The Globe and Mail
The businessman at the heart of Alberta’s health care controversy
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- The businessman at the heart of Alberta’s health care controversy
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- 26:16
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- 8 months ago
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- It’s not unusual for business owners to forge ties with governments, but there are rules around conflicts of interest when it comes to procurement. In February, 2025, an Alberta senior public servant stepped forward with allegations of political interference in the awarding of large health contracts. These allegations prompted investigators, auditors and opposition politicians to look closely at the ties between Premier Danielle Smith’s government and an Alberta businessman, Sam Mraiche.
Mraiche’s company, MHCare, had been awarded hundreds of millions of dollars worth of procurement contracts from Alberta Health Services. A Globe and Mail investigation found that the connections between Mr. Mraiche, purchasing officials, and senior Alberta political figures have existed longer – and are more extensive – than than previously reported.
Today, Carrie Tait, a reporter with The Globe’s Calgary bureau, and Tom Cardoso, an investigative reporter with The ...
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- Solving a decades-old Robert Munsch mystery
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- 1:31
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- 8 months ago
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- Mystery solved 🔍 Reporter Chris Hannay noticed something odd about the copy of Love You Forever that he bought for his son – so he went on the search for answers.
#LoveYouForever #RobertMunsch #childrensbooks#booktok
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- The case against cleaning before hosting
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- 24:57
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- 8 months ago
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- With the holidays right around the corner, households are getting ready for company and deep cleans are underway. Even the idea of letting family and friends see a clutter-strewn home can be anxiety-inducing, and images of perfectly-clean celebrity homes on social media don’t help. But what are we actually losing when we prioritize the act of cleaning over the people we do it for?
Zosia Bielski, The Globe’s Time Use reporter, digs into the societal pressure we all face over deep cleaning, why the work often disproportionately falls on women and how letting our guard down in our living spaces can deepen relationships.
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- Algoma Steel to lay off 1,000 workers, union says
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- 1:16
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- 8 months ago
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- Algoma Steel is laying off more than a third of its workforce as it accelerates a transition to new equipment in response to U.S. tariffs. (Dec. 1, 2025)
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- Could an Alternative AI Save Us From a Bubble?
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- 53:30
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- 8 months ago
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- Over the last couple of years, massive AI investment has largely kept the stock market afloat. Case in point: the so-called Magnificent 7 – tech companies like NVIDIA, Meta, and Microsoft – now account for more than a third of the S&P 500’s value. (Which means they likely represent a significant share of your investment portfolio or pension fund, too.)
There’s little doubt we’re living through an AI economy. But many economists worry there may be trouble ahead. They see companies like OpenAI – valued at half a trillion dollars while losing billions every month – and fear the AI sector looks a lot like a bubble. Because right now, venture capitalists aren’t investing in sound business plans. They’re betting that one day, one of these companies will build artificial general intelligence.
Gary Marcus is skeptical. He’s a professor emeritus at NYU, a bestselling author, and the founder of two AI companies – one of which was acqu...
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- Why do so many Canadian roads not have cell service?
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- 22:42
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- 8 months ago
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- Across Canada, highways and rural roads are studded with cellular ‘dead zones’. In some provinces, coverage gaps span over 30 per cent of major roads. In some cases, you can’t receive calls and texts for more than 100 kilometres. So when something goes wrong, what do people do?
Today, the Globe’s telecoms reporter Irene Galea and national news reporter Jill Mahoney have been investigating how many of the country’s major roads and highways are disconnected. They explain why years-long public safety risk persists, how it affects the Canadians driving through them, and what is being done about the problem.
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- Why a new Ontario law has renters worried about more evictions
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- 21:08
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- 8 months ago
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- Ontario just passed Bill 60, officially named the “Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act.” It’s a big omnibus bill, but it’s garnered the most attention for reforms to Ontario’s rental system. Doug Ford’s government walked back the most controversial part of the bill, but critics are concerned that what remains will still lead to more evictions and worsen the homelessness crisis.
