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Economics Matters Ep. 24: Canada’s Competitiveness Challenges with Marc Desormeaux and Pedro Antunes
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 23: A New Era in Energy in Canada with Mark Parsons and Pedro Antunes
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 22: Budget 2025 with Richard Forbes and Meghan Eibner
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 21: High Frequency Data with Strac Ivanov and Tony Bonen
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 20: Canada’s Fiscal Outlook with Cory Renner and Richard Forbes
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 19: Fixing Canada’s Problems with Competition with Vass Bednar and Denise Hearn
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 18: A Plan for Immigration and Growth with Lisa Lalande and Pedro Antunes
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 17: The Economics of Net Zero with Tony Bonen and John McNally
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 16: Reinventing Cities with Mary Rowe and Pedro Antunes
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 15: Reacting to the 2024 Federal Budget
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May 08, 2024 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 14: Canada’s Productivity Emergency with Tony Bonen and Andrew Sharpe
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 13: C-Suite Perspectives with Pedro Antunes and Dana Peterson
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 12: Looking Back, Looking Forward with Pedro Antunes and Linda Nazareth
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 11: Immigration, Inflation and Housing with Pedro Antunes and Kathryn Dennler
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 10: Will AI Take Your Job with Mike Burt and Benjamin F. Jones
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 09: The Economic Impact of the Wildfires with Pedro Antunes and Derek Nighbor
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 08: Canada’s Housing and Rental Affordability Crisis with Tony Bonen and John Pasalis
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May 24, 2023 |
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Economics Matters Ep. 07: Fiscal Responsibility with Pedro Antunes and Kevin Page
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Ep. 25: Canadian Telecoms and The Promise of Independent Towers with Dan Carpenter and Wendy Zatylny
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Economics Matters Ep: 06 - Economic Forecasting with Ted Mallett
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Economics Matters Ep: 05 - Inequality in Canada with Pedro Antunes and Mike Moffatt
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Economics Matters Ep: 04 - Canada’s Long-Term Economic Outlook with Sohaib Shahid and Brett House
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Economics Matters Ep: 03 - Economic Outlook for 2023
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Ep. 24: Fixing the Path from International Student to Permanent Resident with Iain Reeve and Kathryn Dennler
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Economics Matters Ep: 02 - Labour market woes with Mike Burt and Armine Yalnizyan
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Economics Matters Ep: 01 - Recession Risk with Sohaib Shahid and Jimmy Jean
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Ep. 23: How Recent Trade Agreements Are Regulating the Digital Economy with Matt Malone
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Making Sense of Data with Tableau – Episode 5 – Carolyn Loh on Driving Customer Value Through Analytics
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Making Sense of Data with Tableau – Episode 4 – Tamara Augsten on Fostering a Citizen Driven Analytics Culture
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May 30, 2022 |
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Making Sense of Data with Tableau – Episode 3 – Maxime Cohen on Becoming a Data Driven, Innovative Organization
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May 23, 2022 |
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Ep. 22: HR Trends and the Canadian Workforce Outlook with Lauren Florko
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May 18, 2022 |
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Making Sense of Data with Tableau – Episode 2 – Vanitha Lucas on Data for Good
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May 16, 2022 |
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Making Sense of Data with Tableau – Episode 1 – Ashley Howard Neville on Data Literacy for All
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May 09, 2022 |
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Levelling Up with TELUS #4: Dr. Helen Hambly on Agriculture’s Digital Divide
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Ep. 21: What is digital trade and why does it matter? – Swapna Nair
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Beyond the Bounce with PwC Canada #3: Shelley Gilberg and Sarah Marsh on transforming business in the face of climate change
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Beyond the Bounce with PwC Canada #2: Jennifer Johnson and Sajith Nair on cybersecurity’s coming of age
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Levelling Up with TELUS #3: Marco Hafner on telemedicine’s future
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Levelling Up with TELUS #2: Vass Bednar and Robin Shaban on competition in the digital age
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Levelling Up with TELUS #1: Helaina Gaspard and Sam Andrey on Canada’s digital divide
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Beyond the Bounce with PwC Canada #1: Matthew Wetmore on PwC’s 24th Annual Global CEO Survey
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Ep. 20: Why Canada’s COVID-19 immigrant cohort is unique – Dr. Iain Reeve
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May 11, 2021 |
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Ep. 19: Public debt in the time of COVID-19 – Pedro Antunes
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Breakthroughs #6: Claude Guay on IBM Canada’s role in leading businesses into the future
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Ep. 18: Canada’s cancer report card – Isabelle Gagnon-Arpin
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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Ep. 17: The economic life cycle of Canada’s plastics – Dr. Babatunde Olateju
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Ep. 16: Bringing supply chains back home – Julie Ades
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Breakthroughs #5: Richard Chartrand on 3M’s sustainability-driven innovation
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Breakthroughs #4: Chris Dulny on upskilling in an uncertain world
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Breakthroughs #3: Rowena Rizzotti on innovation in B.C.’s lower mainland
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Breakthroughs #2: Tim Murphy on Alberta’s health innovation ecosystem
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Ep. 15: Indigenizing K–12 science education – Jane Cooper
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Ep. 14: Using unconventional data to forecast the job market – Thomas Hindle
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Ep. 13: Believing the hype around hydrogen and SMRs? – Dr. Babatunde Olateju
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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Ep. 12: Mind the generational gap: Digital skills in the trades – Dr. Andrew Bieler
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Breakthroughs #1: Dan Bourgeois on Bauer Hockey’s new line of face shields
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Ep. 11: Saving for the future, boosting the economy – Sheila Rao
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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Ep. 10: If post-secondary schools reopen, will students go? – Dr. Maria Giammarco and Nimi Pukulakatt
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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Ep. 09: Inching back from economic recession during a pandemic – Pedro Antunes
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Ep. 08: Travel and tourism during COVID-19—Jennifer Hendry and Robyn Gibbard
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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Ep. 07: Automation and occupational mobility—Darren Gresch
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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Ep. 06: Economic forecasting during a global crisis—Alicia Macdonald & Todd Crawford
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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Ep. 05: Sustainable finance and Canada’s world-leading potential—Roger Francis
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May 27, 2020 |
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Ep. 04: Employers’ plans and pivots during COVID-19—Allison Cowan
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May 20, 2020 |
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Ep. 03: Indigenous communities’ responses to COVID-19—Stefan Fournier
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May 13, 2020 |
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Ep. 02: Our brave new social and emotional world—Dr. Matthew McKean
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May 06, 2020 |
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Ep. 01: Cybersecurity and the global supply chain—Harry Sharma
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Apr 29, 2020 |