Synopsis
Join Rob Breakenridge weekday afternoons from 12:30pm - 3:00pm.
Episodes
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![Calgary’s water problems go much deeper Why Canada’s Cuban port visit was such a disaster Alberta operators threaten to opt out of $10/day childcare]()
Calgary’s water problems go much deeper; Why Canada’s Cuban port visit was such a disaster; Alberta operators threaten to opt out of $10/day childcare
19/06/2024 Duration: 39minToday's guests: Micheal Montanaro, Director at Trade Services Alliance Inc. Richard Shimooka, Senior Fellow - Macdonald-Laurier Institute (specializing in Defense Policy) Krystal Churcher, Chair - Association of Alberta Childcare Entrepreneurs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![Alberta to ban cellphones in classrooms Coal now officially gone from Albertas grid Canadas housing affordability continues to erode Reservations: The Pleasures Perils of Travel]()
Alberta to ban cellphones in classrooms; Coal now officially gone from Alberta's grid; Canada's housing affordability continues to erode; "Reservations: The Pleasures & Perils of Travel"
18/06/2024 Duration: 48minToday's guests: Paige MacPherson, Associate Director of Education Policy - Fraser Institute Blake Shaffer, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and School of Public Policy - University of Calgary Wendell Cox, principal of Demographia/ founding senior fellow - Urban Reform Institute / Senior Fellow - Frontier Centre for Public Policy Steve Burgess, Author - "Reservations: The Pleasures & Perils of Travel" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![Jewish professor speaks out on campus protests Capital gains tax impact on family farms How dynamic pricing could help reduce water usage Growing Arctic interest from Russia China Shackleton’s last ship is found]()
Jewish professor speaks out on campus protests; Capital gains tax impact on family farms; How dynamic pricing could help reduce water usage; Growing Arctic interest from Russia & China; Shackleton’s last ship is found
13/06/2024 Duration: 56minToday's guests: Kelly Sundberg, Associate Professor and Criminologist - Mount Royal University Kyle Larkin, Executive Director - Grain Growers of Canada Daria Crisan, Economist & Senior Research Associate - School of Public Policy, University of Calgary Alexander Dalzeil , Senior Fellow - Macdonald Laurier Institute John Geiger, Expedition Team Leader / CEO - Royal Canadian Geographical Society & Canadian Geographic Enterprises Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![Analyzing the impact of changes to capital gains tax Why the government needs to level with Canadians on foreign interference]()
Analyzing the impact of changes to capital gains tax; Why the government needs to level with Canadians on foreign interference
11/06/2024 Duration: 40minToday's guests: Dan Kelly, President - Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses John Manley, Former Federal Finance Minister / Senior Fellow - CD Howe Institute Stewart Prest, Lecturer in the Department of Political Science - University of British Columbia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![Can we release the names of compromised MPs? A GST bump to pay for defence spending What to do with Canada Post The economics of the Stanley Cup Final]()
Can we release the names of compromised MPs?; A GST bump to pay for defence spending; What to do with Canada Post; The economics of the Stanley Cup Final
07/06/2024 Duration: 42minToday's guests: Philippe Lagasse, Associate Professor & Associate William and Jeanie Barton Chair – Norman Paterson School of International Affairs – Carleton University John Ibbitson, Writer-at-Large - The Globe & Mail Glen Hodgson, Fellow-in-Residence - CD Howe Institute Dan Mason, Professor in the Department of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation at the University of Alberta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![Former Midfield Mobile Home Park land being auctioned off Why recalling Winston Churchill and D-Day should matter to Canadians]()
Former Midfield Mobile Home Park land being auctioned off; Why recalling Winston Churchill and D-Day should matter to Canadians
06/06/2024 Duration: 28minToday's guests: Jeromy Farkas – Former Calgary City Councillor Mark Milke – President of the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy and the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![BOC announces rate cut CRTC demands streamers pay up How the Senate might reaction to a Conservative government Canadas productivity problem Hot spots in Alberta for auto theft]()
BOC announces rate cut; CRTC demands streamers pay up; How the Senate might reaction to a Conservative government; Canada's productivity problem; Hot spots in Alberta for auto theft
05/06/2024 Duration: 56minToday's guests Doug Porter, Chief Economist and Managing Director with BMO Dr. Michael Geist, Law Professor at the University of Ottawa / Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law Paula Simons, Independent Alberta Senator Mike Martens, Alberta President -Independent Contractors and Businesses Association Aaron Sutherland, Vice President of Western and Pacific Regions - Insurance Bureau of Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![Jewish organizations concerned about ongoing anti-Israel protests NCR defence in serial killer case Canadians losing interest in EVs Economic impact of C-58]()
Jewish organizations concerned about ongoing anti-Israel protests; NCR defence in serial killer case; Canadians losing interest in EVs; Economic impact of C-58
03/06/2024 Duration: 47minToday's guests: Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, Senior Director of Advocacy and Policy of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies Anita Szigeti, Principal Lawyer of Anita Szigeti Advocates, a Toronto firm that focuses on mental health and the law. She is also an author of the Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law J.D. Ney, Director of automotive practice at J.D. Power Canada Renaud Brossard, Vice President of Communications for the Montreal Economic Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![Ali Velshi, Small Acts of Courage Stephen Maher, The Prince Terry Glavin on residential school graves and anomalies]()
Ali Velshi, "Small Acts of Courage"; Stephen Maher, "The Prince"; Terry Glavin on residential school graves and "anomalies"
31/05/2024 Duration: 47minToday's guests: Ali Velshi, Chief Correspondent – MSNBC / Author - “Small Acts of Courage: A Legacy of Endurance and the Fight for Democracy” Stephen Maher, veteran political journalist / Author “The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau” Terry Glavin, Author/ Journalist/ National Post Columnist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![Albertas political landscape a year after the election Nahlah Ayed - The War We Won Apart]()
Alberta's political landscape a year after the election; Nahlah Ayed - "The War We Won Apart"
30/05/2024 Duration: 25minToday's guests Janet Brown, owner- Janet Brown Opinion Research Nahlah Ayed, Award-winning writer & broadcaster / Author - "The War We Won Apart: The Untold Story of Two Elite Agents Who Became One of the Most Decorated Couples of WWII," Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![New Poilievre biography No charges for officers who surveilled Alberta MLA Has Canada become a hub for money laundering?]()
New Poilievre biography; No charges for officers who surveilled Alberta MLA; Has Canada become a hub for money laundering?
28/05/2024 Duration: 39minToday's guests: Andrew Lawton, Managing editor - True North / Author - “Pierre Poilievre: A Political Life” Shannon Philips, NDP MLA for Lethbridge-West / Former Alberta Environment Minister Christian Leuprecht, Professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University / Author - "Dirty Money: Financial Crime in Canada" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![Canadians dont support campus protests Confusion reigns amid delay in capital gain tax legislation Why Canada should follow American lead on Chinese EV tariffs]()
Canadians don't support campus protests; Confusion reigns amid delay in capital gain tax legislation; Why Canada should follow American lead on Chinese EV tariffs
27/05/2024 Duration: 33minToday's guests: Robert Brym – Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto Kim Moody – CEO and Director of Moody’s Tax Flavio Volpe – President at the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![Defence Spending, The politics and economics of capital gains tax Antitrust case against LiveNation/Ticketmaster Financial stress of Canadians How federal policy contibutes to airfare costs]()
Defence Spending, The politics and economics of capital gains tax; Antitrust case against LiveNation/Ticketmaster; Financial stress of Canadians; How federal policy contibutes to airfare costs
24/05/2024 Duration: 01h07minToday's guests: Richard Shimooka, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute – Specializing in Defense Policy Ken Boessenkool, Founding Partner - Meredith Boesseknkool Policy Advisors Jack Mintz,President’s Fellow - School of Public Policy, University of Calgary Alan Cross, Music writer/broadcaster/historian / Host - The Ongoing History of New Music Rubina Ahmed-Haq, Personal Finance Expert / Host - For What It’s Worth (Corus Radio Network) Renaud Brossard, Vice-President of Communications - Montreal Economic Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![Universities bowing to anti-Israel mobs by barring opposing voices: activists]()
Universities bowing to anti-Israel mobs by barring opposing voices: activists