Today, Shane Dingman, the Globe’s real estate reporter, is on the show to talk about why these legislative changes are so contentious, and what impact they could have on people living in Canada’s largest rental market.
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- Analyzing Alberta and Ottawa's energy deal
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- 2:31
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- 8 months ago
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- Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed an energy deal this week that outlined potential plans for a new pipeline, prompting reactions from various supporters and critics. The Decibel host Sherrill Sutherland spoke to chief political writer Campbell Clark about what the deal means for Carney's political future. #markcarney #alberta #pipeline #climatechange #podcast
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- Carney, Smith agree to pipeline framework, as minister resigns
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- 24:16
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- 8 months ago
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- Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement that sets the framework for building a new pipeline, carrying bitumen to the west coast. The deal commits to simultaneously making Canada a “global energy superpower” and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Indigenous co-ownership is a requirement for development, as is consultation with British Columbia.
In response, Liberal minister Steven Guilbeault, a former environment minister and longstanding environmentalist, has resigned from cabinet.
Campbell Clark, The Globe’s chief political writer, joins the show to explain what’s in the deal, the politics involved and how likely the pipeline is to get built.
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- Has AI entered a bubble?
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Globe business reporter , who covers AI, explains why markets are twitchy about AI right now and what’s behind investors’ concerns.
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- Why Canada lost consensus on immigration — and how to get it back
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- 33:42
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- 8 months ago
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- The Canadian consensus on immigration cratered last year. In the fall of 2024, an Environics poll found that for the first time in a quarter century most Canadians felt there was too much immigration. Under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, the country experienced one of the biggest periods of immigration growth in its history, but after the shift in public opinion, the Liberal government reversed course. Despite big reductions to immigration levels, most Canadians still think rates are too high.
Today, The Decibel is looking at how Canada’s relationship with immigration significantly changed, what it’s meant for the country and the people who have immigrated to it, and where we go from here.
Tony Keller, Globe columnist and author of Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong, will walk us through what motivated Trudeau’s dramatic changes to the immigration system and how they impacted the country. And then, Rupa Banerjee, pr...
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- World champion curler and veteran broadcaster Colleen Jones dies at 65
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Colleen Jones, a world champion curler whose effervescent personality made her a popular presence on the CBC, has died. She was 65.
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- If AI is a bubble, how will it pop?
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- 23:50
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- 8 months ago
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- Some of the world’s largest tech companies, like OpenAI, Google and Meta, have invested hundreds of billions of dollars into artificial intelligence as they try to build the data centres they need. And right now, a lot of the stock market’s growth is based on AI companies. But what if it’s all a big financial bubble? And if it is, what are the signs it’s about to pop?
Globe business reporter Joe Castaldo, who covers AI, explains why markets are twitchy about AI right now and what’s behind investors’ concerns.
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- Alleged drug trafficking, murders and an Olympian-turned-fugitive
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- 24:51
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- 8 months ago
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- Last week, the FBI and the RCMP announced 10 new arrests in connection with a $1-billion drug-trafficking ring allegedly run by Canadian former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding. The charges, which haven’t been tested in court, include drug trafficking, conspiracy to retaliate against a witness and murder. Wedding, who’s been in hiding since 2015, is now one of the FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives.
Eric Andrew-Gee is The Globe’s Quebec correspondent. He’s on the show to talk about what these new charges bring to light, and whether authorities are any closer to capturing Wedding.
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- Bollywood actor Dharmendra Deol dies at 89
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- 0:33
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Dharmendra, one of Indian cinema’s most popular stars whose versatile performances made him a defining screen presence of 1970s and 1980s Bollywood films, died Monday. He was 89.
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- The controversial push to expand private health care in Alberta
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- 22:24
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- No Canadian province allows doctors to offer care under both private and public systems – but leaked draft legislation obtained by The Globe and Mail shows Alberta is trying to change that. The province says it’s proposing the change in an effort to reduce surgery wait times and retain health care workers. But experts say it could result in a two-tiered medical system.
