Season 3
Canada’s infrastructure problem: America
Building energy corridors and 'One Canadian Economy' won't be easy given Canada's deep north-south ties, argues political scientist Ian Bremmer on WONK
Is Canada’s democracy falling apart?
On this episode of PPF's WONK podcast, host Amanda Lang talks to Andrew Coyne about the long decline of Canada's democratic process and what needs to happen to save it
How Canadian housing got so unaffordable
On WONK this week, Peter Gilgan discusses the forces driving up home prices, building in Canada vs. the U.S. and how to make more houses for less
The big risks now facing Canada and America
On WONK this week, top political scientist Ian Bremmer talks about America’s ‘dysfunctional democracy’ and how Canada lacks the infrastructure of a sovereign nation.
How to build Arctic sovereignty and Canada’s economy
On this episode of WONK, Agnico Eagle chairperson Sean Boyd talks about nation-building projects, building trust with Indigenous partners and working with the Canadian military
Inside the fight of Google’s life
On this episode of WONK, host Amanda Lang talks to Kent Walker, the president of global affairs at Google, about AI, regulation and the tech giant's 'most fundamental transformation'
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The totally unregulated rise of agentic AI
On WONK this week, host Amanda Lang talks to Valérie Pisano, the head of MILA — Quebec AI Institute, about the risks of agentic AI and why it should be a public good
How Canada can get moving on nation-building projects
On this episode of WONK, host Amanda Lang talks to Jay Khosla and Yiota Kokkinos, authors of PPF's recent Build Big Things report, about Canada's pressing economic challenge
Jean Chrétien on the ongoing fight for national unity
On this episode of WONK, Canada's 20th prime minister talks to Amanda Lang about the benefits of Team Canada, Donald Trump and unhappy Albertans
How to build ‘one Canadian economy’
On this episode of WONK, economist Trevor Tombe talks to Amanda Lang about what it will take to finally kill interprovincial trade barriers — and who will win big
Dominic LeBlanc on getting to ‘zero’ tariffs
On WONK this week, the minister of trade and intergovernmental affairs talks to host Amanda Lang about getting a trade deal with America and making 'one Canadian economy'
How Canada’s biggest energy storage project got built
On this episode of WONK, host Amanda Lang talks to the driving forces behind the Oneida Energy Storage Project about Indigenous partnership and the secrets to their success
Measles is back. How did it come to this?
On this episode of WONK, Dr. Joss Reimer and Dr. Michael Gardam discuss the ‘devastating’ return of measles, the vaccination problem and hard COVID lessons
Paul Wells: Is Canadian politics actually getting nicer?
This week on WONK, host Amanda Lang talks to journalist Paul Wells about moving past political animosity, toxic social media and the path ahead for the new PM
Sally Armstrong on the ongoing fight for women’s rights
On this episode of WONK, the groundbreaking war correspondent and author talks to Amanda Lang about the 'greedy men' who start wars and the struggle to protect human rights