Canada's National Observer

Hi there, I'm Max Fawcett, the lead columnist with Canada's National Observer, and you're listening to Powerlines.

This is where we put Canada's biggest climate and politics conversations, and the people shaping them, to the test.

My guest today on Power Lines is Chris Turner.

Always a pleasure.

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I think there was a certain amount of interest in the idea of aggressively cutting an overgrown bureaucracy before Elon Musk started doing it in such a lurid and I would say stupid way.

And some colleagues of mine at Canada's National Observer and the TAI have dug out statements of support for the notion of DOGE from people who are associated with Build Canada.

Yeah.

I mean, if you unpack...

Yeah.

One other initiative that you've done that I think is quite interesting but that has gotten at least skeptical coverage is the idea of the Build Canada Fellowship, which is to place people from the private sector into government roles for secondments, essentially, and they would continue to be paid by the company that they're employed by while they're trying to solve problems in the public service.

This got covered by Canada's National Observer as, oh, my God, now they're going to infiltrate the government and take it apart.

I think it's interesting, but my own prediction was that anyone who went into the government would find it endlessly frustrating.

Hi there, I'm Max Fawcett, the lead columnist with Canada's National Observer, and you're listening to Powerlines.

This is where we put Canada's biggest climate and politics conversations, and the people shaping them, to the test.

My guest today on Power Lines is Sandy Garossino.

She's a former Crown prosecutor, a critically acclaimed columnist with our very own Canada's National Observer, and a public advocate for any number of good causes in Vancouver.

Sandy, welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me, Max.

All of these relationships have to be navigated.

China is, to my way of thinking, the emerging power.

But yeah, I mean, you know, a lot, I mean, there is some original stuff in the book for sure.

And, you know, read it to find out, but you know, I do want to emphasize that I've leaned heavily on the reporting that others have done whether it's team at the globe mail whether it's yourself uh the cbc um and uh you know very national observer uh various uh other uh great reporters that i tried to put into a cohesive narrative but yeah there's some original stuff in there too that i

Yeah.

But to finish the attribute, the, the ATR, the flight bit, the, it was the house that, uh, happened right around the, like within 48 hours of one of the nephews being hired.

You're also disclosing it.

Yeah, I'm disclosing it now.

I didn't disclose it in my National Observer piece, but I don't...

I mean, I've had this conversation with the editor of National Observer, Jimmy, and he's also like, yeah, there's nothing wrong with eating food at events you cover, right? But there's a debate over it, right? And that's fine.

Hi there, I'm Max Fawcett, the lead columnist with Canada's National Observer, and you're listening to Powerlines.

This is where we put Canada's biggest climate and politics conversations, and the people shaping them, to the test.

My guest today on Power Lines is Dr. Lisa Young.

My pleasure.

Power Lines is hosted by me, Max Fawcett, with technical production by Zara Kazema.

It's published by Canada's National Observer.

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Uh, it seems like it's a big old mess, and I wanted to bring back Max Fawcett.

He is the lead columnist for Canada's National Observer, coming to us out of Alberta.

Max, welcome back to the O Show.

Thanks for having me back.

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Max Fawcett.

You are of course the lead columnist for the Canadian National Observer.

A crazy days in your province, my friend.