Today, Carrie Tait, a reporter in The Globe’s Calgary bureau, joins The Decibel. She broke the story last week, and she’ll tell us what she’s learned about the province’s plan, the impact a public-private model could have on access to health care and why some critics say this could violate the Canada Health Act.
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- The bureaucracy slowing down access to life-saving drugs
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- 30:10
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- 8 months ago
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- For cancer patients, every day of treatment is critical. But the best care possible is not always reaching patients quickly. Despite Health Canada approving a drug treating an aggressive blood cancer, a complex web of organizations, insurance plans and negotiations over drug pricing means it’s still not available in Canada.
Globe reporters Kelly Grant, who covers health, and Chris Hannay, who covers the business of health care, tell us what is holding up life-changing drugs and why Canadian patients are the ones left with the consequences.
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- Are the wolves getting wiser?
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- These animals were caught on camera stealing crab traps in British Columbia, prompting researchers to start keeping a closer eye on them.#wolves #science #animalbehavior
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- Canada courts UAE amid calls to stop its arming of Sudan militia
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- 20:39
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- 8 months ago
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- This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney is in the United Arab Emirates to try to shore up foreign investment ahead of next week’s G20 summit in South Africa. Human rights groups and Sudanese activists are calling on Carney to condemn the U.A.E. for allegedly sending weapons to Sudan — a claim the country denies — but federal officials won’t say whether he’ll raise the issue.
Geoffrey York is the Globe’s Africa Bureau Chief. He’s on the show to talk about what’s been happening in Sudan and why Carney and other foreign leaders are hesitant to put pressure on the U.A.E.
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- This Globe reporter put herself in AI videos
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- AI-generated videos are now easier to make thanks to tools like Sora, and they're flooding social media platforms. Here's how you can spot the fakes.
#AI #Sora #AIvideos
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- The Epstein scandal and the Canadians who knew him
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- 22:55
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Last week, over 20,000 pages of the late Jeffrey Epstein’s emails, texts and other documents were released. In one email, Epstein – the deceased child sex trafficker with ties to U.S. President Donald Trump – writes that Trump “knew about the girls.” It has intensified the public outcry for the U.S. government to release all of its investigative files on Epstein. And on Tuesday, the U.S. Congress voted to make all of its information public.
Today, the Globe’s international correspondent, Nathan VanderKlippe joins the show. He’s been following the rift the Epstein scandal has caused within Trump’s MAGA base, the President’s evolving response, and what the released emails tell us about the Canadians connected to Epstein.
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- Tariff tensions didn't stop this yearly Christmas tree gift from Nova Scotia to Boston
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- The annual Tree for Boston was felled Wednesday morning in Lunenburg County, N.S. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was on hand to officially receive the tree and took a turn holding the chainsaw to cut it down. The tree is an annual gift to the City of Boston in recognition of the aid sent following the Halifax Explosion in 1917. (Nov. 12)
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- Can AI Lead Us to the Good Life?
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- 51:06
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- 8 months ago
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- In Rutger Bregman’s first book, Utopia for Realists, the historian describes a rosy vision of the future – one with 15-hour work weeks, universal basic income and massive wealth redistribution.
It’s a vision that, in the age of artificial intelligence, now seems increasingly possible.
But utopia is far from guaranteed. Many experts predict that AI will also lead to mass job loss, the development of new bioweapons and, potentially, the extinction of our species.
So if you’re building a technology that could either save the world or destroy it – is that a moral pursuit?
These kinds of thorny questions are at the heart of Bregman’s latest book, Moral Ambition. In a sweeping conversation that takes us from the invention of the birth control pill to the British Abolitionist movement, Bregman and I discuss what a good life looks like (spoiler: he thinks the death of work might not be such a bad thing)...
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- Why beef is so expensive right now
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- 22:56
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Beef prices are currently around 23 per cent above their five-year average. And there’s no relief in sight.
Kate Helmore is The Globe’s agriculture and food policy reporter. She explains what’s going on in the beef industry to cause these sky-high prices.
