October 22, 2015
SHARE
Short Cuts
#40 Munk Debate/Trudeau’s Hard Knock Life
Robert Jago of Some Random Political Blog and Simren Sandhu of The True North Times tackle the Munk Debate and Jon Kay's profile of Justin Trudeau.

Robert Jago of Some Random Political Blog and Simren Sandhu of The True North Times tackle the Munk Debate and Jon Kay’s profile of Justin Trudeau.

8:15 The Munk Debate video feed

15:05 – Hubert Lacroix’s response to Harper’s assertation that the CBC’s problems are a result of its low ratings rather than budget cuts.

16:44 – Jon Kay’s Walrus piece, “The Justin Trudeau I Can’t Forget”

19:40 – Ezra Levant’s take on Kay’s piece & Kay’s response.

More from this series
Are the reports of Carney’s concessions a trial balloon?
August 12, 2026
Last Wednesday, Foreign Policy CAN tweeted that "Canada condemns the ongoing violence in the West Bank..." So later that day, the Embassy of Israel in Canada responded with "Israel condemns the ongoing violence against Jews in Canada..."
August 7, 2026
It might just be the longest media defamation trial in Canadian history: former Alberta UCP candidate Caylan Ford is suing PressProgress, the CBC, Toronto Star and several others, for $7.65 million. She says it’s cancel culture, but is she just shooting the messenger?
August 5, 2026
San Grewal and Rahim Mohamed discuss Robyn Urback's opinion piece in the Globe and Mail, titled, “Like a bad ex, Donald Trump is accidentally making Canada become its best self”.
July 31, 2026
Robert Jago of Some Random Political Blog and Simren Sandhu of The True North Times tackle the Munk Debate and Jon Kay’s profile of Justin Trudeau. 8:15 – The Munk Debate video feed 15:05 – Hubert Lacroix’s response to Harper’s assertation that the CBC’s problems are a result of its low ratings rather than budget cuts. 16:44 – Jon Kay’s Walrus piece, “The Justin Trudeau I Can’t Forget” 19:40 – Ezra Levant’s take on Kay’s piece & Kay’s response.
July 29, 2026
Decoding Carney’s climate pivot. 
July 24, 2026
Trump says these aren’t the wildfire tariffs, but are they the wildfires tariffs?
July 22, 2026
Danielle Smith announces a $13 billion Meta data centre in Sturgeon County, Alberta, set to be the largest in Canada.
July 17, 2026
all podcasts arrow All Podcasts
Short Cuts