canadian politics

China’s flip-flopping on video-game regulation reveals a messy message: leaders want to encourage “hard tech” such as chips and AI over the consumer kind—without sparking another costly crackdown. We ask Mark Carney, a former central-bank governor, whether he has ambitions to lead Canada (09:16). And why so many social-media types want to share their diaries online (18:19). 

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This conversation was recorded on May 9, 2022.

Pierre Poilievre, a life-long conservative, is running to be the Prime Minister of Canada. Pierre has served as a trusted senior cabinet minister in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government and has served as a Member of Parliament for seven terms. He grew up in Calgary and graduated from the University of Calgary with a degree in International Relations. 

We discussed his election efforts, Canada’s energy infrastructure and economic policy, as well as Poilievre’s mission to tackle the housing crisis, lower the cost of living, defund Canadian media, and develop Canadian natural resources. 

To vote for Conservative leader you must become a member: https://donate.conservative.ca/en/membership-poilievre/

—Chapters—

0:00 — Intro

5:21 — Conservative Philosophy & Free Market System

8:32 — Left-Wing Ideas & Socialism

12:32 — Government in Scandanavian Countries

15:15 — University & Political Ambitions

18:47 — Political Rallies 

22:51 — Housing Crisis, Loss of Personal Freedom & Delivering Hope

27:04 — Poilievre’s Mission 

29:34 — Problems in Canada & Proposals

34:55 — Economic Policy

40:31 — Climate Change, Energy Infrastructure & Canadian Resources

46:07 — Canadian Press Subsidies & Defunding CBC

55:56 — Justin Trudeau

1:03:55 — Jagmeet Singh

1:09:13 — Sacrificing the Economic Interests of the Working-Class & Trucker’s Protest

1:17:54 — Emergencies Act

1:22:18 — Freedom as a Unifying Principle

1:25:45 — Outro

#Canada #Election #Conservative #PrimeMinister #Government 

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