Wonk
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Episodes: 182
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WONK is a show about big ideas in unprecedented times. Hosted by Amanda Lang, we unpack some of the most pressing issues and challenges facing Canada, and talk to some leading thinkers and policymakers about how to tackle them. New episodes drop on Thursdays.
This feed also hosts the archive for Public Policy Forum's podcast, Policy Speaking.
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Gregor Robertson on the housing dilemma
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May 14, 2026 |
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Frank McKenna on Canada’s future and dealing with America
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May 07, 2026 |
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How to get investment flowing back to Canada
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Could Canada be energy independent?
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Canada’s race to build big talent
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Stephen Poloz on dealing with dual economic shocks
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Canada’s place in the global energy race
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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The $7-billion bet on ag tech
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Premier Susan Holt on Canada’s comeback plan
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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How to deal with oil shocks and inflation
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Why housing should be a human right
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Julie Dabrusin on Canada’s new climate plan
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Tom Chi on how to make an economy that works
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Zita Cobb on economic growth, one town at a time
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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The dangerous spread of sports betting
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Premier David Eby on building a new economy
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Chris Hadfield on Canada’s new space race
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Bob Rae on the new world order
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Canada’s make or break year
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Don Tapscott on the battle to control your own AI
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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The big policies that will shape 2026
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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‘What is common knowledge?’ Steven Pinker explains
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Why Canada needs to build ‘anchor companies’
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Minister Champagne: Putting a ‘generational’ budget into practice
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Alberta’s Danielle Smith on pipelines and fellow premiers
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Matthew Boswell on Canada’s fight against anti-competitive behaviour
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Fara Dabhoiwala on the meaning of free speech
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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The biggest issues in Canada's next federal budget
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Stéfane Marion on Canada’s business investment crisis
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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David Frum on Donald Trump’s tariff problem
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Catherine McKenna on climate costs and polarization
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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The fight to save kids from social media harm
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Energy Minister Tim Hodgson on Canada's new economic ambitions
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem on seeking economic stability
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Economist Frances Donald on Canada’s big opportunity
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Howard Marks: How to make sense of today’s reality-defying markets
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Encore: Jean Chrétien on the ongoing fight for national unity
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Encore: Sally Armstrong on the ongoing fight for women's rights
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Encore: Measles returns. How did it come to this?
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Andrew Coyne: Is Canada’s democracy falling apart?
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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How Canadian housing got so unaffordable
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Why Canada can’t break free from America
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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How to build Arctic sovereignty — and Canada’s economy
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Inside the fight of Google’s life
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Encore Episode: Tim Snyder on America’s descent toward ‘modern tyranny’
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Why we’re not ready for the new AI
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Can Canada build big things?
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Jean Chrétien on the ongoing fight for national unity
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Trevor Tombe on how to make ‘one Canadian economy’
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Dominic LeBlanc on getting to 'zero' tariffs
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May 29, 2025 |
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How Canada’s biggest energy storage project got built
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May 22, 2025 |
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Measles has returned. How did we get here?
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May 15, 2025 |
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Paul Wells: Is Canadian politics actually getting nicer?
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May 08, 2025 |
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Sally Armstrong on the ongoing fight for women's rights
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May 01, 2025 |
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America’s descent toward ‘modern tyranny’
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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What should Canada do about China?
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Election panel: What Canadians actually need to be talking about
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Does Canada need a customs union with the U.S.?
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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How to govern through an election on top of a trade war
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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The fight over U.S. fighter jets
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Andrew Furey on the nastiness of politics and facing Donald Trump
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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David Paterson on fighting the trade war and winning over Americans
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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How to revive local news — and Canadian democracy
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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A 30-day window to save Canada’s economy
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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How Canada's energy industry can respond to Trump
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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President Trump and Canada’s big choices
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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U.S. panel: Is Canada ready for President Trump?
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Erin O’Toole on how to deal with Trump, Arctic defence and energy
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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WONK panel: A game-changing bet on wind power in B.C.
