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A crisis of competence: The Hub Roundtable on the failure of federal ministers to stay on top of key briefings

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino speaks at a press conference, in Ottawa, Monday, June 5, 2023. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.

This week’s Hub Roundtable discusses the seemingly non-stop parade of federal ministers who have failed to receive important briefings on key issues, including foreign interference and Paul Bernardo’s transfer to a medium security facility. We also talk about the upcoming byelections on Monday and what they could tell us about the political landscape.

You can listen to this episode of Hub Dialogues on Acast, Amazon, Apple, Google, and Spotify. 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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