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University of Ottawa Law Professor Michael Geist discusses the Toronto International Film Festival scandal involving initially blocking the showing of a documentary about the October 7 attacks in Israel. Geist explains how TIFF defied its own principles of defending artistic freedom.

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CREDITS:

Graeme Gordon - Chase Producer

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer and Video Editor

Elia Gross - Sound Editor

Rudyard Griffiths - Host

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This summer, Wilmot, Ontario council voted to bring back its statues of Canada's former prime ministers, which had been sent to storage after being considered too controversial. Author and historian JDM Stewart details the township's 12-year long history war, and how he thinks Canadians can both celebrate and critique its historical figures.

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer

Elia Gross - Editor

Harrison Lowman - 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.

0:28 - The Conservatives are wrong to side with the Air Canada flight attendants, by Sean Speer

7:08 - Quebec's approach to family law is neither liberal nor conservative—it's pragmatic, by Andrea Mrozek

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CREDITS:

Alisha Rao – Producer & Sound Editor

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The Hub co-founders Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss the Air Canada flight attendants' strike and the political responses from Canada's major parties. They also debate whether the Conservative Party of Canada's decision to support the striking workers over the Carney government's back-to-work legislation represents smart politics or misguided policy.

The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues, and important voices appearing in The Hub, taped live.

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

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CREDITS:

Elia Gross - Producer and Editor

Rudyard Griffiths - Host

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Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, discusses his must-read book, Seeking Truth and Speaking Truth: Law and Morality in Our Cultural Moment. He critiques the postmodern notion of subjective truth and warns how feelings are unreliable sources of objective truth. He also discusses the state of liberalism and pluralism in Canada and the U.S. and why some on the political Right are now doubting these bedrock ideals.

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

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer and Video Editor

Alex Gluch and David Matta - Sound Editors

Alisha Rao- Production Assistant

Sean Speer - Host

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Consul General of Ukraine in Toronto Oleh Nikolenko joins The Hub in studio to discuss the impasses to ending the war in Ukraine. Nikolenko also discusses how Russia's aggression after the Alaskan peace summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin indicates the war isn't ending.

The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues, and important voices appearing in The Hub, taped live.

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

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer

Elia Gross - Sound Editor

Rudyard Griffiths - 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.

0:30 - You ain't special, Canada, by Howard Anglin

6:03 - The real reason to be upset by the Toronto International Film Festival scandal, by Ian Cooper

This program is narrated by automated voices. To get full-length editions of each instalment of Hub Headlines and other great perks, subscribe to the Hub for only $1 a week: https://thehub.ca/join/hero/

The Hub's podcast channel is sponsored this month by Airbnb. To learn more about how Airbnb is helping, not hurting Canada's economy, visit Airbnb.ca/closerlook.

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CREDITS:

Alisha Rao – Producer & Sound Editor

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Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss China's announcement of another round of tariffs on Canadian canola exports and what it signals about the inherent risks for Canada in today's great power competition between China and the United States. On the back half of the show, they shift to the controversy surrounding the Toronto International Film Festival's withdrawal of a Canadian documentary on the October 7th attacks, and what this controversy says about broader issues of free speech and discrimination, as well as the dependency of government funding from cultural institutions.

The Hub's podcast channel is sponsored this month by Airbnb. To learn more about how Airbnb is helping, not hurting Canada's economy, visit Airbnb.ca/closerlook.

To get full-length editions of each instalment of the Hub Roundtable and other great perks, subscribe to the Hub for only $1 a week: https://thehub.ca/join/hero/

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

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer & Editor

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer - Hosts

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Karen Ogen, CEO of the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance and a former elected Chief of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation, discusses the changing role of Indigenous communities in Canada's resource economy, her leadership during the controversial Coastal GasLink project, and the growing global demand for Canadian LNG, especially for countries like China and Japan.

This episode was made possible by Energy for a Secure Future and the generosity of viewers like you. Donate today.

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

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CREDITS:

Elia Gross - Producer and Editor

Sean Speer - Host

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Last week, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. announced his department was scrapping $500 million in mRNA vaccine research funding. Canadian infectious disease specialist and University of Toronto professor Allison McGeer joins the program to explain why she thinks RFK Jr.'s belief system is flawed when it comes to vaccines, and the enormous potential of mRNA technology for treating cancer and autoimmune diseases.

The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues, and important voices appearing in The Hub, taped live.

The Hub's podcast channel is sponsored this month by Airbnb. To learn more about how Airbnb is helping, not hurting Canada's economy, visit Airbnb.ca/closerlook.

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

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CREDITS:

Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer

Elia Gross - Sound Editor

Sean Speer - Host

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