The True North Eager Beaver
The Eager Beaver welcomes you to join him and his friends in the Beaver Lodge for engaging and grown up conversations about the Canadian political and cultural scene. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
On Episode 413 of our show, (after a false start) we explore the link between a British wanker / soccer hooligan / career criminal Tommy Robinson (AKA Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon (who should not have been in Canada given he's a convicted felon) and Rebel (we testify that we're not) News (when we're being sued in court), as well as Ontario PC Party MPP (for Carleton) and Chair of Ontario's Standing Committe on Justice Policy, ...
On Episode 55 of The True North Eager Beaver Interview Project (aka Episode 412 of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), as part of our #MENtalHealthWalk efforts, we chat with Allison Dunning, Executive Director of Peer Support Canada at the Canadian Mental Health Association.
Also, we very briefly talk about:
* Travel Advisory: Lebanon
* Churchill Falls Wildfire
To make a donation to The Canadian Mental Health Associa...
On this special True North Eager Beaver episode, recorded on the very day of the very first #MENtalHealthWalk, we chat with our walk's patrons, The Honourable Senator Patrick Brazeau and Dr. Marie-Claire Sancho — Phd, Education, Mademoiselle Fox, and some of our Kits.
Normally, our monthly PubCasts are exclusives on our YouTube Channel, but for this one, we are making an exception.
Until next time, be kind to — and gentle wit...
On Episode 411 of our show, we explore two major events that happened last night that will have major impacts on the national psyche: Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the defeat of the governing party, in a by-election in Toronto-Saint Paul's, an electoral district the political consensus had agreed should have remained in the government's hands.
Also, we talk about:
* Just As Bettman Scripted?
* The Longest Count
* ...
On Episode 410 of our show, we explore three important political events in Ontario: an upcoming federal by-election, the uprooting of a cherished treasure, and a failure on a major policy plank.
Also, we talk about:
* Oilers
* Bonne Saint-Jean !
* National Indigenous Peoples Day
* Toronto-St Paul By-Election
* The Beaverton on the Ontario Science Centre
* Ford Fails on Housing: CMHC
* Nenshi Wins!
The Daily Beaver Morning Show i...
On Episode 409 of our show, Mr. Beaver is enjoying post-Sarah-McLachlan-concert-bliss so, Mr. Grizzly takes over. Friend of the Beaver Lodge, JB from Canadian Politics 101, joins him to speak of his ability to say: "Thank you for coming to my TED Talk," after delivering a solid address about UBI in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Ou...
On Episode 54 of The True North Eager Beaver Interview Project (aka Episode 408 of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), as part of our #MENtalHealthWalk efforts, we chat with Shauna Baty, the Co-national Lead of Women's Strike Canada, taking place on June 24th in greater than 32 cities from coast, to coast, to coast, to focus on reproductive rights and bodily autonomy.
Find Women's Strike Canada on the web at:
On Episode 407 of our show, we explore a recent provincial by-election in Manitoba and upcoming federal by-elections.
Also, we talk about:
* Pay Daddy
* Stornoway Third Language Media Garden Party
* Healthy Skepticism
* Oilers!
* Big Flip in Tuxedo, Manitoba By-Election
* Toronto-St Paul's: Longest Ballot
* A Second PBO Correction
* End of Session Approaching
* Stoltenberg in Ottawa
* Juneteenth
The Daily Beaver Morning Show i...
On Episode 405 of our show, we explore the Stanley Cup Playoffs, wildfires in the NWT, municipal water issues in Calgary as well big international developments in the UK, France, Israel, and Ukraine.
Also, we talk about:
* #MENtalHealthWalk Recap
* Oilers!
* Fort Good Hope, NWT
* Calgary H2Uh-Oh!
* Canadian Tennis Success
* Greek Coastguard Abandons Migrants
* PM at the G7 and the Ukraine Peace Summit
* The Quadrant of Shame
* Will U...
On Episode 404 of our show, we explore NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May having two seemingly polar opposite takes and contrasting tones on that which was contained in the unredacted version of the NSICOP report on foreign interference in our politics, outside of election periods.
