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• What's Coming Up Next for The Hatchet

  Arshy and Jordan sit down to give a quick update about how things have been going, a sneak peak at some upcoming projects, and the future of The Hatchet. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hatchetmedia.substack.com/subscribe

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• Carney's AI policy is artificial and not very intelligent

  We’re now a month-and-a-half removed from the last federal election. And it feels like we’re finally starting to get a sense of how this government is going to, well, govern. Domestically, there’s been legislation on resource development and a lot of new powers for cops and border guards. Plenty of increased spending on defence and tax cuts. And internationally, Mark Carney has been doing a lot of hobnobbing with foreign leaders.Especially this week, where he’s been hosting the G7 summit in Alberta. So Jordan and I just wanted to explore some of the early signals that we’re getting from this government. There’s so much we could talk about, but for this episode we’ll be digging into the feds new AI approach and their approach to relations with India.And, it’s safe to say, neither of us are particularly impressed. Support us at hatchetmedia.substack.comThe Hatchet is a podcast and newsletter dedicated to exposing power and money in Canada. We deliver important, original and fascinating journalism about how this country actually works.Music: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: J Lang, Morusque This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hatchetmedia.substack.com/subscribe

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• Why Did the Duck Cross the Border?

  Point Roberts is one of the most unique places in North America. It’s a tiny spit of land right across the American border from the Vancouver suburb of Delta. But because it’s surrounded on three sides by water, it’s not connected to the rest of Washington state. It’s a community built by both Canadians and Americans — a physical manifestation of what the relationship between our two countries can look like when it’s at its best.But tensions are at a boiling point right now. And the biggest casualty of it all might be the most innocent and beautiful of all of god’s creatures — the rubber duck. Featured in this episode: Krystal King, Neil King, Donald FalkTo learn more“US Border Towns Are Being Ravaged by Canada's Furious Boycott” by Thomas Seal in Bloomberg News“Point Roberts starts to feel the cold shoulder from Canada” by Andrea Woo in The Globe and Mail“Canada's Nationalism Hits an Isolated U. S. Town” by William Borders in The New York TimesSupport us at hatchetmedia.substack.comThe Hatchet is a podcast and newsletter dedicated to exposing power and money in Canada. We deliver important, original and fascinating journalism about how this country actually works.Music: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: J Lang, Morusque This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hatchetmedia.substack.com/subscribe

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• Danielle Smith's Hermit Kingdom

  What does Danielle Smith want? The American threat has led to some strange bedfellows between the premiers and the feds. Leaders as different as Wab Kinew, Doug Ford and Mark Carney all seem to be on the same page. But not the Albertan premier. She’s been the odd woman out during the past few months. She maintained friendly contacts with the Trump administration, she argued against the use of export controls on Albertan energy and she’s has been openly hostile to the new prime minister.And then, a little over a week after the election, Smith announced that Alberta might hold a referendum on independence. Sort of. Kinda. She’s lowering the threshold for a citizen’s referendum, which could lead to an independence referendum as early as next year. And while she continues to maintain that she’s a Canadian nationalist, she sure sounds like she’s sympathetic to the separatist cause. So again, what exactly does Danielle Smith want? And would an independent Alberta even be a viable state?I decided to ask Jen Gerson, the co-founder of The Line. Gerson is one of the most astute observers of Albertan politics. And as you’ll hear in our conversation, she is not a fan of the premier’s flirtations with Albertan separatism.Featured in this episode: Jen Gerson (The Line)To learn more“Danielle Smith is destroying my kitchen” by Jen Gerson in The Line“Separatists release potential Alberta referendum question, expect Danielle Smith to join cause” by Jason Markusoff in CBC NewsLet the Eastern B******s Freeze in the Dark: The West Versus the Rest Since Confederation by Mary JaniganSupport us at hatchetmedia.substack.comThe Hatchet is a podcast and newsletter dedicated to exposing power and money in Canada. We deliver important, original and fascinating journalism about how this country actually works.Music: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: J Lang, Morusque This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hatchetmedia.substack.com/subscribe

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• It’s Carney’s Canada – What Comes Next?

  The last time we spoke with John Rapley, economic columnist for the Globe and Mail, it was right after Chrystia Freeland resigned as finance minister, creating a crisis for the Trudeau government.Remember that? It feels like quite a long time ago.Here’s some of what’s happened since then — Justin Trudeau announced his resignation, Donald Trump began to joke about Canada as the 51st state, and then everyone realized that he wasn’t joking, Mark Carney creamed Chrystia Freeland in a Liberal leadership race and became Prime Minister, Trump announced across-the-board tariffs against Canada and Mexico, Trump delayed the across-the-board tariffs against Canada and Mexico, Trump tariffed our aluminum and steel industries, he announced tariffs against the entire world, almost tanked the global economy in the matter of a week, and then delayed his global tariffs, and we had a federal election, with Mark Carney winning a fourth-in-a-row government for the Liberals.In other words, it’s been a crazy few months.So we wanted to catch up with Rapley and talk through all of this stuff and about where Canada goes next.To learn more:“God save Mark Carney, the man with the simple job of completely remaking Canada’s economy”, “Why Canada must align with Europe, the new boomtown” and “Perhaps more trade with China is not a bad idea after all” by John Rapley in The Globe and MailSupport us at hatchetmedia.substack.comThe Hatchet is a podcast and newsletter dedicated to exposing power and money in Canada. We deliver important, original and fascinating journalism about how this country actually works.Music: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: J Lang, Morusque This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hatchetmedia.substack.com/subscribe

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