Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss The Ottawa Declaration on Canadian Journalism, an open call by a number of journalists and digital news outlets to reject government subsidies. They explain why they signed the declaration, including the negative consequences of public subsidies such as the harm to innovation and the public's trust in the news media. They also discuss Prime Minister Trudeau's recent comments that housing values cannot fall for current...

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 - Those who are blind to the brilliance of the United States on the world stage have lost their minds, by Conrad Black 8:23 - B.C. Premier Eby’s support is collapsing as the newly minted Conservatives surge ahead, by Kirk LaPointe   16:46 - Federal public servants can get their remote...

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.   0:21 - The experts who downplay affordability issues are wrong. You’re right to be worried about the pinch, by Trevor Tombe   5:36 - The behind-the-scenes battle for Google’s media money is heating up, by Michael Geist   If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly...

Kelly Weinersmith, biologist and popular science writer, discusses her award-winning book (co-authored with Zach Weinersmith), A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad. If you like what you are hearing on Hub...

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.   0:21 - The pandemic may be over, but Canada’s constitutionally unacceptable vaccine mandates still endure, by Joanna Baron   8:00 - American liberal order or authoritarian free-for-all? The choice is obvious, by Brian Lee Crowley   If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to...

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.   0:23 - The groundbreaking Cass Review on transgender care is shifting the debate abroad. Yet it was barely reported by Canadian media, by Dave Snow   14:46 - Nearly two-thirds of every dollar in income taxes goes to Ottawa. That needs to change, by Bill Bewick   If you enjoy The Hub’s...

Robert Atkinson, the founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a Washington-based think tank, discusses the launch of its new Centre for Canadian Innovation and Competitiveness, what explains Canada's poor performance on advanced industry sectors, and why Canadian policymakers should listen more to productionists over economists.  The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers,...

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.   0:19 - DeepDive: Canada’s cost of living questions aren’t going away anytime soon, by Hendrik Brakel   If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at...

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss how the International Criminal Court's petition to issue warrants against Israel's Prime Minister and Defence Minister and the false equivalence reflected in the reactions from the Trudeau government and others around the world. They also discuss Pierre Poilievre's recent video on personal income tax cuts and its policy implications should he become prime minister The Roundtable features The Hub's publisher Rudyard Griffiths...

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.   0:23 - Canada truly is broken when it comes to our destructive drug policies, by Stephen Staley   8:48 - India cannot act with impunity on Canadian soil, but Canadians must understand where India is coming from, by Alisha Rao   If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our...

Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub's Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss the growing political realignment occurring across the Anglo-American world in which working-class voters are shifting to the Right and its political and public policy implications. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home...

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 - Prosecuting Israel for defending itself would mean the end of the liberal international world order, by Joe Varner   5:22 - Holocaust education is as important as ever in the shadow of October 7th, by Howard Fremeth   If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our...

Greg Lukianoff, the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), discusses his must-read, book (co-authored with Ricki Schlott), The Canceling of the American Mind: How Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, Destroys Institutions, and Threatens Us All. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and...

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.   0:21 - Parks Canada goes woke and fails to give our most important prime minister his due, by Patrice Dutil   7:48 - Canada’s military is in crisis. Here’s what’s definitely not helping, by Richard Shimooka   If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email...

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 - The BC Conservatives are cruising and could even form government—why on earth would they consider a merger?, by Ginny Roth   7:43 - Utopian ideas always sound nice. But never underestimate human nature, by Patrick Luciani   If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our...

Jack Mintz, a distinguished senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and president's fellow at the University of Calgary, discusses his recent Macdonald-Laurier Institute paper (co-authored with Philip Cross), Canada’s resource sector: Protecting the Golden Goose, which documents the the economic importance of Canada's natural resource sector. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and...

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.   0:24 - Canada stands alone in still celebrating Queen Victoria’s birthday. That’s a fitting thing, even in our post-colonial times, by John Fraser   7:43 - How a group of terribly romantic artists became Canada’s most famous painters, by Antony Anderson   If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts...

Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and Editor-at-Large Sean Speer discuss pro-Palestine/anti-Israel student encampments at Canadian universities, the failure of these institutions to shut them down, and the double standard with other protest movements, including the Freedom Convoy in 2022. They also discuss Parks Canada reopening of Sir. John A. Macdonald’s historic home in Kingston, O.N., with a new focus on racism, sexism, and colonialism, and what it signifies regarding the politicization of...

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 - Canadians are witnessing the slow and relentless erosion of our economic freedoms, by Eric Lombardi   11:58 - We must take foreign interference seriously. Our democratic freedom is at stake, by Tony Clement   If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email...

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.   0:18 - Canada just started the largest tax increase you’ve never heard of, by Trevor Tombe   6:26 - Is Canada’s child care program terminating child care spaces by design?, by Andrea Hannen and Andrea Mrozek   If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email...

Ian Morris, best-selling author, British historian, archaeologist, and Willard Professor of Classics at Stanford University, discusses the big trends shaping human history and what they can tell us about humankind’s present and future. This is a Hub exclusive in the form of an interactive Q&A moderated by The Hub’s publisher, Rudyard Griffiths. It was delivered mid-May at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto, Canada. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in...

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.   0:19 - I am a former immigration minister. Unsustainable population increases won’t solve Canada’s underlying issues, by Chris Alexander   15:12 - Brace yourselves, Canadian media. The CRTC could be coming to ‘help’, by Peter Menzies   If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing...

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 - Canada is careening towards a constitutional crisis in the Senate, by Howard Anglin and Ray Pennings   10:19 - It’s time to hit the brakes on the government’s far-too-ambitious electric vehicle mandates, by Jerome Gessaroli   If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to...

Dan Senor, best-selling author, former political advisor and podcast host of Call Me Back, discusses his book (co-authored with Saul Singer), The Genius of Israel: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World, as well as recent developments in the Israel-Hamas war. The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future...