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- Why a B.C. billionaire’s bid for Hudson’s Bay stores failed
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- 24:52
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- In May, a B.C. billionaire named Weihong (Ruby) Liu made a $69.1-million deal to acquire 28 leases of former Hudson’s Bay stores. Her company, Central Walk, owned malls where three of those stores were located, so those leases went unopposed; however, landlords of the other 25 stores were skeptical of her ability to operate her proposed stores. She had cash, real estate experience, and a vision — but no experience running a major retailer.
Susan Krashinsky Robertson is the Globe’s retailing reporter. She’s been covering the fallout from the demise of Canada’s oldest retailer. Today, she’s on the show to talk about what she learned about Ruby Liu over the course of the hearings, and why her bid to take over 25 more stores ultimately failed.
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- Seal seeks refuge on boat while fleeing orcas
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- 1:32
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- A small boat being used by amateur wildlife photographer Charvet Drucker and her friends turned into a life saver for a seal escaping a pod of orcas hunting it off an island in Washington state.
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- What Carney is prioritizing with his new nation-building projects
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- 24:23
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled the next set of projects the federal government plans to prioritize in a bid to jumpstart Canada’s economy. The announcement focused on energy and mining, with six projects across the country ranging from liquefied natural gas to critical minerals. But many questions remain about how these projects will work and what disputes they will cause.
Adam Radwanski, feature writer and policy columnist for The Globe joins The Decibel to talk about Carney’s strategy, how the newly-created Major Projects Office fits in and whether this plan meets the moment.
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- Where is the best place to rent in Canada?
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- 18:58
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- 9 months ago
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- Where in Canada is it best to rent right now? The Globe analyzed cities from coast to coast to coast, comparing cities’ median incomes with their average rental prices, to find out which places are the most renter-friendly.
The Globe’s personal finance reporter Salmaan Farooqui joins The Decibel to break down where and why rents are trending downward, why it’s a good time to take advantage of the rental market and what advice realtors have for renters.
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- The Indigenous land claim that could override private property rights
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- 23:14
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- A precedent-setting ruling involving Aboriginal title at the B.C. Supreme Court has caused widespread uncertainty and tension in the province. In August, Justice Barbara Young decided that Cowichan First Nation had title to roughly 800 acres in the city of Richmond — including private property. The ruling has raised questions over both residential and commercial property rights, as well as governance of the region.
Today, B.C. politics reporter Justine Hunter joins the show. She’ll explain the case, the divisive response, and the impact it could have on Indigenous land claims across the province... and the country.
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- Two Conservative MPs are gone. Where does the party go from here?
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- 20:36
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- On the day the budget was tabled, Chris d’Entremont, the lone Conservative MP from Nova Scotia, crossed the floor to the Liberals. Two days later, Matt Jeneroux, a Conservative MP from Alberta, announced he would be leaving politics altogether. His name had also been circulated as a potential defector to the Liberals. These moves overshadowed news of Carney’s first budget — and d’Entremont’s move gives him one more crucial seat ahead of next week’s confidence vote, which could trigger an election. Poilievre’s opposition benches, however, appear increasingly shaky.
Campbell Clark is the Globe’s chief political writer. He’s on the show to talk about what these moves mean for Poilievre and the Conservatives, why people cross the floor to begin with, and what past defections can teach us about the moment the Conservatives are facing now.
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- Canadian veterans share their stories of service on Remembrance Day
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- 2:20
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- 9 months ago
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- Veterans who served in war and peacetime share their stories of service in Ottawa on Nov. 11 while commemorating Remembrance Day. #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #veterans
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- Snowstorm doesn't stop Canadian Premier League final in Ottawa
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- 1:02
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- 9 months ago
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- Players and fans braved a snowstorm during the Canadian Premier League final in Ottawa, when Calgary Cavalry FC faced Atlético Ottawa. There was even a bicycle kick scored by David Rodriguez that fans are dubbing the "icicle kick."