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Tariff Special: What happened at Mar-a-Lago and what’s next for Canada
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Andrew Leach: How to hit climate goals – and not kill the economy
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Peter Loewen on what’s dividing America
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Brett House on understanding the rise of Trumponomics — and Swiftonomics too
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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US Election special: What Trump’s big win means for Canada
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Alex Himelfarb on the ideology that ruined the world
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Steve Verheul on what a Trump victory could mean for Canada
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Economist David Campbell explains Atlantic Canada’s historic boom
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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NWT Premier R.J. Simpson on why the North is hot right now
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Dr. Jane Philpott on how to fix Canada’s family doctor shortage.
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Raven Lacerte on leading a national movement to end violence
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Sean Speer on how governments can get stuff done
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Janice Stein on a world gone mad
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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John Risley on his big green hydrogen bet
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May 09, 2024 |
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Trevor Tombe, economic truth-teller, is kind of a big deal
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May 02, 2024 |
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'The fascinating economist’ Craig Wright, on the role of a big bank forecaster
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Mark Podlasly on the really big news in Budget 2024
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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The new chief economist of the OECD, Álvaro Santos Pereira, on solving the productivity crisis
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Emera CEO Scott Balfour on the urgent energy transition
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Halifax Mayor Mike Savage on how a big city keeps up with growth
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Head of Canadian Olympic Committee David Shoemaker on how to win at the Olympics
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Rupa Banerjee: What does Canada really want from immigration?
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Beverley McLachlin: the problems with the online harms bill
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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JP Gladu on the rise of big Indigenous business, and life on Lake Nipigon
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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John Hannaford on the historic challenges facing the public service
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Paul Wells on not being mean, and building an empire
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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‘Are you a bot?!’ Shingai Manjengwa on why we shouldn’t fear AI
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Wearables for everyone: Dr. Vivek Goel on data-fueled health care
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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It’s not easy being a Liberal in Alberta. Anne McLellan on a life in politics
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Chief Crystal Smith on the life-changing impacts of LNG
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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From space to cabinet: Marc Garneau on a remarkable life
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Mentoring Elon Musk and the future of wind: Peter Nicholson
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Jayna Hefford on launching the Professional Women’s Hockey League
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Jeff Elgie on his fight to save local news in Canada
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Bob Rae on life at the UN and following in his dad’s footsteps
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Ep. 78: Growing Canada's Infrastructure with John Casola
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Ep. 77: Trade and Tough Decisions with Steve Verheul
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Ep. 76: Unpacking the Clean Energy Puzzle with Scott Balfour
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Ep. 75: The Future of Healthcare with Dr. Victoria Lee & Dr. Danielle Martin
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Ep. 74: Toward Economic Reconciliation, with Harold Calla and Geordie Hungerford
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 73: The Future of Work with Stéphan Déry
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Ep. 72: An exit interview with B.C. Premier John Horgan
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Ep. 71: Monetary Policy Report with Tiff Macklem
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Ep. 70: Technology, work and safeguarding the internet
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Ep. 69: Electrification: What is it and what can it do?
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Ep. 68: The Future of Conservatism with Ginny Roth and Sean Speer
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 67: LNG, Geopolitics and Canada's Choice
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 66: Canada, COVID-19 and the G10
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Ep. 65: The Hydrogen Advantage with Nancy Southern
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Ep. 64: Managing Carbon to Achieve Net-zero
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Ep. 63: Investing in Black Futures with Dahabo Ahmed-Omer
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Ep. 62: The Shattered Mirror Revisited
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Ep. 61: The Indigenous Economy with Jeff Cyr and Alicia Dubois
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Ep. 60: Hacking Cities: Living Through a Ransomware Attack
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Ep. 59: COVID-19: Where Do We Go From Here?
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Ep. 58: Making Space Work for Canada
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Ep. 57: Putting up Guardrails on the Internet
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Ep. 56: How can Canada win the race to net zero?
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Ep. 55: Building Consensus in a Post-Pandemic Canada
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Ep. 54: Critical casualties? The dichotomy & discrepancy of essential work and emerging industries.