Also, we talk about:
* Tone vs Countertone
* "A Commitment to Not Knowing"
* First, Ms. May
* And Now, Mr. ...
On Episode 53 of The True North Eager Beaver Interview Project (aka Episode 403 of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), as part of our #MENtalHealthWalk efforts, we chat with Certified Counsellor Bill Jeffery about depression. We also speak about his efforts to raise awareness of men's mental health and start the first men's mental health resource centre in Newfoundland and Labrador'. Finally, we get to enjoy his music, as he granted us...
On Episode 52 of The True North Eager Beaver Interview Project (aka Episode 402 of The Daily Beaver Morning Show), as part of our #MENtalHealthWalk efforts, we chat with 'Quick Nick', host of the 'Addicts in the Dark' podcast, about his experience with addiction and recovery, as well as his effort to pay it forward via his podcast.
Find the Addicts in the Dark podcast on the web at:
On Episode 401 of our show, we explore how Conservative words and actions don't align on the foreign interference file.
Also, we talk about:
* Torches and Pitchforks
* Parties Don't Want Regulated Nominations
* Remembering Andrew 'Shady' Scheer
* Why We Don't Just "Release the Names"
* Foreign Interference: A Recap
* Jagmeet Singh Makes a Move
* One Party Is Not a Team Player
* What Is Treason Under Canadian Law?
* Justice Marie-José...
On Episode 406 of our show, we explore the aftermath of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's inartful attempt at pushing a 'Liberal/Tory same old story" narrative on the foreign interference file, having opting for partisanship when statesmanship was that for which the occasion called.
Also, we talk about:
* Celebrating Communism?
* More About the PM Abroad
* Interesting Polling
* The PM on Foreign Interference
* May and Singh
* Scrimshaw o...
On **Episode 400** (wooo-hooo!) of our show, we explore Conservatives offering not much more but silence, two ways, on interest rate cuts and on foreign interference, over the first 36 hours, following the release of the recent NSICOP report. Meanwhile, Yves-François Blanchet announces he will option his security clearance leaving Pierre Pomme as the only one who won't.
Also, we talk about:
* Freeland on Rate Cuts
* Clea...
On Episode 399 of our show, we explore Conservatives offering not much more but silence, two ways, on interest rate cuts and on foreign interference, over the first 36 hours, following the release of the recent NSICOP report. Meanwhile, Yves-François Blanchet announces he will option his security clearance leaving Pierre Pomme as the only one who won't.
Also, we talk about:
* Milestone Achieved
* Rate Cuts and Mortg...
On Episode 398 of our show, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Friend of The Beaver Lodge, military historian Hugh Culliton, joins us to share facts, stories, and perspectives on the day, how important it was to our standing in the world as a nation, and what we should retain from the events in the current era.
The Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Ea...
On Episode 397 of our show, we explore revelations from the recently released report of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians on interference by foreign nations in our politics in between election periods.
Also, we talk about:
* International Politics
* D-Day
* A Recap
* A Few Revelations
* "We Don't Pay You To Do That"
* Sudden Onset Selective Convenient Mutism
* CPC Leadership Races
* An Inherent...
On Episode 396 of our show, we explore conservative objection to choice, whether in love, parenting decisions, family planning, or elections and the gap between "The Leader's" words and deeds, patircularly on abortion.
Also, we talk about:
* #MENtalHealthWalk Update
* Pride Month vs Prude Month
* Public Nudity
* Arnold and Nate
* "The Leader"
* Defending Choice
* "Wittingly"
The Daily Beaver Morning S...
On Episode 395 of our show, we explore Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux's disastrous interview following an uncharacteristic mistake by the office and a less than stellar attempt at correcting it; one so bad, it would warrant a resignation.
Also, we talk about:
* Not All Resignation Demands Are Equal
* Yves Giroux vs Munir Sheikh
* A Too Quiet Correction
* The Counterfactual
* Going Back to Consumer Based Analysis
* Taking...
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