#snowstorm #AtleticoOttawa #CalgaryCavalry #CPL #soccer #iciclekick
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- Carney’s big bet for $500 billion in private investments
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- 23:32
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- 9 months ago
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- A big part of the federal budget rests on the assumption that its measures will spur the private sector to invest in Canada…a lot. It’s projecting a half-trillion worth of investment. But at a time when Canada is suffering from sluggish productivity and the impact of U.S. tariffs, how realistic is it to expect businesses to invest?
James Bradshaw covers institutional investing for The Globe and Mail. He explains how the government is trying to spur 500-billion dollars in investments from the private sector, and how something called a ‘productivity super deduction’ is meant to fix an issue that has long plagued the country.
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- Rare earth elements and why are they important
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- 3:42
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- 9 months ago
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- So-called rare earth elements refer to 17 chemically-similar, silvery-white elements that are used to make magnets – which in turn power motion for electric vehicles, cell phones, missile systems and other electronics. But how critical are they, and are they actually rare?
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- Pull-out sofa the Blue Jays’ Addison Barger slept on an unlikely baseball shrine
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- 1:13
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- 9 months ago
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- The pull-out sofa that Blue Jays hero Addison Barger slept on ahead of Game 1 of the World Series is on display for a week at a Toronto hotel. Barger went on to hit the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history.
#BlueJays #MLB #TorontoBlueJays
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- The stress of shared calendars in modern parenting
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- 21:38
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- 9 months ago
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- Parents are increasingly relying on elaborate calendar systems to keep track of their families’ activities – from a shared calendar or paper planner to high-end devices that can create a calendar for you by scraping data from your emails. Some parents say it helps them better involve their teen children in scheduling their lives; for others, they feel themselves becoming beholden to their calendars – a draconian digital personal assistant.
Zosia Bielski is The Globe’s time use reporter. She joins us to talk about how families are using technology to try to ease the mental load, and what these ever-evolving calendar systems reveal to us about how we value our time.
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- Five ways the budget will affect your wallet
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- 2:17
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- 9 months ago
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- How could the federal budget affect you? From student grants to tax credits for personal support workers, here are five ways it could impact your wallet.
#Budget2025 #budgeting #taxcredits #finances #personalfinance
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- Filipino residents sift through debris after Typhoon Kalmaegi #shorts #weather #philippines
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- 2:05
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Residents in the Philippines’ Cebu Province sift through debris to salvage what they can after Typhoon Kalmaegi left widespread destruction and claimed at least 114 lives.
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- Skies over the world glow with the largest supermoon of 2025 #shorts #supermoon #moon #world
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- 0:41
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- 9 months ago
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- The second supermoon of the year, known as the Beaver Moon, could be seen in several locations around the world. Video by Associated Press
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- Why the condo bubble burst could lead to better housing
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- 23:56
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- For more than a decade, Canada’s condo boom was on. Investors, at home and abroad, drove the craze over reselling preconstruction units. Rents skyrocketed, all while the condos themselves shrank in size. Today, the bubble has burst and the housing crisis continues. New condo sales in markets like Toronto and Hamilton are at 35-year lows and prices are driving potential homebuyers out of the city core. Is this actually an opportunity for developers to course correct to find “the missing middle?”
Erica Alini, personal economics reporter for The Globe, explains why shoebox condos have been so appealing for North American developers, why the market for them has cratered and what needs to change to build cities with higher density at a liveable scale.
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- Crowds marvel at King Tutankhamun’s treasures in Egypt’s Grand Museum
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- 0:59
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- 9 months ago
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- Visitors gathered on Tuesday (Nov. 4) around the golden mask of King Tutankhamun at Egypt’s Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), as the long-awaited Tutankhamun Gallery opens to the public for the first time. This marks the first time visitors have been able to enter the boy king’s chamber, the centrepiece of the museum located near the Giza pyramids.
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- Key takeaways from the Carney government’s first budget
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- 31:07
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- 9 months ago
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- On Tuesday, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the first federal budget from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government. It had long been advertised as a fiscal plan that would make difficult decisions to put Canada’s economy on the right track.
