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Emera CEO Scott Balfour on the urgent energy transition

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Halifax Mayor Mike Savage on how a big city keeps up with growth

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Head of Canadian Olympic Committee David Shoemaker on how to win at the Olympics

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Rupa Banerjee: What does Canada really want from immigration?

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Beverley McLachlin: the problems with the online harms bill

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JP Gladu on the rise of big Indigenous business, and life on Lake Nipigon

107

John Hannaford on the historic challenges facing the public service

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Paul Wells on not being mean, and building an empire

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‘Are you a bot?!’ Shingai Manjengwa on why we shouldn’t fear AI

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Wearables for everyone: Dr. Vivek Goel on data-fueled health care

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It’s not easy being a Liberal in Alberta. Anne McLellan on a life in politics

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Chief Crystal Smith on the life-changing impacts of LNG

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From space to cabinet: Marc Garneau on a remarkable life

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Mentoring Elon Musk and the future of wind: Peter Nicholson

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Jayna Hefford on launching the Professional Women’s Hockey League

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Jeff Elgie on his fight to save local news in Canada

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Bob Rae on life at the UN and following in his dad’s footsteps

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Ep. 78: Growing Canada's Infrastructure with John Casola

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Ep. 77: Trade and Tough Decisions with Steve Verheul

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Ep. 76: Unpacking the Clean Energy Puzzle with Scott Balfour

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Ep. 75: The Future of Healthcare with Dr. Victoria Lee & Dr. Danielle Martin

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Ep. 74: Toward Economic Reconciliation, with Harold Calla and Geordie Hungerford

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Ep. 73: The Future of Work with Stéphan Déry

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Ep. 72: An exit interview with B.C. Premier John Horgan

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Ep. 71: Monetary Policy Report with Tiff Macklem

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Ep. 70: Technology, work and safeguarding the internet

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Ep. 69: Electrification: What is it and what can it do?

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Ep. 68: The Future of Conservatism with Ginny Roth and Sean Speer

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Ep. 67: LNG, Geopolitics and Canada's Choice

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Ep. 66: Canada, COVID-19 and the G10

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Ep. 65: The Hydrogen Advantage with Nancy Southern

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Ep. 64: Managing Carbon to Achieve Net-zero

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Ep. 63: Investing in Black Futures with Dahabo Ahmed-Omer

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Ep. 62: The Shattered Mirror Revisited

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Ep. 61: The Indigenous Economy with Jeff Cyr and Alicia Dubois

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Ep. 60: Hacking Cities: Living Through a Ransomware Attack

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Ep. 59: COVID-19: Where Do We Go From Here?

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Ep. 58: Making Space Work for Canada

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Ep. 57: Putting up Guardrails on the Internet

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Ep. 56: How can Canada win the race to net zero?

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Ep. 55: Building Consensus in a Post-Pandemic Canada

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Ep. 54: Critical casualties? The dichotomy & discrepancy of essential work and emerging industries.

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Ep.53: Brave New Data

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Ep.52: When Your Boss is an Algorithm

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Ep.51: Skills and Surveillance

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Ep. 50: Can Canada Build Better Infrastructure?

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Ep.49: Does Canada Have a Plan for Economic Growth?

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Ep.48: Taking Note of Mental Healthcare

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Ep.47: The Cutting Edge of Carbon

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Ep.46: Caring for Canada's Seniors

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Ep.45: Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Pandemic Edition

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Ep.44: More than an Economic Recovery

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Ep.43: Keep Calm and Supply Vaccines

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Ep.42: Our Forced Telework Experiment

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Ep.41: She-cession – Unprecedented and Uneven

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Ep.40: Realities for Black Canadians in COVID-times

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Ep.39: Are Rural Areas Being Left Behind?

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Ep. 38: Renewal – A Growth Plan for Canadian Industry

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Ep.37: Putting Indigenous in ESG

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Ep.36: Measures to Help the Internet Fulfill its Democratizing Potential

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Ep.35: Isolated and Anxious, but Not Alone

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Ep.34: Carbon Capturing Canada's Future

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Ep.33: 5G on the Horizon with Mirko Bibic

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Ep.32: The Rise and Fall of Trust in Government on COVID-19

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Ep.31: Will the U.S. See a Normal Transition from One Government to Another?

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U.S. Election Special – Narrow Defeat and a Divided Country with Frank McKenna

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Ep.29: More Runway for Airports and Canada's Aviation Industry

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Ep.28: What is Reconciliation About?

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Ep.27: The Second Surge of COVID-19

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Ep.26: ABCs of Economic Recovery with Frances Donald

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Ep.25: Ushering in the fifth generation of digital communications

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Ep.24: Hydrogen – A competitive element of Canada's renewable future

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Ep.23: New Ventures into Democracy

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Ep.22: From Old School, to (Mostly) Online School

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Ep.21: The Next Move on Vaccines, Apps and the Canadian Arsenal Against COVID-19

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Ep.20: Systemic Racism in Canada; A Conversation with Minister Hussen on How We Can #dobetter

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Ep.19: The Future of Energy; Re-stabilizing an Industry

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Ep.18: Getting the Future of Work Right in Unprecedented Times; Part 2 of 2

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Ep.17: Getting the Future of Work Right in Unprecedented Times, At An Accelerated Pace

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Ep. 16: The Adaption Advantage- Sustaining adaptability in the workforce post COVID-19

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Ep. 15: Leveraging Immigration & Mobility For Economic Growth Post-COVID-19

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Ep.14: Understanding a Disease – COVID-19 and Genomics Canada

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Ep.13: The Generation Squeeze and COVID-19

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Ep.12: Unpacking Labour Force Trends from COVID-19

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Ep.11: The News Media and COVID-19

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Ep.10: Intergenerational Attitudes and Impacts of Covid-19 with David Coletto

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Ep.9: A Challenge-Driven Industrial Strategy for Canada

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Ep.8: What Sacrifices are People Willing to Make During a Crisis? with Peter Loewen

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Ep.7: The Realities of COVID-19 on Provincial and Federal Budgets with Janice MacKinnon

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Ep.6: Extending a Lifeline to Canadians in the Sharpest Economic Downturn of our Time with Tamara Vrooman

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Ep.5: What We Learned From SARS With Dr. David Naylor

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Ep.4: Why Don't Humans Take Meaningful Action Sooner? with Bruce Lourie

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Ep.3: The Energy Sector and Covid-19 with Peter Tertzakian

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Ep.2: Governing Through a Crisis with Anne McLellan and John Manley

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Ep.1: The Economy After COVID-19 with David Dodge