 – Comment miser sur les écosystèmes d’innovation ?
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May 01, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 79 – Crown-Indigenous relations
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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Podcast 78 – Climate change policy in Canada
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 77 – Budget 2019 analysis live from the lockup
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 76 – Les directives médicales anticipées au Québec
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 75 – Racialized women in politics
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 74 – Crafting a digital democracy
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 73 – A digital strategy for Canada
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 72 – Legal precedents for the Wet’suwet’en resistance
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 71 – Welcome to Uberland
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Jan 09, 2019 |
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PO Podcast 70 – Le nouvel échiquier politique québécois
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Dec 05, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 69 – Upskilling workers for the new economy
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Nov 21, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 68 – Polling and the Quebec election
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Nov 07, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 67 - New approaches to development assistance
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Oct 24, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 66 – A path forward for innovation policy
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Oct 10, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 65 – A universal pharmacare plan for Canadians
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Sep 26, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 64 – Canada’s cannabis economy
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Aug 22, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 63 - Why isn’t social assistance improving health outcomes?
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 62 - Revitalizing the Inuktut language
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Jul 18, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 61 - The future of the Safe Third Country Agreement
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Jul 04, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 60 – Why does encryption policy matter?
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Jun 20, 2018 |
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The First Trudeau Mandate in Perspective and Election 2019
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Jun 13, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 59 - What can Canada expect from the G7 summit?
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Jun 06, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 58 - Canada’s surveillance of Indigenous movements
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May 23, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 57 - Black Canadians and the justice system
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May 08, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 56 - Immigration detention and newcomer communities
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Apr 24, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 55 – Mitigating harm for sexual assault complainants
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Apr 10, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 54 - Do female ministers affect women's civic engagement?
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Mar 27, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 53 - Will AI just wind up automating inequality?
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Mar 13, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 52 - Budget 2018 analysis live from the lockup
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Feb 27, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 51 - Gerald Stanley and the castle narrative
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Feb 20, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 50 - A snapshot of precarious work in Canada today
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Feb 06, 2018 |
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PO Podcast 49 - The role of online bots in electoral politics
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Dec 13, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 48- Put The Peace Back Into UN Peacekeeping Operations
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Nov 21, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 47 - Walking The Talk On International Development Assistance
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Oct 31, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 46 - Countering the threat of far-right extremism
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Oct 10, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 45 - The Naylor Report under the microscope
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Sep 27, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 44 - What to make of the INAC split?
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Sep 12, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 43 - Securing the best NAFTA deal possible for Canada
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Aug 22, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 42 - Supporting academic freedom globally
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Jul 25, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 41 - Canadian copyright policy is so 2012
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Jul 11, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 40 - The real impact of the pension reform plan
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Jun 27, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 39 - Empowering women entrepreneurs globally
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Jun 13, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 38 - Andrew Scheer and Conservative policy
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May 30, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 37 - Canadian trade policy at a risky crossroads
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May 17, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 36 - Breaking down the French election
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May 02, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 35 - How the NDP's past can help the party today
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Apr 18, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 34 - Where will automation lead us?
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Apr 04, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 33 - Budget 2017 analysis live from the lockup
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Mar 22, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 32 - Canada's suburbs are no place to grow old
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Mar 14, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 31 - Countering violent extremism in Canada
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Feb 28, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 30 - Improving Canada's sanctions legislation
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Feb 22, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 29 - Indigenous representation in the media
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Jan 30, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 28 - Journalism and truth in the Trump era
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Jan 19, 2017 |
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PO Podcast 27 - Federalism and climate change
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Dec 15, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 26 - Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples
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Nov 29, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 25 - North American relations under President Trump
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Nov 15, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 24 - Preparing for the transition in Washington, DC
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Nov 01, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 23 - Why more academics should engage with the media
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Oct 18, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 22 - Protecting Canadians' privacy
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Oct 05, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 21 - Public policy and young Canadians with PM Justin Trudeau
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Sep 28, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 20 - Democracy promotion
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Sep 20, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 19 - Towards a new Canada-China relationship
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Sep 06, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 18 - Why Gawker's bankruptcy is a policy issue
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Aug 23, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 17 - Refocusing Canada’s international security agenda
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Aug 09, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 16 – Technology-enabled trade in Canada
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Jul 26, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 15 - How political branding is changing democracy
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Jul 13, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 14 - Maximizing the integrity of our electoral system
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Jun 27, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 13 - Canada’s innovation conundrum
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Jun 15, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 12 - Explaining Europe's reaction to the refugee crisis
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May 30, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 11 - What is government good at
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May 16, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 10 - A more accessible Internet for Canadians
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May 03, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 9 - Reviewing the Accountability Act
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Apr 20, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 8 – The future of leaders’ debates in Canada
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Apr 05, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 7 - Budget 2016 analysis from the lockup
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Mar 22, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 6 - The role of scientists in policymaking
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Mar 08, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 5 - Income inequality in Canada
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Feb 23, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 4 - Communicating the zika risk
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Feb 09, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 3 - Canadian households and debt
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Jan 26, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 2 - Breaking down Canada's internal trade regime
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Jan 11, 2016 |
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PO Podcast 1 - Effects of the small business deduction
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Dec 18, 2015 |