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Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go.

0:29 - Don't downplay the coming costs of the AI revolution: The Weekly Wrap, by Sean Speer

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Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the growing likelihood of a spring federal election, specifically how President Trump's has transformed Canadian politics and created unprecedented advantages for Prime Minister Mark Carney over Pierre Poilievre. They explore why Conservative messaging has faltered on cross-border relations, as well as the strategic calculations driving potential election timing. In the episode's second half, they discuss AI's accelerating disruption of white-collar work, questioning who will sustain society economically and psychologically in our increasingly automated future.

Read more here: Something big is happening in AI — and most people will be blindsided by Matt Shumer.

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Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer and Editor

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer - Hosts

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Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go.

0:21 - Our AI future is already here—and we are nowhere near ready, by Wes Iqbal

7:54 - Canada isn't ready for Carney's 'new world', by Livio Di Matteo

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Kaveh Shahrooz, lawyer, human rights activist, and former senior policy advisor on human rights to Global Affairs Canada, discusses Iran's ongoing brutal crackdown on mass protests during the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. The Iranian Canadian examines the Iranian regime's proven tactics of violence and internet blackouts, opposition leadership, and whether Iran should be booted from the Winter Olympics as a consequence. He also critiques Canada's inadequate response, particularly its failure to address regime officials and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members residing in this country.

The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital news outlet.

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer

Elia Gross - Editor

Harrison Lowman - Host

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In this episode of Hub Politics, Sean Speer is joined by Amanda Galbraith, co-founder and president of Oyster Group, and David Coletto, founder and CEO of Abacus Data, to discuss the possibility of an early federal election amid shifting dynamics in the Liberal and Conservative parties. They examine how Donald Trump's renewed focus on Canada is shaping the political landscape, creating challenges for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's messaging strategy.

The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital news outlet.

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Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer

Alisha Rao - Sound Editor

Sean Speer - Host

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Jim Gibson and Brad Zumwalt, Alberta-based entrepreneurs and co-founders of Rainforest Alberta, discuss how economies innovate amid declining trust in institutions, politics, and social networks. Drawing on Calgary's experience, they argue that rebuilding trust from the ground up enables risk-taking, collaboration, and growth.

The conversation examines the intersection of tech and energy, the limits of top-down industrial policy, and the role of culture and informal networks, concluding that long-term economic innovation depends more on nation-building than on fragmenting the country amid heightened political and economic uncertainty.

This podcast is generously supported by Don Archibald. The Hub thanks him for his ongoing support.

The Hub is Canada's fastest-growing independent digital news outlet.

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CREDITS:

Falice Chin - Host, Producer, and Editor

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Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go.

0:18 - The beginning of the end of equity and the ticking immigration time bomb, by Stephen Staley

10:10 - 15 policy changes from his first year in power, by Graeme Gordon

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Conservative MP Garnett Genuis discusses his private member's Bill C-260, the Care Not Coercion Act, which addresses unsolicited MAID proposals by non-medical bureaucrats and persons of authority to Canadians seeking unrelated public services. He explains how veterans and people with disabilities report regular unsolicited pressure to consider MAID, creating fear when accessing basic services. He then outlines his legislation's approach to prohibiting such coercion while exempting medical professionals, and discusses the broader philosophical questions around human dignity and life.

The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital news outlet.

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer

Elia Gross - Editor

Sean Speer - Host

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Heather Exner-Pirot, senior fellow and the director of the energy, natural resources, and environment program at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and a special advisor to the Business Council of Canada, discusses some of the biggest misconceptions surrounding Canada's oilsands—from claims about peak oil demand to questions about pipeline capacity and Indigenous consent. Exner-Pirot makes a powerful case for why the oil sands remain strategically vital, not just economically but geopolitically. She also considers why diversifying beyond the U.S. market matters more than ever, how the industry has dramatically reduced costs and emissions, and why she believes we're at a turning point in how Canadians view their energy sector.

This episode is presented in partnership with the Pathways Alliance.

The Hub is Canada's fastest growing independent digital news outlet.

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CREDITS:

Elia Gross - Producer & Editor

Sean Speer - Host

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Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go.

0:20 - The mainstream media failed Canadians during the Freedom Convoy, by Peter Menzies

6:05 - Oh, Mandy! Starmer's naïveté comes back to bite him, by Howard Anglin

This program is narrated by automated voices. To get full-length editions of popular Hub podcasts and other great perks, subscribe to the Hub for only $2 a week: https://thehub.ca/join/hero/

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CREDITS:

Alisha Rao – Producer & Sound Editor

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