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‘We’re running out of ways to mitigate risk’: Amanda Lang on insurance in the age of extreme climate events, the Alberta election, and Q1 GDP numbers

Burnt out trucks from a wildfire sit on a property near Drayton Valley, Alta., Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press.

This is the fourth episode of The Hub’s bi-weekly series featuring host Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two cover this week’s Q1 GDP numbers and the Alberta election results and their implications for Canadian public policy. They also discuss State Farm Insurance’s withdrawal from home insurance in California and how it may foretell a growing policy issue in Canada.

You can listen to this episode of Hub Dialogues on Acast, Amazon, Apple, Google, Spotify, and YouTube. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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