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Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Canada’s separatist moment
October 6, 2026 · 18 minRudyard and Andrew focus today’s show on the separatist movements gaining traction across Canada. Quebec voters appear poised to elect a separatist government, potentially setting the stage for another referendum in the coming years. What…
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Friday Focus: Trump's pre-midterm warning to Tehran and Israel's high-stakes election
October 2, 2026 · 19 minRudyard and Janice begin today’s show with news that the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier is being deployed to the Middle East and the signal this is sending to Iran and the region. With Tehran facing a blockade and struggling to…
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Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Is Mark Carney governing like a Conservative?
September 28, 2026 · 17 minWhat can we expect from a make-or-break federal budget delivered in the middle of a trade war? Rudyard and Andrew look at the growing appetite in the business community for broad tax reform—and ask whether now is the moment for Canada to…
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Friday Focus: the danger of Canada’s “war” rhetoric
September 25, 2026 · 29 minPrime Minister Mark Carney says he studied the possibility of U.S.-led military action against Canada in an hour-long interview with The New York Times. Meanwhile, politicians across Canada—from Doug Ford to Carney and David Eby—are…
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Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Is Carney’s momentum pointing to a spring election?
September 22, 2026 · 32 minParliament opened yesterday with the PM determined to keep his momentum going: a labour reform bill and a major liberalization of project permitting, including for pipelines. What happened to the Trudeau-era Liberals now getting behind…
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Friday Focus: Trump's latest threats carry no weight and AI leaders sound the alarm
September 18, 2026 · 24 minTrump says he is weighing whether to "annihilate" Iran next week. Is this another empty threat? We have reached a point where it is increasingly difficult to know how much weight to put behind his threats. The bond markets are beginning to…
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Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Carney opens Canada for business and courts a new European alliance
September 16, 2026 · 14 minAndrew and Rudyard begin with several important announcements from Carney’s investment summit, including a cut to the marginal effective tax rate on new investment and the opening of Canada’s airports to private investment. The government…
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Friday Focus: Canada's trade war heats up and the Iranians escalate to de-escalate
September 11, 2026 · 23 minFriday Focus returns from its summer hiatus to unpack two major geopolitical flashpoints. First, the trade war with the United States—and its consequences. There has been a narrowing of the debate around Carney's approach. People are being…