Synopsis
Join Rob Breakenridge weekday afternoons from 12:30pm - 3:00pm.
Episodes
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Federal budget; AstraZeneca eligibility; vaccine shoppers; Ontario's political turmoil
20/04/2021 Duration: 52minToday's guests: Ken Coates, Munk Senior Fellow at MLI, the Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Infectious Diseases physician and scientist, based out of the Toronto General Hospital Jen Gerson, Journalist, writer, Co-founder of The Line Matt Gurney, Columnist - National Post Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Campus free speech; Canada-China-Taiwan; How to make this "The Last Lockdown"
20/04/2021 Duration: 37minToday's guests: Lindsay Shepherd, Author - "Diversity and Exclusion: Confronting the Campus Free Speech Crisis" Josh Rogin, Washington Post Columnist (covering foreign policy and national security) Perrin Beatty, President and CEO, Canadian Chamber of Commerce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Work on Calgary event centre paused
15/04/2021 Duration: 21minGuests: Mayoral candidate and Ward 11 Coun. Jeromy Farkas, mayoral candidate and Ward 3 Coun. Jyoti Gondek Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Understanding rare blood clots; vaccines & immunity; Canada #1; Federal $$ for Air Canada; Alberta's conservative infighting
15/04/2021 Duration: 01h17minToday's guests: Dr Theodore Warkentin, clinical and laboratory hematologist and transfusion medicine director at Hamilton General Hospital / Professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, and the Department of Medicine, at McMaster University Dr. Eleanor Fish, Professor of Immunology - University of Toronto Dr. Lynora Saxinger, ssociate Professor in the Department of Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alberta Kevin Drew, U.S. News' assistant managing editor for international news Karl Moore, Associate Professor of Strategy & Organization - Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University Duane Bratt, Professor of Political Science - Mount Royal University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Vaccines weaken the case for lockdowns; Radical resolutions at NDP convention; Premier Kenney's political woes
12/04/2021 Duration: 40minToday's guests: Dr. Matt Strauss, critical care physician, assistant professor of medicine at Queen’s University Terry Glavin, author/journalist/columnist Lorne Gunter, Columnist - Edmonton Sun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Revisiting Northern Gateway?; Green transition impact on jobs; Alberta's rising covid numbers; "Buy American" & protectionism
06/04/2021 Duration: 44minToday's guests: David Knight Legg - chairman of the ESG Working Group of the Province of Alberta and CEO of Invest Alberta Corporation Francis Fong - managing director and senior economist with TD Economics Dr. Joe Vipond, Calgary ER doctor Scott Lincicome - Senior Fellow of Economic Studies at the CATO Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Vaping & smoking: reverse gateway?; AstraZeneca vaccine update; hot housing market; the case for stimulus
01/04/2021 Duration: 52minToday's guests: Prof. Ian Irvine, Professor of Economics at Concordia University / Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute Dr. Craig Jenne, Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology Immunology and Infectious Diseases at The University of Calgary Robert Kavcic, Director and Senior Economist - BMO Capital Markets Craig Alexander, Chief Economist and Executive Advisor - Deloitte Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Alberta curriculum changes; Alberta doctors reject government's offer; Childcare & economic recovery
01/04/2021 Duration: 49minToday's guests: Dr. Carla Peck, Professor, Faculty of Education - Elementary Education, University of Alberta Dr. Nhung Tran-Davies, physician, author, mathematics advocate Dr. Lorian Hardcastle, associate professor in the faculty of law and Cumming School of Medicine - University of Calgary Ken Boessenkool, Research Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute / J.W. McConnell Professor of Practice at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Supreme Court's carbon tax ruling; Black holes breakthrough; Police reform; Conservative climate infighting; Budget priorities
26/03/2021 Duration: 58minToday's guests: Dwight Newman, Professor of Law, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Rights in Constitutional and International Law - University of Saskatchewan / Munk Senior Fellow (Constitutional law) with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Avery Broderick, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Waterloo and an Associate Faculty Member at the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics Kelly Sundberg, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University Tasha Kheiriddin, National Post Columnist / Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill Alla Drigola, Director of Parliamentary Affairs and Small Business Policy - Canadian Chamber of Commerce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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AstraZeneca confusion; Canada sanctions Chinese officials; More oil-by-rail?; the future of movie theatres
24/03/2021 Duration: 43minToday's guests: Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious diseases physician / Clinician Investigator with Toronto General Hospital Research Institute Marcus Kolga, Senior Fellow at The Macdonald Laurier Institute / Director of DisinfoWatch.org Rory Johnston, managing director and market economist at Price Street Inc Victor Stiff, Senior Critic -That Shelf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Put consumers first; WE Charity testimony; Canada-China and the two Michaels
23/03/2021 Duration: 48minToday's guests; Andrew Coyne - Globe & Mail columnist Jesse Brown, Publisher/Host, CANADALAND and Short Cuts Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, Senior Fellow - Institute of Science, Society and Policy, University of Ottawa Jonathan Berkshire Miller, Senior fellow and director of the Indo-Pacific program at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Montana's attorney general on the 21-state lawsuit to block Keystone cancellation
19/03/2021 Duration: 09minWe spoke with Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Vaccines: AstraZeneca update; anniversary of first vaccine clinical trial
19/03/2021 Duration: 25minToday's guests: Derek Lowe: Medical chemist / drug discovery researcher / author of the In The Pipeline blog Tara Haelle: science journalist, public speaker, and author of Vaccination Investigation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Julia Barnes, "Bright Green Lies"
19/03/2021 Duration: 12minWe spoke with environmentalist and filmmaker Julia Barnes about her new documentary "Bright Green Lies" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Kaleb Dahlgren - "Crossroads"
18/03/2021 Duration: 16minWe spoke with former Humboldt Broncos assistant captain and bus crash survivor Kaleb Dahlgren about his new book "Crossroads: My Story of Tragedy and Resilience as a Humboldt Bronco" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Fukushima anniversary; proposal to raise Alberta highway speed limits; the problem with minimum wage as an anti-poverty tool
12/03/2021 Duration: 40minToday's guests: Doug Saunders, columnist - The Globe & Mail Searle Turton - UCP MLA Spruce Grove - Stony Plain Phillip Cross, Senior Fellow - Fraser Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Concern raised over 16-week vaccine dose interval
11/03/2021 Duration: 15minWe spoke with Dr. Eleanor Fish, Professor, Department of Immunology - University of Toronto / Canada Research Chair in Women's Health & Immunobiology / Senior Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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What Calgarians need to know about the "Guidebook for Great Communities"
11/03/2021 Duration: 14minWe spoke with Andre Chabot, former city councillor and current city council candidate for Ward 10 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bolstering vaccine development; Removing the monarchy (no easy task); Heritage Minister vs. Facebook
10/03/2021 Duration: 38minToday's guests: Brad Sorenson, Founder & CEO - Providence Therapeutics Philippe Lagasse, Associate professor and William and Jeanie Barton Chair at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University Michael Geist, law professor - University of Ottawa / Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Avi Loeb, "Extraterrestrial"; Line 5 facing shutdown; Canada ranks low in "COVID Misery Index"
09/03/2021 Duration: 43minToday's guests: Abraham (Avi) Loeb, Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University, chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy, founding director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative, and director of the Institute for Theory and Computation / Author - "Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth" Dennis McConaghy, former executive - TC Energy / Author - "Breakdown – The Pipeline Debate and the Threat to Canada’s Future" Richard Audas, Professor of Health Statistics and Economics, Faculty of Medicine - Memorial University of Newfoundland / data analyst - Macdonald-Laurier Institute "COVID Misery Index" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices