The Herle Burly

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail.Alright, I’m really looking forward to today’s conversation. Because we’ve put together a panel of intrepid journalists. With me are: Heather Scoffield, Ottawa Bureau Chief and economics columnist for The Star. Robert Fife, the Globe and Mail’s Ottawa Bureau Chief and former host of CTV’s Question Period. And Susan Delacourt, National columnist for The Star, frequent political commentator and 4-time author.  Today’s discussion is about Canadian journalism, all the big political stories from 2022 we can fit in to the hour, and what is ahead for 2023.Thank you for joining us on #TheHerleBurly podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail and Google Canada.Greetings you curiouser and curiouser, Herle Burly-ites. Welcome to the pod. I think today’s going to be a really interesting, continued conversation. What I mean by “continued” is this: If you’re a regular listener, you may remember our episodes with Labour Ministers McNaughton and O’Regan, within the last year. We got a heavy dose of governments’ perspective on critical labour issues.Today, the flipside: We’ll hear the union perspective on all the key issues, with two of our country’s most progressive labour leaders … Sharleen Stewart and Lana Payne.Ms. Stewart is a friend of this pod, not only because she was raised in the glorious province of Saskatchewan, but because she made a pre-pandemic appearance in 2019 as we – presciently, as it turned out – talked about vulnerabilities in the long-term care industry. She is International Vice-President for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and President of SEIU Healthcare. The SEIU is one of the largest unions in North America, representing 2-million members across the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.Ms. Payne’s roots are from The Rock … Newfoundland! She is the newly elected National President of Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, succeeding Jerry Dias, who was also a guest on the pod in 2019. Lana’s election this August makes her the first woman to hold the position at the union where she now leads more than 315,000 members across the country.Today, we’re gonna dive right in:Bill 124 and the state of public sector negotiations in Ontario, including healthcare, education and playing fast and loose with the Notwithstanding Clause.Cost of living issues and inflation, and the labour movement’s position with respect to the Bank of CanadaAnd the role of today’s organized labour in creating good jobs, gig-work, strikes and political advocacy. Thank you for joining us on #TheHerleBurly podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail and Google Canada.Today on the pod we're coming at you LIVE from Electricity Canada's 2022 #PoweringPartnerships Summit! On today's pod we're not going to debate the government's stated climate goals: 45% reduction of 2005 levels by 2030 and net-zero by 2050. The purpose of this pod is to talk about how they can be accomplished, starting with the electrification of everything we now use fossil fuels for, combined with cleansing the electricity supply of fossil fuel sources. Joining us for the panel discussion are:Jason Dion, Mitigation Research Director, Canadian Climate InstituteShawn McCarthy, Senior Counsel, Sussex Strategy GroupGreg Lyle, President and Founder, Innovative Research GroupThank you for joining us on #TheHerleBurly podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail and Google Canada.Today on the pod, we’re heading West to take a deep dive into Alberta politics, with two great friends of the pod, Janet Brown & Kathleen Petty. Both have been on here before. And both know prairie politics far better than I do. Kathleen is the host of her own fantastic pod, West of Centre. A co-founding producer and host of CBC Newsworld, today, she’s Executive Producer of CBC News in Calgary. Janet is the Principal of Janet Brown Opinion Research, based in Calgary and she’s been examining and tracking public opinion in Alberta for over 25 years. Janet is one of the best pollsters I know and there’s no research-voice I trust more on what going on in that province. So here’s where we’re going with this discussion:There’s a new poll out, conducted by Janet for the CBC, and we’re going to explore its findings. What does the poll say right now about the likely results of the next election? Are Albertans actually excited about the NDP or resigned to them? And what does the poll tell us about Alberta attitudes toward the federation? And more!Thank you for joining us on #TheHerleBurly podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail and Google Canada.I’m really looking forward to this conversation today. For a couple of reasons. One is the guy I’m talking to. The other is the subject matter. Steve Paikin is not only a 2 -time Herle Burly guest and friend of the pod, he’s also a great friend of mine. Some of the reasons I love him: He’s a fellow passionate CFL fan. He’s an involved Canadian. And as a reporter and journalist, he’s at least 45% less cynical about politics and politicians.Steve gives those who enter our political arena the time to talk and express their ideas and he listens closely and takes their words seriously. You know Steve from the TVO’s flagship current affairs program The Agenda. He’s also a filmmaker and author. His latest book has just launched. It’s about one of my heroes: “John Turner: An intimate biography of Canada’s 17th Prime Minister.” I’m so happy we’re talking about this book and this man, so let’s start.Thank