{"podcast":{"title":"Hub Podcasts","slug":"hub-podcasts-4932773","podcast_index_feed_id":4932773,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69cc1a3992d007a7658eee4e","website_url":"http://www.thehub.ca","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69cc1a3992d007a7658eee4e/show-cover.png","author":"Hub Canada Media","episode_count":1918,"summary":"Welcome to Hub Podcasts, the audio version of the big ideas and in-depth conversations found at TheHub.ca, Canada's fastest growing digital news outlet with half a million people engaging weekly with our content. Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large Sean Speer and managing editor Harrison Lowman engaged in longform conversations with leading thinkers on the big issues and ideas shaping the public conversation. In Conversation with David Frum features the insights and analysis of leading author, journalist, and thinker David Frum, who weighs in monthly on global and Canadian news events. The news cycle never slows down and neither does Hub Hits. Each day we provide you with quick hits on topical stories, big issues and important voices appearing in The Hub. Every week, editor-at-large Sean Speer is joined by David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, and Amanda Galbraith, principal at Oyster Group, to dig into the drama and strategy of Canadian politics. Topics range from the issues dominating headlines, the communications battles behind the scenes, to the trends shaping parties, leaders, and voters. Some weeks, they'll focus on the hot story in Ottawa. The Hub's media criticis…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T16:20:09.151875+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hub-podcasts-4932773"},"episode":{"title":"Should the government mandate work-from-home for public servants?","slug":"should-the-government-mandate-work-from-home-for-public-servants","published_at":"2026-05-19T17:01:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hub-podcasts-4932773/should-the-government-mandate-work-from-home-for-public-servants","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hub-podcasts-4932773","url":"https://shows.acast.com/hub-podcasts/episodes/should-the-government-mandate-work-from-home-for-public-serv","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69cc1a3992d007a7658eee4e/e/6a0c853d8ab44abe76d21712/media.mp3","summary":"Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss parliamentary petition e-7142, which seeks to mandate three-day work-from-home arrangements for federal public servants and all federally regulated industries. They argue that this represents excessive government intervention in employer-employee relations and could create significant market distortions. They also explore how such policies might exacerbate existing advantages enjoyed by public sector workers, potentially causing brain drain from the private sector and undermining Canada's productivity. The Hub is Canada’s fastest growing independent digital news outlet. Subscribe to The Hub’s podcast feed to get all our best content: https://tinyurl.com/3a7zpd7e (Apple) https://tinyurl.com/y8akmfn7 (Spotify) Watch a video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheHubCanada Follow The Hub on X: https://x.com/thehubcanada?lang=en CREDITS: Amal Attar-Guzman - Producer and Video Editor Elia Gross - Sound Editor Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer - Hosts Adrian Wyld/ The Canadian Press - Photo Credit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer discuss parliamentary petition e-7142, which seeks to mandate three-day work-from-home arrangements for federal public se…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":734,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hub-podcasts-4932773/episodes/should-the-government-mandate-work-from-home-for-public-servants/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hub-podcasts-4932773/should-the-government-mandate-work-from-home-for-public-servants.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}