Hosted by Pamela Wallin, No Nonsense brings you a conversation with people making a difference. No filter, no spin, no nonsense.
Meet the woman behind the push for a gender-neutral national anthem. The Honourable Nancy Ruth on her unconventional life's story and advancing the interests of women in Canada.
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The internet is completely different from TV or radio- so why is the Canadian government trying to regulate social media like a traditional broadcaster? Internet and E-Commerce Law academic Michael G…
Will your tweets and facebook posts soon be censored if you criticize the government? An expert on technology and the law, Daniel Tsai on Bill C-10’s impact on free speech online.
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Sean Speer and Robert Asselin are going to help us deconstruct the federal budget – both were economic advisors to Canadian prime ministers – one Liberal the other Conservative.
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He was Canada's first Parliamentary Budget Officer. A long-time civil servant whose job it was to watch the sausage being made. And it's not always pretty.
UOttawa's Kevin Page on Canada's biggest bu…
Part 2 of our discussion with Kirby, Caplan and Segal. We break down deficits, the China dilemma and voting rights.
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In the wake of political conventions and vaccine rollout dilemmas, our political panel reconvenes to consider election timing, economic choices and leadership. A two part episode with long-time opera…
Iron Deficiency impacts 2 billion people worldwide. Guelph entrepreneur and biomedical researcher Dr. Gavin Armstrong commercialized a simple solution - an affordable cooking tool to fortify food wit…
A landmark Supreme Court decision on the carbon tax has deepened the divide between two Canadas. Sask Energy Minister Bronwyn Eyre on Climate, ‘Carbon Leaking’ (aka lost jobs) and the future of the f…
Garry Marr, real estate realist at CoStar News, explores the housing market across Canada and why telecommuting and changing consumer behaviour is causing a housing bubble.
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Andre Picard, Canada’s leading health journalist, gives a powerful and real time assessment of the state of our long-term care homes. A riveting conversation on how the pandemic made a bad situation…
Producing Canadian vaccines in-house is key to beating the pandemic. Dr. Volker Gerdts gives us a look at VIDO’s expansion plans and an update on the clinical trials currently underway for their made…
Three perspectives on MAiD: 81-year old advocate Ron Posno, Darrel Bricker on the growing number of Canadians who want choice, and Jocelyn Downie, professor of law and medicine on where we go now as …
Covid-19 has literally shredded Canada’s decades-old aviation policy – with industry leaders talking about the rebuild taking years, not months. International travel restrictions keep piling up, reg…
The Team at the University of Alberta is on the cusp of a cure for diabetes - all diabetes! Dr. James Shapiro, groundbreaking surgeon and researcher dives deep into the mindset it takes to teach stem…
Vaccines will not only save lives, but are also the key to ignite our economic recovery. The Honourable Perrin Beatty, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and former cabinet ministe…
Pulling no punches on how to fix the law! The practitioner’s perspective on Medical Assistance in Dying from Drs. Stefanie Green and Lilian Thorpe as they guide us through the realities of assessing …
If we have a right to a proud life, then why not in death as well. As experts debate Medical Assistance in dying, we give voice to a man living through it. Ron Posno, a MAID advocate and a likely Alz…
Canada’s vaccine roll out is rocky. The former GlaxoSmithKline CEO Paul Lucas on why the early warning signs were missed and the importance of Canada having its own drug manufacturing capacity.
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