you for joining us on #TheHerleBurly podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail and Google Canada.We’ve got a good one for you today so let’s get right to it. Dr. David Nabarro is our guest. His C.V. is long and accomplished, so here’s just a few relevant pieces. David’s the former Special Advisor to the UN on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change. He’s the Co-Lead of the food workstream of the UN Global Crisis Response Group. And just a couple of weeks ago, David was the keynote speaker at Maple Leaf’s Food Security Symposium in Toronto. A true global leader in advancing equitable food systems, he’s coming to The Herle Burly today from Geneva. So, that’s our broad topic: Food Security.Closer to home, it may surprise you to hear that over 5.8 million Canadians struggle with it. Just how prevalent is food insecurity globally? How does it relate to both agriculture and climate change? And how does food insecurity happen in rich countries like Canada in the first place? Thank you for joining us on #TheHerleBurly podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail and Mastercard Foundation.Well, greetings, you curious Herle Burly-ites! We have a fascinating panel discussion on tap for you today. It’s inspired by my friend Dale Eisler’s book: “From Left to Right: Saskatchewan’s Political and Economic Transformation.” How did a province like Saskatchewan, really the cradle of socialism in Canada – the birthplace of the CCF/NDP – become the most reliably right-wing province in the country? All in one generation! You Herle Burly-ites know that I’m Prelate-born and Regina-raised. I’m really excited Dale is joining me here, today. Author, former journalist, senior federal public servant and currently Senior Policy Fellow at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy in Regina. Joining Dale and I for the discussion: 2 other sons of Saskatchewan! Kory Teneycke and Dwain Lingenfelter. You all know, Kory. Mr. Good-hair, Conservative Party Electoral Success Guru, Curse of Politics Panelist. And Dwain, another towering Saskatchewan public figure. He’s the former leader of the provincial NDP, President of the party, and in the governments of Blakeney and Romanow, Minister of a number of different key portfolios as well as Deputy Premier.Thank you for joining us on #TheHerleBurly podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail and Mastercard Foundation.Alright, Herle Burly-ites, in Air Quotes Media’s effort to always be on top of all the issues you care about – here we are recording this podcast a mere 6 or so hours after the resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss, which is only 43 days and 18 hours less time than Ms. Truss’ entire Prime Minister-ship. I don’t know whether that’s impressive or just sad.I’m gonna go with impressive, mainly because of the strength of the guest we have on here to talk about it all. We are lucky – lucky I say – to welcome our excellent friend of the pod, Andrew MacDougall. Andrew is the former Director of Communications for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Now he lives in London, where he’s a Director at Trafalgar Strategy, and writes about politics and current affairs in all the best journalistic places. But for the purposes of our conversation, we’re going to spend a little time going back from here.What are the circumstances that led to a head of lettuce outlasting Liz Truss?Why have we had 5 Tory PMs in 6 years? What are the democratic implications of that?And how has the long tail of Brexit shaped all of this?Thank you for joining us on #TheHerleBurly podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail. Greetings Herle Burly-ites. Joining us today is Jim Stanford. Jim is the founding Director for The Centre for Future Work, a progressive think tank studying how work is changing in the modern economy. He’s one of this country’s best known economic commentators, quoted frequently in print and broadcast media. Jim also writes a regular column for the Toronto Star. Here’s where we’re going today:We’ll dive into inflation. How serious is it? And how do we fight it?Cost of living and how government can help people?What is the level of concern, or what should it be, with this country’s deficit and debt?Does this government have a real plan to grow our economy?What are the ramifications of what we know, so far, of Poilievre’s policy?And finally, we’ll look at global growth forecasts and the implications for Canada.Thank you for joining us on #TheHerleBurly podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail. Niigaan Sinclair is here. Are you an avid Maclean’s reader? If so, you’ll know Mr. Sinclair was named to their Power List, along with his father Senator Murray Sinclair. He is an Anishinaabe writer, editor and activist based in Winnipeg, and is currently a Professor and Acting Head of the Department of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba, where he holds the Faculty of Arts Professorship in Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics. He regularly appears on CBC’s Power and Politics, writes for international and national print media and in 2018 won Canadian Columnist of the Year at the National Newspaper Awards for his work in The Winnipeg Free Press.So today we want to talk about the tragic events at the James Smith Cree Nation, how governments are helping or hurting progress in Saskatchewan, and more broadly, the relationship with the federal government.Thank you for joining us on #TheHerleBurly podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.