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• Don’t wait up for history’s costliest hypothetical pipeline

  October 5, 2026 · 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 interest.” Still…

• What was B.C.’s David Eby thinking by calling the maddest Canadian election ever?

  September 28, 2026 · 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 columnists Vaughn…

• It’s showy, it’s insubstantial, but Carney’s EU scheme is slick politics

  September 21, 2026 · 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 war with the U.S…

• How Conservatives can get their groove back

  September 14, 2026 · 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 Leader Pierre Poilievre…

• If Carney and Trump are at war, why are they enjoying it?

  September 7, 2026 · 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 has an incentive to…

• Diversity is not our strength

  August 31, 2026 · 46 min

  Things that divide us cannot possibly unite us. That much would seem obvious, but as Étienne-Alexandre Beauregard tells Brian, society has for decades now prioritized hyper-individualism and promoted multiculturalism over communitarianism…

• Inside the mainstream media meltdown

  August 24, 2026 · 47 min

  Trust in legacy journalism is plummeting, and after years working inside the CBC, Tara Henley has a good idea why. The author of the new book, The Trust Spiral: Why the Media Needs Objectivity, discusses with Brian how broad-mindedness in…

• A Canadian history of drinking, fighting and puking in Parliament

  August 17, 2026 · 52 min

  Detractors like to say that House of Commons decorum has never been worse than it is today, but don’t be so sure. Charlie Feldman is author of the new book, Unparliamentary: Tales from Canada’s Colourful Unparliamentary Past. He joins…