Conversations With Canadians

Anthony Koch has worked on Parliament Hill, was a key member of the movement to oust Andrew Scheer, is a former campaign surrogate for Erin O’Toole and currently serves as Managing Principal of AK Strategies.

 On today’s episode we chat about COVID, vaccine mandates, how governments have removed responsibility from pandemic policy, and our issue assessing risk in the current climate.  We also chat about Erin O’Toole recent booting Senator Batters from caucus for putting together a petition to make O’Toole face a leadership review. We chat about the future of the Conservative party, and more.

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On today’s episode we have Part 3 of my discussion with Dr. Irvin Student about The Six National Crises facing Canada. On this episode we discuss the emerging social crisis, the economic crisis, the mania around vaccinated 5–11-year-old children, and we also look at issues surrounding public health in our country. 

These topics are all part of Dr. Studin’s new book, Canada Must Think For Itself: 10 Theses For Our Countries Survival and Success in the 21st century, which is available now. 

Irvin Studin is a Canadian academic, author, public intellectual, and former two-time all Canadian soccer player who is the editor-in chief of Global Brief Magazine and the President of the Institute of 21st Century Questions. He is also the Chair of the Worldwide Commission to Educate All Kids. Irvin holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Schulich Business School. He studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar earning a Master of Arts degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. He studied International Relations at the London School of Economics and has a PHD in Constitutional Law from Osgood Hall Law School where he earned the Governor General’s Gold Metal.

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On this episode we chat about a whole host of issues relating to Canada / China relations. We discuss how China bullies Canadian companies operating in China, the case of the two Michael’s, China’s AI race, China’s movement towards totalitarianism, and the need for Canada to stand up for itself in the face of Chinese hostility. We also chat about China's surveillance state, their social credit system, and what Canadian strategy towards China should look like going forward. 

Margaret McCuaig-Johnston is Senior Fellow at the Institute for Science, Society and Policy and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa where she has been lecturing and writing on China’s science and technology policies since 2013.

Over a 37-year career in the public service, Margaret held senior management positions in the Governments of Canada and Ontario.  Most recently she was Executive Vice-President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council; prior to that she was Assistant Deputy Minister Energy Technology and Programs at Natural Resources Canada; and her first Assistant Deputy Minister appointment was at the federal Department of Finance. She has also had management positions at Industry Canada, the Prime Minister’s National Advisory Board on Science and Technology, the Ministry of State for S&T, and the Privy Council Office (the Prime Minister’s department).

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Today’s episode of the podcast is Part 2 of my three-part series with Dr. Irvin Studin on the Six National Crises Facing Canada. This episode covers the crisis of national unity and the international crisis. These topics are all part of Dr. Studin’s new book, Canada Must Think For Itself: 10 Theses For Our Countries Survival and Success in the 21st century, which is available now. 

Irvin Studin is a Canadian academic, author, public intellectual, and former two-time all Canadian soccer player who is the editor-in chief of Global Brief Magazine and the President of the Institute of 21st Century Questions. He is also the Chair of the Worldwide Commission to Educate All Kids. Irvin holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Schulich Business School. He studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar earning a Master of Arts degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. He studied International Relations at the London School of Economics and has a PHD in Constitutional Law from Osgood Hall Law School where he earned the Governor General’s Gold Metal.

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I had a great conversation with Dr. Irvin Studin about an important topic, the six national crises facing Canada post-pandemic. I wanted to have Irvin on again (he was the second guest on my show) because he wrote a very timely and important book titled, “Canada Must Think For Itself: 10 Theses For Our Countries Survival and Success in the 21st century”, and I was interested in doing a deep dive into the 6 national crises facing Canada. Irvin and I are going to do a series of three episodes and tackle two of the crises at a time.

On this episode we look at Canada’s crisis of institutions, and the crisis of public  education  

Irvin Studin is a Canadian academic, author, public intellectual, and former two-time all Canadian soccer player who is the editor-in chief of Global Brief Magazine and the President of the Institute of 21st Century Questions. He is also the Chair of the Worldwide Commission to Educate All Kids. Irvin holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Schulich Business School. He studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar earning a Master of Arts degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. He studied International Relations at the London School of Economics and has a PHD in Constitutional Law from Osgood Hall Law School where he earned the Governor General’s Gold Metal.

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Canada Must Think For Itself: 10 Theses For Our Countries Survival & Success in the 21st Century

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Duff Gibson is a Canadian athlete who won the gold medal in the men's skeleton at the 2006 Olympics . He has recently written a book, The Tao of Sport, about the mental side of sport.

On this episode we chat about Canadian politics and how political tribalism and social media cause political parties to abandon the centre. We chat about his time as an Olympian, the mindset of an elite athlete, psychology, passion, being present, and more.

I hope you enjoy the episode.

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Emily Taylor is a musician and singer songwriter born and raised in Price Edward County Ontario. In 2020 at the Maple Blues Awards in Toronto she was awarded Female Vocalist of the Year, New Artist of the Year, and the Sapphire Canadian Blues Music Award. She has released several albums, and her latest is a live album that was released during the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

On this episode we chat about how Emily got into music, the mindset and determination it takes to follow your dreams, life as a working musician, and more.

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Anthony Furey is a national columnist for the Sun newspapers chain in Canada. He’s also written for TIME, NY Daily News, Literary Review of Canada and other publications. He regularly appears on talk radio and has been featured on BBC, Fox News Channel and other channels. He is also the host of the Postmedia podcast Full Comment with Anthony Furey.

On this episode we chat about the recent federal election, lockdowns, vaccine passports, and having the courage of your convictions.

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Jeff Ballingall is the founder of Ontario Proud and Canada Proud, and the founder of Mobilized Media Group LTD. He also served as Erin O’Toole’s digital director during his successful leadership campaign. On this episode we chat about digital media and its important role in modern elections, memes,  the Conservative Party, conservatism in Canada, and more. 

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This episode is a solo episode where I explore the vaccine passport debate in Canada. I examine both sides of this debate and give my opinion on the topic.

Next week I will resume the regular format for Conversations With Canadians.

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I hope you enjoy it.