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22-09-2021

Uncovering Canada's role in supporting slavery in the Caribbean

This week on Down to Business, University of Toronto's Padraic Scanlan talks about the controversy around Henry Dundas and some unsettling chapters of Canada’s past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22-09-2021

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19 min
15-11-2022

How dairy supply management in Canada is helping drive inflation

Canadians have been hit by rising costs, whether it’s housing, gas prices or even food. But what happens when government policy is helping drive some of those increases? National Post columnist Jesse Kline joins the show to discuss how supply management in the dairy industry is affecting consumers, how it ties into inflation, and whether the federal government is planning on making any changes. Background reading: Jesse Kline: Don't tell us you care about the high cost of living if you're not willing to end supply management Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15-11-2022

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17 min
17-06-2019

From nasty eggs to poutine: How the Canadian military is fed in the field

Figuring out how to mass produce combat-ready meals for the Canadian military isn't an easy task. Figuring out how to make those meals not taste like sludge is even harder. But that's Edith Jutras' job. She's the manager of the National Combat Rations Program and her team is responsible for producing up to two million meals per year. She joins Dave to discuss how the military is fed in the field, how meals have such long shelf lives and why eggs are no longer on the menu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17-06-2019

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27 min
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Gangs of Montreal: Kings of coke

Montreal's underworld has gotten rich — very rich — from sneaking cocaine into the city by car, by air, by boat, and inside people, packages and shipping containers. In this episode we go back to the 1980s, when cocaine really took off in Montreal. Montreal's main criminal gangs — the Rizzuto-led Montreal Mafia, the Hells Angels biker gang and the West End gang — worked together to bring immense amounts of cocaine into the city. It's a partnership that lasted for years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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22 min
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Gangs of Montreal: How it all began

It was pure coincidence but the Hells Angels opened their first Canadian chapter in Quebec just seven weeks before Nicolo Rizzuto took control of the Montreal Mafia. Those events in 1977-78 kickstarted a violent decades-long struggle to control the criminal underworld in Montreal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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22 min
06-03-2025

Canada gets wakeup call that world 'unstable and dangerous place'

Margaret MacMillan, emeritus professor of history at the University of Toronto, gives perspective on what Donald Trump's presidency means to Canada and the world Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

06-03-2025

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21 min
03-07-2025

What's ahead for Canada's energy sector as new era of nation-building dawns

This episode of Down to Business explores what's lies ahead for Canada's energy sector as the country enters a "generational opportunity" for economic development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

03-07-2025

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57 min
27-07-2022

Full Throttle House – With Throttle House Youtube Host Thomas Holland

The Truck Guy podcast host Matthew Guy welcomes Thomas Holland from Throttle House, a YouTube channel where he and James Engelsman deliver professionally produced car and truck reviews to over 2 million subscribers. Join us as Thomas talks us through their quest to get a new half-ton pickup to help haul their crew and camera gear, what the acceleration felt like launching the thousand horsepower Hummer EV pickup in California, and his take on trucks like the Ford Maverick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

27-07-2022

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29 min
04-03-2019

Leon Draisaitl exceeds expectations for Edmonton Oilers

Forwards Leon Draisaitl and Zack Kassian have been playing well for the Edmonton Oilers of late, scoring regularly as the team tries to claw its way back into the NHL wild-card playoff spot convsersation as the regular season ticks down. What have they done to elevate their games? Host Craig Ellingson talks to hockey beat writers Jim Matheson and Derek Van Diest about Draisaitl and Kassian, and about the effect Andrej Sekera has had on the Oilers defence since he made his season debut last month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

04-03-2019

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31 min
05-07-2017

Crunching Connor's contract

Hockey writers Jim Matheson and Robert Tychkowski, and sports columnist Dan Barnes, join host Craig Ellingson to talk about Connor McDavid's $100-million contract extension with the Edmonton Oilers, its effect on the team, and how it could impact contract negotiations with Leon Draisaitl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

05-07-2017

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34 min

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