23/05/2024 Duration: 15minMohammed Rizwan - Director of the Council of Muslims against AntiSemitism joins Rob Breakenridge on "Afternoons" on QR Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![Double standard for campus protests? Parks Canada Sir John A. Macdonald Our Relationship with AI Calls for a ban on gambling advertisements Meta’s News Ban and its impact]()
Double standard for campus protests?; Parks Canada & Sir John A. Macdonald; Our Relationship with AI; Calls for a ban on gambling advertisements; Meta’s News Ban and its impact
23/05/2024 Duration: 01h06minToday's guests Mohammed Rizwan, Director - Council of Muslims against Antisemitism Patrice Dutil, Professor -Department of Politics and Public Administration, Toronto Metropolitan University / Senior Fellow, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary History, University of Toronto / Senior Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute Dr. Jill Fellows, Tech ethicist / Philosophy Instructor at Douglas College Steve Joordens, Professor of Psychology at University of Toronto / Canadian Psychological Association Sara Parker, Analyst - Media Ecosystem Observatory at McGill University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![In conversation with Canadian comedy icon Ron James]()
In conversation with Canadian comedy icon Ron James
22/05/2024 Duration: 23minRob chats with Canadian comedian, author, and actor Ron James - Ron will be performing at the Banff Centre on Saturday June 1st Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![Jeff Rubin, A Map of the New Normal Major new tax set to hit investment in Canada Grocer Code of Conduct Why do orcas keep attacking boats?]()
Jeff Rubin, "A Map of the New Normal"; Major new tax set to hit investment in Canada; Grocer Code of Conduct; Why do orcas keep attacking boats?
17/05/2024 Duration: 49minToday's guests: Jeff Rubin, Author - "A Map of the New Normal: How Inflation, War, and Sanctions Will Change Your World Forever" Trevor Tombe, Professor of Economics - University of Calgary & Research Fellow - The School of Public Policy Dr. Andrew Trites, Director - Marine Mammal Research Unit and Professor at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at UBC Sylvain Charlebois - Professor and Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![Calgary city council approves blanket citywide rezoning CRTC delays implementation of Online Streaming Act Police dismantle U of C protest encampment Protecting CPP from political interference]()
Calgary city council approves blanket citywide rezoning; CRTC delays implementation of Online Streaming Act; Police dismantle U of C protest encampment; Protecting CPP from political interference
15/05/2024 Duration: 54minToday's guests: Jasmine Mian, Ward 3 City Councillor Peter Menzies, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, past editor-in-chief of the Calgary Herald and former vice-chair of the CRTC Doug King, Professor of Justice Studies at Mount Royal University Bob Baldwin, Co-Chair of the Pension Policy Council for the CD Howe Institute Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![A critical look at Canada’s EV mandate Warning from business groups about capital gains tax change Oilsands forecast sees growth Calls on province to scrap Bill 20]()
A critical look at Canada’s EV mandate; Warning from business groups about capital gains tax change; Oilsands forecast sees growth; Calls on province to scrap Bill 20
10/05/2024 Duration: 42minToday's guests: Jerome Gessaroli – Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and leads the Sound Economic Policy Project at the British Columbia Institute of Technology Dan Kelly – President, CEO, and Chair of the Canadian Federation for Independent Business Kevin Birn – Vice President, Canadian Oil Markets Chief Analyst, and Head of the Centre for Emissions Excellence with S&P Global Tyler Gandam – Mayor of Wetaskiwin and President of Alberta Municipalities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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![What Israel needs to accomplish before leaving Gaza Why Canada Post must change to avoid collapse Why the PM needs to take CSIS advice seriously]()
What Israel needs to accomplish before leaving Gaza; Why Canada Post must change to avoid collapse; Why the PM needs to take CSIS advice seriously
09/05/2024 Duration: 41minToday's guests: Dr. Casey Babb – Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Instructor at the Norm Patterson School at Carleton University, and International Fellow at the Glazer Centre for Israel-China Policy at the Institute for National Security Studies Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor, Management - Sprott School of Business, Carleton University Andrew Kirsch, Former Intelligence Officer with CSIS / Author - "I Was Never Here: My True Canadian Spy Story of Coffees, Code Names, and Covert Operations in the Age of Terrorism" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
