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Refugees and their supporters call for open borders as they take part in a protest in front of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's riding office, in Montreal, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press.
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Scaling up Canada: Professor Joseph Heath on immigration, injustice, and finding cooperative solutions to society’s problems

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Sean Speer in conversation with 2022 Donner Book Prize nominee and University of Toronto professor Joseph Heath about his nominated book, Cooperation and Social Justice.

Conservative MP Michael Chong walks with his wife Carrie and sons Cameron (left), Alistair and William (right) to a news conference in Ottawa, Monday May 16, 2016. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press.
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‘Appalling abdication of responsibility’ in PMO: CPC MP Michael Chong reacts to alleged threats to family in China

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Conservative MP Michael Chong reacting to a breaking media report that Canadian intelligence officials had evidence that MP Chong’s family in Hong Kong was targeted by a Chinese official in the Toronto consulate, and yet the Canadian government failed to inform him or expel the diplomat.

Fred Rogers puts on his jacket between takes on the set of his television program "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" in Pittsburgh on June 8, 1993. Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo.
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Why Mister Rogers still matters today: Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski on his enduring lessons for raising kids

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with child advocate Gregg Behr and award-winning writer Ryan Rydzewski about their poignant book, When You Wonder, You’re Learning: Mister Rogers’ Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids.

Violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. John Minchillo/AP Photo.
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Can the West’s way of life endure? Martin Wolf on the crisis of democratic capitalism

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with Martin Wolf, the chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, about his must-read new book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism.

In this April 26, 2018, photo a man walks by a closed restaurant along Bergen Street in a so-called "opportunity zone" in Newark, N.J. About 8,700 opportunity zones have been set up in all 50 states and to lure investors and developers with tax breaks. Julio Cortez/AP Photo.
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Inertia is not inevitable: John Lettieri on how Opportunity Zones are revitalizing economically-distressed communities

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with John Lettieri, the CEO of the Washington-based think tank Economic Innovation Group, about the early signs of progress with Opportunity Zones in the United States to boost investment and job creation in economically-distressed communities.

A man wears a cardboard house on his head during a demonstration calling for more affordable and social housing in Montreal, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press.
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‘There’s a lot of tension in the nation right now’: Ipsos CEO Darrell Bricker on the stalled progress of younger Canadians

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with Darrell Bricker, the global CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs, about the Canadian public policy and political landscape, including the growing agitation of younger Canadians based on a sense of stalled middle-class progress.

An attendee uses her smartphone as she walks past a mural showing service robots at the World Robot Conference in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo.
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Creating the tomorrow we want to live in: James Pethokoukis on being a conservative futurist

This episode of Hub Dialogues features James Pethokoukis in conversation about the causes and consequences of the “Great Downshift” in economic growth and technological progress, the prospects of a conservative futurism, and the possible salience of a renewed “politics of progress.”

Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem arrives with Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers as they make their way to finance committee on February 16, 2023 in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press.
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Amanda Lang's debut at The Hub tackles the ongoing fight against inflation

The first episode of The Hub’s bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang tackles the Bank of Canada’s latest interest rate announcement, the ongoing fight against inflation and the downside risks to the global economy.

People watch the first sunrise and take pictures on New Year's Day from a pedestrian bridge in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Lee Jin-man/AP Photo.
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Make the future bright again: Jason Crawford on building a new philosophy of progress

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with Jason Crawford, founder of the U.S.-based non-profit organization Roots of Progress, about human progress, why it has slowed, and how a new philosophy of progress can help to accelerate it.

President John F. Kennedy with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker seen here in Ottawa, during his 1961 visit to Canada. CP Photo.
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‘Not the usual Quebec-Ontario politician’: Historian John Courtney on John Diefenbaker, the prairie populist who changed Canada forever

This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with University of Saskatchewan professor emeritus and leading Canadian historian John C. Courtney about his must-read 2022 book, Revival and Change: The 1957 and 1958 Diefenbaker Elections.

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