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Ep.53: Brave New Data
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Ep.52: When Your Boss is an Algorithm
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Ep.51: Skills and Surveillance
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Ep. 50: Can Canada Build Better Infrastructure?
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May 20, 2021 |
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Ep.49: Does Canada Have a Plan for Economic Growth?
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May 13, 2021 |
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Ep.48: Taking Note of Mental Healthcare
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May 06, 2021 |
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Ep.47: The Cutting Edge of Carbon
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Ep.46: Caring for Canada's Seniors
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Ep.45: Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Pandemic Edition
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Ep.44: More than an Economic Recovery
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Ep.43: Keep Calm and Supply Vaccines
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Ep.42: Our Forced Telework Experiment
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Ep.41: She-cession – Unprecedented and Uneven
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Ep.40: Realities for Black Canadians in COVID-times
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Ep.39: Are Rural Areas Being Left Behind?
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Ep. 38: Renewal – A Growth Plan for Canadian Industry
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Ep.37: Putting Indigenous in ESG
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Ep.36: Measures to Help the Internet Fulfill its Democratizing Potential
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Ep.35: Isolated and Anxious, but Not Alone
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Ep.34: Carbon Capturing Canada's Future
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Ep.33: 5G on the Horizon with Mirko Bibic
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Ep.32: The Rise and Fall of Trust in Government on COVID-19
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Ep.31: Will the U.S. See a Normal Transition from One Government to Another?
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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U.S. Election Special – Narrow Defeat and a Divided Country with Frank McKenna
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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Ep.29: More Runway for Airports and Canada's Aviation Industry
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Ep.28: What is Reconciliation About?
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Ep.27: The Second Surge of COVID-19
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Ep.26: ABCs of Economic Recovery with Frances Donald
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Ep.25: Ushering in the fifth generation of digital communications
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Ep.24: Hydrogen – A competitive element of Canada's renewable future
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Ep.23: New Ventures into Democracy
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Ep.22: From Old School, to (Mostly) Online School
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Ep.21: The Next Move on Vaccines, Apps and the Canadian Arsenal Against COVID-19
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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Ep.20: Systemic Racism in Canada; A Conversation with Minister Hussen on How We Can #dobetter
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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Ep.19: The Future of Energy; Re-stabilizing an Industry
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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Ep.18: Getting the Future of Work Right in Unprecedented Times; Part 2 of 2
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Ep.17: Getting the Future of Work Right in Unprecedented Times, At An Accelerated Pace
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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Ep. 16: The Adaption Advantage- Sustaining adaptability in the workforce post COVID-19
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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Ep. 15: Leveraging Immigration & Mobility For Economic Growth Post-COVID-19
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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Ep.14: Understanding a Disease – COVID-19 and Genomics Canada
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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Ep.13: The Generation Squeeze and COVID-19
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May 25, 2020 |
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Ep.12: Unpacking Labour Force Trends from COVID-19
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May 15, 2020 |
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Ep.11: The News Media and COVID-19
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May 14, 2020 |
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Ep.10: Intergenerational Attitudes and Impacts of Covid-19 with David Coletto
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May 08, 2020 |
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Ep.9: A Challenge-Driven Industrial Strategy for Canada
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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Ep.8: What Sacrifices are People Willing to Make During a Crisis? with Peter Loewen
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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Ep.7: The Realities of COVID-19 on Provincial and Federal Budgets with Janice MacKinnon
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Ep.6: Extending a Lifeline to Canadians in the Sharpest Economic Downturn of our Time with Tamara Vrooman
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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Ep.5: What We Learned From SARS With Dr. David Naylor
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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Ep.4: Why Don't Humans Take Meaningful Action Sooner? with Bruce Lourie
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Ep.3: The Energy Sector and Covid-19 with Peter Tertzakian
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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Ep.2: Governing Through a Crisis with Anne McLellan and John Manley
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Ep.1: The Economy After COVID-19 with David Dodge
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Mar 27, 2020 |