The CDHI Podcast
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Hosted by Michael Hainsworth, the CDHI Podcast is your go-to source for trusted policy intelligence. From energy to healthcare, inflation and the labour market, this podcast is an ongoing in-depth interview series with leading experts on the most critical economic issues affecting Canadians.
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Is This the End of North American Free Trade?
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Canada's Technical Recession Isn't the Real Problem. A Decade of Economic Weakness Is.
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Why Gen Z Can’t Find Jobs Right Now | Labour Economist Tammy Schirle Explains
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May 14, 2026 |
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Does Canada Even Need a Sovereign Wealth Fund? Economist Reacts to the 2026 Spring Fiscal Update
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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The Tax Credit That Could Give Millions of Canadians a Pension | Alex Mazer and Keith Ambachtsheer
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Why the $10/day Childcare Program Isn’t Working & How to Fix It ft. Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting Zhang
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Why Canada Isn’t Seeing Gains from AI Yet ft. Economists Rosalie Wyonch and Daniel Schwanen
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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The 5% NATO Commitment Price Tag Will Require Ottawa to Make Tough Choices
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Are Canadians Paying Too Much in Taxes? Jack Mintz on Tax Reform and a Major Overhaul
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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The Exit Interview: Bill Robson on Canada’s Economy, Policy, and the Future of Debate
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Why Canadian Students Still Can’t Do Basic Math ft. Prof Anna Stokke
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Canada’s Chief of Defence on NATO, Arctic Security & Preparing for Uncertainty
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Bank of Canada Holds Interest Rates as CUSMA Looms – Economists Break It Down
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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AI, Innovation, and the Productivity Crisis in Canada Explained by a Nobel Prize–Winning Economist
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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If Canada Moves Too Slowly on Stablecoins, Here’s What’s at Risk
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Why Major Projects Take So Long to Build in Canada - And How to Fix It
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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What Canadians Don’t Know About Canada Post’s Billion-Dollar Problem with Glen Hodgson
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Should Canada Scrap the Electric Vehicle Mandate? Brian Livingston Makes the Case
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Why Low and Middle-Income Canadians Can’t Get the Financial Advice They Need
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Budget 2025 with Bill Robson: What Canadians Need to Know
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Canada's Innovation Crisis and Solutions Explained in 20 Minutes with Professor Catherine Beaudry
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Paul Wells on What Canadians Can Expect From Parliament This Fall
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Experts Discuss the Impact of Canada’s International Student Caps
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Why Canada Won’t Hit Its Immigration Reduction Target
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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US, Canada & Mexico Negotiators on Why Free Trade Matters
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Don't Inflate the Bank of Canada's Mandate with Steve Ambler and Jeremy Kronick
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Interprovincial Trade Progress with Ryan Manucha
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Banking on Infrastructure Banks with Sebastien Betermier
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Energy Independence with Travis Toews and Rory Johnston
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Canada's Municipal Class Clowns? with Bill Robson and Nick Dahir
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Intelligent AI Policy with Anindya Sen and Rosalie Wyonch
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May 22, 2025 |
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Auto Trade Back to the Future with Stephen Beatty and Daniel Schwanen
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May 12, 2025 |
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Negotiating with Trump with Mitzie Hunter and Jason Kenney
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Budgeting for Trump in 2025 with Bill Robson and Don Drummond
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Growing Small into Big: The Housing Crisis Solution with Paul Beaudry and Jeremy Kronick
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Pension Tension and the Trump Trade with Claude Lamoureux
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Toronto's Big Smoke (Screen) Budget with Bill Robson and Nick Dahir
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Tapping Immigrant Talent with Parisa Mahboubi and Tingting Zhang
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Countering Trump's Trade Tariffs with Gary Hufbauer, Daniel Schwanen and Bill Robson
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Healthcare System, Heal Thyself with Mark Holland and Rosalie Wyonch
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Trump's Tumultuous Tariff Threat with Meredith Lilly and Daniel Schwanen
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Capital Gains Bullet Dodged with Jack Mintz and Alex Laurin
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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The 2024 Year in Review
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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No Balanced Budget For Christmas with Bill Robson
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Ho, Ho, Hold the GST Holiday with Bill Robson and Don Drummond
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Prescribing Innovation with Rosalie Wyonch and Helen Angus
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Trump Won, Now What? With John Baird and John Manley
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt with Parisa Mahboubi and Bill Robson
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Elections, Trade and NATO with US Ambassador David Cohen
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Regent Debate Redux with Conrad Black and Martha Hall Findlay
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Canada's Productivity Problem
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Wilbur Ross on Trump Back in the White House
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Why an Empty-Homes Tax Doesn't Solve the Housing Crisis with Gherardo Caracciolo
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Avoiding a Greek-Style Debt Crisis with Andrew Coyne and Trevor Tombe
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Optimizing Immigration for Economic Growth with Mikal Skuterud and Christopher Worswick
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Countdown to CUSMA with Lawrence Herman
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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The Doctor Dilemma with Tingting Zhang and Rosalie Wyonch
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Are Canadians Willing to Pay for Net Zero? with A.J. Goulding and Nik Nanos
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May 15, 2024 |
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Prospects for the World Economy in the Polycrisis with Martin Wolf
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May 07, 2024 |
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Seniors' Care Scenarios with Rosalie Wyonch
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Tax Reform is Taxing with Heather Evans
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Ontario's 2024 Budget Gets a B with Bill Robson
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Pharmacare in Critical Condition with Dr. Jane Philpott, Fred Horne and Rosalie Wyonch
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Canada's Supply Chain System with Ari Van Assche
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Shadow Budget 2024 with Bill Robson and Don Drummond
