{"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":"Liberals tighten their control on Canadians","slug":"liberals-tighten-their-control-on-canadians","published_at":"2026-06-11T21:23:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-really-big-show-with-jim-csek-iain-burns-7118319/liberals-tighten-their-control-on-canadians","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/Liberals-tighten-their-control-on-Canadians-e3km0um","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10fa926fc/podcast/play/121356694/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-11%2F425978234-44100-2-b6c3d82da5038.mp3","summary":"Canadians want cheaper gas, a government that tells the truth about the economy, and a future worth staying for. Ottawa is offering a digital safety commission with the power to censor political content, a central bank governor who prefers the word "weak" to "recession," and a high speed rail project with 13 vice presidents and no train. The Bank of Canada held rates for a 5th consecutive meeting while its governor admitted the economy hasn't grown in a year, refused to call it a recession and acknowledged his forecasts have been wrong on inflation, on "transitory," and on the recession he said wouldn't happen. Bill C-34 would give a new federal commission the power to order platforms to block content deemed to undermine political, economic or social stability. And 50% of Canadians would now seriously consider joining the European Union. When half the country is looking for the exit, something has gone badly wrong. Today on The Really Big Show: ►The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate at 2.25% for a 5th consecutive meeting, with Governor Tiff Macklem admitting the economy "hasn't grown really in the last year," refusing to call it a recession and preferring the word "weak," one day after Statistics Canada confirmed 2 consecutive quarters of contraction ►Macklem's credibility is under scrutiny after wrongly predicting in 2020 that inflation would stay below 2%, in 2021 that inflation was "transitory," and in April 2026 that there would be no recession, with his own response being "did we get everything right? No" ►Culture Minister Marc Miller has tabled Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, banning Canadians under 16 from social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and X, with p…","meta_description":"Canadians want cheaper gas, a government that tells the truth about the economy, and a future worth staying for. Ottawa is offering a digital safety commi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":11458,"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/liberals-tighten-their-control-on-canadians/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/liberals-tighten-their-control-on-canadians.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}