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Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at TheHub.ca, Canada's fastest growing digital news outlet with half a million people engaging weekly with our content.Hub Dialogues features longform conversations with leading thinkers on the big issues and ideas shaping the public conversation.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.Every week, editor-at-large Sean Speer is joined on Hub Politics by David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, and Amanda Galbraith, principal at Oyster Group, to dig into the drama and strategy of Canadian politics. Topics range from the issues dominating headlines, the communications battles behind the scenes, to the trends shaping parties, leaders, and voters. Some weeks, they'll focus on the hot story in Ottawa.Alberta Edge, hosted by Falice Chin The Hub’s Alberta bureau chief, dissects the social, economic and political forces pulling the country west. Episodes include longform interviews with leading Canadian public figures in addition to a regular political panel with Amber Ruddy, conservative strategist and vice president at Counsel Public Affairs and Keith McLaughlin of New West Public Affairs.Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go.Each Friday, The Hub Roundtable features Hub co-founders Rudyard Griffiths' and Sean Speer's take on the big political and economic stories making the news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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It’s time to end Canada’s auto sector subsidies

2026-11-13 · 1 min

In this paid subscriber-only edition of The Roundtable, Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer examine the troubling state of Canada’s auto sector subsidies, focusing on the Stellantis plant controversy in Brampton. They…
Early signs of what might define Alberta’s next election

2026-11-13 · 39 min

Political strategists Keith McLaughlin and Amber Ruddy take stock of Danielle Smith’s record and Naheed Nenshi’s opposition as Alberta enters the final year before the next provincial election. With the referendum…
Conservatives must hold the line on unions

2026-11-13 · 15 min

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 -…
How antisemitism signals a broader attack on the West

2026-11-12 · 44 min

Michal Cotler-Wunsh, former Israeli Knesset member and CEO of the International Legal Forum, discusses the systematic weaponization of international law against Israel and Western democracies. She argues that…
How much debt does the federal government actually owe? Canadians deserve an honest answer

2026-11-12 · 14 min

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 - How much…
Lest we forget: Why remembrance is still Canada’s most important collective ritual

2026-11-11 · 13 min

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 - Lest we…
Behind the real impact of small business success with Shopify

2026-11-10 · 37 min

Alexandra Clark, VP of communications and public affairs at Shopify, joins Sean Speer to discuss her company’s new report on entrepreneurship in Canada. She explains how successful entrepreneurs create ripple effects…
Has the West won the economic argument under a Liberal PM?

2026-11-10 · 48 min

Cole Hogan, an Ottawa-based conservative strategist, reflects on something remarkable happening in the nation’s capital: a Liberal prime minister embracing the economic arguments Western Canadians have made for decades.…
Is Canada’s runaway big-government bureaucracy finally under control?

2026-11-10 · 13 min

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 - Is…
Why confronting antisemitism is a fight all Canadians must take on

2026-11-09 · 17 min

In this episode of Hub Hits, Rudyard Griffiths is invited as a guest speaker for the CAEF 2026 Advocate Award of Excellence, and delivers a powerful address on allyship and combating antisemitism in Canada. He reflects…

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