{"podcast":{"title":"The Really Big Show with Jim Csek &Iain Burns","slug":"the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319","podcast_index_feed_id":7118319,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10fa926fc/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.kelownanow.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45477111/94003c6aaf3a64b1.jpg","author":"Jim Csek","episode_count":387,"summary":"The Really Big Show is a Canadian news hour done differently. We discuss the news of the day through a Canadian lens with analysis and commentary from Jim Csek & managing editor Iain Burns. We translate the rhetoric into reality with common sense on the news that affects Canada, BC and our region. We are live five days a week around 9 am PST. Recorded sessions available on Youtube, X and many podcast channels. https://thereallybigshow.ca","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T10:18:30.701498+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319"},"episode":{"title":"Canadian economy dying slowly, painfully and in darkness","slug":"canadian-economy-dying-slowly-painfully-and-in-darkness","published_at":"2026-06-06T16:29:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319/canadian-economy-dying-slowly-painfully-and-in-darkness","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ai-ev/episodes/Canadian-economy-dying-slowly--painfully-and-in-darkness-e3ke055","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10fa926fc/podcast/play/121093733/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-6%2F425627806-44100-2-ee0dd00dcb156.mp3","summary":"►The PBO has cut Canada's 2026 growth forecast to 1.1%, with Scotiabank projecting 0.8% and BMO projecting 0.5%, as real GDP per capita remains below pre-pandemic levels, labour productivity has been flat or negative since 2021 and business investment has fallen for 5 consecutive quarters►Statistics Canada reports Canada added 88,000 jobs in May and unemployment fell to 6.6%, driven entirely by full-time work, but critics note the surge coincides with FIFA World Cup hiring in Vancouver and Toronto, raising questions about whether the gain reflects structural improvement or a temporary spike that will reverse in August►Ontario recorded its worst non-pandemic quarterly job losses since the mid-1970s as Canada enters a technical recession, with the only consistent employment growth coming from government payrolls rather than private sector hiring►Finance Minister Champagne is accused of misleading Canadians on the 2025 deficit after the Parliamentary Budget Office revealed the true shortfall was $71.8 billion versus his claimed $66.9 billion, with analysts calculating a 99% chance the government will miss its ongoing fiscal targets►Parliament has not balanced a budget since 2007, with ongoing deficits now the largest in Canadian history outside the pandemic and the PBO estimating less than 1% chance the deficit-to-GDP ratio will decline every year through 2031►Over 12 million Canadians receive a one-time top-up payment today under the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, which the CRA confirms is simply the existing GST rebate renamed and increased by 25%►Abacus Data finds 43% of Canadians have cut back on home heating or cooling to save money, while 38% say they have been forced to choose between paying energy bills and covering other household expenses►Canadian vehi…","meta_description":"►The PBO has cut Canada's 2026 growth forecast to 1.1%, with Scotiabank projecting 0.8% and BMO projecting 0.5%, as real GDP per capita remains below pre-…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7018,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319/episodes/canadian-economy-dying-slowly-painfully-and-in-darkness/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319/canadian-economy-dying-slowly-painfully-and-in-darkness.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}