{"podcast":{"title":"CanCon","slug":"cancon-7243791","podcast_index_feed_id":7243791,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/5KDCoHqs","website_url":"https://elbows-up.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/459eaf0b-a302-4d43-9318-4481701fcb41/ff62d403-6341-4382-9426-9bbdae4fd75e/3000x3000/cancon-showcover-3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Jordan Heath-Rawlings, Laura Palmer","episode_count":43,"summary":"It's a fascinating time to be Canadian. This is a show that breaks all that wide open. Dangers. Opportunities. The stories that make this country what it is. And what it isn't. Longtime journalist and podcast host Jordan Heath-Rawlings (Elbows Up, The Big Story, The Gravy Train) returns to host critical Canadian Conversations with leading experts and storytellers. These are discussions—about who we are, how we got here, and where we're going—designed to offer more than soundbites and headlines. They'll introduce you to places, people and policies you might not have otherwise met, or perhaps not considered to be worth your attention. But they are.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T22:17:55.541573+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cancon-7243791"},"episode":{"title":"How did Canada become a country of monopolies? It started as one.","slug":"how-did-canada-become-a-country-of-monopolies-it-started-as-one","published_at":"2026-02-26T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cancon-7243791/how-did-canada-become-a-country-of-monopolies-it-started-as-one","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cancon-7243791","url":"https://elbows-up.simplecast.com/episodes/how-did-canada-become-a-country-of-monopolies-it-started-as-one-kuBEKcX8","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/651f3112-796a-485e-b005-e50532570169/13039807-2ea8-4138-bba4-ff99d4da8b96/episodes/audio/group/805e3d0c-31b3-4b6a-8fd2-e2ae46a926a2/group-item/ff2a2dfd-fbf8-4e48-b220-de3f5cb084a3/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=5KDCoHqs","summary":"You know the joke about Canada being three (insert sector here) companies in a trench coat? Well, it's kind of always been that way. When Canadians complain about the lack of choices for consumers in so many industries, they're continuing a long tradition that began with the founding of our nation. Ever since the Hudson's Bay company was handed control of the fur trade and our railroad was built by Canadian Pacific we've had it in our DNA. But now, when global competition is supposed to define the landscape, little has changed. Why is that? And why has our government been so unsuccessful in stopping it? This week, Jordan is joined by Peter Nowak, host of Do Not Pass Go, a podcast dedicated to exploring monopolies across Canadian sectors to unpack why, exactly, a nation that recently claimed to be beefing up the powers of its competition bureau struggles to offer its citizens real choices in their everyday lives.","meta_description":"You know the joke about Canada being three (insert sector here) companies in a trench coat? Well, it's kind of always been that way. When Canadians compla…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1249,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cancon-7243791/episodes/how-did-canada-become-a-country-of-monopolies-it-started-as-one/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cancon-7243791/how-did-canada-become-a-country-of-monopolies-it-started-as-one.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}