The Decibel
Butiran Saluran
The Decibel
Context is everything. Join us Monday to Friday for a Canadian daily news podcast from The Globe and Mail. Explore a story shaping our world, in conversation with reporters, experts, and the people at the centre of the news.
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New crime bill addresses violence against women and court delays
Mark Carney’s federal government has introduced its second tough-on-crime bill this fall. The new bill, Bill C-16, focuses on violence against women a...
Rise in late-stage prostate cancer raises concerns over testing
Late-stage prostate cancer diagnoses are on the rise in Canada. According to a recent study, between 2010 and 2021, rates of prostate cancer discovere...
The traveller’s guide to Canadian airline disruptions
Hours before a strike deadline, Air Transat and the union representing airline pilots reached a tentative agreement. For customers, it comes as relief...
How three Canadian businesses have coped with Trump’s tariffs
The Canadian manufacturing sector has been having a hard time, which has been made worse by U.S. tariffs. The impact of these tariffs varies company t...
The construction industry’s opioid problem
For families, the tragedy of opioids is beyond measure. The opioid epidemic has claimed tens of thousands of lives in Canada and has been recognized a...
The future of Canada’s military and joining Europe’s defence fund
Canada is in the midst of reframing its approach to military spending. The reasons for this are twofold; a commitment to fulfilling NATO spending as p...
The businessman at the heart of Alberta’s health care controversy
It’s not unusual for business owners to forge ties with governments, but there are rules around conflicts of interest when it comes to procurement. In...
The case against cleaning before hosting
With the holidays right around the corner, households are getting ready for company and deep cleans are underway. Even the idea of letting family and...
Why do so many Canadian roads not have cell service?
Across Canada, highways and rural roads are studded with cellular ‘dead zones’. In some provinces, coverage gaps span over 30 per cent of major roads....
Why a new Ontario law has renters worried about more evictions
Ontario just passed Bill 60, officially named the “Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act.” It’s a big omnibus bill, but it’s garnered the most attentio...
Carney, Smith agree to pipeline framework, as minister resigns
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement that sets the framework for building a new pipeline, carrying b...
Why Canada lost consensus on immigration — and how to get it back
The Canadian consensus on immigration cratered last year. In the fall of 2024, an Environics poll found that for the first time in a quarter century m...
If AI is a bubble, how will it pop?
Some of the world’s largest tech companies, like OpenAI, Google and Meta, have invested hundreds of billions of dollars into artificial intelligence a...
Alleged drug trafficking, murders and an Olympian-turned-fugitive
Last week, the FBI and the RCMP announced 10 new arrests in connection with a $1-billion drug-trafficking ring allegedly run by Canadian former Olympi...
The controversial push to expand private health care in Alberta
No Canadian province allows doctors to offer care under both private and public systems – but leaked draft legislation obtained by The Globe and Mail...
The bureaucracy slowing down access to life-saving drugs
For cancer patients, every day of treatment is critical. But the best care possible is not always reaching patients quickly. Despite Health Canada app...
Canada courts UAE amid calls to stop its arming of Sudan militia
This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney is in the United Arab Emirates to try to shore up foreign investment ahead of next week’s G20 summit in South Af...
The Epstein scandal and the Canadians who knew him
Last week, over 20,000 pages of the late Jeffrey Epstein’s emails, texts and other documents were released. In one email, Epstein – the deceased child...
Why beef is so expensive right now
Beef prices are currently around 23 per cent above their five-year average. And there’s no relief in sight.
Kate Helmore is The Globe’s agricult...
Why a B.C. billionaire’s bid for Hudson’s Bay stores failed
In May, a B.C. billionaire named Weihong (Ruby) Liu made a $69.1-million deal to acquire 28 leases of former Hudson’s Bay stores. Her company, Central...
What Carney is prioritizing with his new nation-building projects
Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled the next set of projects the federal government plans to prioritize in a bid to jumpstart Canada’s economy. Th...
Where is the best place to rent in Canada?
Where in Canada is it best to rent right now? The Globe analyzed cities from coast to coast to coast, comparing cities’ median incomes with their aver...
Two Conservative MPs are gone. Where does the party go from here?
On the day the budget was tabled, Chris d’Entremont, the lone Conservative MP from Nova Scotia, crossed the floor to the Liberals. Two days later, Mat...
The Indigenous land claim that could override private property rights
A precedent-setting ruling involving Aboriginal title at the B.C. Supreme Court has caused widespread uncertainty and tension in the province. In Augu...
Carney’s big bet for $500-billion in private investments
A big part of the federal budget rests on the assumption that its measures will spur the private sector to invest in Canada…a lot. It’s projecting a h...
The stress of shared calendars in modern parenting
Parents are increasingly relying on elaborate calendar systems to keep track of their families’ activities – from a shared calendar or paper planner t...
Why the condo bubble burst could lead to better housing
For more than a decade, Canada’s condo boom was on. Investors, at home and abroad, drove the craze over reselling preconstruction units. Rents skyrock...
Key takeaways from the Carney government’s first budget
On Tuesday, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the first federal budget from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government. It had long bee...
What to look out for in the 2025 federal budget
Today, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is set to deliver the first budget under Prime Minister Mark Carney. Early announcements have sign...
Whales, extinction and the sounds of underwater noise pollution
North Atlantic right whales are nearing extinction, with fewer than 400 left in the world. We know what is killing them: getting hit by shipping boats...
Why a sleep doctor says we should never change our clocks again
On Sunday, most Canadians gain an hour of sleep as the clocks get turned back to standard time. But while most of us have gotten used to the bi-annual...
Why Quebec doctors are threatening to leave the province
Last weekend, Quebec passed new legislation that would impose a new contract on doctors, who have been in negotiations with the provincial government...
U.S. trade talks stalled after Ford ad, Carney heads to Asia
On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump ended trade talks with Canada and threatened to hike tariffs on Canadian imports by another 10 per cent becau...
Why more young people are signing prenups
‘Til death do us part – that’s the promise couples make to each other when they tie the knot. But what happens in the event of a divorce? Disentanglin...
Do we need a ‘buy Canadian’ movement for culture?
As Canadians, we’ve spent a lot of time over the past year talking about what it means to be Canadian and how to support our country. For some people,...
OK Blue Jays! A bandwagoner’s guide to the World Series
The Toronto Blue Jays are headed to the World Series for the first time in over 30 years. It’s the third time in franchise history that Canada’s team...
What record gold and silver prices tell us about the stock market
The prices of gold and silver have been climbing quickly this fall, with both precious metals setting a new high for per-ounce price. Why is this happ...
What’s going on with Pierre Poilievre?
Last week, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made comments about the RCMP being “despicable” on a YouTube show, accusing them of “covering up” for...
Why bail reform is hard to get right
On Thursday, Ottawa announced incoming legislation to reform the bail system. It comes after months of pressure both in Parliament and across the coun...
AI and digital sovereignty in the ‘elbows up’ era
There has been a lot of talk about Canadian sovereignty ever since the election of Donald Trump. And that sovereignty talk extends to the digital real...