Front Burner podcast

Front Burner

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Front Burner is a daily news podcast that takes you deep into the stories shaping Canada and the world. Each morning, from Monday to Friday, host Jayme Poisson talks with the smartest people covering the biggest stories to help you understand what’s going on. We’re Canada’s number one news podcast and a trusted source of Canadian news. We cover Canadian news and Canadian politics, Pierre Poilievre, Mark Carney, the Donald Trump administration, the upcoming 2025 Canadian election, provincial politics from Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and politicians Danielle Smith, David Eby and Doug Ford. We cover Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary as well as other municipalities across Canada. In this Canadian election year, Front Burner will be focusing more on Canadian politics. We will take a close look at Mark Carney’s first few weeks as Prime Minister-Designate, the Conservatives and Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre as well as other leaders like Jagmeet Singh from the NDP and Quebec’s Yves-François Blanchet from the Bloc Québécois during the 2025 Canadian federal election. The podcast goes beyond Ottawa and digs deeper into major election issues like U.S.-Canada relations, jobs, the economy, immigration, cost of living, housing and rental costs, taxes and tariffs, democracy and technology. The Front Burner daily podcast covers Canadian news from every province and territory: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon. We cover news from major cities like Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. When U.S. President Donald Trump declares he wants to make Canada the 51st state, and decides to implement tariffs, Front Burner has an analysis into what is happening. We cover Elon Musk’s DOGE. We cover the latest in technology from the rise of bitcoin and crypto, the future of TikTok, Meta, artificial intelligence, influencers, and more. Look to our archives to see fact-checked stories about infrastructure, fascism, border security, immigration, Pierre Poilievre, Justin Trudeau, the Republican Party, American politics, Canadian politics, India, China, Trump’s tariffs, Mark Carney, Elon Musk, Toronto, technology, artificial intelligence, international students, healthcare, and inflation. We cover global news like the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the ceasefire, the Ukraine-Russia war, and the U.S. economy and U.S. politics. Front Burner is a part of your morning news routine. Whether you’re in Toronto or Vancouver or Washington, this is the news that matters to Canadians. We take a look at the economy and break it down from the budget to interest rate hikes to inflation to recessions to jobs to the cost of living. We look at the policy around housing, Canadian housing supply, and what this means for first-time home buyers, renters, and those with a mortgage. We look at technology, from AI to the manosphere to social media like Meta, Twitter, Facebook, and more. We look at influential newsmakers like Elon Musk and influential technology industries like crypto and AI.

Front Burner is a daily news podcast that takes you deep into the stories shaping Canada and the world. Each morning, from Monday to Friday, host Jayme Poisson talks with the smartest people covering the biggest stories to help you understand what’s going on. We’re Canada’s number one news podcast and a trusted source of Canadian news. We cover Canadian news and Canadian politics, Pierre Poilievre, Mark Carney, the Donald Trump administration, the upcoming 2025 Canadian election, provincial politics from Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and politicians Danielle Smith, David Eby and Doug Ford. We cover Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary as well as other municipalities across Canada. In this Canadian election year, Front Burner will be focusing more on Canadian politics. We will take a close look at Mark Carney’s first few weeks as Prime Minister-Designate, the Conservatives and Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre as well as other leaders like Jagmeet Singh from the NDP and Quebec’s Yves-François Blanchet from the Bloc Québécois during the 2025 Canadian federal election. The podcast goes beyond Ottawa and digs deeper into major election issues like U.S.-Canada relations, jobs, the economy, immigration, cost of living, housing and rental costs, taxes and tariffs, democracy and technology. The Front Burner daily podcast covers Canadian news from every province and territory: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon. We cover news from major cities like Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. When U.S. President Donald Trump declares he wants to make Canada the 51st state, and decides to implement tariffs, Front Burner has an analysis into what is happening. We cover Elon Musk’s DOGE. We cover the latest in technology from the rise of bitcoin and crypto, the future of TikTok, Meta, artificial intelligence, influencers, and more. Look to our archives to see fact-checked stories about infrastructure, fascism, border security, immigration, Pierre Poilievre, Justin Trudeau, the Republican Party, American politics, Canadian politics, India, China, Trump’s tariffs, Mark Carney, Elon Musk, Toronto, technology, artificial intelligence, international students, healthcare, and inflation. We cover global news like the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the ceasefire, the Ukraine-Russia war, and the U.S. economy and U.S. politics. Front Burner is a part of your morning news routine. Whether you’re in Toronto or Vancouver or Washington, this is the news that matters to Canadians. We take a look at the economy and break it down from the budget to interest rate hikes to inflation to recessions to jobs to the cost of living. We look at the policy around housing, Canadian housing supply, and what this means for first-time home buyers, renters, and those with a mortgage. We look at technology, from AI to the manosphere to social media like Meta, Twitter, Facebook, and more. We look at influential newsmakers like Elon Musk and influential technology industries like crypto and AI.

