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Full Comment is Canada’s podcast for compelling interviews, controversial opinions and fascinating discussions. Hosted by Brian Lilley. Published by Postmedia, new episodes are released each Monday.

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Carney delivers a budget 'in denial'

2026-11-09 · 56 min

Immigration targets are way up again, heedless of economic and social damage caused by recent surges. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s second budget, tabled last week, offers little for boosting weak enterprise…
The anti-Trump radicals storming the U.S. Congress are not our friends

2026-11-02 · 54 min

The U.S. midterm elections on November 3 are the first big chance for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) to rewire the way the United States works, with dozens of endorsed candidates eager to seize on the…
What authors of the Alberta ‘firewall’ letter think of Smith’s referendum

2026-10-26 · 58 min

Twenty-five years ago they rewired the province’s political thinking with their landmark “Alberta Agenda,” aka the “firewall” letter: a manifesto for the premier to assert sovereignty within a systemically inequitable…
Will Canada sacrifice democratic Taiwan to China’s communists?

2026-10-19 · 54 min

Even as our prime minister seeks favour and greater bonds with Beijing, the communist regime continues to threaten to invade the free, democratic and economically vital republic of Taiwan, putting to the test where…
The ‘disruptive’ professor who refuses to be censored

2026-10-12 · 1 hr 0 min

Frances Widdowson was fired from her tenured professorship at a Calgary university after criticizing Black Lives Matter. She has been arrested on other campuses when she tried to engage students in debates about…
Don’t wait up for history’s costliest hypothetical pipeline

2026-10-05 · 49 min

It’s another announcement from Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. And it’s about the same West Coast pipeline they’ve announced before. This time it’s been designated a project of “national…
What was B.C.’s David Eby thinking by calling the maddest Canadian election ever?

2026-09-28 · 1 hr 1 min

If you’ve got a majority government with two years left and an unpopular record to defend, calling a snap election might not seem like a great idea. But it did to B.C. Premier David Eby. Brian is joined by B.C. politics…
It’s showy, it’s insubstantial, but Carney’s EU scheme is slick politics

2026-09-21 · 50 min

There’s no such thing as “associate membership” in the European Union and nobody knows what it means, but Prime Minister Mark Carney’s proposal for it has proven to be a dazzling distraction as he flounders in a trade…
How Conservatives can get their groove back

2026-09-14 · 1 hr 1 min

It’s a tough time to be a federal Tory. The polls are demoralizing. Some MPs are quitting and some are going rogue. And the worse things get for Canada, the more voters seem to support the Liberals. As Conservative…
If Carney and Trump are at war, why are they enjoying it?

2026-09-07 · 54 min

Postmedia’s Political Hack team Tasha Kheiriddin and Stuart Thomson join Brian to assess the political spin contest over the collapse of U.S.-Canada trade talks. Despite economic damage, they discuss why neither side…

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