Your first look Amanda Lang’s #takeaway: Despite tensions, Alberta may be key for Canada's energy transition. Watch 6pm BNN Bloomberg; 9pm CP24; 10:30pm CTV News Channel

Your first look @amandalang’s #takeaway: Can the world agree on how to limit plastic pollution? Even a watered-down effort is still worth the effort. Watch 6pm @bnnbloomberg; 9pm @cp24; 10:30pm CTV News Channel & taking-stock.ca

Your first look @amandalang’s #takeaway: Ottawa has doubled down on Canada’s supply management system in dairy, protecting farmers at a growing cost for consumers. Is it worth it? Watch 6pm @bnnbloomberg; 9pm @cp24; 10:30pm CTV News Channel

Your first look @amandalang’s #takeaway: Ottawa taxi drivers seem to be winning their Uber lawsuit, but is it too little, too late? Watch 6pm @bnnbloomberg; 9pm @cp24; 10:30pm CTV News Channel

It’s depressing that when something as important as the capital gains tax is being debated many journalists keep reporting that the tax is moving from 50% to 66%. It’s wrong and misleading. Actual increase is more like 8%. Can we please try to be accurate as a starting point??

On @Takingstockca this week, the IMF gives Canada’s capital gains tax plan a thumbs up. Plus, the care economy is often ignored, but it doesn’t have to be. Watch 3 p.m. @bnnbloomberg; 9 p.m. @cp24; 10:30 p.m. CTV News Channel & taking-stock.ca

I really DIDNT want to weigh in…but here’s a source that might help (there are many others) …edthinking.scotiawealthmanagement.com/2024/06/12/tax… bottom line: before this increase no one paid more than 27%… after no one will pay more than 36%. Many people will pay less.

When people send me clips of pandas being ridiculous…I feel seen. It also makes me think we’ve shared this view for many years: I don’t express my view often about the evolutionary cul de sac that is the panda, but I’ve never wavered from it.

Meet the new boss–same as the old boss. Journalist Amanda Lang talks with University of Manitoba's President and Vice-Chancellor Michael Benarroch about another impending Trump administration, and the repercussions to Canada’s industries. #everythingpodcasts #umanitoba #umresearch

Really enjoyed this conversation, and especially enjoyed being back on the U of M campus.

Canada has been plunged into a #trade war it desperately hoped to avoid. 🎧 In this week’s episode of WONK, Ontario’s trade representative in Washington david paterson talks to host Amanda Lang about his message to Republicans — and why he’s optimistic a resolution is possible:

This week on #WONK: Andrew Furey, the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador talks about his decision to exit politics and his fears about Trump’s ‘imperialistic’ agenda with host Amanda Lang.

The latest episode of Wonk features a conversation with big thinker Roger Martin…if you don’t like his message just be aware he tends to see around corners…and is generally way ahead of the rest of us. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/won…

🎧 This week on WONK, host Amanda Lang talks Roger L. Martin, former dean of University of Toronto’s Rotman School, about the unravelling of global trade and why Canada needs to ‘ask the EU question’ about its relationship with the U.S.: ppforum.ca/policy-speakin…

Every week on my tv show (Taking Stock) I end with a short essay. I’ve started posting those to Substack. Subscribe if you’d like to see these weekly. They aren’t intended to be an exhaustive review – just to provoke thought. email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJxkUtGSpCoM…

🎧 This week on WONK: Economist Armine Yalnizyan, PPF’s Sean Speer and Jay Khosla talk to host Amanda Lang about the big issues this election, the rise of economic nationalism and some positive notes from the campaign. ppforum.ca/policy-speakin…

Cozying up to China might feel like a real option as the US abandons its leadership role in global affairs…here’s why that’s a terrible idea: my conversation with Peter Van Praagh of the Halifax International Security Forum. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/won…

🎧 This week on WONK, host Amanda Lang sits down with renowned historian and bestselling author Timothy Snyder to discuss the forces weakening the American state — and what can be done to save it: ppforum.ca/policy-speakin…

Canada has a lot at stake when it comes to negotiating with the US on trade. #CanadianPolitics #TheTakeaway #TakingStock READ MORE amandalang1.substack.com/p/stories-we-t…

Trevor Tombe on how to make ‘one Canadian economy’ Listen to the latest episode of #WONK podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tre…