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The Boys in Short Pants The Boys in Short Pants
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The Boys in Short Pants is Canada's newish political podcast, taking a second look at the goings-on of Canadian politics.
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Episode 129 - Science Policy Smorgasbord
The Boys are joined by Dr. Frederic Bouchard, Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Montreal, to discuss his work chairing a recent federal advisory panel on research and science policy.
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Episode 128 - A Journey to the Coast
The Boys join Politicoast for a crossover on the cabinet shuffle and Various National Security Issues.
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Episode 127 - Budgets and Platforms with Tyler Meredith
The Boys are joined by Tyler Meredith (@tylermeredith), former budget policy and platform impresario of the Liberal government.
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Episode 126 - Feeling Competitive
Robin Shaban and Keldon Bester of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project join Laurent for a chat about competition policy.
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Episode 125 - Whip It!
The Boys welcome to the pod former chief of staff to the Conservative Whip, Sean Murphy, to discuss all things whip.
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Episode 124 - Legislative Dysfunction
The Boys return! Poilievre, inflation and the new anxieties of hybrid parliament.
Customer Reviews
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Very knowledgeable and informative
Since Canada finally has it's own embarrassing political scandal, it is great to have a podcast with hosts who are very knowledgeable about Canadian law, history, and politics. Etienne and Laurent sound like they do their research and give very detailed explaination of legal issues involved - reminds me a little bit of Preet Bharara's podcast in the US.
I feel they really need to be a weekly podcast (rather than twice a month), and my one suggestion would be to bring on more guests to increase the diversity of topics covered. Also it would help if they spent a little more time on background for those of us new to Canada...
Absolute Gold
I did not expect that Canadian politics could be made this hilarious. Give these guys a listen, hands down my favorite political podcast, always well-researched and engaging. And I'm not even Canadian.