“It was not only a really good conversation but you pushed the soundscape boundaries of what we can do.”
On this holiday edition of /Thread, host Sarah Turnbull sits down with 2020 Network hosts Aaron Reynolds and Alex Paterson to highlight some of the team’s favourite interviews from 2018.
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“The fact that those two countries are in this kind of detente means that China’s not trying to put too much blame on the United States for the extradition, we’re taking more flack for it.”
Host Sarah Turnbull invites in Marie-Danielle Smith of the National Post and Murad Hemmadi of The Logic to discuss: the geopolitical tensions brewing between the U.S., China, and Canada caused initially by the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, saying goodbye to Parliament Hill’s Centre Block building for a decade-long renovation, and Kevin Hart’s decision to step down from hosting the Oscars.
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“I think there’s definitely a nostalgia for what has come before this particular moment in American politics. His passing is the end of an era.”
Host Sarah Turnbull is joined by Stuart Thomson of the National Post and Sarah Goldfeder of Earnscliffe Strategy Group. The group discuss: possible outcomes of the First Ministers’ meeting in Montreal and why tensions are already high, the passing of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, and the prime minister’s tweet to Trevor Noah.
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“It was funny to watch just about every Canadian political leader, whether you liked what they were saying or not, falling all over themselves to get into this debate…the politics of it, because it was Ontario, was not refreshing and sadly predictable.”
Host Sarah Turnbull is joined by Tim Powers of Summa Strategies and David Reevely of The Canadian Press to discuss: General Motors’ closure of five North American auto plants and how USMCA ties into the discussion, Ontario’s proposed climate plan, and Green Party leader Elizabeth May’s engagement news.
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“It’s really important to remember, we’re 11 months out from the federal election and [the government] is trying to check a number of boxes and save some of those other items for the larger federal budget.”
Host Sarah Turnbull sits down to chat about the week that was with Mary Anne Carter of Earnscliffe Strategy Group and Marco Vigliotti of iPolitics. The group dives into the fall fiscal update, delivered by Finance Minister Bill Morneau on Wednesday, including tax breaks for corporate Canada and government media bailouts. Also discussed: abuse allegations at St. Michael’s College School where six teens have been charged with sexual assault.
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“Canada historically has had a pretty competitive corporate tax position. The Trump tax cuts turned what had been on average an eight point advantage to a seven point deficit. So we went from being far better than them to far worse than them overnight.”
Host Sarah Turnbull is joined by National Post reporter Marie-Danielle Smith and The Logic reporter Murad Hemmadi to break down a few of the week’s top headlines. Topics include: Toronto’s failed Amazon HQ2 bid and tax competitiveness, alleged Facebook coverups, and Celine Dion’s bizarre TV advertisement promoting her new gender neutral kids clothing line.
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“The fact that a politician could be extorted for 50,000 euros is very worrying, the fact that he opened himself up to that through naked pictures is doubly worrying.”
Host Sarah Turnbull is joined by iPolitics reporter Marieke Walsh and Buzzfeed’s news curator and social media editor Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss political sex scandals, the U.S. midterm elections, and the Maclean’s “resistance” photo shoot.
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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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“Most of us live in a world that we know is complicated and we know things can’t be as simple as people are saying but it’s far too easy to turn the world into friends and enemies, all bad all good.”
Host Sarah Turnbull is joined by Toronto Star columnist and Ottawa bureau chief, Susan Delacourt and Principal at Earnscliffe Strategy Group, Sarah Goldfeder. Topics addressed: whether “sunny ways” will survive the next election, how polarization in the U.S. took a turn for the worse, and daytime TV host Megyn Kelly’s “blackface” apology that went nowhere.
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