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Candace Laing on the Canada’s trade war plan: ‘We got this’

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Lisa Raitt and Anne McLellan: Canadian democracy is working

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Can the auto industry survive Trump?

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Premier RJ Simpson on northern investment the need for better Arctic defence

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Canada’s search for $1 trillion — and new friends

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Canada’s former top trade negotiator Steve Verheul: Moving beyond the U.S.

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Gov. Josh Shapiro on Canada-U.S. relations

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How to make a nation of supertraders

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Evan Solomon on the promise and perils of AI

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Building an economy that helps people flourish

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The big risks facing Canada and the world

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Why the Canadian economy will be okay

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Gregor Robertson on the housing dilemma

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Frank McKenna on Canada’s future and dealing with America

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How to get investment flowing back to Canada

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Could Canada be energy independent?

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Canada’s race to build big talent

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Stephen Poloz on dealing with dual economic shocks

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Canada’s place in the global energy race

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The $7-billion bet on ag tech

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Premier Susan Holt on Canada’s comeback plan

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How to deal with oil shocks and inflation

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Why housing should be a human right

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Julie Dabrusin on Canada’s new climate plan

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Tom Chi on how to make an economy that works

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Zita Cobb on economic growth, one town at a time

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The dangerous spread of sports betting

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Premier David Eby on building a new economy

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Chris Hadfield on Canada’s new space race

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Bob Rae on the new world order

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Canada’s make or break year

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Don Tapscott on the battle to control your own AI

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The big policies that will shape 2026

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‘What is common knowledge?’ Steven Pinker explains

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Why Canada needs to build ‘anchor companies’

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Minister Champagne: Putting a ‘generational’ budget into practice

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Alberta’s Danielle Smith on pipelines and fellow premiers

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Matthew Boswell on Canada’s fight against anti-competitive behaviour

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Fara Dabhoiwala on the meaning of free speech

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The biggest issues in Canada's next federal budget

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Stéfane Marion on Canada’s business investment crisis

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David Frum on Donald Trump’s tariff problem

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Catherine McKenna on climate costs and polarization

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The fight to save kids from social media harm

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Energy Minister Tim Hodgson on Canada's new economic ambitions

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Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem on seeking economic stability

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Economist Frances Donald on Canada’s big opportunity

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Howard Marks: How to make sense of today’s reality-defying markets

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Encore: Jean Chrétien on the ongoing fight for national unity

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Encore: Sally Armstrong on the ongoing fight for women's rights

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Encore: Measles returns. How did it come to this?

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Andrew Coyne: Is Canada’s democracy falling apart?

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How Canadian housing got so unaffordable

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Why Canada can’t break free from America

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How to build Arctic sovereignty — and Canada’s economy

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Inside the fight of Google’s life

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Encore Episode: Tim Snyder on America’s descent toward ‘modern tyranny’

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Why we’re not ready for the new AI

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Can Canada build big things?

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Jean Chrétien on the ongoing fight for national unity

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Trevor Tombe on how to make ‘one Canadian economy’

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Dominic LeBlanc on getting to 'zero' tariffs

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How Canada’s biggest energy storage project got built

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Measles has returned. How did we get here?

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Paul Wells: Is Canadian politics actually getting nicer?

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Sally Armstrong on the ongoing fight for women's rights

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America’s descent toward ‘modern tyranny’

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What should Canada do about China?

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Election panel: What Canadians actually need to be talking about

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Does Canada need a customs union with the U.S.?

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How to govern through an election on top of a trade war

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The fight over U.S. fighter jets

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Andrew Furey on the nastiness of politics and facing Donald Trump

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David Paterson on fighting the trade war and winning over Americans

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How to revive local news — and Canadian democracy

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A 30-day window to save Canada’s economy

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How Canada's energy industry can respond to Trump

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President Trump and Canada’s big choices

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U.S. panel: Is Canada ready for President Trump?

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Erin O’Toole on how to deal with Trump, Arctic defence and energy

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WONK panel: A game-changing bet on wind power in B.C.

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Tariff Special: What happened at Mar-a-Lago and what’s next for Canada

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Andrew Leach: How to hit climate goals – and not kill the economy

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Peter Loewen on what’s dividing America

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Brett House on understanding the rise of Trumponomics — and Swiftonomics too

86

US Election special: What Trump’s big win means for Canada

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Alex Himelfarb on the ideology that ruined the world

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Steve Verheul on what a Trump victory could mean for Canada

89

Economist David Campbell explains Atlantic Canada’s historic boom

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NWT Premier R.J. Simpson on why the North is hot right now

91

Dr. Jane Philpott on how to fix Canada’s family doctor shortage.

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Raven Lacerte on leading a national movement to end violence

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Sean Speer on how governments can get stuff done

94

Janice Stein on a world gone mad

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John Risley on his big green hydrogen bet

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Trevor Tombe, economic truth-teller, is kind of a big deal

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'The fascinating economist’ Craig Wright, on the role of a big bank forecaster

98

Mark Podlasly on the really big news in Budget 2024

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The new chief economist of the OECD, Álvaro Santos Pereira, on solving the productivity crisis

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Emera CEO Scott Balfour on the urgent energy transition