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  • Is this a ‘Liberal problem or a Trudeau problem’?: David Frum on the potential political fallout from the election interference story
    The Hub Staff
  • God save us from the eminent Canadians
    Howard Anglin
  • Bill C-11 is a vote of no confidence in Canada's creative class
    Sean Speer

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Quinn Macdonald and his wife Madeleine Shaw with their son George Shaw-Macdonald while at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, B.C., on December 18, 2020. Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press.
News Dispatch

Canadian women are having fewer babies than they want: Report

About half of Canadian women end up having fewer children than they want and it’s making them less satisfied with life, according to a recent research report from Cardus, a faith-based think tank.

Stuart Thomson - Posted on February 8, 2023
A member of the Canadian Armed Forces dispenses hand sanitizer at a COVID-19 vaccination site in Montreal, Sunday, January 16, 2022. Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press.
Viewpoint

We have high state capacity, actually—we just have to demand its use

Absolving policymakers of responsibility for bad policymaking weakens support for democratic institutions at a time when we should be looking to strengthen them. And accepting that our governments can’t do better absolves policymakers of responsibility.

Janet Bufton - Posted on February 7, 2023
Dominic Barton speaks at the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries CANSEC trade show in Ottawa on May 30, 2018. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press.
News Dispatch

Barton set to appear at committee as it studies eye-popping consultant contracts

Today, former ambassador to China Dominic Barton will be the sole witness at a House of Commons committee hearing that is trying to make sense of the government’s huge expenditures on consultant contracts.

Stuart Thomson - Posted on February 1, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waves to the crowd after being sworn in to begin his second term during an inauguration ceremony outside the Old Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Tallahassee, Fla. Lynne Sladky/AP Photo.
Hub Podcast

‘Combative but still substantive’: Strategist Ginny Roth on why TikTok fame isn’t enough to attract young voters

This episode of Hub Dialogues features political strategist Ginny Roth discussing the state of Canadian conservative politics and broader trends in Anglo-American conservatism.

The Pornhub website is shown on a computer screen in Toronto on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. The Canadian Press.
Viewpoint

Politicians must no longer ignore Canada's porn problem

Research shows that porn consumption is associated with a raft of negative individual and collective consequences that warrant greater attention in Canada. Politicians across Canada, in general, are not addressing pornography, and Canadians pay the price.

Benjamin Lamb - Posted on January 25, 2023
Lovespace warehouse worker Pawel Mazur unloads boxes from a trolley to place them into their allocated zones at the warehouse in Dunstable, England Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. Alastair Grant/AP Photo.
Hub Podcast

How to actually empower workers: Scott Lincicome explains why market-based solutions are best

This episode features Sean Speer in conversation with Cato Institute scholar Scott Lincicome about why government intervention in the labour force is often a fool’s errand and why market-based solutions are actually better for workers in the long run.

Wind turbines turn behind a solar farm in Rapshagen, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Michael Sohn/AP Photo.
Hub Podcast

Why the energy transition is a ‘delusional’ goal: Policy expert Mark Mills on the myths and realities of our energy technology

This episode features host Sean Speer in conversation with Manhattan Institute senior fellow and energy policy expert Mark Mills about technology and innovation, the limits of an energy transition, and why he thinks we are on the cusp of the “roaring 2020s.”

President Joe Biden speaks virtually during an event in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, July 25, 2022. Susan Walsh/AP Photo.
Viewpoint

Refocusing the debate on industrial policy

The debate on industrial policy should not be about the amount of government intervention in the economy we need, but rather how effective that intervention is.

Robert Asselin - Posted on January 12, 2023
Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP.
Hub Podcast

The Hub Roundtable: The most important people and stories of the year, plus what we got wrong in 2022

This week’s Hub Dialogue Roundtable discusses the most interesting or important people and events of this past year, including the issue or event that surprised us the most in 2022.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the General Motors CAMI production plant in Ingersoll, Ont., on Monday, December 5, 2022. Nicole Osborne/The Canadian Press.
Hub Podcast

Public Policy Forum president Edward Greenspon on Canada’s energy transition and why we urgently need a ‘supply rebuild’

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with Edward Greenspon on the need for a supply-side revolution including energy, health care, housing, ideas, and people.

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