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38 episodes
Canola Crisis, with Kelsey Johnson
Kelsey Johnson, agriculture reporter at iPolitics joins Sarah Turnbull to talk about the significance of canola production in Canada and why the indus...
Cyber Security, with Stephanie MacLellan
Stephanie MacLellan, senior research associate at the Centre for International Governance Innovation joins Sarah Turnbull to unpack cyber security. Th...
Debts and Deficits, with Helaina Gaspard
Last month the federal government unveiled their final budget before the fall election, and just last week Ontario's PC government unveiled their firs...
Pipelines, with Sean Kheraj
The Alberta election is heating up, which means we're hearing a lot about pipelines. So, today we're revisiting Aaron Reynolds' conversation with Cana...
Carbon Pricing, with Mark Cameron
Today we're recirculating host Aaron Reynolds' timely conversation with Mark Cameron, executive director of Canadians for Clean Prosperity, to unpack...
Blockchain, with Anne Connelly
Anne Connelly, member of the blockchain faculty at Singularity University in Silicon Valley, explains to Aaron Reynolds what blockchain is, how it cam...
Boeing 737 Max 8, with Larry Vance
Host Aaron Reynolds is joined by Larry Vance, former Government of Canada pilot, former investigator with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, a...
The Federal Budget, with the Hon. John Manley
The Trudeau budget is set to land March 19th, so host Aaron Reynolds sat down with former Finance Minister John Manley to get a better sense of how a...
The Justice Minister & Attorney General, with Solomon Friedman
In the wake of the SNC-Lavalin controversy, host Aaron Reynolds speaks with Ottawa-based criminal defence lawyer Solomon Friedman about the roles of t...
Polling, with Nik Nanos
Host Aaron Reynolds gets a behind the scenes look at what goes into a poll from veteran Canadian pollster and Chair of Nanos Research, Nik Nanos. The...
Ambassadors, with Colin Robertson
Colin Robertson, former Canadian diplomat and current Vice President and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, joins host Aaron Reynolds to...
Brexit, with Lauren Dobson-Hughes
Lauren Dobson-Hughes joins Aaron Reynolds to explain Brexit: how it happened, when the deadlines are, and why it has been so complicated to negotiate.
Canadian Health Care, with Dr. Danielle Martin
Dr. Danielle Martin, family physician and Vice President at Women's College Hospital, joins host Aaron Reynolds to explain how Canada's health care sy...
Oil Pricing, with Robert Johnston
Robert Johnston of Eurasia Group joins host Aaron Reynolds to explain what determines the price of oil, who sets the price, and what factors have cont...
The Official Languages Act, with Raymond Théberge
Commissioner of Official Languages, Raymond Théberge, joins host Aaron Reynolds to discuss how and why Canada became a bilingual country, what it mean...
Centre Block, with Johanna Mizgala
In this special episode, host Aaron Reynolds visits Parliament Hill to talk to Curator of the House of Commons Johanna Mizgala about the history and s...
Abortion law, with Daphne Gilbert
Daphne Gilbert, law professor at the University of Ottawa, joins host Aaron Reynolds to explain the genesis of Canada’s abortion law, how it's changed...
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service, with Dick Fadden
Dick Fadden, former director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, joins host Aaron Reynolds to explain what CSIS is, how it operates, and wh...
Canadian Immigration, with Andrew Griffith
Andrew Griffith, former Director General of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, joins host Aaron Reynolds to talk about how the Canadian immigration sys...
Pipelines, with Sean Kheraj
Sean Kheraj, associate professor of Canadian and Environmental History at York University, joins host Aaron Reynolds to explain energy pipelines in Ca...
Midterm Elections, with Bill Owens
Bill Owens, former U.S. congressman and now senior advisor in the public policy and regulation practice at Dentons, joins host Aaron Reynolds to expla...
Carbon Pricing, with Mark Cameron
Mark Cameron, executive director of Canadians for Clean Prosperity, joins host Aaron Reynolds to demystify carbon pricing, including the origins of ca...
Cannabis Legalization, with Anne McLellan
Host Aaron Reynolds sits down with Anne McLellan, former deputy prime minister, cabinet minister, and chair of Canada's task force on cannabis legaliz...
Regulating Canadian Content, with Michael Geist
Michael Geist, law professor and Canada Research Chair in Internet and eCommerce law at uOttawa, joins host Aaron Reynolds to demystify the regulation...
The Governor General, with Philippe Lagassé
Phil Lagassé, associate professor at Carleton University and expert on the Westminster system, drops by the Canada 2020 studio to explain the purpose...
The House of Commons, with Dale Smith
Dale Smith, author of The Unbroken Machine: Canada's Democracy in Action, joins host Aaron Reynolds to explain the day-to-day workings of Canada's Hou...
Clean Tech, with Leah Lawrence
Leah Lawrence, president and CEO of Sustainable Development Technology Canada, joins host Aaron Reynolds to explain what clean tech looks like in 2018...
The Auditor General and the Phoenix Pay System, with Michael Ferguson
Canada's Auditor General Michael Ferguson joins host Aaron Reynolds to explain the role of the Auditor General and to dive into what happened with the...
Guaranteed Basic Income, with Miles Corak
Miles Corak, professor of economics at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York, joins host Aaron Reynolds to talk about the concept of...
Blockchain, with Anne Connelly
Anne Connelly joins host Aaron Reynolds to explain the concepts behind blockchain, what it can be used for, and how it is transforming our world.
Guns in Canada, with Solomon Friedman
Solomon Friedman, criminal lawyer and co-author of the only textbook on Canadian gun law, joins Aaron Reynolds to demystify the regulations around buy...
Mindfulness, with Christina Crook
Christina Crook, author of The Joy of Missing Out, talks to Aaron Reynolds about mindfulness, the Twitter outrage cycle, and the importance of finding...
Cabinet Shuffle, with Peter MacKay
Canada's former Justice Minister Peter MacKay joins Aaron Reynolds to explain the what, why, and how of cabinet shuffles.
Debt and Deficits, with Helaina Gaspard
Helaina Gaspard, Director of Governance and Institutions at the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa, joins Aaron Rey...
Millennials, with David Coletto
Millennials! Who are they? What do they want? And why should we care? David Coletto, the CEO of Abacus Data, joins Aaron Reynolds to explain.
Artificial Intelligence and Ethics, with Dan Munro
Aaron Reynolds knows more about Terminator 2 than he does about artificial intelligence, so he invited Dan Munro into the Interac studio to explain th...
Tariffs, with Mike Moffatt
Aaron Reynolds knows more about Star Wars than he does about international trade, so he invited Mike Moffatt into the Interac studio to explain tariff...
How does a touchscreens work?
In this episode of "Explain like I'm Five' , our host ROY explains How does a touchscreen work?