The Globe sent more than a dozen journalists to Ottawa to study the details and assess how transformative this budget actually is. We break down what it says in terms of the deficit, job cuts to the federal public service, defence spending, health care supports, immigration plans and other measures that will affect Canadians.
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- Opinion: Andrew Coyne says Carney's budget misses the mark
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- 1:55
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- 9 months ago
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- For Carney's first budget, is that all there is, asks Globe columnist Andrew Coyne. It misses the moment and his government's measures won't move the needle much when it comes to addressing economic issues and Donald Trump's tariff threats, he says. #Budget2025 #MarkCarney #opinion #DonaldTrump
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- Federal budget: Carney’s first budget deviates from the Liberal playbook
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- 1:47
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- 9 months ago
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- Mark Carney’s first budget deviates from the Trudeau Liberal era, known for having lots of social programs that increase government spending. Carney’s budget proposes to make cuts to the public sector and increase tax credits for the private sector with an aim to spur Canada’s economic growth. #Budget2025 #MarkCarney #Liberals
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- How to Survive the “Broligarchy”
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- 49:37
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- At Donald Trump’s inauguration earlier this year, the returning president made a striking break from tradition. The seats closest to the president – typically reserved for family – went instead to the most powerful tech CEOs in the world: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai. Between them, these men run some of the most profitable companies in history. And over the past two decades, they’ve used that wealth to reshape our public sphere.
But this felt different. This wasn’t discreet backdoor lobbying or a furtive effort to curry favour with an incoming administration. These were some of the most influential men in the world quite literally aligning themselves with the world’s most powerful politician – and his increasingly illiberal ideology.
Carole Cadwalladr has been tracking the collision of technology and politics for years. She’s the investigative journalist who broke the Cambridge Analytica story, exposing...
- Title
- What to look out for in the 2025 federal budget
- Runtime
- 23:57
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Today, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is set to deliver the first budget under Prime Minister Mark Carney. Early announcements have signalled sweeping cuts to the public sector. There’s no guarantee that the budget will pass, given Carney is presiding over a minority government. The NDP has said they wouldn’t rule out abstaining from the budget vote; for his part, Carney has said he’s ready to fight another election campaign if it comes down to that.
But beneath all the politics surrounding the budget are actual policies and plans for the government. It’s the job of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, or PBO, to provide non-partisan analysis of these plans to parliamentarians – does the math add up? Are these predictions sound? Today on the show, Yves Giroux, who was the PBO from 2018 until early September this year, is here to walk us through what to watch for when the budget drops later today.
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- Title
- Whales, extinction and the sounds of underwater noise pollution
- Runtime
- 35:30
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- North Atlantic right whales are nearing extinction, with fewer than 400 left in the world. We know what is killing them: getting hit by shipping boats, entangled in fishing lines and the impacts of climate change — which is changing the location of their food sources. But now, researchers think that human-made noise in the ocean may be having an effect too.
Jenn Thornhill Verma is an environmental journalist who has been reporting on the plight of the North Atlantic right whales as part of her Entangled series for The Globe and Mail, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. She explains how scientists are starting to understand how these whales communicate and how loud noises we’re making may be driving them closer to extinction.
Underwater animal and environmental sounds courtesy of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). Passive Acoustics Group. 2021. Stfr_Multisound_NOAA_PAGroup_01. https://www.fisheries.noaa....
- Title
- Fans expect the Jays to be back in the World Series in 2026
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Jays fans say thank you to the Blue Jays players and they expect the team to be back in the World Series in 2026. #shorts #sports #torontobluejays #baseball #worldseries #fans
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- Title
- Jays fans share what got them hooked on the team
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Blue Jays fans share what got them hooked on the team as they play for a World Series title in Toronto. #baseball #mlb #bluejays #toronto
#shorts
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- Title
- Jays fans share what got them hooked on the team
- Runtime
- 2:19
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Blue Jays fans share what got them hooked on the team as they play for a World Series title in Toronto. #bluejays #bluejaysfans
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