Andrew Berkshire and Dave Kaufman are joined by Taylor Noakes, independent journalist and public historian who refuses to sugarcoat reality, but continually sees through an optimist's lens. We're talking about Mark Carney's actions as Prime Minister compared to the mandate he was elected to serve.

Topics

• Belated Canada Day thoughts - (00:00)
• Digital Service Tax being dropped - (02:18)
• Canada acting weaker than we are - (09:16)
• What happened to "Canada is not for sale"? - (19:11)
• Opportunity exists in crisis - (28:15)
• Spending on the future - (39:16)
• NDP must learn to listen first - (50:35)
• Our history has solutions - (59:35)

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Taylor Noakes is one of Canada's most intrepid journalists covering a wide range of topics. Find his work on his website: https://taylornoakes.com/

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Clearing the Benches is a high concept Canadian political discussion show, where Dave Kaufman (The Kaufman Show) and Andrew Berkshire (Game Over Network) put their heads and rolodexes together in an attempt to discuss ideas and concepts that are being missed in legacy media coverage.

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