/Thread 39: Philpott resigns, Butts testifies, the PM speaks out, and Google bans political ads

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“[Jane Philpott’s resignation] expanded the blast radius of this issue beyond the original players who were involved in the core story.”

Host Sarah Turnbull is joined by /Thread panelists Shannon Proudfoot of Maclean’s and David Reevely of The Canadian Press. The trio discuss the latest in the SNC-Lavalin affair including; Jane Philpott’s resignation from cabinet, Gerald Butts’ testimony before the House of Commons Justice Committee, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s speech, and why Google is deciding to ban political ads during the upcoming election.

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/Thread Episode 22: StatsCan data, Facebook hearings, and Google walkouts

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“If you’re concerned about Statistics Canada, I would multiply that by 100 and say you should be thinking about what Google knows about you, what your bank knows about you and then when we start thinking about privacy rules, apply that information to your opinions.”

Host Sarah Turnbull is joined by National Post reporter Stuart Thomson, senior consultant at Earnscliffe Strategy Group Mary Anne Carter, and producer Aaron Reynolds. The group unpacks Statistics Canada’s plan to obtain Canadians’ financial data from banking institutions, Mark Zuckerberg’s requested attendance from a joint parliamentary hearing, and Google employees’ global walkout.

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Wonk with Mike Episode 16: Data Obesity, with Dr. Hal Varian

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“So much capital is intangible…today, the most valuable capital is the knowledge in your employee’s head or in the organizational structure. What that means is that kind of capital can sometimes be missed by national counts.”

Dr. Hal Varian, Google’s Chief Economist and architect of the AdWords platform, joins host Mike Moffatt to chat about data excess, the language gap between business and economics, and “nowcasting.”

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