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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The Scope and Nature of Private Healthcare with Katherine Fierlbeck
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Alberta's Energy Woes with Kent Fellows
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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The Regent Debate Revisited with Mitzie Hunter, Jason Kenney and John Tory
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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How the Price of Milk Threatens Canada's Auto Industry with Bill Robson and Martha Hall Findlay
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Double the Pain: How Inflation Increases Tax Burdens with Bill Robson and Alex Laurin
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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The Divide Between Policymakers and Those They Serve with Paul Wells
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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The Proper Federal Role in Housing with Benjamin Dachis
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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The Impact of AI on Democracy and Humanity with Yoshua Bengio
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Canada's Housing Affordability Crisis with Romy Bowers and Bob Dugan
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Broken Spending Estimates with Bill Robson and Neil Moss
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Stop Throwing Money at Canada’s Productivity Problem With Charles Plant
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Booze & Cigarettes and Interprovincial Trade with Ryan Manucha
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Reforms Needed for Investor-State Disputes with Lawrence Herman
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Slaying the Beast with Jeremy Kronick and Steve Ambler
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Competition in Healthcare with Shaun Francis
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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The Economics of Supply Chain Politics with Dan Ciuriak
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Portable Heath Benefits Plan with Chris Bonnett and Rosalie Wyonch
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May 16, 2023 |
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Live Long and Prosper? with Bill Robson
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Canada's Labour Shortage with Mikal Skuterud
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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The Case for Small Nuclear Reactors with John Richards and Gary Rose
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Fallout from Silicon Valley Bank with Peter Hall
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Net Zero: The Plan to Have a Plan with Erica Myers and Brian Livingston
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Shadow Budget 2023 with Bill Robson and Don Drummond
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Healthcare After COVID-19 with Dr. Bob Bell and Will Falk
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Looking Ahead with Andrew Coyne
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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S4 E18: Uneven Odds: Men, Women, and the Obstacles to Getting Back to Work with Kids
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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S4 E17: Labour Shortages in the Healthcare Sector
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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S4 E16: SME Challenges with Michael Denham
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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S4 E15: The Future of the Bank of Canada's Balance Sheet
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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S4 E14: Only Hot Air? with Charles DeLand
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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S4 E13: STEM Skills Shortage Solutions with Bill Robson and Jayson Hilchie
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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S4 E12: Canada's 2030 ERP and the Future of Alberta's Oil Patch with Kent Fellows
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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S4 E11: Lives Put On Hold The Impact Of The COVID-19 Pandemic On Canada's Youth With Parisa Mahboubi
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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S4 E10: Going Dutch: Choice, Competition and Equity in Healthcare with Rosalie Wyonch
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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S4 E9: Inflation and a Recession with Bill Robson and Jeremy Kronick
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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S4 E8: The New Climate Bargain
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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S4 E7: Inflation with David Dodge and Stephen Poloz
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May 20, 2022 |
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S4 E6: The Economic Consequences of the War in Ukraine
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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S4 E5: Combatting Money Laundering to Help Ukraine with Kevin Comeau
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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S4 E4: Getting Serious Shadow Budget 2022 with Bill Robson
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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S4 E3: Shoppers' Online Choices Transform Retail
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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S4 E2: Fixing Medicare with Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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S4 E1: The Effect of Online Learning on Student Performance with Emily Oster
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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S3 E24: Reliable Budgets and Transparency with Bill Robson
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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S3 E23: Canada's Sky High Costs for End of Life Care
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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S3 E22: Canada's Economic Recovery with John Stackhouse and Cynthia Leach
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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S3 E21: Canada's $2 Trillion Dollar Transition
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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S3 E20: The Gig Economy and EI with David Gray
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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S3 E19: Election 2021: The Final Stretch
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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S3 E18: Hawks vs Doves: Canada's Fiscal Situation with Don Drummond and Kevin Milligan
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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S3 E17: Normalizing Monetary Policy with Robert S. Kaplan
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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S3 E16: Small Business Re-opening with Dan Kelly
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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S3 E15: The Charter and Vaccine Passports
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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S3 E14: Too Much Stimulus with Bill Robson and Jeremy Kronick
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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S3 E13: Bill C-10 with Andrew Coyne and Jeanette Patell
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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S3 E12: The Future of Automotive in Canada
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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S3 E11: Taxing Vaping for Harm Reduction
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May 26, 2021 |
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S3 E10: Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector
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May 18, 2021 |
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S3 E9: Budget 2021 Reaction
