What's missing from Mark Carney's economic growth agenda
2026-03-30 | 37 mins.
Greg McLean, Conservative MP for Calgary Centre, says Canada's economy is "faltering," and that fixing it will require more than great speeches and good intentions. As chair of the Conservative Party's economic growth council, McLean has spent the past several months consulting business leaders across the country on what's holding back investment, productivity, and growth. He joins Alberta Edge to discuss the group's findings, including the role of manufacturing, critical minerals, pipelines, trade, and carbon pricing—and why the debate over Canada's economic future is far from settled in Prime Minister Mark Carney's first year in office.
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CREDITS: Falice Chin - Host, Producer, and Editor
Pierre Poilievre's charm offensive is real
2026-03-30 | 14 mins.
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go.
0:20 - Pierre Poilievre's charm offensive is real—I've run the numbers to prove it, by Edward Ngai
6:32 - Government departments back off handpicking journalists who are funded federally to hold them accountable, by Graeme Gordon and Harrison Lowman
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CREDITS: Alisha Rao – Producer & Editor
Doug Ford has given up on trying to balance the budget
2026-03-28 | 8 mins.
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go.
0:33 - Doug Ford has given up on trying to balance the budget: The Weekly Wrap, by Sean Speer
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CREDITS: Alisha Rao – Producer & Editor
Ontario's $13.8 billion deficit exposes Canada's broken fiscal model
2026-03-27 | 18 mins.
Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer dissect Ontario's massive budget deficit and Canada's broader fiscal crisis. They examine how governments across the country are abandoning fiscal discipline, relying on deficit spending rather than organic economic growth. In the second half, they explore the collapse of entrepreneurship in Canada, the concentration of economic activity in government, and how an increasingly narrow tax base enables unsustainable spending. They argue this represents a fundamental shift away from economic freedom and individual autonomy toward European-style state dependency. You can read Charles Lammam's analysis "Canada is losing its entrepreneurs—and barely anyone is talking about it," here: https://thehub.ca/2026/03/23/canada-is-losing-its-entrepreneurs-and-barely-anyone-is-talking-about-it/ If you are enjoying the free version of the Hub Roundtable, subscribe to become a Hub Hero or Fellow to access the full version every week: https://thehub.ca/join/ The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital news outlet.
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CREDITS: Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer and Editor Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer - Hosts
Why the Alberta-Ottawa energy MOU is far from dead
2026-03-27 | 10 mins.
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go.
0:22 - Why the Alberta-Ottawa energy MOU is far from dead, despite missed targets, by Falice Chin
6:25 - Beyond GDP: Americans' net wealth has doubled over last decade, while Canadians' lags far behind, by Alicia Planincic
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Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at TheHub.ca, Canada's fastest growing digital news outlet with half a million people engaging weekly with our content.
Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer and managing editor Harrison Lowman engaged in longform conversations with leading thinkers on the big issues and ideas shaping the public conversation.
In Conversation with David Frum features the insights and analysis of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in every second Friday on global and Canadian news events.
The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices appearing in The Hub.
Every week, editor-at-large Sean Speer is joined by David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, and Amanda Galbraith, principal at Oyster Group, to dig into the drama and strategy of Canadian politics. Topics range from the issues dominating headlines, the communications battles behind the scenes, to the trends shaping parties, leaders, and voters. Some weeks, they'll focus on the hot story in Ottawa.
The Hub's media criticism podcast Full Press looks at how the media in Canada is covering the major stories of the day. Full press is hosted by The Hub's managing editor Harrison Lowman, and features journalist Tara Henley, and veteran news media executive Peter Menzies.
Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go.
Each Friday, The Hub Roundtable features Hub co-founders Rudyard Griffiths' and Sean Speer's take on the big political and economic stories making the news.
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