On this special episode of the Hub Roundtable, publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer are joined by Global CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs, Darrell Bricker, to discuss hos latest polling on Canadians’ reaction to Chrystia Freeland's surprise resignation and whether we should have an election. They also discuss how Canada’s current lack of political leadership exposes the country to national unity risks and Donald Trump’s looming tariffs.  

The Roundtable features The Hub's publisher, Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large, Sean Speer. The Roundtable is produced and edited by The Hub’s content editor, Amal Attar-Guzman.

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0:23 - From a Trump shock to trade shifts to climate realities, here is what will shape Canada’s 2025 economic playbook, by Theo Argitis

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Deborah Flint, president and CEO of Toronto Pearson Airport, discusses the pandemic and post-pandemic experience at Pearson, the strengths and weaknesses of airport governance in both Canada and the U.S., and her vision to bring joy back to travel.

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The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad.

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In this two-part episode, Solomon Wong, president and CEO of InterVistas, and Paolo Cambula, the managing director at ADR Ingegneria, discuss how airports around the world are leveraging modern infrastructure and new technologies to boost efficiency, enhance security, and improve customer experience.

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0:20 - Dare to be great: Ten radical ideas to restore Canada's promise in 2025, by Eric Lombardi

12:46 -  What Assad’s collapse in Syria says about Russia’s declining global power, by Richard Shimooka, Alexander Lanoszka, and Balkan Devlen

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0:21 - The Liberal’s approach to regulating the internet is a disaster. What comes next could be even worse, by Joanna Baron

7:11 -  Freeland’s dramatic resignation is not without precedent—Canada’s history is littered with feuding PMs and cabinet ministers, by J.D.M. Stewart

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Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss finance minister Chrystia Freeland's abrupt resignation hours before this week's fall economic statement was to be presented, and whether this marks the beginning of the end of the Trudeau government.

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0:19 - Freeland and Trudeau have no one to blame but themselves, by Sean Speer

6:11 -  It’s not the Grinch that’s causing the holiday pinch, by Alicia Planincic

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0:18 - What the Notre Dame Cathedral can teach Europe about survival, by Patrick Luciani

7:03 -  Unlocking Indigenous economies is vital to achieving Canada’s climate goals—and prosperity, by Harold Calla

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On this special episode of the Hub Roundtable, publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer are joined by Robert Asselin, Senior Vice President, Policy at the Business Council of Canada, to discuss the upcoming Fall Economic Statement, including the expectation that the government has broken its fiscal anchor and is now running a much larger deficit than previously projected. 

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