Hub Podcasts LIVE from Hub pub night: Calgary
Oct 1, 2025
The lively pub night in Calgary featured founders discussing the Carney government's strategies on housing and regulatory reforms. They critiqued centralized technocratic solutions, highlighting how tariffs under the Trump administration focus on revenue generation rather than negotiation. The conversation touched on Canadian trade relations and the pressures on domestic policies like supply management. Engaging the audience, the hosts explored potential shifts in conservative politics and the need for a balanced approach to immigration and national unity.
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Diagnosis Right, Solutions Wrong
- The Carney government correctly diagnoses Canada’s problems but favors bigger government solutions.
- Those technocratic instincts risk layering bureaucracy instead of reforming markets and regulations.
Tariffs As Fiscal Policy
- Trump's 2025 tariffs are driven more by revenue and industrial policy than by bargaining tactics.
- Canada must treat them as structural fiscal tools, not negotiable chips.
Expect Permanent Trade Barriers
- Tariffs act like a backdoor consumption tax that U.S. politics can sustain.
- Expect generalized industrial tariffs aimed at shifting production and capital into the U.S.
