Five things we learned this week when McKinsey came to Ottawa
The first week back in Ottawa after the holidays for MPs began and ended with non-stop chatter about the consulting firm McKinsey and Company.
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The CBC and Ontario mandate letters dispute is a distraction from bigger access to information problems
The dispute over the CBC’s access to the Ford government’s mandate letters to its new cabinet in 2018 is before the Supreme Court. But regardless of the outcome, it will not fix our broken access to information system whose problems go much deeper.
The 'just transition' won't be just if it guts our middle class
Instead of a just transition plan, what we actually need is a low-carbon export strategy that strengthens the domestic conditions for the development and adoption of low-emitting technologies and shapes the global trading and reporting regime for accounting for carbon emissions.
How the Federal Reserve broke the American economy: Investigative journalist Christopher Leonard on the risks of quantitative easing
This episode of Hub Dialogues features host Sean Speer in conversation with journalist and award-winning author Christopher Leonard about the tremendous hubris of central banks, the dangerous consequences of income inequality, and why quantitative easing is a terrible way to create economic growth.
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.
Canada deserves to be relegated from the G7
This first edition of The Hub’s monthly transatlantic diary touches on Rishi Sunak’s impossible task as Tory leader, Canada’s impressively underfunded and underperforming military, and the news of Frasier’s return to television.
Quebec slaps new taxes on vapes after drop in tobacco tax revenue
Quebec is now set to implement a new provincial excise tax on vape and e-cigarette products, despite the fact that government health experts have promoted the products as viable tools to help quit smoking.
‘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 rule of law matters too: Lessons from the Freedom Convoy, one year later
Protests are a legitimate part of democratic life. However, there are limits to what anyone will or should accept. The idea that people have the right to cosplay as revolutionaries and occupy a city indefinitely is utter nonsense.
Jordan Peterson is too big to be silenced by the naysayers and regulators—but what about the rest of us?
Despite the many attempts to do so, Jordan Peterson’s message will not be stifled, even when institutional regulators attempt to rein him in. We should worry for the rest of us, though, who do not have the same platform or support to resist progressivism’s pervasive reach.
