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Publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss an extraordinary New York Times story about President Trump and representatives from his administration telling Canadian officials in private their intention to revisit longstanding border treaties and water agreements between their two countries. They also explore how this may shape Canada's response to ongoing bilateral issues with the United States. In addition, they discuss this weekend's Liberal Party leadership vote and the prospect of Mark Carney becoming prime minister without ever having served in Parliament. 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. If you liked what you heard in the first half of the program and wish to subscribe to full-length editions of The Roundtable please consider becoming a Hub Hero (https://thehub.ca/join/hero/). Hub Heroes also gets our premium paid newsletters featuring our best insight and analysis along with all our paid content on TheHub.ca. All these benefits are conferred for one year. Sign up now!

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 - Donald Trump is wrong—America needs Canadian oil, by Alicia Planincic   3:29 - Canada needs a smarter approach to housing taxation, by Matt Spoke   This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/join/.  

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.   0:19 - Canada’s federal deficit is worrying—but it’s nowhere near the fiscal crisis the U.S. is facing, by Trevor Tombe   6:50 - Need to Know: No, Canada doesn’t need a unity government, by Howard Anglin and David Polansky   This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/join/.

On the first half of this special episode of Hub Dialogues, Ehren Cory, the CEO of Canada Infrastructure Bank, discusses the CIB’s evolution under his leadership and its role in supporting major infrastructure investment with its public and private members. In the second half, Michelle Chislett, executive vice president of onshore renewables at Northland Power, Peter Gregg, president and CEO of Nova Scotia Power, and Tracy Primeau, board director at OPG, discuss their experiences working in collaboration with CIB to deliver major infrastructure projects across the country. This discussion was held on March 3rd, 2025 at the Empire Club of Canada, in Toronto, Ontario. This episode was made possible by the Canada Infrastructure Bank and the generosity of listeners like you. Donate today. 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. If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/join/.

Leading author, journalist and thinker David Frum and The Hub’s editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss Trump’s tariffs against Canada, the President’s antagonism towards Ukraine and Zelensky, and what they tell us about his administration’s underlying view about America’s place in the world. If you liked what you heard in the first half of the program and wish to subscribe to full-length editions of In Conversation with David Frum please consider becoming a Hub Hero (https://thehub.ca/join/hero/). Hub Heroes also gets our premium paid newsletters featuring our best insight and analysis along with all our paid content on TheHub.ca. All these benefits are conferred for one year. Sign up now!  

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 - Unfortunately, we were right—North American free trade is dead and tariffs are the new norm, by Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer   6:21 - Where Trump’s tariffs will hit Canada hardest, by Douglas Porter   This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/join/.

Journalist and former CNBC anchor Dennis Kneale joins us to discuss his new book, The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk, which chronicles Musk’s extraordinary journey and offers a blueprint for how other big dreamers can achieve success in new, uncharted territory. 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. If you like what you are hearing on Hub Dialogues consider subscribing to The Hub's free weekly email newsletter featuring our insights and analysis on key public policy issues. Sign up here: https://thehub.ca/join/.  

On this special episode, The Hub's publisher Rudyard Griffiths and editor-at-large Sean Speer discuss the imposition of Trump's tariffs on Canada and the economic and political fallout that's to follow.  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. If you liked what you heard in the first half of the program and wish to subscribe to full-length editions of The Roundtable please consider becoming a Hub Hero (https://thehub.ca/join/hero/). Hub Heroes also gets our premium paid newsletters featuring our best insight and analysis along with all our paid content on TheHub.ca. All these benefits are conferred for one year. Sign up now!

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.   0:19 - Hub Exclusive: 23 percent of Canadians are unable to buy sufficient food, by Philippe Ozga and André Turcotte   10:14 - The real reason Trump wants to make nice with Putin and Russia, by Philip Deck   This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/join/.

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.   0:15 - Careful, Conservatives. Don’t take younger voters for granted, by Sabrina Maddeaux   7:49 - B.C.’s drug crisis gets worse and worse and David Eby still doesn’t get it, by Kirk LaPointe   This program is narrated by automated voices. If you enjoy The Hub’s podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/join/.