The LeDrew Three Minute Interview

Daniel Tate, founder and executive director of IntegrityTO and candidate for Toronto City Council, joins Stephen LeDrew to discuss a question that comes up in every election: why don’t more accomplished people step forward and run for public office?

Tate argues that politics can be punishing. Candidates put their careers, reputations and personal histories under public scrutiny — and that can discourage good people f...

Leger Executive Vice-President Andrew Enns joins Stephen LeDrew to look at Toronto’s tightening mayoral race and a broader mood of frustration showing up in municipal elections across Canada.

Enns says voters in many cities appear less willing to automatically reward incumbents — particularly where concerns about homelessness, addiction, public safety, transit and the condition of downtown neighbourhoods have become ...

Mark Milke, President of the Aristotle Foundation, joins Stephen LeDrew to discuss diversity, equity and inclusion policies — and whether efforts to correct historical discrimination can create new forms of unfairness.

Milke argues that there is an important distinction between equal opportunity and policies that favour or disadvantage people based on race, gender or other characteristics.

The conversation looks at affi...

Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley joins Stephen LeDrew to discuss a world that seems increasingly unstable — from wars and economic uncertainty to the rise of China, Russia and Iran.

Lilley argues that the international order is genuinely changing, but says Canadians should be careful about putting all the blame on Donald Trump and the United States.

The conversation turns to NATO, defence spending, global conflict and...

Daniel Tate, founder of IntegrityTO and candidate for Toronto City Council, joins Stephen LeDrew to discuss why this year’s municipal election may feel very different.

Toronto recorded historically low voter participation in the 2022 municipal election. Tate says that after four difficult years, the mood he is encountering at the door is changing: voters are frustrated with the corruption and incompetence of City Hall and ...

John Rapley, economist and contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail, joins Stephen LeDrew to ask a question many Canadians are increasingly asking: why can’t Canada build big things anymore?

Rapley argues that Canada’s enormous natural-resource wealth may have contributed to a degree of complacency. Rather than developing more high-value industries and manufacturing, Canada has often relied on exporting primary ...

Stephen LeDrew says Canada should trade with China — but argues that doing business with Beijing cannot mean ignoring the national-security risks that come with it.

In this Friday rant, LeDrew previews upcoming conversations with guests who have experience in intelligence and national security, focusing on Jihadi Terrorism, on Chinese government interference, espionage, economic influence, and Canada’s vulnerability ...

Catherine Swift joins Stephen LeDrew to discuss LNG Canada’s massive project in Kitimat, British Columbia — and whether it represents a Canadian success story or an example of just how long it takes this country to build major infrastructure.

LNG Canada was announced in 2012, received its environmental approval in 2015 and reached a final investment decision for Phase 1 in 2018. On September 28, 2026, its owners anno...

John Rapley, contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail, joins Stephen LeDrew to discuss one of the biggest economic questions surrounding artificial intelligence: is the AI boom actually a bubble?

Rapley argues that enormous amounts of money are flowing into AI infrastructure, data centres and technology companies, but the productivity gains needed to justify today’s valuations still haven’t clearly materialized.

Catherine Swift joins Stephen LeDrew for a pointed discussion about political appointments, government spending and whether Canadians are demanding enough accountability from Ottawa.

The conversation begins with Diana Fox Carney, the Prime Minister’s wife, who he has named Canada’s Ocean Envoy and Chair of the 2027 Our Ocean Conference ! The Carney Government says the position is volunteer and unpaid and describes Fo...

Former Conservative MP Michelle Ferreri joins Stephen LeDrew to ask whether Canadians are becoming overwhelmed — and increasingly numb — to controversies surrounding government spending, transparency and accountability.

The conversation begins with the appointment of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s wife, Diana Fox Carney, as Canada’s volunteer Ocean Envoy and chair of the 2027 Our Ocean Conference, alongside...

In this Friday rant, Stephen LeDrew asks a question he does not ask very often: could Canada finally be starting to move in the right direction?

LeDrew remains deeply critical of the federal government, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, government spending, bureaucracy and what he sees as continuing problems with accountability.

But this rant is also about something bigger.

After years of political division, a worsenin...

Economist and Globe and Mail columnist John Rapley joins Stephen LeDrew to ask why the war involving the United States and Iran is still dragging on months after it began.

Rapley argues that Washington entered the conflict with powerful military capabilities but without a sufficiently clear political endgame.

The United States and its allies have inflicted substantial damage on Iran’s military infrastructure, while Iran has...

Lawyer, columnist and Save Our History founder Mark Johnson joins Stephen LeDrew to discuss his campaign to make candidates take a public position on the future of Sir John A. Macdonald statues removed from public spaces.

Johnson says Save Our History has contacted candidates asking a straightforward question: should Macdonald statues be returned to public view, or should they remain in storage?

For Johnson, the argument goes...

In this Friday rant, Stephen LeDrew takes aim at Prime Minister Mark Carney’s governing ability - arguing that Canadians are hearing plenty from the Prime Minister on the international stage while getting too little debate, accountability and explanation at home.

LeDrew points to Carney’s recent New York Times interview, where the Prime Minister discussed preparing for the remote possibility of U.S. military action a...

Economist and small-business advocate Catherine Swift joins Stephen LeDrew to discuss the latest trouble facing Canada’s steel industry after Stelco announced layoffs affecting up to 500 workers.

While Stelco has cited U.S. tariffs, weakened demand and import pressures, Swift argues that Canadians also need to look at global steel overcapacity and competition from heavily subsidized Chinese production.

LeDrew and Swift ...

Former Conservative MP Michelle Ferreri joins Stephen LeDrew to discuss Parliament, government accountability and whether too much political power has become concentrated around Prime Minister Mark Carney and the PMO.

The conversation begins with Carney’s recent interview with the New York Times, in which he said Canada may eventually resume a “controlled increase” in population as the government prepares its n...

Mark Milke, President of the Aristotle Foundation, joins Stephen LeDrew to ask whether Canadians are really disengaged from politics — or whether the political system gives them too few opportunities to participate.

Milke argues that ordinary Canadians cannot be expected to become experts on every issue when they are busy working, raising families and living their lives. The deeper problem, he says, is that citizens genera...