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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S3 E8: Strengthening Canada's Childcare System
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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S3 E7: Modern Monetary Theory with Farah Omran and Mark Zelmer
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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S3 E6: Paying for the Pandemic while Helping Small Business with Jagmeet Singh
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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S3 E5: The Next Green Bond Wave with Glen Hodgson
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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S3 E4: Industrial Policy for Industry 4.0
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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S3 E3: 5G and Canada's Telecom Future
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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S3 E2: Keystone XL with Kristen van de Biezenbos
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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S3 E1: Addressing Labour Supply Shortages in Healthcare
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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S2 E22: 2020 – The Year of Unprecedented Times
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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S2 E21: Ontario's COVID Response with Steven Del Duca
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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S2 E20: Flattening the Curve on the Second Wave
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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S2 E19: The Path to Prosperity Post COVID-19
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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S2 E18: Donald Trump Has Won, Now What?
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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S2 E17: Joe Biden Has Won, Now What?
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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S2 E16: Open Banking with Abhishek Sinha
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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S2 E15: The Need for Fiscal Anchors with John Manley and Janice MacKinnon
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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S2 E14: Adapting to New Realities in Trade
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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S2 E13: Breaking Down Internal Trade Barriers
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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S2 E12: COVID-19: Catalyst for Change in Canadian Health
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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S2 E11: Sustainable Finance with Andy Chisholm
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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S2 E10: The Future of Commercial and Industrial Real Estate under COVID-19
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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S2 E9: The Vape Debate with Ian Irvine
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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S2 E8: Monetary Anchors with Mark Zelmer and Jeremy Kronick
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May 28, 2020 |
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S2 E7: Business Impacts of the Pandemic and Restart with Glen Hodgson
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May 15, 2020 |
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S2 E6: Healthcare after COVID-19 with Janet Ecker
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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S2 E5: COVID-19 Emergency Response Package
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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S2 E4: Shadow Budget 2020
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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S2 E3: Austerity and the Economy
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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S2 E2: Inequality and Monetary Policy
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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S2 E1: New Urbanism with Dan Doctoroff
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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S1 E18: Mandate 2020
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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S1 E17: Rigged Housing Markets
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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S1 E16: Alberta's Fiscal Priorities
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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S1 E15: Challenges of AI in Canada
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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S1 E14: Canada's Coffers
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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S1 E13: Pre-Election, Pre-Recession
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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S1 E12: Bad Fits
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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S1 E11: Brexit and Canada
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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S1 E10: America First in New NAFTA Regime
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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S1 E9: Auto-Motives
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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S1 E8: Universal Pharmacare
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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S1 E7: Bill C69 with Grant Bishop
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Jun 11, 2019 |
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S1 E6: Canada's $150B Money Laundering Problem
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May 06, 2019 |
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S1 E5: Peter Bethlenfalvy on the Ontario Budget
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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S1 E4: What’s in a Federal Budget? The Post-Budget Edition
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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S1 E3: Pre-Budget Edition – No Rainy Day Funds
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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S1 E2: Developing Canadian Innovation – Featuring The Honourable Navdeep Bains
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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S1 E1: Millennials & Municipalities
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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Intelligence Chat - Low Vaccination Rates Posing Health Hazard on Adult Canadians
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May 01, 2018 |
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Intelligence Chat - Here's What to Expect from the NAFTA Negotiations
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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Intelligence Chat - House Rich, Big-Spending Canadians Taking Gamble
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Jun 02, 2017 |
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Intelligence Chat - Fence-Sitting Parents to Blame for Falling Vaccine Rates
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Apr 25, 2017 |
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Intelligence Chat - “Fourth Pillar” Assets Improve Retirement Outlook for Canadians
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Sep 29, 2016 |
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Intelligence Chat - A Blueprint for Getting Green Tech Right
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Jul 26, 2016 |
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Intelligence Chat - Modernizing Business Taxation
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May 31, 2016 |
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The Common Room - Canada’s Wins and Losses under the Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Apr 22, 2016 |
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The Common Room: Bank of Canada Should Prepare Now for the Next Financial Crisis
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Mar 16, 2016 |