 

#1744

Mark Carney’s first days as PM

On Friday, Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister. He wasted no time in ... more

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21 hrs Ago


#1743

Omar El Akkad on Gaza, and 'breaking up' with the West

On October 25th, 2023, after weeks of Israeli bombardment on Gaza, Canadian novelistand jo... more

14 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:06

14 Mar 2025


#1742

Burner phone! A trade war call-in special

There's been a flurry of news and uncertainty around tariffs and Canada-U.S. relations lat... more

13 Mar 2025

39 MINS

39:18

13 Mar 2025


#1741

Canada vs the ‘most hated guy on Wall Street’

By the end of Tuesday, day eight of the Canada-U.S. trade war, Ontario Premier Doug Ford h... more

12 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:05

12 Mar 2025


#1740

Trade war: The view from Mexico

As Canadians grapple with the ongoing threat of American tariffs, south of the U.S., Mexic... more

11 Mar 2025

24 MINS

24:38

11 Mar 2025


#1739

Liberals enter the Mark Carney era

After a two-month race, the Liberal Party of Canada chose Mark Carney as its new leader on... more

10 Mar 2025

21 MINS

21:34

10 Mar 2025


#1738

What happened to ‘The Resistance’?

Donald Trump’s first four years in office were met with protest and obstruction — a popula... more

07 Mar 2025

32 MINS

32:19

07 Mar 2025


#1737

Is Canadian energy our tariff war trump card?

Two days after U.S. tariffs were imposed on Canada and Mexico, the trade war rages on. Whi... more

06 Mar 2025

24 MINS

24:39

06 Mar 2025


#1736

The tariff trade war escalates

After months of back-and-forth, will-he-or-won’t-he, it’s officially on: U.S. President Do... more

05 Mar 2025

32 MINS

32:43

05 Mar 2025


#1735

An obituary for the post-war order

Humiliating the president of Ukraine in the Oval Office. Admonishing European leaders abou... more

04 Mar 2025

29 MINS

29:46

04 Mar 2025


#1734

Is Canada's Arctic sovereignty in danger?

U.S. President Trump has been talking about wanting to gain control of Greenland, and expa... more

03 Mar 2025

23 MINS

23:43

03 Mar 2025


#1733

Weekend Listen: He owes his life to a lie, now will anyone believe what he calls the truth?

As a child, Alex Kurzem faced a choice: be killed or join the killers. In the midst of the... more

01 Mar 2025

34 MINS

34:02

01 Mar 2025


#1732

The big problem of 'car bloat'

SUVs and pickup trucks make up more than four out of every five new cars sold in the U.S.,... more

28 Feb 2025

21 MINS

21:24

28 Feb 2025


#1731

Trump, apartheid and the PayPal mafia?

Earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to end all future funding ... more

27 Feb 2025

33 MINS

33:12

27 Feb 2025


#1730

Is Mark Carney ready for the real fight ahead?

The four Liberal leadership candidates - Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould and ... more

26 Feb 2025

24 MINS

24:13

26 Feb 2025


#1729

Ukraine and Europe: A pivotal moment

The world marked the third anniversary of Russia’s brutal full scale invasion on Monday. T... more

25 Feb 2025

28 MINS

28:46

25 Feb 2025


#1728

Ontario votes amidst tariff crisis

People in Ontario will head to the polls on Thursday, in an election that was called more ... more

24 Feb 2025

27 MINS

27:53

24 Feb 2025


#1727

Is flying getting more dangerous?

On Monday, shortly after two in the afternoon, a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis w... more

21 Feb 2025

26 MINS

26:09

21 Feb 2025


#1726

Is Trump coming for Canada’s critical minerals?

It can be hard to truly understand the motivations behind Donald Trump and his administrat... more

20 Feb 2025

24 MINS

24:16

20 Feb 2025


#1725

Has Trump killed the U.S.-Europe alliance?

Over just a few days, senior Trump officials declared that Ukraine should prepare to cede ... more

19 Feb 2025

31 MINS

31:47

19 Feb 2025


#1724

What if the U.S. invaded Canada?

U.S. President Donald Trump has made it clear that he’s serious about wanting Canada to be... more

18 Feb 2025

26 MINS

26:45

18 Feb 2025


#1723

How Trump is forcing the Conservatives to pivot

Tensions over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats on Canadian goods have forced a... more

17 Feb 2025

26 MINS

26:01

17 Feb 2025


#1722

Bird flu is spreading faster. Should we worry?

Last week, Parks Canada confirmed a dead goose in a Scarborough park tested positive for b... more

14 Feb 2025

24 MINS

24:23

14 Feb 2025


#1721

Canadian Tech’s rightward drift

Following years of disillusionment with the federal Liberal party, some of Canada’s most h... more

13 Feb 2025

27 MINS

27:51

13 Feb 2025